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FOOD, SEPT. 11: “LOOK ME IN THE EYE”

TOO MUCH TECH Kudos to Zibby Wilder. Another nicety of a civilized society is disappearing: consideration of your fellow human beings. ...

I am seriously considering no longer attending concerts at The Lensic because the last time I went all I could see as I looked toward the stage was rectangles of light filming a concert which began with an admonition to turn off and stow all cell phones. And the people in those expensive seats in front of me were not millennials, but people who were at least ten years older than me.

Why is it that people believe an experience doesn’t exist unless it is posted to the

I went to see a movie at the Screen at the Santa Fe University of Arts and Design off St. Mike’s yesterday. It was sad to see how bad the campus looked, weeds high and buildings abandoned, the road in full of potholes and rubbish. There were only six people for the noon showing of Give Me Liberty. We essentially had the place to ourselves. ...

I almost cried when I was driving home near Airport Road ... The city needs to clean this campus up and make it a wonderful place to be again. I know the City of Santa Fe owns the property now, so c’mon Santa Fe let’s make it better! This is an art town! I appreciate Greg Scargall doing something, anything, to get this place up and running once again. No more corporate interference like what happened at this Santa Fe school of higher education.

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ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE INSTALLS ANCIENT ASTRONOMY TOOL We give it a week before undergrads post video of riding those spheres like a bull.

PR FIRM DESCRIBES HOW HIGHER BIDDERS FOR DINNER WOULD GET BETTER ACCESS TO THE GOV. TFW the curtain went back on the Wizard of Oz.

TRUMP CAME TO RIO RANCHO And the billboards erected by the Toulousse-Oliver campaign and the ACLU were priceless.

SNL HIRES THEN FIRES COMEDIAN SHANE GILLIS FOR RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS Hot take: It’s not “edgy,” it’s not “risk taking,” it’s just racism and homophobia.

VETERAN BROADCAST JOURNO COKIE ROBERTS DIES RIP, legend.

CLIMATE CHANGE STRIKE PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK Remember when skipping class didn’t have a political agenda?

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9:00 AM£–£5:00 PM Docent Tours Take a tour through the garden, ask questions and learn how to incorporate elements of the landscaping into your own backyard Santa Fe Botanical Garden (SFBG) 9:00 AM£–£5:00 PM Master Gardeners on site to answer all of your tough gardening questions SFBG 10:00 AM Jemez Seasonal Dance Group, (Jemez and Zuni) performs on Wheelwright Plaza Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (WMAI) 10:00 AM£–£12:00 PM Youth / Family Hands-on Art Activity Museum of Spanish Colonial Art (MOSCA) 10:00 AM£–£2:30 PM Taqueria Gracias Madre Food Truck WMAI 10:00 AM£–£4:00 PM Hatcha’s Food Truck MOSCA 10:00 AM£–£4:00 PM Docent Tours Explore Paul Pletka: Converging Faiths in the New World and other exhibitions MOSCA 10:00 AM£–£5:00 PM International Folk Art Market Stop by our table to learn about our membership program and upcoming warehouse sale 10:00 AM£–£5:00 PM Limited Edition Coloring Sheets by Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara) and Bob Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache) in the Case Trading Post lobby WMAI 10:00 AM£–£5:00 PM Children’s Mapping Activity Locate New Mexico tribal communities in the Case Trading Post lobby WMAI 10:30 AM£–£10:45 AM Caring for Your Art at Home presented by collections manager C. L. Kieffer Nail, in the classroom WMAI 11:00 AM£–£2:00 PM Hands-on Art Activities and Treasure Hunts in the Girard Wing Museum of Internation Folk Art (MOIFA) 12:00 PM Jemez Seasonal Dance Group, (Jemez and Zuni) performs on Wheelwright Plaza WMAI 12:00 PM£–£3:00 PM Rod Cannon Mind-blowing close-up magic MOSCA 12:30 PM£–£12:45 PM Caring for Your Art at Home presented by collections manager C. L. Kieffer Nail, in the classroom WMAI 1:00 PM INNASTATE Santa Fe’s contemporary reggae band performs on Milner Plaza Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) 1:00 PM Storyteller Emmett Shkeme Garcia (Santa Ana Pueblo) in the library WMAI 1:00 PM£–£2:00 PM Rita Padilla Haufmann, Spanish Colonial Arts Society 2019 Masters Lifetime Achievement Award Winner presents a talk about Weaving Technology and Tradition MOSCA 1:00 PM£–£3:00 PM Frank McCulloch and Melody Mock perform New Mexico Folk Music MOIFA 1:00 PM£–£4:00 PM Youth / Family Hands-on Art Activity MIAC 1:00 PM£–£4:00 PM Cavan Gonzales and Barbara Gonzales (San Ildefonso) present a Pottery Demonstration MIAC 2:00 PM Agoyo Oeyee Shadeh (Ohkay Owingeh) Dance Group performs on Milner Plaza MIAC 2:30 PM£–£2:45 PM Caring for Your Art at Home presented by collections manager C. L. Kieffer Nail, in the classroom WMAI 3:00 PM INNASTATE Santa Fe’s contemporary reggae band performs on Milner Plaza MIAC 3:00 PM Storyteller Emmett Shkeme Garcia (Santa Ana Pueblo) in the library WMAI 4:00 PM Agoyo Oeyee Shadeh (Ohkay Owingeh) Dance Group performs on Milner Plaza MIAC PHOTOS, FROM TOP: Hand-embroidered textile from Kandahar Treasure of Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the artist and IFAA. Sky City Buffalo Elk Dance Group (Acoma Pueblo) perform at Community Day 2018. Photo by Peter Ellzey.

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About 200 protesters and plenty of cops and other paramilitary types attended the rally in Rio Rancho on Sept. 16.

Average Trump N E W S A N A LY S I S B Y K AT H E R I N E L E W I N J E F F P RO CTO R @ S a n t a Fe Re p o r te r

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IO RANCHO—Donald Trump came to New Mexico again.

And while many of the themes and images punctuating the atmosphere that hovered over the president’s visit here Monday mirrored those from a 2016 campaign rally in Albuquerque, the air was decidedly less electric.

There was no shortage of the ubiquitous red MAGA hat outside the Santa Ana Star Center as thousands waited to glimpse Trump either inside the venue or on a massive Jumbotron set up just south of the entrance.

A young man in ill-fitting clothes puffed on a cheap cigarillo as he spat invective at a small band of a couple hundred protesters, who in turn shouted back with now familiar call-and-response chants such as “What do we want? Impeachment! When do we want it? Now!” And ever watchful, a man in a backwards baseball cap menaced the anti-Trump crowd for hours, a T-shirt

announcing that he represents the Oath Keepers—the self-styled “Guardians of the Republic” who have been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-government extremist group and who have taken up the MAGA cause.

A female voice intoned over loudspeakers in the parking lot, exalting Trump’s love for the First Amendment— an odd juxtaposition against the protesters’ confinement to a small pen a few hundred yards east of the venue until just before the president arrived.

Even Trump’s speech didn’t veer far from the hits—Republicans good, Democrats evil, news media fake—though it was tailored to his New Mexico audience in spots. To cheers, the president raked in credit for the state’s recent economic turnaround, largely on the back of an oil and gas boom.

He offered a salad of statistics, some of them approximating accuracy, others wildly exaggerated, but didn’t mention how either the White House or the Trump Organization have helped turn extractives into cash for the state.

But the night never bubbled over.

Mary Larson drove all the way from Santa Fe for the Even before protesters rally to protest the president’s environmental and clashed with police and Trump immigration regulation changes. fans after the 2016 AlbuquerKATHERINE LEWIN

All the same fixin’s at the president’s rally, but nothing’s shocking in 2019

que Convention Center rally, sometimes violently, that event had the feel of something different in American politics, something undefinable, something volatile.

Despite its identical trappings and underpinnings, Monday’s rally felt calm, unsurprising, even normal. Perhaps the four years gone by in the news cycle’s endless firehose of broken glass since Trump announced his candidacy have buffered the nation. Perhaps it’s something else.

SFR chose not to go inside the Star Center. Instead, we sought out Santa Feans in the surrounds to ask a few key questions: Why are you here? Why do you think Trump is here? He says he can flip a state in which he got creamed in 2016; do you believe him?

We got the full spectrum in response.

Mary Larson and Marcos and James Rivera provided the widest, most divergent views on why people drove the 50odd miles from Santa Fe to Rio Rancho to see Trump.

The Riveras, a father and son duo, are born Santa Feans. They made the trip to cheer on Trump’s penchant for environmental and business deregulation, as well as his rhetoric on creating jobs and ending third-trimester abortions.

“Deregulation and being probusiness, pro-capitalism, opening up the ability for businesses to do things,” James tells SFR about why he supports Trump.

“I’m a huge fan of [oil production]… I understand wanting to be moving to maybe a cleaner [economy] in the future, but we make so much money and so much revenue, and being oil independent is huge as well.”

Both father and son believe Trump will flip New Mexico red.

“This is a Democratic state and I hope he changes it because that’s why we’re last in everything,” Marcos says.

Mary Larson stands with about 100 other protesters in the designated area.

She is from Seattle, moved to New Mexico 16 years ago to teach on the Navajo reservation and now lives in Santa Fe. She couldn’t disagree more with the Riveras.

“I believe in an America that has clean air, clean water and welcomes everyone,” Larson says, holding a white sign with “Send Him Back” written in black letters.

“I think [Trump] believes he can win everything. I think he really, truly believes his own lies. I think he totally thinks he’s the good guy.”

