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NEWS, MARCH 11: “COPING WITH COVID-19”
YES. YES. Thank God for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and our unified party Legislature. Yes, call a health emergency. Yes, throw everything we’ve got at it. Yes, let us all pull together and be careful not only for our own health but the health of all those around us. ... Common sense should prevail but it not always does. Why endorse ANY face-to-face meetings of ANY size unless it is for a critical need?
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Casutt-Sanchez, District 4 council representative, who forwarded it to an assistant city attorney who in turn explained the legislative process for Council approval. I would have appreciated an acknowledgement from Councilwoman Cassutt-Sanchez, as we live in the same subdivision and she canvassed there for campaign donations. I wonder about the saleability of the development...The parcel of land is relatively narrow. Must going to stack them up. Afraid greed will rule.
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OP-ED, MARCH 20: “SHOULD I GET TESTED?”
MISSING THE SPREAD Since even symptomatic persons will not be tested in the absence of additional risk factors, we are guaranteed to miss the vast majority of community spread. I understand that right now this is a necessary adaptation to scarce resources. But let’s not kid ourselves that it is an adequate standard.
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ew Mexicans entered a new period of public health restrictions from the state this week with the March 23 announcement from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that suspends operations for all non-essential businesses and nonprofits. The order—effective as of Tuesday, March 24—requires 100% of the state’s non-essential workforce to work from home and specifies which businesses count as essential: generally, grocery stores, health care providers, pharmacies, among them. (Also media, such as newspapers!) The governor also halved the number of people who can gather at once from 10 to five. The state promised to ramp up surveillance of businesses to ensure compliance, and violators of the public health order could lose their licenses to operate and face civil or criminal penalties. Restaurants have been under order to serve only carry-out since March 19. “If we limit person-to-person contact, we will be doing everything in our power to stop the spread or slow it in the state of New Mexico,” Lujan Grisham said in the March 23 public address. The order applies to families with more than five relatives, she said, who can’t go out in groups larger than five. The order is in effect until April 10. On Tuesday just before presstime, the state reported 17 new cases, bringing New Mexico’s total to 100, spread across 13 counties. According to Lujan Grisham, nine of the people who have tested positive for the virus have been hospitalized, with three requiring intubation and five remaining hospitalized. The state has not had any deaths. Also on Monday, Kirtland Air Force Base reported three positive adult cases of COVID-19 for two military members and one spouse. While early cases in New Mexico were travel-related, now the governor and health officials say Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties are experiencing “community spread,” which the CDC defines as where “people have been infected with the virus in an area, including some who are not sure how or where they became infected.”
EVICTION FREEZE NOW STATEWIDE Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber updated his emergency orders in the last week as well, notably adding a provision on March 18 freezing both residential and commercial evictions that are a direct result of COVID-19. Evictions for any other reason are still in effect. The state Supreme Court also ordered
a temporary moratorium on evictions for inability to pay rent during the public health emergency. Under the court’s order, judges will stay the execution of writs of restitution that property owners can obtain and give to law enforcement to force the removal of a tenant. Tenants will need to provide the court with evidence of their current inability to pay their rent. On Wednesday afternoon, March 25, the City Council expects to vote on whether to extend the emergency proclamation for an additional 60 days. Just because the city will not enforce evictions while the emergency proclamation is in effect doesn’t mean tenants don’t have to pay the rent they owe. The city suggests tenants should work with their landlords to negotiate rent payment plans or other alternatives. The order also doesn’t apply to mortgage payments, and doesn’t stop landlords from raising rents during the crisis. “If you know that you are not going to be able to afford to pay your past-due rent after the emergency, you should seek alternative housing options,” the city said in a statement intended to clarify the order. SCHOOLS GET READY FOR LONGER DISTANCE LEARNING Santa Fe Public Schools has pushed back the start date for the “distance learning pilot” to March 30 in order to more fully
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State officials expect the number of cases to grow. “In New Mexico, we’re going to see more cases,” Lujan Grisham said. “We have community spread. The goal is to minimize that spread and do as much as we can to just keep you isolated…I want everyone to be clear: There are many deaths around the world and around the country related to COVID-19; let’s do everything in our power to prevent that risk, to minimize that reality. You owe it to your families, your neighbors, your friends, your communities. Only you can do that.” The state also extended the deadline for individuals and businesses to file income tax returns and has changed some rules for unemployment compensation through the Department of Workforce Solutions. The department urges those with wage cuts or job loss due the the virus to use its online application process for the best results. Claims have reportedly climbed by a factor of 10 since the government ordered restrictions.
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prepare teachers for what Superintendent Veronica García calls an “unprecedented shift” in the way the district delivers education. Another challenge has been ensuring all students have some form of internet access. While Comcast has promised free internet to all low income families for 60 days, García says the district is experiencing some issues helping families access this option. The district purchased 300 in-home internet hotspots to distribute to families and is setting up alternative community hotspots as well. This week García launched the “Superintendent’s Challenge” to keep kids occupied and offer them a creative outlet for the complex emotional experience of the crisis. The contest encourages kids to submit creative projects in 10 categories for the chance to win cash prizes. García raised $25,000 from private donors in the last week for prize money and supplies, and hopes to raise even more to continue funding the challenge throughout the duration of the distance learning. The district will give out prizes at random intervals to keep kids motivated, she says. Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe Higher Education Center, the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center and the Kids Campus will be closed for the rest of the spring semester. Initially, in-person classes were scheduled to resume April 6. In a video address, the college president says online courses will continue as scheduled, in-person courses are transitioning to online courses and any classes that can’t transition to online will be extended into the summer semester. GRANT HELP FOR LOCAL ARTISTS Artists impacted by COVID-19 closures can soon apply for grants from a new fund established in response to the pandemic and its economic fallout. The city Arts and Culture Department has partnered with the Lannan Foundation to spearhead the Culture Connects Coalition Artist Relief Fund, beginning with a $10,000 seed grant from Lannan and a $15,000 challenge grant to fundraise for the effort. Grants for artists will be available in denominations of $500 to $1,000 for artists affected by the pandemic, and the applications process is expected to open in April. Arts and Culture Department Director Pauline Kamiyama says the next step is more fundraising. “I need help in getting donations for our artist community,” Kamiyama tells SFR. “The focus is artist relief and I’ll figure out how to raise funds for the Culture Connects Coalition for art for art sake and social justice later.” Leah Cantor, Alex De Vore, Julia Goldberg and Julie Ann Grimm contributed to this report.
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Southside asphalt plant faces environment department hearing, skeptical residents and possible violations B Y K AT H E R I N E L E W I N k a t h e r i n e @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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he New Mexico Environment Department is taking a closer look at a Southside asphalt company’s plans to consolidate its plants at one location and to operate around the clock. Residents’ concerns about air quality and an ongoing state investigation into possible violations mean Associated Asphalt and Materials, LLC, will have to next make its case for increased operations at a formal hearing tentatively slated for late spring. The company operates at two different locations in the city and applied for a state permit to move everything from 3810 Oliver Road to 86 Paseo de River Street, just across Highway 599 behind the County Public Works building, and let it run 24 hours per day if needed. The application drew attention from dozens of Southside residents and prompted the company to hold a tense meeting in early February. “It really was an opportunity to have the applicant present to the public what their proposal was, because there was a lot of confusion about what the company intended to do,” Air Quality Bureau Chief Elizabeth Kuehn tells SFR via phone. “I
don’t think that they did a very good job at explaining the health impacts of pollution to the community, and that’s really one of their main concerns.” Linda Marianiello, who lives in Tierra Contenta, tells SFR she and a group of others are working with a technical expert in air quality regulations and looking for law firms to represent them in concerns about a potential increase in pollution. An Air Quality Bureau investigator uncovered several potential problems after a resident’s complaint last June about a foul odor and smoke in the air coming from the plant at Paseo de River Street. According to a July environment department inspection report obtained by SFR through a public records request, the “areas of concern” included employees not keeping consistent records of baghouse pressures, a measure of how many particles from asphalt production are released into the air. Recording the pressures helps operators know whether a plant is functioning properly and stopping pollutants. The inspection report notes that the plant operator did not know the proper procedure for what to do when a baghouse might be malfunctioning, which could have been the source of the reported odor and smoke last summer. The employees also only recorded one set of baghouse pressures per day instead of the required two. In addition, the state confirms Associated Asphalt has gone 30 years without submitting a biennial emissions inventory. New Mexico’s top polluters, which emit over 100 million tons of pollutants each year, are required to submit a yearly emissions inventory. Associated Asphalt
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is considered a minor polluter and must submit an inventory every two years, a requirement memorialized in the company’s original, 1990 permit. Matt Lane, an environmental specialist employed by Associated Asphalt, tells SFR the company is “working to address” potential violations identified by the environment department and plans to regularly record baghouse pressures. But documents reviewed by SFR show the company has never submitted an inventory. Department spokeswoman Maddy Hayden confirms the lack of submission, and tells SFR “this does not necessarily mean that a violation has occurred, and we are reviewing whether or not this is a potential violation.” “Since the permit was issued, the department waived the requirement to submit emission inventory data for the construction industry,” Hayden says. “The department is also reviewing the original permit application file to determine why this requirement was included in the permit, as it is not typical to do so.” Emissions inventories are used to conduct air dispersion modeling analyses and other long-term air quality efforts to plan for changes in industrial emissions, changes in regulations and to monitor new trends in pollutants.
According to the environment department’s inspection report, Associated Asphalt was not required to submit an emissions inventory once the issue was discovered because starting this year, the state is conducting an analysis of minor polluters statewide as part of a “new effort,” Kuehn says. Instead, the company must submit an inventory in 2021 that covers 2020. Air Quality Bureau officials tell SFR they can’t comment in detail on ongoing investigations. Their goal is to complete the investigation within a year. The bureau blames the delay in wrapping the investigation on a staffing shortage. “We have so few inspectors and so few folks to do the investigation,” Sandra Ely, Environmental Protection Division director, tells SFR. “The responsibilities have grown dramatically over the last 10 years and yet we’ve actually lost staff rather than increased the number of staff throughout the environment department.” Associated Asphalt will have another opportunity to present its case, this time in a more official setting than last month’s community meeting. Kuehn says Environment Department Secretary James Kenney will attend the formal hearing later this spring.