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Proposed amendments to affordable housing rules are aimed at enticing developers to increase Santa Fe’s rental supply

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he City of Santa Fe wants to tweak its inclusionary zoning laws in an effort to better meet the challenges of a tight housing market—particularly for people looking to rent.

The Office of Affordable Housing says it wants to craft affordability requirements that are both attractive to the industry and meet the city’s crushing housing needs.

Developers are still skeptical, but some are working with the city to evaluate ideas.

Anyone renting in Santa Fe knows from experience how hard it is find a space that meets one’s budget, needs, and desires in a city where occupancy rates remain around 98% and rents continue to rise. Yet the situation has proven difficult for city officials to fix. The inclusionary zoning laws currently on the books have not exactly worked as hoped or planned.

Currently, developers who want to build multi-family rental complexes must either set aside 15% of units for qualified low-income tenants while the rest are rented at market rate, or they must pay a fee-in-lieu to the city that is put towards 100% affordable developments built by nonprofits or the local housing authority.

The proposed amendments to the law, however, would keep the fee-in-lieu option while incrementally increasing the amount. They also stand to create a new option to encourage developers to build rent-stabilized developments aimed at middle-income renters, and add extra incentives for developers to include affordable units for the low-income bracket.

These changes, Office of Affordable Housing Director Alexandra Ladd explained at a Community Development Commission meeting earlier this month, attempt to create “market-based solutions” to a supply and demand problem that has left the average Santa Fean scrambling to put a roof over their head.

The current 15% affordable unit requirement, implemented in 2006, was intended to discourage gentrification and create more diverse, multi-income communities by incorporating affordable units into every new rental development. But in reality, the regulation and its timing just a few years before the bottom dropped out of the real estate market stopped developers from building any new for-profit rental complexes at all for a whole decade.

Ladd notes that 100% affordable housing developments built by nonprofits or government agencies to serve very lowincome tenants were the only new rental units added to the market. But for the majority of residents, rising demands and a fixed supply of apartments meant that landlords could keep raising rents.

In 2016, the city implemented the feein-lieu as an incentive for developers to start new construction.

“What sparked that change was that for 10 years we had not had a single market rate multi-family rental proposed for our market. And part of that was because of the recession, but the other piece of that was that the 15% on-site requirement was impossible [for developers] to finance,” Ladd tells SFR. The fee-in-lieu regulation did encourage new development: 2,000 units have been approved since 2016 and roughly 1,000 are currently under construction or awaiting permitting. But none of these new complexes include units that are affordable by definition.

Josh Rogers, director of development at Albuquerque-based company Titan Developments, consulted with Ladd about the proposed amendments.

“The goal is to create three options that all look equally appealing to developers, so that we can create a healthy housing market in Santa Fe,” Rogers tells SFR. “From our standpoint it would be great to provide a mixed income community in the city of Santa Fe. Affordability is such a huge

ABOVE: New apartments under construction on Rodeo Road. BELOW: The high-end Railyard Flats apartment opened last year.

challenge in Santa Fe and so if developers come to the table wanting to do this, the city needs to come meet them half way.”

Titan is building the Broadstone Rodeo development off St. Francis Drive on the southeast end of town. With 188 apartments, it’s the biggest new project under construction in Santa Fe and units should be available as early as November at market rates that will be determined 60 days in advance. Titan paid a fee of approximately $235,000 to avoid doing affordable units.

Even with the amount of the fees set to double by 2021 as per the new amendments, Rogers says the fee-in-lieu would still be the most attractive option for operations like his.

He’s skeptical of the second option aimed at middle income tenants in which all units in a development would be rented at HUD’s “fair market rent” for the area. Renters would have to earn below 120% of the area median income to qualify. Units would be cheaper than market rate, but more expensive than official affordable housing, and in exchange the city would reduce the costs of all other fees and permits for construction by 15%.

Rogers says the city would have to waive a greater percentage of fees and lower the percentage of low-cost units for this second option to work for developers.

He’s much more optimistic about the third option, which keeps the requirement for 15% of units to be affordable, but waives 30% of permitting fees and includes a contract with the Office of Affordable Housing to pair developers with local organizations such as The Life Link to find and manage qualifying low-income tenants, causing less of a hassle for developers.

It’s still not a perfect solution from a development perspective, says Rogers, but it’s close.

The proposed amendments are still being modified and must be presented to city committee meetings open to the public before a public hearing and final vote from City Council, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 30. The next presentation is scheduled for Sept. 19 at 6 pm at the Planning Commission meeting. A summary of proposed amendments, upcoming meeting schedule, and contact info can be found at the City of Santa Fe Office of Affordable Housing website under the Santa Fe Homes Program.

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n a Tuesday afternoon, a dozen people wait quietly in the Santa Fe Municipal Court, layered between as many shades of beige that cover the walls, the fabric on the seats in the gallery, the judge’s bench.

Cellphones aren’t allowed in the building, so everyone looks straight ahead, the silence broken only by clerks shuffling papers, a painful-sounding cough and a squeaky wheel as an employee rolls out a large whiteboard with names on one side and colorful magnets inching their way, at various stages, toward “graduation” from Drug and DUI Court at the other end.

Twice a month, Judge Virginia Vigil presides over the specialty court program. The city calls it an “alternative sentencing program,” a six-month course available for repeat offenders. Instead of or cases. jail time, participants go through drug But municipal courts have also come and alcohol testing, individual and group under intense criticism in recent years, therapy, twice-monthly court hearings most notably in Ferguson, Missouri, and mandatory attendance at 12-step rewhere the city court threw gasoline on covery meetings. already existing racial tensions by crimThe city pays the program’s full tab. inalizing and intentionally gouging mil“There is no doubt in my mind that we lions of dollars out of black and minority have a strong culture of addicted people residents there. in Santa Fe County,” Vigil tells SFR in Santa Fe can’t evaluate the local court her office. “I think that’s a huge challenge on that metric, however. That’s because for our community. And the biggest chalit does not track defendants’ race or ethlenge is there are no resources. And this nicity and has no plans to do so, Vigil tells is the same song that we had when I was a prosecutor.”

The programs are something that Vigil has taken pride in since she was elected in 2016. It’s just a slice of the Municipal Court’s hectic, five-day-a-week docket, though. Vigil and a rotating cast of pro-tem judges decide on about 150 cases per week regarding traffic violations, shoplifting, DWIs, drug possession, trespassing, battery, resisting arrest and alcohol in public places wihtin the city limits. The court handles all misdemeanors, including violations of the city code, such as littering, pets without proper vaccinations and building without construction permits.

It plays a vital role in the state’s justice system by Angela “Spence” Pacheco, a former prosecutor and partkeeping magistrate and distime Municipal Court judge, says the lower courts should be trict courts from becoming an “accessible” form of justice burdened with misdemean-

Virginia Vigil on the bench, where she will serve another four years as Municipal Court judge.

SFR. A national expert on city courts and criminal justice calls that approach “naive at best,” particularly in a place like Santa Fe, with its large non-white population.

The People’s Court As Vigil swings her shiny black judge’s robe around her shoulders, her long blonde hair caught under the collar, she tells SFR she believes she’s contributing to Santa Fe by “making decisions that affect the safety of the community that are fair and judicious.”

The court deals with troubles and laws that are part of residents’ daily lives.

The importance can’t be understated, according to Angela “Spence” Pacheco, who has been a part-time judge in the Municipal Court for the last two years after working as a prosecutor in Santa Fe for decades.

“Municipal courts really are a people’s court,” Pacheco tells SFR via phone. “Unless it’s a DWI, where it has all kinds of legal ramifications, for simple tickets and stuff people shouldn’t have to pay for a lawyer.

They should be able to go and try to resolve the issue. It really should be an accessible form of justice for the community.”

Pacheco also lauds Santa Fe’s alternative sentencing programs: the DUI and Drug Court that aims to rehabilitate people instead of criminalize them and Homeless Court, which takes proceedings to the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place to meet those who are

homeless at a place that’s easier for them to get to.

But that access costs money: In 2016 and 2017, court fines and fees paid by Santa Feans generated nearly $1.5 million for the city. In 2018, the court collected $618,820. In 2019 so far, $411,163 has been paid in fines and fees.

The city sends most of that cash back out the door to pay for court operations.

According to the city website, there are 14 employees in the court division, including Vigil, who earns about $104,882 each year. The court’s expenese budget in FY2020 was estimated at more than $333,000.

How We Got Her A particularly gruesome child abuse case is what drove Vigil from her work as an assistant district attorney from 1991 to 1994 into the rest of her 25-year career as a lawyer, lobbyist, county commissioner and, finally, to presiding over the Municipal Court.

Municipal Court judges serve fouryear terms. In 2016, Vigil ran against Ignacio Gallegos, another Santa Fe lawyer, and won. The seat was vacant because the previous judge moved on to District Court. They did not have to run against an incumbent.

Another election for Vigil’s spot is coming up Nov. 5. She is running uncontested this year and will serve another four years.

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“For me personally, it’s very purposeful and a way of me being a part of my community at a level that feels as if I am contributing ... I feel very strongly about that because I was born and raised here,” Vigil says. “I think the benefit of doing that is when somebody comes up to me and they say ‘My accident occurred on the corner of Alameda and Canyon Road,’ I visualize all these places.”

Vigil is also facing a whistleblower lawsuit and several complaints submitted by employees to the Judicial Ethics Commission. See page 15.

Despite its inconspicuous brown and beige building situated in Santa Fe’s Southside on Camino Entrada, sentencing decisions made by Vigil and the other pro-tem judges who substitute for her can have immediate and lasting impacts.