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t some point during my first week of self-isolation—it was either the first, third or possibly the seventh day; time no longer has meaning, nor do calories—I turned to author Margaret Atwood in search of clarity. (Not the actual Margaret Atwood; she is not quarantined in my house but, rather, her work, most of which is). Whenever it was, I had just finished streaming the 2011 movie Contagion, upon a mixed recommendation by the New York Times, which noted the movie was rising in the streaming charts because “it’s proving to be an instructive worst-case scenario of our current freak-out,” and that increasing numbers of people were paying to watch partly “to know how bad things could get.” This struck me as possibly one reason for dystopian fiction’s ris-
ing popularity over the last few years. The New Yorker, in 2017, grumpily decreed the post-Trumpian rise in grim stories as a golden era for tales of the world-gonewrong. But beyond scaring us in the here and now, dystopians also provide narrative distance, allowing us to ponder how we might avoid our own undoing. As Atwood, again, points out (this time in her book Moving Targets: Writing with Intent): “Dystopias are often more like dire warnings than satires, dark shadows cast by the present into the future. They are what will happen to us if we don’t pull up our socks.” I’ve taught a few dystopian literature classes and, as the first week of COVID-19 isolation ticked toward the weekend (what day is it now?), began gravitating
toward the bookshelf and away from the streaming queue (Outbreak, anyone?). Thus, I offer to you a short list of recommendations, which I intend as more than just a bleak book list: All have either interesting parallels or take-aways for our current crisis. These picks represent just a drop in the dystopian bucket and, no, I did not include The Plague by Albert Camus, The Stand by Stephen King or The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz*, but they all also fit the bill. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, King’s 1978 novel’s paperback and hardback sales have risen this year, and discussion of its parallels with the current COVID-19 pandemic have been robust enough that King himself weighed in on Twitter (“No, coronavirus is NOT like THE STAND. It’s not anywhere near as serious. It’s eminently survivable. Keep calm and take all reasonable precautions,” King tweeted on March 8, whenever that was). Here are a few of my faves: If the only Atwood dystopia you’ve encountered is The Handmaid’s Tale, be sure to check out her eco-dystopian Maddaddam trilogy, which includes the novels Oryx and Crake; Year of the Flood; and MaddAddam. Yes, a plague wipes out humanity. But that’s not all. Atwood also takes on environmental destruction, corporate greed and human nature. As she
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said in an interview with SFR in 2009 when Year of the Flood published: “All of these books are really about human nature. How far can you stretch it before it’s not human anymore? What are our essentials, what are our frills?” Good questions. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel opens with a performance of King Lear before shifting quickly to an epidemic that will, in a few short chapters, change life on Earth forever: “There was the flu that exploded like a neutron bomb over the surface of the earth and the shock of the collapse that followed…” Most of the book concerns 20 years later, and the members of the Traveling Symphony, who roam from area to area performing music and Shakespeare. The book, naturally, celebrates the enduring beauty of art, but also is a tightly plotted mystery. Prepare to be distracted and uplifted. In The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker—admittedly a bit of young adult novel, but I enjoyed it—the Earth begins rotating strangely on its axis and time slows down. “The slowing” changes everything: People grow sick, food supplies wane, society begins to crumble and divide. The book is less alarming (at least tonally) than it sounds, however, because it’s told through the perspective of a 12-year-old girl, who experiences and reflects upon the very human ways we try to navigate change when life becomes unfamiliar and scary. * I have not actually read Koontz’ 1981 novel and somehow doubt I will, but a Guardian article clued me into an online conspiracy that Koontz actually predicted this pandemic, as the novel apparently references a killer virus called the “Wuhan-400.” My understanding is that’s where the similarities end.
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he first official day of spring bloomed in Santa Fe over the weekend, quietly heralded by fruit tree blossoms ready to split their shiny buds, blades from bulbs slicing through the soil and people freaking out in their houses (or going out anyway against public health advice) amid daily updates about the spread of COVID-19. SFR had already planned for this week’s edition to feature the winners of our annual Spring Poetry Search. But now, sharing these words feels even more important. Hundreds submitted their work for consideration, from which guest judge and Santa Fe Poet Laureate Elizabeth Jacobson selected these four winners. Even if you’re not a regular consumer of poetry, this time could be a great time to dip in your toe. Big thanks to all the poets who supported our journalism mission with contest entries! Be well. (Julie Ann Grimm)
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Muffled flops and crackles spackle the dark. I flip on the light to see our big orange tom cat with a dead rabbit. He has somehow dragged it through the cat door to my bedroom and, as if sampling a lover, buries his mouth fastidiously in a gory red bowl at the neck. I spare my daughter, who slipped into my bed around midnight, by sliding on boots and gathering up the rabbit. Shuffle in the falling snow to the pinon wood behind our house and leave the carcass sheltered under a tree in a frozen cradle. Rattled, I need to remind myself I’ve seen this before. When I was 12, a cat skeleton in a puddle, with tufts of fur and white maggots wriggling on bones. At six, dried stains of blood on the road my father cleaned as best he could, our little daschund killed. Four dogs are buried around the property, and yes, the kitten, just weeks ago, shaken to a wide-eyed stretch by a neighbor’s dog, her furry tummy opened like a fan. From the trees, my house is cushioned in thick white. It stands solid, the inside dwindling, a sickly warmth, one window glowing a rusty orange. At my back, the cool dark beckons; the rabbit, the blankets of snow. After all, I have stood outside and looked in many windows with longing. My daughter nods sleepily as I scrub the blood off the floor, sweep up the bits of fur, sit with tea and look outside. The black sky turns grey. The snow is falling in earnest. The orange tom sits by the sliding door and watches with me. We can expect about four inches today. Shore is a writer and editor who specializes in educational communications. Her poems have been published in Women Becoming Poems anthology, the Global City Review and the Sierra Nevada College Review. She lives in Santa Fe with her two daughters.
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FLUNKED MY ARMY DRAFT PHYSICAL IN 1970 By Frank Falcone
Standing in an endless line of young men wearing nothing more than shoes, socks and Jockey briefs, I noticed not every mother insisted their son change underwear for each new day. We carried our wristwatches, rings and wallets in a plastic bag. Many joked and horse-played while being poked and probed for the opportunity to become red mist— or a name etched on a wall. After a lunch of ham and cheese on white bread an Army psychiatrist and I spoke to each other in a small room. We used straightforward words. He suggested help, then disqualified me from service. A month later my family doctor prescribed one Thorazine capsule at bedtime and during the day, when I felt my feet begin to leave the ground, swallow a tab of Stelazine— said it would make me feel better. It did. But to this day, when I touch names etched on a wall, nothing stops the flow of sorrow. Falcone is retired from sales in the packaging industry and moved to Santa Fe with his wife, Marcia, and two cats in 2017 from York, Pennsylvania. He never looked back.