Change Is Not Coming After three and a half years on the bench, Vigil says she hopes to make “technological” changes to the court and make its records “paperless.”

The court has a comprehensive database Vigil says is underutilized.

“It’s very critical that every case gets reported appropriately because it goes to the state and that requires us to have really good database training,” she says But there’s one crucial aspect of collecting data on the Santa Feans who pass through the Municipal Court that Vigil says she has no plans to start tracking: race and ethnicity.

Vigil claims that “it’s not possible for (the) court to prey on minority neighborhoods.”

“There should be no documented knowledge of a defendant’s race when processing charges as, on its face, the knowledge of race may play into preconceived notions, impressions or prejudices,” Vigil writes in an email. “We do not issue violations of the law. We process them.”

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ishment or lack thereof—face-to-face or through a video hearing, where someone’s race or ethnicity can often be seen and potentially work against them.

Christine Cole, vice president and executive director of The Crime and Justice Institute, has worked for more than 30 years in policing, institutional and community-based corrections, victim advocacy, community organizing and prosecution as a researcher and writer. She focuses in particular on how data can positively influence safety and justice reform.

Cole says that in her experience, the idea that it’s not possible for a municipal court to negatively impact low-income communities and that tracking race data is unnecessary is “naive at best.”

It could be fear of what the race and ethnicity data might show that keeps courts and other institutions from wanting to track it, she says by telephone.

“I think it’s really scary to think about tracking race,” Cole says. “On the other hand you can’t defend yourself without data. If you’re not worried about what anyone is going to see in the data, then collect the data, but don’t say, ‘We don’t collect data because we know we’re doing things well.’”

DWI violations are among the most frequent offenses Vigil decides on at court. An SFR review of Vigil’s rulings from August 2018 through August 2019 shows 163 DWI cases total, according to data obtained through a public records request.

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disproportionately in low-income, minority communities such as the Southside. The Santa Fe Police Department has recently been criticized for the practice.

In 2018, the Santa Fe New Mexican found that 22 of the 27 DWI checkpoints conducted by SFPD since 2016 were staged in the south and southwest areas of the city—where most of the city’s immigrant, Hispanic and Latino residents

There should be no documented knowledge of a defendant’s race when processing charges as, on its face, the knowledge of race may play into preconceived notions, impressions or prejudices.

-Judge Virginia Vigil

live and despite many of the city’s popular bars and restaurants sitting in the city’s northern section.

“If police are going to be doing a series of checks in a particular neighbourhood, it behooves them to explain to the community why,” Cole says. “If it feels like things are unfair, it doesn’t matter what the reality is. What can the police or the criminal justice system do to help describe their activities to make it feel more rational or connected to a public safety gain so peo-

ple don’t feel that things are unfair?”

Using data is a way that Municipal Court and city officials could check the work of other arms of the justice system to ensure discriminatory practices aren’t gouging a low-income and minority community like the Southside. Piling fines and fees onto people who are already struggling to make ends meet creates a vicious cycle that can be difficult to escape.

Vigil says she takes poverty into account when she makes rulings.

“We live in such a diversified community,” Vigil tells SFR. “Many people who get citations just pay them and don’t even come to the court. Those people who need to challenge it for whatever reason, and many times it’s because they can’t afford the fine, which is fine, because in all fairness if they can’t, I will allow community service.

It isn’t as if we’re trying to draw blood from a turnip type thing.”

The court’s data suggest Vigil is following her word, at least in part, on that.

Of the 163 DWI offenses brought before her over the past year, 98 were resolved by a deferred sentence and 33 ended with guilty/no contest pleas. But the court’s data doesn’t show whether the deferred sentences came with fines or for how much.

Because of the lack of race and ethnicity data, there’s no way of knowing who is being most affected by DWI offenses or any other violations handled by the Municipal Court.

“Part of what happens is issues that would otherwise be civil, meaning non-criminal, become criminal for failure to appear or failure to pay or failure to pay on time,” Cole says. “The reason we call the police for petty misdemeanors is we want the behavior to stop. What’s the best way or the most efficient way to make the behavior stop? Is it by piling on fines and fees?”

The Judge and the Lawsuit Virginia Vigil runs unopposed for a second term as Municipal Court judge while the court she leads faces a lawsuit

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longtime fixture in Santa Fe’s legal community is certain to win a second, four-year term as the city’s Municipal Court judge.

Virginia Vigil is running unopposed for the lone full-time seat on the bench, meaning she’ll continue deciding on about 150 small but important cases facing Santa Feans each week, from traffic tickets to littering violations to DWIs. She was happy to speak with SFR about what she sees as her accomplishments and improvements to the court—diversion programs to keep people with substance abuse problems out of the justice system, improving the court’s automation processes and more.

Nearly everyone else SFR asked about Vigil’s performance as a judge declined to speak on the record, but her near-certain election comes against a backdrop of simmering trouble.

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I don’t know if she’s still under investigation or not.

What I’m concerned about is after [Salazar] filed [the complaint] and after Judge Vigil knew it, my client gets fired.

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Several employees have leveled allegations of judicial misconduct against Vigil, SFR has learned, including improper communications with defendants and altering plea agreements.

And the court is facing a lawsuit filed in state District Court alleging Vigil violated the New Mexico Whistleblower Protection Act by firing an employee.

For the first time, SFR reveals the details of those complaints and the lawsuit, which names the Municipal Court, but not Vigil, as a defendant. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, back pay, reinstatement to the employee’s old job and attorney’s fees.

Vigil is accused of firing Mary Salazar after she filed an anonymous complaint against the judge. Salazar, who worked at the court for 12 years, and two others submitted the complaint to the New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission in September 2017.

Around June 21, 2018, Vigil learned about or suspected that a complaint had been filed when a representative from Justice Education Systems sat in her courtroom most of the day, observing Vigil, according to the lawsuit.

Just five days after the representative’s visit, Vigil wrote Salazar to say she would allow Salazar to resign but only if she quit that day before 5 pm, the lawsuit says. Salazar said she was prepared to resign the next day—but the court did not accept it and fired her.

Vigil said she fired Salazar as her administrative assistant for lack of professionalism and work ethic, according to the lawsuit, which also alleges Salazar, during her time at the court, never faced any “disciplinary actions, criticism or communications regarding these matters.”

The court’s contracted, private attorney has not submitted a formal response to the lawsuit, which was filed in Sandoval County last October.

Reached by telephone last week,

-Daniel Faber, attorney

Vigil tells SFR she doesn’t know much about the case. “I haven’t had a chance to talk to anyone regarding it, so it is a strict, official, unequivocal denial,” she says. Regarding the multiple complaints filed against her with the Judicial Standards Commission, Vigil says: “I’m not at liberty to discuss anything that happens with the judicial commission.”

Salazar is suing the Santa Fe Municipal Court for wrongful termination under the Whistleblower Protection Act, alleging that the only reason for her firing was Vigil’s anger over the complaint.

Daniel Faber, an Albuquerque-based attorney representing Salazar, tells SFR that the complaint submitted to the Judicial Standards Commission included accusations that could have led to strict discipline against Vigil.

Complaints filed with the commission are not public information. Faber also says that it’s not clear exactly how Vigil found out Salazar was one of the whistleblowers.

The other two court employees who

filed the complaint with Salazar are not planning on joining the lawsuit, according to Faber.

Complaints submitted to the commission are confidential, but Faber tells SFR employees allege in it that Vigil made changes to a plea agreement without a defendant’s knowledge on one occasion after the defendant had left the courtroom.

In another instance, Vigil allegedly asked court employees present if they knew of anybody a defendant could date—while she was in the courtroom with the defendant.

Vigil is also accused of not following proper procedures for criminal and traffic offenses by bargaining during arraignments with defendants who were not represented by attorneys.

The complaint is one of at least two SFR has learned about, bringing the total number of employees coming forward with similar allegations against Vigil to at least four. SFR has learned that a second complaint filed with the Judicial Standards Commission also

alleged that Vigil bargained with defendants during arraignments without legal counsel present.

Judicial Standards Commission Executive Director Randall Roybal declined to comment on complaints against Vigil, pointing out that he is legally forbidden from discussing any ongoing cases before the commission.

If Judicial Standards determines a case should move forward, the state Supreme Court ultimately decides on discipline.

“I don’t know if she’s still under investigation or not,” Faber tells SFR via phone. “What I’m concerned about is after [Salazar] filed [the complaint] and after Judge Vigil knew it, my client gets fired.”

SFR’s efforts to speak with people in the Santa Fe legal community about Vigil or what it’s like to work with her as an attorney or judge proved largely unsuccessful. For example, SFR attempted to interview the municipal court’s public defender, David Thomas, and the city prosecutor, Chad Chittum.

In writing, they declined to be interviewed about working with Vigil because of the “nature of our profession.”

When pressed for an interview about the Municipal Court’s place in the community and their work only, Thomas wrote in an email to SFR that all interview requests first had to go through Lilia Chacon, the city of Santa Fe’s spokeswoman.

This puzzled Chacon, who said she’d “never worked with” either Thomas or Chittum. The interviews never happened.

Private attorneys in town and even a former district attorney also declined to discuss Vigil’s judicial performance or her long service as a prosecutor, lobbyist or county commissioner.

Still, Vigil appears headed toward an easy road for a second term on the bench.