RIDING AT SUPPER TIME WHERE RICH FOLKS LIVE, 1951. By Terence Gilmore Cady
My nine-year old legs pedal through the vapors of good food, drifting from the lighted evening windows, of good homes in good neighborhoods. What is it? I want to know. Ain’t ground beef, don’t smell like hot rancid grease, like at home. Ain’t chicken, Smells fresh, and different, something I ain’t had before, something rich folks eats, I guess. Someday I’m going to get some, too. But how? Cady is a recovering semi-retired trial lawyer and a nationally certified child welfare law specialist. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, class of 1965, he was active in the Free Speech Movement at Cal-Berkeley, 1964-65. He has lived and worked in Santa Fe since 1993 and written two novels, numerous short stories and poems which feature the darker sides of socially marginalized people, including children who are victimized by predatory and just plain mean adults.
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3rd Place (tie) MY STOLEN BIKE By Ramon Soysaya
Everyone knew everyone in Santa Fe in 1951. As a six year old back then, my life evolved around my family and neighbors. I remember walking to the plaza with my mother and little brother, pulling my red wagon. On the way back home from the plaza, we would stop at the local pharmacy, butcher shop, and bakery and put all our purchases in my red wagon. I was very proud of having the responsibility of bringing home the goods. I enjoyed the walk home because it gave us a chance to socialize with friends and relatives. My mother would talk in both Spanish and English to her acquaintances. My mother bought me my very first bicycle, a used maroon bike with no fenders nor training wheels when I was six. She bought it from her friend at the bakery. I have no recollection of my bike being stolen. But, one late afternoon with the sun going down there was knock at our front door. My dad opened the door to see who it was. It was a policeman with my stolen bike in his left hand and in his right hand was a wailing little boy being held with a vice grip by the policeman . The cop and my dad talked in Spanish. They knew each other. My dad knew everyone. He was heavily involved in local politics. The little boy, about my age was crying uncontrollably. I had never seen him before. He was a stranger. I could tell he was poor. His clothes were ragged, and he had a thick layer of dust covering him from head to toe. His tears could not run down his cheeks because they were absorbed by the layer of dirt on his face. What really caught my attention was his wild, unkempt hair with a huge piece of gum stuck in it. It was surreal. I had never seen this kid before and never did afterwards. I felt terrible for this sobbing little boy. He was in anguish. I didn’t want my stolen bicycle back if the poor, dark skinned boy had to suffer for taking it. I was too little to convey these thoughts to my dad and the cop at the front door. I think that was my first memory of feeling compassion for someone. Despite his dirty, unkempt appearance and gum stuck in his hair, I remember the sobbing kid was one of the most beautiful persons that I had ever seen in my life. Sosaya is a 74-year-old Vietnam veteran who changed careers 49 times. He writes, “I occupy my time living in Albuquerque between playing tennis and doing things with my grandchildren. I write when I have time. I am curious about almost everything, and I love playing with words.”
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RESILIENCE IN THE TIME OF COVID I’m going to be real: In order to finish this column, I had to pop some anxiety medication and watch a live cam of baby goats on YouTube until I regained enough perspective to think clearly. I had let myself fall prey to the unfortunate combination of too much time reading about the coronavirus apocalypse on social media, bookended by too much time with my toddler who’s home from daycare for (at least) three weeks. Preceded by lousy sleep. So here we are—the sight of baby goats playing helped, and I’m writing. I’ll tell you what this column is not going to be: It’s not going to be an inspiring video of people singing out their windows in Italy to connect while they’re quarantined, or another uplifting poem about how coronavirus is here to teach us all to slow down and recognize our interdependence. It’s not going to be a list of all the projects you could work on during these weeks of “free time.” Because let’s face it, many of us are stuck home with kids who are driving us nuts, or overwhelming anxiety, or pre-existing mental health issues that are getting triggered, or massive loneliness, or all of the above. Or we’re still working. None of us are actually holed up in a cozy corner writing that novel we’ve been meaning to finish for three years. We’re obsessively trolling the news and trying not to lose our shit. Maybe the best you can do right now is to answer a few emails, eat junk food and watch videos of kittens in boxes. Maybe you’ve managed to change your kid’s diapers and keep them fed for 72 hours—you’re awesome! Maybe you took a shower and took your dog out. Good job. You don’t have to be a superhero right now. You don’t have turn into a bomb homeschooler overnight and devise a four-week calendar of exceptionally creative projects for your kid(s). You don’t have to keep a smile on your face. If you need to cry or scream or break things, I hope you get some space to do it. I hope you give yourself permission. You will probably feel better after you do. I hope you know you are not alone. I hope you know a lot of us are missing our normal lives and being hard on ourselves ’cause this adjustment is awful and why can’t we be more chill about it?