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Crisis Mode The power of youth art versus a mass extinction event Listen, we’d love to sit down and educate you on the copious amounts of scientific literature regarding climate change, but we are simply out of time. Two events this weekend hope to bring awareness to the crisis: a general climate strike on Friday followed by the opening of a youth art exhibit on Sunday. Both are organized by YUCCA, New Mexico Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, because the youth are the future and we’re about to stick it to the Man. Swedish activist Greta Thunburg and 46 other young folks originally called for the climate strike back in May. The city, county and Santa Fe Board of Education adopted resolutions in support of the youth leaders and their call to action. This resolution and the accompanying strike are in symphony with actions from around the globe, and our local youths are asking businesses to close, students to skip school and for everyone to converge at the Roundhouse for the day. The Democratic Party of Santa Fe is conducting a voter registration drive to encourage people to elect climate-minded representatives.

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PROTECTING THE NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA OF CIENEGA AND PIÑON JUNIPER LANDSCAPES Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, 983-9461 The Santa Fe Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico presents Cristina Salvador from the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.

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WED/18 BOOKS/LECTURES CLIMATE ACTION FORUM: CLEAN ENERGY AND CLEAN JOBS Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 The Santa Fe County Democratic Party presents a panel to address options for climate action at the state, county, and city levels, including transition to a carbon-free environment as soon as possible, creating new economic opportunities, and mitigating the effects of change on current employment.

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5:20-6:30 pm, free INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St., 954-7200 Meet the 2019-2020 resident scholars, Anne Ray interns and the Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow.

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KOMMUNITY FK, THE SECRET LIGHT, VAIN MACHINE, AND XIBLING BIRTHDAY PARTY Shadeh Nightclub 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, 819-2338 Local artist and scenester Sam Atakra Haozous turns 50 and has invited several touring bands to play the event in the deathrock, postpunk, industrial, and shoegaze genres.

9 pm, free MAKANA GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St. An internationally-recognized master of Hawaiian slack-key guitar.

7:30 pm, $28 MATTHEW ANDRAE Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Rhythmic covers and originals of a folky bent on guitalele.

6 pm, free ROAD HOUSE PROPHETS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Western.

7:30 pm, free SACRED SONG CIRCLE Cerrillos Station 15B 1st St., Cerrillos, 474-4917 Slow down and sing from your heart as Lia leads the circle in simple mantras on her harmonium. Enter through side door; pillows and chairs available.

6-7:30 pm, $10-$12 SANTA FE CROONERS Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Golden Age standards.

7 pm, free TINY'S ELECTRIC JAM Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Plug it in and rock out. Hosted

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WORKSHOP THROAT LOVE OPENING Santa Fe Oxygen & Healing Bar (Kaverns) 137 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 A vocal throat chakra healing journey.

6:30-8:30 pm, $15-$25

THU/19 BOOKS/LECTURES CORPS COFFEE: USING ANIMATION TO INNOVATE Santa Fe Art Institute 1600 St Michaels Dr, 424-5050 The Design Corps of Santa Fe hosts animators Cynthia Beauclair and Ricardo Barros of Little Big Bang Studios to discuss how animation has moved beyond its traditional boundaries and can be used in inventive ways to meet the demands of modern communications in the library.

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6 pm, free LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY: 75 YEARS IN 105 MINUTES St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, 982-5397 The Renesan Institute presents Alan B. Carr, historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory, to describe the creation of a laboratory in Northern New Mexico to design, build, test and help deliver the world’s first nuclear weapons.

1-3 pm, $15 MEDICARE INFORMATION SESSION Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado, 466-7323 A certified volunteer from the New Mexico Department of Aging helps you understand Medicare open enrollment.

10 am, free

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Experience the National Institute of Flamenco's worldfamous dinner show at the longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30

EVENTS COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM Midtown Campus 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6500 The Santa Fe Neighbor's Network hosts a forum with all the city council candidates in preparation for the November 5 election. In the forum building next to the library.

7-9 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, 424-3333 Stellar quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time.

7 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things about Santa Fe with a walking tour led by guides from the New Mexico History Museum. Get tickets starting at 10 am from the museum gift shop, and stroll for two hours in the best classroom there is. Kids under 17 are free with an adult; learn more at santafewalkingtour.org or 476-5200.

10:15 am, $15

LOVE, LIGHT AND AWAKENING: SENSUAL ART SHOWCASE AND BUSINESS MIXER Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Shontez “Taz” Morris presents a collection of conscious art about her positive spiritual journey as well as a silent auction to benefit Afreeka Santa Fe Fiesta Fela, a nonprofit community organization which educates about African cultural heritage. 21+.

6-10 pm, $5-$20

MUSIC BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and vocals.

6:30 pm, free BREWTAPBOOMBAP: DEF-I, SENOR GIGIO, ST. NOBODY, SPACEMOB + MORE! Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., 954-1068 A monthly hip-hop event hosted by Landon Wordswell & O.G. Willikers.

8 pm-12 am, free CLAUDIO TOLOUSSE DUO Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 A mix of jazz with Brazilian, Latin, funk and soul.

9 pm, free DJ RAGGEDY A'S CLASSIC MIXTAPE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Karaoke master Michèle Leidig takes over the ones and twos with R&B, rock 'n' roll y más.

8 pm, free HABSTRAKT Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Electronic bass, 21+.

9 pm-12 am, $20 JESUS BAS Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Spanish and flamenco guitar.

6 pm, free JOSEPH GENERAL & HIGH VIBRATION Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Groove into the weekend early with Reggae Thursday.

10 pm, free KIRK KADISH AND JON GAGAN El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Inventive jazz on piano and bass.

7 pm, free MATT MALONE Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Singer/songwriter tunes.

7-10 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo jazz guitar.

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When it comes to touring, Alexis says of a rising star in the national Americana scene, and now that she’s back on the things run more smoothly now than in road again, she reflects on the past, the her early days. She remembers her first tour with four other men, including present and the future.

One of five siblings, Alexis was born semi-regular Santa Fe visitor and singoutside the Apache Reservation in the er-songwriter Ashley Rains.

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“I want to help soothe people,” she says. “These songs are about faith and divine health. I want to touch [the audience].”

Now celebrating three years of sobriety, she finds the newfound sense of clarity invaluable to her writing process.

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Sunday September 22 At Santa Fe Brewing Co.’s The Bridge Benefiting Soldier Songs and Voices and The Candyman Scholarship Fund

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RIO CHAMA PATIO SESSIONS FINALE Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, 955-0765 Featuring DJ Graeme Byous from Albuquerque to push the boundaries between progressive, techno, house and downtempo.

5-10 pm, free ROAD HOUSE PROPHETS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk.

7:30 pm, free TONE RANGER Paradiso 903 Early St. An exclusive presentation of Tone Ranger's work in progress, Peaks & Valleys, an audio-visual foray into wilderness (see SFR Picks, page 19).

8-10 pm, $7

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12-3 pm, free UTILIZING FEATURE PLANTS Stewart Udall Center 725 Camino Lejo, 983-6155 Baker H. Morrow, author of many landscaping books in New Mexico, discusses how to best place large trees, shrubs and flowering bushes.

3-4:30 pm, $15-$20 YOGA IN THE GARDEN Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Relieve stress and quiet your mind in a supportive, natural atmosphere. The format is a vinyasa flow class that is open to all levels, from beginner to expert. Mats will be available at the garden.

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ALL FOR ONE New Mexico School for the Arts 500 Montezuma Avenue, Suite 200 NMSA's visual arts department shares artwork from all four class years, each piece set on a 10 x 10 inch piece of paper.

5-7 pm, free JEWELS OF JAIPUR Alumbramos Galeria de Arte 901-B Canyon Road, 469-3346 A trunk show featuring handmade luxury jewelry from artisans of Jaipur, India.

11 am-7 pm, free KEIKO MITA TRUNK SHOW Tresa Vorenberg Goldsmiths 656 Canyon Road, 988-7215 Award-winning Japanese artist brings her jewelry to Santa Fe. 5-7 pm, free

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NATURE'S MESSENGERS Boone Gallery Plaza Galeria, 70 E San Francisco St., Ste. 15, 690-4199 Photography by Brooks Bollman.

5-7 pm, free PASTORAL DREAMS Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, 983-8815 Three artists present their nature paintings.

5-7 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES JAIMA CHEVALIER Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 The author presents her new book, Fringe: Maria Benitez’s Flamenco Enchantment, which showcases Benítez's central role in New Mexico culture and dance history (see 3Qs, page 27).

6 pm, free

DANCE ENCHANTED SANTA FE EVENINGS Honeymoon Brewery Solana Center, 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, 303-3139 12 belly dancers perform, followed by live music and open dancing.

8-10 pm, $5 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Experience the National Institute of Flamenco's worldfamous dinner show at the longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30

EVENTS GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE State Capitol Roundhouse 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, 986-4589 Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA), a local youth activist group, leads actions to protest the state government's involvement in fossil fuels as part of a global youth-led strike to fight climate change. More info at climatestrikenm.org. The Democratic Party of Santa Fe will be registering people to vote (see SFR picks, page 19).

11:30 am-1:30 pm, free GOVERNOR'S ARTS AWARDS New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Join Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in awarding the Award for Excellence in the Arts to six distinguished New Mexican artists. A public reception in the courtyard precedes the award ceremony.

4:30-7 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 Learn new things about Santa Fe with a guide. Kids under 17 are free with an adult; get more info at santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15

MAGIC: THE GATHERING TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 Official in-store Core Set 2020 Draft-style play.

7-11 pm, $30 ¡VÁMONOS! SANTA FE: WALK WITH OUR ELDERS Bicentennial Alto Park 1121 Alto St., 87501 The Santa Fe Walking Collaborative, convened by the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, wants to help Santa Feans walk more; and what better motivation to walk than when you can talk to someone interesting while you do it? Take an easy walk around the park, which also happens to be the location of the Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center. For more info, check out sfct.org/vamonos.