I suspect we are all overwhelmed in this weird new universe where we’re not supposed to hug the people we love or do any of the things out in the world that make us happy. (Except perhaps go hiking. 6 feet from anyone else on the trail.) It’s a strange reality that was imposed on us so suddenly, with so little preparation. And we are facing so much uncertainty. How long will all of this last? Will the kids go back to school this year? Will people we know die of a mysterious virus? Will we catch it ourselves? Will the economy collapse? And will I ever get to have my postponed 40th birthday party? Uncertainty is a beast. I am sure that at some point many of us will come away from these coronavirus months with some spiritual lessons on surrender and acceptance, but don’t beat yourself up if you’re not there yet. It doesn’t help. I hope that maybe you are setting some loving boundaries with yourself, like not checking social media 400 times a day. I just turned on the app that blocks me from Facebook and the news, and felt a big exhale of relief. Checking this stuff obsessively is a form of hyper-vigilance, and as a trauma survivor, it is totally playing into old patterns that hijack my nervous system. Sometimes self-care is knowing when to turn the noise off. Recently I’ve been teaching my students this poem by Hanif Abdurraqib called “All of the Ways I Kept Myself Alive Today.” At first, the poet lists some basic self-care choices, like taking a pass on fried food. Then the poet takes a sudden turn and mentions that while he did watch the video of the murder again, this time he closed his eyes. This time, he only heard the sounds of the gunshots, followed by the sound of the branches on the trees lifting as the birds that were dressing them left for other lands. When I share this poem, I like to teach my students about the word resilience, and that being able to see the beauty that still exists in times of suffering is a powerful form of resilience. I hope you can choose when you need to close your eyes and listen to the birds. I hope you can believe that sometimes closing your eyes is the kinder, smarter choice, and trust you will reopen them when you are ready. Good luck. Necessary Magic is a semi-regular column wherein writer and artist Jacks McNamara explores queer issues, liberatory politics, magical creatures and other relevant topics. Learn more at jacksmcnamara.net.
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Gallery proprietor Max Baseman says he knew something was going to shift as he was getting ready for bed on Friday, March 13. “I slept on it that night and decided the next day,” he says. “Inviting everyone to gather together seemed unwise.” Instead, with concerns over the novel coronavirus COVID-19 causing strict social distancing practices, Baseman created a short video to showcase his newest group show, Visual Limits, featuring artists Allan Graham, Stuart Arends, Marc Baseman, Debbie Long, Michael Diaz, Philadelphia Wireman, Wes Mills and Dennis Oppenheim. As of now, the video is on 5. Gallery’s Facebook page (facebook.com/5pointgallery) and is best described as a virtual walkthrough. Baseman, acting as cameraman, wends through the pieces, stopping briefly at each to give us an idea of what’s going on. It’s only his first, and he has other ideas in the works for the coming weeks, though what shape that will take is anyone’s guess—things are changing daily. Still, Baseman’s video and potential future projects are indicative of a wildly impressive truth about local arts that has become apparent in the last couple weeks—culture people are adapting quickly and helping to give meaning to a world struggling with standstill. At Canyon Road’s Nuart Gallery, for example, salesperson Kat Kinnick has been furiously at work for a shift to virtual experiences. Kinnick says such plans were already in the works—a means
for faraway buyers and appreciators to engage on a deeper level—and that the gallery’s remaining staff is trying to look at the silver lining of the situation. For now, Kinnick is familiarizing herself with Zoom, a online video chat service similar to Skype, but one that has grown in popularity of late with its ability to loop in many parties. In addition to providing an ideal platform for the virtual walkthrough of Nuart’s upcoming shows—Between the Known and Unknown, with artists Shar Coulson and Richard Berman, and Times Forgotten, with Randall Reid—it’s a great way to host artist talks with each. Coulsan hails from Chicago and Reid lives in Texas; Berman calls Santa Fe home, but if we’re going to be stuck inside, an artist talk seems a vastly preferential quarantine activity to re-bingeing The Sopranos. Kinnick also says she hopes to expand the presence to Facebook Live and maybe Instagram Live, though Zoom will be first. “We’re still in the process of implementing it because it’s a real shift for the gallery,” Kinnick adds, “but it’s something we’ve always wanted to do.” Kinnick’s own work, the delightful A Culture of Wilderness hangs just up Canyon Road at Hecho a Mano, where gallerist Frank Rose has embraced live streaming as well. Rose tells SFR he’ll probably stick to Instagram for now, though, as with most things right now, Facebook is probably the quickest way to learn more. Meanwhile, in Albuquerque, Diné MC Def-i partnered with promotions nonprofit AMP Concerts on March 21 for a live streamed concert event at the
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Launchpad. AMP sold virtual tickets, and both it and Def-i accepted donations througout the show. The event was otherwise free to watch (and it lives on on the AMP Facebook page; facebook.com/ ampconcerts). “It was a qualified success,” AMP founder and executive director Neal Copperman tells SFR. “We’re viewing what we’re trying to do right now as opportunities to provide actual employment for artists and people in our arts community while simultaneously fulfilling our own mission of creating positive entertainment and community.” Copperman says AMP employed four people to make the stream happen, and took social distancing and proper hygiene into account while creating the event. Further, he says, AMP raised roughly $350 from the stream with Def-i raising an undisclosed amount on his own. In other words, people were working and AMP was serving its community. “We aren’t in the longer term looking to recoup our costs right now,” Copperman explains. “AMP is a success-
ful business, and we’re in a better position to weather this than a lot of the people— we’re trying to help in the community.” This should continue, too, with a tentative plan for a similar event featuring Santa Fe comedian/musician Carlos Medina and a flamenco tablao with Albuquerque dancer Valeria Montes and her husband, guitarist Juani de la Isla. AMP Concert’s website (ampconcerts.org) and Facebook page are the best places to go for up-to-date information. Otherwise, expect to see more events like these popping up and more innovative means through which to execute them. It’s honestly fascinating to see the vast majority of humankind leaning on the arts—on film, music, visual works, etc.—in its time of need. Hopefully we all remember that if and when life goes back to some semblance of normal. Hopefully we take care of these people and places right now, while we still can. VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK 4 pm Friday, March 27. Free. facebook. com/nuartgallery
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n little more than a week, whole families’ incomes have disappeared. Folks are experiencing economic insecurity across the board in ways they never have before—for some, it’s a choice between essentials like food, medicine and houseing, and though Mayor Alan Webber announced an eviction freeze last week, if this sounds like your situation, this column’s for you—Santa Fe offers numerous established and emerging resources to help folks access food, and you shouldn’t be afraid to use them.