10-11 am, free

MUSIC ALTO STREET Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Folk-pop 'n' bluegrass.

6 pm, free CHANGO Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Rock 'n' roll covers.

10 pm, free CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 Enjoy first-rate piano and vocals from Charles Tichenor and friends.

6 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, originals and pop with vocals too.

6:30 pm, free EVANSTON TONY Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar (Apothecary) 133 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 This jazz duo brings talents from both the east and west coasts.

8-10 pm, free FIBBER, THE BLACKOUT PICTURES, THRALLS Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808 Album release for Blackout Pictures featuring fresh punk rock, indie post rock and blackened hardcore.

8 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Honeymoon Brewery Solana Center, 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, 303-3139 Irish traditional music, folk and more.

6 pm, free GITANO Eldorado Hotel and Spa 309 W San Francisco St., 988-4455 Two musicians on a range of different guitars accompany with vocals.

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HOT BOXX Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Americana 'n' folk 'n' country.

4 pm, free HUSKY AND THE SLOW ATTACK Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Rock and blues.

8 pm, free JESUS BAS La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Spanish and flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free JOHNNY BLUEHART Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Folk.

5 pm, free KATY P AND THE BUSINESS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 High-energy dance music.

10 pm, $5 PAT MALONE Sunrise Springs 242 Los Pinos Road, 471-3600 Solo jazz guitar.

6-8 pm, free REVERENCE/RAGE Ghost 2899 Trades West Road A cabaret/rock opera/concept album (de)composed of everything to despise and the only things left to respect.

All proceeds go to the Santa Fe Dreamers Project and Rez Condom Tour.

7:30 pm-12 am, $5-$20 RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free SACRED MUSIC CONCERT San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-3974 Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe combines with the Kansas City Visitation Choir for a benefit concert for Santa Fe’s Santuario de Guadalupe.

7 pm, free XANTHE ALEXIS Leaf & Hive 1208 Mercantile Rd Suite A, 699-3055 Sweet, powerful Americana (see Music, page 23).

7 pm, free THE BLACK MADONNA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Award-winning electronic DJ. 21+.

9 pm-2 am, $24-$28 THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 7:30 pm, free THE REAL MATT JONES Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Alt- and new country.

5:30 pm, free THE THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Swinging jazz.

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Author and filmmaker Jaima Chevalier has a bit of a flamenco obsession. A native of Santa Fe, she’s focused the bulk of her storytelling efforts on New Mexico history and local issues such as the now-defunct Entrada. Now, with a new book on Santa Fe’s still-reigning flamenco queen Maria Benitez titled Fringe: Maria Benitez’s Flamenco Enchantment, Chevalier hopes to unearth interesting history, pay homage to an internationally-known legend of dance and, just maybe, show another side of the illustrious Benitez. Find Chevalier reading at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse (6 pm Friday Sept. 20.

Free. 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226) this week, find As to Qs below. (Alex De Vore) Why are you so fascinated by Maria Benitez It’s a personal story in one sense, because I’ve known her since I was a very small child, but I think she’s a huge figure in New Mexico culture. She had to overcome almost quadruple discrimination: She was half-Native, half-Latina, a woman and her chosen art form, flamenco, was fringe, not part of mainstream dance. She had to fight to be recognized, fight to dance—she had to be a real warrior to get her art out into the world. Once she did, she became incredibly successful, and she represents so many of the cultural values we have. I always pose the question, ‘Where does the frybread end and the sopaipilla begin?’ In some cases, we’re so merged together we can’t tell where one part of our culture begins and the other ends.

What do you think draws people to flamenco?

One of the core things is it makes you feel. It makes you feel emotion. This was an art form of persecuted people—Gypsies, Christians, Muslims, Jews. They were forced to the outskirts of society, they became nomadic to escape oppression and genocide, they had to do their storytelling in secret ways. You didn’t have a library, you didn’t have a government, you were on the run. A lot of times these really deep, dark stories were being told through dance. To me, it’s an extremely powerful art form, and Maria started a whole regional thing here; we’re now known as a center for flamenco, worldwide we’re known for that. She really worked hard to infiltrate various systems here, and we’re seeing the blossom.

What was the most interesting thing you learned that you think others would be excited to hear about?

Well, there’s a huge reveal, and that is that dozens of well-known publications have incorrectly reported a key fact about Maria for over six decades, including The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, [local publications]—all these magazines and newspapers. I’ll be revealing that fact Friday night at Collected Works.

It’s in the book, I got her permission, and it’s something really key, and it ties into our identity as New Mexicans. I think it’ll be a shock to people, though it’s nothing bad, but it really plays into our identity as New Mexicans.

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THE CALENDAR TONIC JAZZ SHOWCASE Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 Modern jazz led by Casey Andersen (bass), with Brian Hass (piano) and Joel Fadness (drums).

9:30 pm, free VANILLA POP El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Taos takes over with every cover you could ever want, done impeccably by the sequin-spangled duo of Al Dente and Lester Moore. The Palace used to be VP's go-to venue, so they're trying out a new room to get Santa Fe its dosage of their awesomeness.

9 pm, $10

THEATER KEATS, SHELLEY, GHOSTS AND LOVERS Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 A one-man show by international actor Julian Sands featuring the poetry of Keats and Shelley. An artist reception follows the performance.

7:30 pm, $45-$90 LAUGHS FOR LITERACY Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Teacher and comedian Devin Siebold performs his clean, intelligent and original comedy.

8-10 pm, $15

SAT/21 ART OPENINGS A GHOST UPON THE FLOOR Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 614 Agua Fría St., 928-308-0319 New chilling works by Lindsay Payton inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe (see A&C, page 29).

5-9 pm, free GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL Museum of Encaustic Art 632 Agua Fría St., 989-3283 A nationally-juried exhibition of artists working in encaustic/ wax examines how we assimilate and personalize the scientific information coming to light about global warming. During the opening, the museum hosts the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the Roaming Writers Group for presentations and refreshments.

12-4 pm, free HIGH ROAD YOUTH ART SHOW US Forest Service District Station Penasco Flit on up the scenic High Road, enjoy the fall colors and exciting bird art by more than 150 emerging young artists. Vote for your fav piece! Sponsored by the High Road Artisans and U.S. Forest Service.

10 am-5 pm, free KEIKO MITA TRUNK SHOW Tresa Vorenberg Goldsmiths 656 Canyon Road, 988-7215 Award-winning Japanese artist brings her jewelry to Santa Fe. 11 am-5 pm, free

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LET YOURSELF BE HUGE Show Pony Gallery 501 Franklin Ave New work in acrylic and spray paint by Anastasio Wrobel.

6-9 pm, free THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LENS Scheinbaum and Russek 812 Camino Acoma, 988-5116 A collection of portraits of artists and photographers.

2-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES CECI TCHAKOUNTE TADFOR op.cit Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Meet the author of Ceci's African Kitchen, a native of Cameroon, as she presents her African cuisine cookbook.

2 pm, free HOW CAN I AVOID THE "HUHS?" Santa Fe Association of Realtors 510 N Guadalupe St. A meeting of the Santa Fe Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America to discuss self-advocacy and technology to help deal with hearing loss.

10 am, free ROSEMARY ZIBART Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 In her new YA novel, Beatrice on Her Own, Zibart creates a character that flees the London Blitz of WWII and lands in sunny Santa Fe. 6 pm, free STRESS RELIEF AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Placitas Community Library 453 Hwy. 165, Placitas, 867-3355 Marti Murphey uses a technique called "tapping," also called the Emotional Freedom Technique, which blends Western talk therapy with Eastern acupressure to help reduce stress.

2 pm, free THE WEST: SINGING ITS STORY Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, 955-2820 A talk about Western trail songs presented by troubadour and storyteller Ralph Estes. Sponsored by the Santa Fe Trail Association.

1:30-3 pm, free

DANCE BALLROOM AND LATIN SOCIAL DANCE Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St., 87501 Enjoy three hours of social dancing to ballroom, Latin, Argentine tango, swing, club dances and more. The dance is hosted by USA Dance of North-Central New Mexico a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quantity and quality of ballroom dancing. Visit usadancenm.org for more information.

2-5 pm, free

FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Experience the National Institute of Flamenco's worldfamous dinner show at the longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30 pm, $30

EVENTS CERRILLOS FIESTA Town of Cerrillos Main Street There's a parade, art, food, music, children's activities and donkey races at 2 pm.

10 am-3 pm, free COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE Halpin Building 404 Montezuma Ave., 476-5072 Enjoy interactive art activities led by local artists while exploring the future site of the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary.

10 am-1 pm, free EL MERCADO DE MUSEO El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Over 60 vendors with art, jewelry, books, furniture, antiques, rugs and much more from around the corner and around the world.

8 am-4 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 Learn new things about Santa Fe with a guide from the New Mexico History Museum.

Kids under 17 are free with an adult; get more info at santafewalkingtour.org 10:15 am, $15 MAGIC: THE GATHERING TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 Official in-store Modern play.

7-11 pm, $5 NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR FOOD DRIVE The Food Depot 1222 A Siler Road, 471-1633 Bring your extra non-perishable food to help Santa Fe County's food-insecure folks.

They hope to gather 230,000 meals, but only if neighbors like you can help.

8 am-12 pm, free RALLY FOR RECOVERY Midtown Campus 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6500 A community celebration to shatter stigma around addiction and mental health disorders. Resources for those seeking recovery are available, along with a line-up of events. More information at recoverysantafe.org.

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on’t go that far into the arroyo, that’s where La Llorona lives,” local artist Lindsay Payton recalls hearing after school one day. Not even 10, Payton’s family had recently moved to New Mexico from California, and while she didn’t know it yet, she was already developing her artistic sensibilities. That story, told by a classmate, stuck with her.

“For the most part I’m always thinking creepy, spooky things,” Payton says today.

“Urban legends and folk tales; the first time I heard about La Llorona, it terrified me so much.

It was so cool.”

Payton is preparing for her next show, A Ghost Upon the Floor at Eye on the Mountain Gallery, which features a series of 13 multimedia hybrid paintings/illustrations on paper as well as other pieces on woodblock. Payton uses pen and ink, acrylic, pastels and watercolors and says much of the work was inspired by the writing of Edgar Allan Poe; many of the pieces appear upon the torn-out pages of a Poe paperback she’s carried with her for more years than she can remember. At first glance, it would be easy to brush the work off as cartoony, and there’s a certain element that approaches that, but the pieces are fun and distinctive, oddly familiar; you’ll never mistake a Payton for someone else’s work, and besides, she is self-taught and trying to tell a story based in a shared cultural love of fear—the fun kind. It would be even easier to write it off as Halloween ephemera, but Payton has studied her source material diligently and improves every day— there is no one season for her illustrations and, she says, she’s evolved in the nearly five years she’s been developing the style.

“I started by telling myself, ‘a drawing a day, a drawing a day,’” she says.

One early vampire-based project spurred inspiration through a self-imposed word game wherein Payton would replace the word “love” with “blood” in popular song titles, then illustrate a piece based in the new phrase.

“It was like ‘I’m All Out of Blood’ and ‘The Power of Blood,’” she says.

She also explored the concept of cryptids, or pseudo-scientific monster lore, like Mothman and Bigfoot, both wildly famous as imag-

Payton’s works are created on the pages of an old, worn-down paperback of Poe writings.

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ery goes, but also ripe for a deeper narrative.

Originally, Payton wanted to be a writer, and while she still nurses that dream, visual art has taken a more prominent role. If her name sounds familiar, it’s probably because of her work with local writers like Bucket Siler and Stephanie Alia. With Alia and the book Scintillating Stories, Payton visited San Diego’s ComicCon last year, but her work with Siler on the 2017 zine/short story Pigtail Girls is especially excellent; dark and foreboding and the perfect accompaniment to a dreary fairytale about disappearing orphans and the quest to save them.

“I look back now and kind of cringe,” Payton says with a laugh. “It’s older work, but the story was something I would absolutely want to read, and it was pretty much free rein.”

Payton says this can be daunting for an artist, particularly one whose bedrock is based in minimal technical knowledge. But it does bring up an interesting point about who can or should be an artist. For the record, it’s anyone who makes art, but Payton might put it more succinctly: “I know you’re supposed to learn the rules before you break them, and that works for some people, sure,” she says, “but being selftaught has been nice. I can evolve into other areas, especially now that I feel so comfortable in my own style.”

Still, she says, “I feel like I don’t get taken very seriously in the art world, but galleries like Eye on the Mountain and KEEP Contemporary like my stuff enough and don’t think it’s kitschy and novelty. I’m very grateful that people see something in it as much as I do.”

Indeed, Payton’s work has sold readily at KEEP, and the upcoming takeover of an entire area at Eye on the Mountain is indicative of her rise. Throw in a few album cover designs and other upcoming shows and collaborations, and it’s easy to see why people are responding: No one else in town is doing anything quite like Lindsay Payton.

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We are currently only representing NEW MEXICO based artists and craftspeople.

SKI SANTA FE CAR SHOW WITH THE HALF BROKE HORSES Ski Santa Fe 1477 Hwy. 475, 982-4429 Fall activities, a car show and live Americana music make for a great day in the mountains.

10 am-3 pm, free TOSS NO MAS FALL CLEANUP Keep Santa Fe Beautiful 1142 Siler Road, 955-2215 Volunteer to help create a cleaner, greener Santa Fe for your friends and neighbors.

Bags, gloves and T-shirts provided for participants (pick them up during registration, along with morning refreshments). Register in advance online, or swing by the Siler Road location to register the morning of the event.

7 am-12 pm, free WELLS PETROGLYPH PRESERVE PUBLIC TOURS Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project 1431 Hwy. 68, Velarde, 852-1351 Pre-register for a two-hour tour of part of the preserve, maintained by the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project.

Docents lead visitors through an insightful two-hour tour of petroglyphs representing Archaic, Ancestral Puebloan and Historic Period time periods. Visit mesaprietapetroglyphs.org for info and to reserve a spot.

9:30-11:30 am, $35

FILM NEW DOCUMENTARY "GAZA FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM" INTRODUCED

BY THE FILMMAKERS Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road, 982-9674 Filmmakers Abby Martin and Mike Prysner introduce their new film, Gaza Fights for Freedom, a depiction of life and conditions in Gaza, followed by a Q&A. 7-9:15 pm, free

FOOD SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 Serving more than 150 farmers and producers in 15 Northern New Mexico counties, the Market brings fresh food, education and fun to our community and promotes small farms and sustainable agriculture in Northern New Mexico. All of the vegetables, fruits and nursery plants available are grown right here in Northern New Mexico. The same goes for at least 70% of the ingredients and materials used to make all processed and craft items.

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MUSIC ALMAZAZZ! DUO Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Tangos, French musette, Brazilian chorus and jazz on accordion and percussion.

6-8 pm, free BAROQUE CONCERT St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, 982-5397 A cross-channel musical excursion featuring Baroque music on period instruments kicks off Southwest Arts' 2019-2020 concert series.

7 pm, $5-$20 CAPTAIN KLAS Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808 Eclectic folky music from a Swede.

8-10 pm, free CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 First-rate piano and vocals from Charles Tichenor and friends.

6 pm, free CONTROLLED BURN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' blues.

9-11 pm, $5 COUNTRY BLUES REVUE Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Newly reformed, with guest jazz singer Roberta Donnay.

8-12 pm, free DAVID NEVUE: TALES AND PIANO First Christian Church 645 Webber St., 983-3343 An evening of inspiring tales and original works from Nevue's 16 solo piano albums including his latest release, In the Soft Light of Grace.

7:30 pm, $12-$20 DAY OF MUSIC FOR THE ARTS Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Music, raffles and drinks to raise money for Turquoise Trail Charter School.

4-8 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, originals and pop with stellar vocals, too.

6:30 pm, free END OF SUMMER DANCE PARTY Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 982-8309 New Zealand's Chikaa opens with Downtempo ethnic world dance beats, followed by Woven Talon’s new project, Kahuravi, Afro-Indi inspired percussion & voice with folkrock headliners Mad Hallelujah (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7:30 pm, $10-$20 ERYN BENT Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Country and folky Americana.

5-8 pm, free

GALECSTASY, STILL LOOKING FOR COSMO, CHARMEUSE Zephyr Community Art Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 Rock and R&B from Santa Fe, Austin, LA and beyond.

8-11:30 pm, $5-$10 GHOST TOWN DRIFTERS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Mountain bluegrass.

8 pm, free HARTLESS ROCKS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Rocking all your favorite rock hits with DJ Boost back in the booth.

10 pm, free HEROIC BEETHOVEN Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Pro Musica's 38th Season opens with Heroic Beethoven featuring the Pro Musica Orchestra and violinist Colin Jacobsen 4-6 pm, $20-$85 INVOKATOR Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Electronic folk.

6 pm, free JOHN CAREY Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Soulful singer-songwriter tunes.

5:30 pm, free JON GAGAN TRIO Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 Jazz originals.

9:30 pm, free MATT ADAMS AND GRIP JENSEN Lost Padre Records 905 1/2 W. Alameda St., 310-6389 Dream pop from Jensen and country from Adams to celebrate the opening of a new location.

3 pm, free NOSOTROS Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Everyone's favorite Latin jammers.

10 pm, free RHOMBUS ENSEMBLE El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Eclectic jazz.

7:30 pm, free RON ROUGEAU The Dragon Room 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-7712 Acoustic songs from the '60s, '70s and beyond.

5:30 pm, free RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free RYAN AND JASPER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Country western.

3 pm, free

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THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 7:30 pm, free

THEATER FALL CIRCUS CABARET Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, Ste. B., 992-2588 Wise Fool's professional performers, advanced students and youth present acts that dazzle and delight. Aerial hoop, silks, unicycling, trapeze, clowning, dance and more! The 4pm performance is family-friendly, but another performance at 8pm has some adult themes, if you're looking for something spicier.

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MEDITATION AND MODERN BUDDHISM: HAPPINESS TOOLKIT Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive, 292-5293 Practical teachings and guided meditations to maintain inner peace in difficult situations.

10:30 am-12 pm, $10

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Experience the National Institute of Flamenco's world-famous dinner show at the longest-running tablao in North America.

Reservations required.

6:30 am, $30

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IMPROVISATION FOR YOUTH Santa Fe Improv, Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 395-0580 Improv is about playing games and exercises that help create stories while having fun. Absolutely no experience is necessary. Not an extrovert? Not a problem. Shy? Even better! The techniques of improv are about moving past social limitations and into a place of teamwork and collaboration. And the process is about having fun! Cost is for four weeks of Saturday morning classes.

10 am-12 pm, $80

AUTUMN EQUINOX CEREMONY Santa Fe Community Yoga Center 826 Camino de Monte Rey, 820-9363 Celebrate the autumn equinox through ceremony, chanting, drumming, guided meditation, journaling, and more.