First, for the kids. Santa Fe Public Schools is distributing breakfasts and lunches at seven different area schools every weekday between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm for anyone school-aged and younger. Drive-through meal pickup is available at Chaparral, Kearny, Sweeney and Ramirez Thomas elementary schools, Aspen Middle School and Santa Fe and Capital high schools. For families and adults in need, The Food Depot (thefooddepot.org) has been preparing to be at the forefront of crisis for 25 years now, and has opened three weekly drive-through food distribution centers to help maintain social distancing while getting food to those in
need. But who is eligible? “Anyone,” says Jill Dixon, The Food Depot’s director of development. “Obviously we are hoping that people who genuinely need the help are going to be the ones coming in to get the help… If there’s a family, a person struggling, they didn’t have the resources to stock up, they don’t know how to feed their families, they’ve come out of work or their income has dropped, we want those folks to come and get support.” Each center is equipped to distribute food for about 2,300 people each day, and families receive a box that should last about a week and is stocked with nonperishables like pasta, rice, beans and canned meats, along with some fresh foods. “We also have produce items, which, right now, we’re focusing on root vegetables that have a long shelf life,” Dixon explains. “Potatoes, carrots, onions. We’re going to have apples very soon.” If you’re secure and able to help, The Food Depot is not accepting food donations right now for obvious health reasons, but it is accepting financial contributions which can be used to buy food from distributors at a steep discount. “Every dime helps,” Dixon adds. For the disabled, however, it can be challenging to turn raw food into an edible meal. The Food Depot’s partner, Kitchen Angels (kitchenangels.org), offers meal deliveries to homebound folks. To determine if you’re eligible, call 471-7780. The City of Santa Fe also provides meals to homebound seniors 60 and older through the national Meals on Wheels program; while the city has closed meal distributions at senior centers, it’s still able to deliver. Call 955-4721 for more info or to get you or a loved one enrolled. Despite these resources, there will still be gaps—regular folks will have to
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step up and help their neighbors, as long as they’re not in crisis themselves. As the gravity of the COVID-19 crisis began to fall around us, Santa Fean Bobby Beals found himself in the same place as many of us: scrolling social media, searching for updates. “I made the mistake to be on social media a lot, and there’s a lot of warring and fear,” Beals tells SFR. “I just felt that people were losing their jobs, and I was worried about how the elderly, and the [disabled], specifically are gonna get meals.” Beals is an artist and former gallerist who owns the skateboard brand Kamagraph, through which he hosts the annual Skateopolis show at local coffee shop Downtown Subscription to raise money for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. So while he’s got experience with charity, he’s not a food distribution or logistics professional by any means. A simple Facebook post asking who needed help spawned a spreadsheet to list families in need. “I’m trying to do this no questions, no judgements kind of thing,” Beals explains. Before he knew it, numerous chefs, donors and delivery drivers had volunteered to help out, and now Beals has a project on his hands he never expected. “The first batch, we made a weeks’ worth of meals for 30 families,” he says. Originally the plan was to make sandwiches and burritos, but once local chefs came onboard, the menu evolved to include things like soups and casseroles and has since grown larger than anticipated. Interested parties can still reach out to Beals for more info, but the scope of the project is changing with chefs and volunteers meeting this week to work out its next steps. Visit facebook.com/bobbybealsandco to learn more, and do your best to stem the tide.
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There’s an odd micro-genre that generally pops up within the world of indie movies, and it can basically be described as the had it/lost it conundrum. The main character was great once, we’re told, or something damn near it; time, however, and fate, hit this character hard, and when we finally catch up with them, it’s pretty far into give up territory and the muted world around them just seems sad. Phoenix, Oregon from director Gary Lundgren (Wow and Flutter) starts about there as the oncehot-shit Bobby (James Le Gros) settles into yet another year of trying to ignore the death of his mother, his divorce and small town pointlessness someplace in southern Oregon. Bobby’s a bartender at one of those “authentic” Italian ristorante type places where the owner (Diedrich Bader) uses a cheap blend instead of the real olive oil, pools tips to include himself and ignores the advice of his chef Carlos (Colombiana‘s Jesse Borrego) to cut corners. All current and former restaurant workers know this place. And it’s sad, but when Carlos decides to renovate the dormant local bowling alley with a combination of artisan pizzas, locally sourced drinks and bowling (which Bobby was great at once upon a time), Bobby finds the means to dig himself out of the
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Disney might wind up feeling pretty OK about this pandemic, as its newest Pixar title, the Dungeons and Dragons-y Onward just hit streaming services following disappointing box office numbers (disappointing for Pixar, anyway). It’s a trend we’re probably going to see bloom in the coming days, namely, films that were just in theaters or were slated to hit them soon coming to Amazon or iTunes or wherever while we’re on lockdown. Right now, we’re what you might call a captive audience, especially for people with kids who are in search of 90 minutes of calm. Make no mistake, though, while this might seem exciting enough for those of us taking COVID-19 seriously, the $19.99 price tag for Onward tells us we’re still dealing with the same old Disney. Anyway, in Onward, a once magic world maintains its mythical beasts and creatures (unicorns and pixies and dragons and the like), though magic has gone from the world. People still live in mushroom houses and stuff, but they’re everyday folks who own phones and watch television and drive cars and go to school and so on. Enter Ian (voiced by Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland), a painfully shy and newly 16-year-old elf whose dad died just before he was born. Ian’s mom (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a minivan driving any-mother, his brother Barley (voiced by Chris Pratt) is taking a gap year and loves him some his20