6-7:30 pm, $10 EL MERCADO DE MUSEO El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Over 60 vendors with art, jewelry, books, furniture, antiques, rugs and much more from around the corner and around the world.

10 am-4 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307, 983-0134 Pub trivia with prizes.

7 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 Learn new things about Santa Fe with a guide from the New Mexico History Museum.

Kids under 17 are free with an adult; get more info at santafewalkingtour.org 10:15 am, $15 MAGIC: THE GATHERING TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 Official in-store Commander play.

2-7 pm, $5 MEDITATION CIRCLE El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, 982-1931 All abilities welcome! Bring a blanket or cushion and start your Sunday by working with some breath. On the event lawn across from the pool.

9-10 am, free MUSEUM HILL PARTNERS COMMUNITY DAY Museum Hill 710 Camino Lejo, 984-8900 Enjoy a day of family-friendly events at the Museum Hill partner museums. Full schedule online at www.museumhill.net/ CommunityDay 10 am-5 pm, free

SUN/22 ART OPENINGS IN CRISIS ARTsmart Community Studio 1201 Parkway Drive, 992-2787 This exhibit brings awareness to the global climate crisis by giving voice to the creativity of New Mexico's youth artists from across the state.

Organized by Youth United in Climate Crisis Action, or YUCCA (see SFR Picks, page 19).

2-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY DENISE FORT IN CONVERSATION WITH MARC CHOYT ON MINING IN THE PECOS Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 JourneySantaFe presents Choyt, ethical jewler and anti-mining activist, to dig deeply into mining issues, consumer-facing jewelry narratives, and the jewelry trade.

11 am, free JOHN MACKER op.cit Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Award-winning poet, playwright and essayist Macker presents his latest collection of poetry, Atlas of Wolves.

2 pm, free

RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 Meet a wide variety of New Mexico’s artists and craftspeople and get pottery, painting, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, photography, hand-blown glass, artisanal teas and body products right from the source.

10 am-4 pm, free SENSORY FRIENDLY MORNING Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359 A special morning for children with sensory needs featuring low lighting and a relaxed environment.

10 am-12 pm, $3-$5 THE CANDYMAN CELEBRATES 1969 The Bridge @ SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 557-6182 A community festival to celebrate The Candyman's 50th Anniversary and to celebrate 1969 and the 50th Anniversary of the iconic Woodstock, with live music, craft booths, a drum circle and a ‘60s costume contest.

12-9 pm, free UNLEASHING FEMININE LEADERSHIP: A SISTERSHIP CIRCLE LAUNCH FESTIVAL Plaza Esperanza 1305 Luisa St, Suite B Step into your power, celebrate the feminine, join kindred-spirited women for a divine afternoon of connection, expansion, expression, fun, and celebration. Preregistration required at www. sistershipcircle.com/events 1-5 pm, $30

FILM YOGA: THE QUINTESSENCE OF SPIRITUALITY Santa Fe Meditation Circle 1807 Second St., Ste. 83, 988-4157 Explore the science of yoga and Self-Realization Fellowship techniques. Arrive at 6:30 pm for refreshments and socializing. For more info, visit santafemeditationcircle.org.

7 pm, free

MUSIC CAM Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Pop country, 21+.

8-11 pm, $22-$27 DJ AZA Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar (Apothecary) 133 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 Ethnotechno, wordbeat, psybient and shamanic trance.

8-10 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, originals and pop with vocals too.

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HEROIC BEETHOVEN Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Pro Musica's 38th Season opens with selections from Beethoven featuring the Pro Musica Orchestra and violinist Colin Jacobsen 3-5 pm, $20-$85 MATTHEW ANDRAE La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Rhythmic covers and originals of a folky bent on guitalele.

6 pm, free NACHA MENDEZ La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Latin music from from Santa Fe's most buttery-voiced cantadora.

7 pm, free ODD DOG Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Jam band.

3 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A jazz duet with guitarist Malone and bassist Gagan.

6 pm, free RYAN SPIVEY Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 A one-man show of folksy psychedelic rock-electronic with some sad cowboy thrown in.

5-8 pm, free STEVE HILL Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Singer-songwriter.

2-5 pm, free THE SANTA FE REVUE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Americana 'n' rock 'n' roll 'n' a hair of the dog.

12 pm, free TINA BAILEY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Singer-songwriter.

8 pm, free

MON/23 BOOKS/LECTURES BEYOND THE BEATEN PATH OF BEARS EARS Santa Fe Woman's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail., 983-9455 Josh Ewing, the executive director of Friends of Cedar Mesa and volunteer for the fire department of Bluff, Utah, discusses the threatened cultural landscapes of San Juan County, Utah.

6 pm, $15 JON DAVIS AND IONNA CARLSEN Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Davis reads from his work, An Amiable Reception for the Acrobat, and Carlsen reads from hers, Breather.

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MONDAY STORY TIME Bee Hive Kid's Books 328 Montezuma Ave, 780-8051 Story time for all ages.

10:30 am, free

EVENTS ART WALKING TOUR New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5063 Guided by museum volunteers, an hour-long tour highlights the art and architectural history of downtown Santa Fe. Meet at the gift shop.

Children 18 and under are free; proceeds support education programs at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Call to confirm availability.

10 am, $10 GEEKS WHO DRINK Draft Station Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 87501, 983-6443 Sometimes you’re even better remembering useless facts when you’re drunk.

7 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things about Santa Fe with a walking tour led by guides from the New Mexico History Museum. Get tickets starting at 10 am from the museum gift shop, and stroll for two hours in the best classroom there is. Kids under 17 are free with an adult; get more info at santafewalkingtour.org or 505-476-5200.

10:15 am, $15 SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Join the politically progressive group for occasional guest speakers, discussing your concerns, and group activism.

Newcomers are always welcome, so go fight the good fight.

7 pm, free THE SANTA FE HARMONIZERS REHEARSAL Zia United Methodist Church 3368 Governor Miles Road, 471-0997 The barbershop chorus is looking for men and women who can carry a tune; join in on any of the four-part harmony parts (tenor, lead, baritone or bass). Directed by Maurice Sheppard. For more information, call Marv (6996922) or Bill (424-9042).

6:30 pm, free

FOOD DUMPLING POP-UP Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808 Brent Jung serves up Korean dumplings and more.

4 pm, $10

MUSIC AMANDA GLASSER AND MIKE YOUNG Ghost 2899 Trades West Road Touring singer-songwriter.

8-11 pm, $5-$10 BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana.

7:30 pm, free CALVIN HAZEN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Flamenco and classical guitar.

7 pm, free COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Michèle Leidig hosts.

9 pm, free DALI'S LLAMA Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808 Punk desert rock.

8-11 pm, free DOS AMIGOS Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 A Mexican-style duet featuring trumpeter Chief Sanchez.

6 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, originals and pop with vocals too.

6:30 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0000 Irish traditional music, folk and more.

6 pm, free IYA TERRA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Positive reggae for the 21+ masses.

7-11 pm, $15-$18 MONDAY NIGHT SWING: SNAPS FOR SINNERS Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, 470-7077 A night of music and dancing featuring a nationally touring swing ensemble. Cover charge includes a class at 7 pm and dancing that starts at 8 pm. Singles and partners of all ages welcome.

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READINGS & CONVERSATIONS

Lannan presents Readings & Conversations, bringing inspired writers of fiction and poetry, as well as advocates of cultural freedom and liberation, to read from and discuss their work.

VIJAY PRASHAD with

MELANIE K. YAZZIE

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Vijay Prashad is a Marxist historian and journalist. He is the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a movement-driven research institution based in Argentina, Brazil, India, and South Africa.

He is also chief editor of LeftWord Books, a 20-year-old Marxist publishing house based in New Delhi. Additionally, Prashad is the chief correspondent for Globetrotter and writes a regular column for Frontline (India) and BirGün (Turkey). He has written 25 books, including The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, and has appeared in two films: Shadow World and Two Meetings.

Melanie K. Yazzie is an assistant professor of Native American studies and American studies at the University of New Mexico. She is also the national chair of The Red Nation, a grassroots organization

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FOOD

Ridiculicious

New name, same strong mac and cheese game, at Theo Gio’s

es favorite is the caramelized banana split ($8) featuring bananas cooked in caramelized brown sugar and topped with vanilla ice cream, Hershey’s chocolate sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.

“I have some regulars who come in and order that first then take their mac and cheese home with them,” laughs Gio.

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s the heat of summer fades and we look forward to the golden light and shimmers of fall, we also get to look forward to fall menus; when it’s finally cool enough to dig into hearty stews, rich squash dishes and the golden child of cold weather comfort foods—pasta surrounded by ooey-gooey layers of bubbling hot cheese. Macaroni and cheese? Yes, please!

Even though mac and cheese is one of the most amazing combinations in the known universe, it has always struck me that what passes for the glorious dish— mainly, the kind that comes out of a box and includes dehydrated processed cheese powder—is an insult.

I’m lucky to have a couple friends who are macaroni and cheese connoisseurs. They know all the best places around town to get it—Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Tumbleroot and Boxcar. But their very favorite is a place once known as Macalicious; an entire restaurant focused on this happy food. When I looked it up, however, I found that Macalicious was no longer! I almost cried at the thought that I had missed out on this genius idea of a restaurant. But the website redirected and, phew! All was well in the world.

“I got a letter from an attorney in Ohio representing a food truck in Los Angeles called Mac-o-licious,” says Theo Gio, owner of the former Macalicious.