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depression hole; an orbiting venture capitalist (Reynaldo Gallegos) and liquor distributor (Lisa Edelstein of House) egg them on. A plan is formed. And hatched. The town loves it. Bobby emerges from his fog. The venture capitalist is a scumbag, though (we saw that coming, like, immediately). Demand outweighs supply. Running a business is hard! Bowling isn’t everything! Conflict! Conflict! Conflict! Phoenix, Oregon tells a sweet enough tale and a familiar one at that—aging is tough for everyone— but its meandering pacing and overly cluttered series of plot points do it a disservice. Bobby’s divorced because they couldn’t have kids. His mom died when he needed her. He’s working on a comic book about how we all live in an alien simulation but he’s too self-pitying to submit it anyplace, he misses being great at things…in more capable hands, this could have proven a rich well from which to draw, but Le Gros struggles to find emotion even when it’s there for the taking. Granted, an extended bowling scene with consummate character actor Kevin Corrigan didn’t do him any favors, nor does the clunky script, but even
tory—Ian’s life is hectic. But then he discovers his dearly departed dad left behind a spell that can conjure up his existence for a 24-hour period, but the brothers manage to only spirit his legs back. With the clock ticking, they set out to find an item to complete the magic, but you bet your ass they’ll meet a wacky bunch of centaurs and manticores and cyclopses and shit like that and—yeah, it’s Zootopia, but with fantasy creatures. If it sounds fun, it almost is, but Onward feels like Pixar’s attempt to hold onto an aging demographic of no-longer-kids. Like its similarly tone-confused Inside Out, this one never seems to know if it’s courting teens, tweens, the single-digit set or their parents. By aiming for all of them at once, things wind up irritating, particularly in the jokes department as everything either plays to the tired old assumption that people who like fantasy fiction are losers (what year is this, anyway?!) or tries too hard to say “Isn’t it funny to see a goblin doing regular human stuff? ISN’T IT?!” Smash cut to seemingly impossible odds, ham-fisted schmaltz and a series of lessons about what it means to be brave and true and honest to ourselves, and we’ve got a paint-by-numbers affair in a bland world that might have been cool if it didn’t feel so well-worn. With animated movies like Spider-Man: Into the Multiverse shifting the idea of what such films can do, it might be a good time for Pixar to stop treating audiences like we aren’t capable of more complexity or, at the very least, a little less cutesy crap. (ADV)
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Borrego’s more natural turn as the best bud can’t save Le Gros from himself. Edelstein, meanwhile, exists in a vacuum, a woman written by a man if we’ve ever seen one—a woman sent to be the object of lust and little more. Yikes. Phoenix, Oregon becomes a dragging, sagging trudge through circumstances we’re familiar with, they’ve just been so distorted and overwrought that we can’t possibly care or relate by the ending. It should be noted, however, that instead of hitting its theatrical release this week, Phoenix, Oregon has been released online through Joma Films jomafilms.com) at a mere $6.50. Not only that, but the website offers a dropdown menu of theaters that were scheduled to screen the movie who will get the proceeds from the sale. In New Mexico, the lucky theater is Albuquerque’s Guild Cinema. Stay home. Do it.
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I can just see the pitch meeting for the new Hulu movie Big Time Adolescence now: “It’s a real coming-of-age story except we also got SNL’s Pete Davidson to come in and play a complete piece of shit.” It’s hardly a stretch for Davidson (I assume, really, because I’ve never met the man, but, like, don’t you think?) to tackle the role of Zeke, a former high-school big shot whom everyone refers to as a “legend.” Particularly enamored is Mo (Griffin Gluck), a slightly younger kid who hangs around with Zeke years after his sister’s disastrous relationship with the guy. It’s like a symbiotic thing based in ostensible coolness, or at least whatever high school version of coolness exists out there (y’know, drugs and stuff), but Mo’s parents (Jon Cryer and Julia Murney) don’t love what it’s doing to their kid (y’know, drugs and stuff). Things only get worse when Zeke suggests Mo sell weed and booze to gain access to a party with his older classmates and to get close to a young woman named Sophie (Oona Laurence). Accepted because of his proximity to some dude with a medical card and access to liquor, Mo transforms into a bit of a piece of shit himself, but he’ll surely learn some lessons along the way, right? Maybe.
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Big Time Adolescence has been lauded as an intimate look into the life of the American teenager, and though it does weave a cautionary tale about what we make of ourselves, what we owe others and some pap about being true to who we are, it only scratches the surface of these things. Director Jason Orley’s first feature skates right up to the ideas of mental illness and depression, but only superficially and without outright naming them. Davidson’s Zeke, we’re told, is 23 and feels lost and empty—though rather than delving into why that is or what toll they take, we get a short montage of filthy houses and nearly empty karaoke bars. We’re mostly told he’s a loser, though hints at a recently dead grandmother and Mo’s sister’s new relationship seemed ripe for development, though none comes. Gluck’s Mo is solid enough and often believable in scenes where he acts too cool only to regret it, but “friends with an older person” isn’t so much a personality trait. Still, Jon Cryer stands out as his father, a man answering powerlessness with rising degrees of anger and fear and maybe even a little violence. Lessons are learned for both Zeke and Mo, though Orley’s opus ends with a whimper rather than a bang as we see those lessons set up to dissipate. Perhaps this rings truer to life,but if the goal was to prove to us Zeke and Mo could evolve, even incrementally, it’s still hard to sympathize with straight, white, mostly well-off and good-looking young men who sit around wistfully wondering how it all went wrong. (ADV)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your oracle comes from Aries poet Octavio Paz: “The path the ancestors cleared is overgrown, unused. The other path, smooth and broad, is crowded with travelers. It goes nowhere. There’s a third path: mine. Before me, no one. Behind me, no one. Alone, I find my way.” APRIL FOOL! Although the passage by Octavio Paz is mostly accurate for your destiny during the rest of 2020, it’s offkilter in one way: It’s too ponderously serious and melodramatic. You should find a way to carry out its advice with meditative grace and effervescent calm.
lyzed and discussed by literary scholars today. I bring her to your attention because I think that in the next four weeks you, too, could generate a small burst of beauty that will still be appreciated 2,000 years from now. APRIL FOOL! I lied about the “small” part. The burst of beauty you create in the immediate future could actually be quite large, as well as enduring.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): French poet Louis Aragon (1897–1982) was an influential novelist and a pioneer of surrealistic poetry. Much of his writing had a lyrical quality, and many of his poems were set to TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A century ago, fiery writ- music. He also had a belligerent streak. Before the er Maxim Gorky and hard-ass Taurus politician publication of one of his books, he announced that he Vladimir Lenin were listening to a Beethoven sonata would thrash any writer who dared to review it in together. “I can’t listen to music too often,” Lenin told print. Success! There were no critical reviews at all. I his companion. “It affects your nerves, makes you want recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks. to say stupid, nice things.” This is crucial advice for you Make it impossible for anyone to criticize you. APRIL to heed in the coming weeks, Taurus. You need to be as FOOL! I lied. I would never suggest that you use viosmart and tough as possible, so don’t you dare listen to lence to accomplish your aims. And besides that, the music. APRIL FOOL! Lenin was half-mistaken, and I coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to half-lied. The fact is, music makes you smarter and solicit feedback of all varieties, even the critical kind. nicer, and those will be key assets for you to cultivate in SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I hesitate to be so the coming weeks. So yes, do listen to a lot of music. blunt, but it’s my duty to report the facts. According to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): By the time he was 55 my reading of the astrological omens, you should have years old, Gemini author Thomas Hardy had written as many orgasms as possible in the next 15 days. You 18 novels and many poems. His stuff was good need to tap into the transformative psychological enough to win him two separate nominations for a power that’s available through monumental eruptions Nobel Prize in Literature. But during the last 32+ years of pleasure and releases of tension. (P.S. Spiritual of his life, he never wrote another novel. According to orgasms will be just as effective as physical orgasms.) one theory, it was because he was discouraged by the APRIL FOOL! What I just said is true, but I left out an negative reviews he got for his last novel. I suspect important component of your assignment: Be loving you may be at a similar juncture in your life, Gemini. and responsible as you pursue your joyous climaxes, Maybe it’s time to give up on a beloved activity that never manipulative or exploitative or insensitive. hasn’t garnered the level of success you’d hoped for. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Greek orator APRIL FOOL! The truth is, it is most definitely NOT Demosthenes was renowned for his skill at delivering time to lose hope and faith. Don’t be like Hardy. powerful, charismatic speeches. While he was still Rededicate yourself to your passionate quests. learning his craft, he resorted to extreme measures to CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian theologian improve. For example, there was a time when he John Wesley (1703–1791) was a Christian who embodshaved just half of his head. It made him ashamed to go ied the liberal values that Christ actually taught. He out in public, forcing him to spend all his time indoors advocated for the abolition of slavery, prison reform, practicing his speeches. Would you consider a similar the ordination of women priests, and a vegetarian strategy right now? APRIL FOOL! I was just messing diet. He gave away a lot of his money and administered many charities. To accomplish his life’s work, he with you. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to minimize your socializing and devote yourself to traveled 250,000 miles on horseback and preached 40,000 sermons. Let’s make him your role model for hard work in behalf of a beloved dream. But shaving the coming weeks. Be inspired by his life as you vividly half your head isn’t the best way to accomplish that. express your care and compassion. APRIL FOOL! I lied a little bit. Although most of what I just recommended is a good idea, the part about traveling long distances, either on horseback or by other means, is not.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to tell as many lies as possible if doing so helps you get what you want. I hereby authorize you to engage in massive deceptions, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The neurotic but talented French misrepresentations, and manipulative messages as novelist Marcel Proust observed, “Everything vital in the you seek to impose your will on every flow of events. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, everything I just said was world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded religions and composed our masterpieces.” With that in the exact opposite of your actual horoscope, which is mind, and in accordance with current astrological omens, as follows: You have a sacred duty to tell more of the I urge you to cultivate your own neurotic qualities in their truth than you have ever been able to tell before. As you dig deeper to discover more and more of what’s extreme forms of expression during the coming weeks. essential for you to understand and express, dedicate You’re due for some major creative breakthroughs. APRIL FOOL! I was kidding. The fact is, you can generate your efforts to the goal of gliding along with the most beautiful and interesting flow you can find. creative breakthroughs in the coming weeks by being poised and composed—not extra neurotic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Fifteen minutes before VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Leon Edel wrote a five-volume biography of renowned author Henry James. In the course of his research, he read 15,000 letters that were written by James. He came to have a profound familiarity with the great man. In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you choose a worthy character about whom you will become equally knowledgeable. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that now is an excellent time to deepen your understanding of people you care about. But don’t get as obsessed as Edel!
the Big Bang occurred, where was the matter that now constitutes your body and my body? And if, as seems to be true, the Big Bang was the beginning of time, what time was it fifteen minutes earlier? Questions like these are crucial for you to ponder in the next two weeks. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The questions I articulated should in fact be very low priority for you. In the immediate future, you’ll be wise to be as concrete and specific and pragmatic as you can possibly be. Focus on up-close personal questions that you can actually solve, not abstract, unsolvable riddles.
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