“Even though I had done my due diligence and registered the trademark in New Mexico, they had registered a federal trademark so … I bowed out gracefully.”

Now known as Theo Gio’s Mac & Cheese (226 N Guadalupe St., 557-6495), it’s the same bright, casual, Zozobra-festooned space offering up the same scrumptious dishes as it did before.

“Nothing has changed,” says Gio. “Actually, I have expanded the menu.”

In addition to mac and cheese, one can choose from appetizers, salads, sandwiches and desserts. The Okey Dokey Artichokey ($12), artichoke hearts bubbling in olive oil in parmesan cheese with a side of garlic toast points, sold out when Gio first put it on the menu. Another all-ag-

Gio is originally from Pittsburgh, and says a mac and cheese restaurant was his “plan B” after moving to Santa Fe in 2015. Arriving with his German shepherd, Tequila, Gio’s original dream to open a Tex-Mex restaurant soon faded when he realized how many already existed.

“I waited tables at Geronimo and Inn

Theo Gio’s Okey Dokey Artichokey appetizer (above) is a great start before mac and cheese flights in various flavors. Did we mention this place rules?

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of the Five Graces, and every week I would still acquire something for a restaurant: a pot, pan, chair, or table,” Gio tells SFR. “I had been making mac and cheese for friends and family for years and they all really loved it. I already knew I had a home run with the recipes so, on August 31, 2017, Macalicious was born.”

Despite the issues over the name, Gio has seen success with his creative takes on this beloved comfort food staple. He serves more than a dozen varieties, all available in small, large and party-sized.

Small (serves one, with leftovers) and large (serves two, with leftovers) are prepared to order but if you have a lot of mouths to feed, take note that the catering half-pan, which serves six-to-seven, requires 24 hours advance notice.

The most popular varivari ety is, of course, the Santa Fe green chile mac and cheese ($10-$29). OthOth er favorites include the ‘shroom & truffle ($12-$35), Gio’s homemade bechamel boosted with sauteed mushrooms, ricotta, mozzarella and truffle oil.

“This is my favorite,” he says, “with the addition of bacon.”

With so many choices it is hard to make just one, so diners also have the option of a mac and cheese “flight” ($23)–three 4.5 ounce tastes of whichever mac and cheese you desire. With this genius offering, my mac and cheese experts and I tasted six different types.

Having done so, I determined I could definitely put down a party tray of the rich, smoky four cheese. The tuna was also a fave. With baby peas and cheddar, it brought back memories of my mom’s awesome 1970s casserole experiments.

I ordered the Greek as well because the ingredients just sounded too weird as mac and cheese. I was wrong! Turns out kalamata olives, spinach, red onion, feta, and oregano make mac exciting. A staple order of one of my aficionados, the Buffalo chicken, stood out with its spicy, vinegary wing sauce flavor boosted by the richness of bechamel and blue cheese.

Perhaps it was a good time for a name change, and Gio is looking to make some additional changes soon, including a potential new location closer to the Plaza and the addition of beer and wine. Otherwise, while the name may have changed, the good news for fans of Gio’s belly-warming mac and cheese is that everything else will, mostly, be staying just the same.

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Adopt Me! You can adopt Arroyo de Los Pinos by calling:

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THE CALENDAR WORKSHOP LA TIERRA TOASTMASTERS Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road Discover where one can advance their public speaking skills in a lively and rewarding group.

12-1 pm, free

TUE/24 BOOKS/LECTURES MESA PRIETA PETROGLYPH TALKS: NA’INBI OWINGEH, OUR PLACE: PUEBLO VOICES, STORIES AND REMEMBRANCE Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center 848 State Road 68 Alcalde, 852-0030 A panel discussion presented and moderated by Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owinge), the Deputy Director for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. This panel includes perspectives of Pueblo people involved in the creation of intellectual and responsible cultural practices.

6 pm, $5

DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Put on your best tango shoes and join in (or just watch).

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EVENTS HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 Learn new things about Santa Fe with a walking tour led by guides from the New Mexico History Museum. Get tickets starting at 10 am from the museum gift shop, and stroll for two hours in the best classroom there is. Kids under 17 are free with an adult; get more info at santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market Street at Alcaldesa Street, 310-8766 Find pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, textiles and more from a juried group of local artists. It's in the Railyard, just north of the Water Tower.

8 am-2 pm, free SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET MERCADO DEL SUR Presbyterian Health Park 4801 Beckner Road Don't schlep downtown for the market—the market comes to you for the summer, Southsiders. Get all your favorite produce, local goods, live music, health screenings, family activities and friendship.

3-6 pm, free

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SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Join the politically progressive group to put into action the planning you did last night. Divide and conquer!

Newcomers are always welcome, so go fight the good fight.

9 am, free ¡VÁMONOS! SANTA FE: WALK WITH A NOTABLE LOCAL State Capitol Roundhouse 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, 986-4589 The Santa Fe Walking Collaborative, convened by the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, wants to help Santa Feans walk more; and what better motivation to walk than when you can talk to someone interesting while you do it? Take a walk from the capitol to the river trail with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. For more info, check out sfct.org/vamonos.

5:30-6:30 pm, free

FOOD SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 Serving more than 150 farmers and producers in 15 Northern New Mexico counties, the Market brings fresh food, education and fun to our community and promotes small farms and sustainable agriculture in Northern New Mexico. Get a snack, hear some music, see some friends and stock up on locavore delights. The Santa Fe market assures that all products sold by its vendors are always locally grown by the people selling them. All of the vegetables, fruits and nursery plants available are grown right here in Northern New Mexico, along with at least 70% of the ingredients and materials used to make all processed and craft items.

7 am-1 pm, free

MUSIC BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana from a Santa Fe legend.

7:30 pm, free BLUEGRASS JAM Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 You guessed it: It's a bluegrass jam.

6 pm, free CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Sign up to sing or play if you desire, but be forewarned— this ain't amateur hour.

8 pm, $5

CHUSCALES La Boca (Original Location) 72 W Marcy St., 982-3433 Exotic flamenco guitar from a dude whose family descended from the inventors of the genre.

7 pm, free DAVID WOOD Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, Broadway tunes and classical faves.

6:30 pm, free DRAFT PUNX W/ EDWARD ALMOST, GHOST TAPES & CHACKO LUV Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., 954-1068 A line-up of experimental rock and blues.

8 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo jazz guitar.

6 pm, free RASMINKO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 A Bohemian mix of covers 'n' styles.

8 pm, free RUSSIAN CIRCLES AND FACS Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Progressive instrumental soundscapes.

8-11 pm, $15-$20 SCOTT H BIRAM Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808 Country, blues and Americana in a traditional-contemporary twist.

7 pm, $15 VINTAGE VINYL NITE The Matador 116 W San Francisco St., 984-5050 For 11 years and counting, every Tuesday nite is Vintage Vinyl Nite at the Matador.

DJ Prairiedog and DJ Mama Goose spin the best in garage, surf, country and rockabilly till the wee hours.

9 pm, free ZIA SINGER'S WOMEN'S AUDITION St. Bede's Epicscopal Church 1601 St. Francis Drive, 982-1133 If you're a woman who likes to sing, the Zias invite you to audition for their upcoming season, which celebrates woman's suffrage.

9 am, free

WORKSHOP HOW TO STORE MEDICINAL AND CULINARY HERBS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Learn about various methods of storage for medicinal and culinary herbs, including drying and proper storage, freezing and powdered herbs, teas, capsules, dream pillows, and some delicious ways to incorporate dried herbs into your next dinner party.

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HOW TO SUPPORT POLLINATORS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO New Mexico State University Sustainable Agriculture Science Center, 371 County Road 40, Alcalde, 852-4241 An interactive workshop that guides participants through the observation, identification, and ecology of pollinators. For more information and to register, please contact Jaime Taylor at the Rio Arriba County Extension Office at 685-4523.

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R.A.P. COMMUNITY POETRY CLASS Railyard Park Community Room 701 Callejon St., 316-3596 The Railyard Park Conservancy, Railyard Art Project and Elizabeth Jacobson present the third session in an eight-week series to help you blossom into the poet you were meant to be. Bring a notebook and get ready to read some published poetry to pick up tips for your own practice.

5:30-7 pm, free

YOGA IN THE GARDEN Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Relieve stress and quiet your mind in a supportive, natural atmosphere with this morning yoga class. The format is a vinyasa flow class that is open to all levels, from beginner to expert. Mats will be available at the garden.

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COURTESY MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART

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Michael Billie, Blessings Floating in Iceberg, at the Museum of Encaustic Art’s new exhibit, Global Warming is REAL. See page 28.

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 Contemporary Voices: Ken Price. Through Oct. 23.

HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Judy Chicago: the Birth Project from New Mexico Collections. Through Nov. 10.

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Robyn Tsinnajinnie and Austin Big Crow: The Holy Trinity. Through Oct. 31.

Wayne Nez Gaussoin: Adobobot. Through Nov. 30. Reconciliation. Through Jan. 19. Heidi K Brandow: Unit of Measure. Through Jan. 31. Sámi Intervention/ Dáidda Gázada. Through Feb. 16.

MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 632 Agua Fría St., 989-3283 Global Warming is REAL. Through Oct. 30.

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Beyond Standing Rock: The Past, Present, and Future of the Water Protectors.

Through Oct. 27.

MUSEUM OF INT’L FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe.

Through Oct. 27. Gallery of Conscience: Community Through Making from Peru to New Mexico. Through Jan. 5, 2020.

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 Paul Pletka: Converging Faiths in the New World.

Through Oct. 20 NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 The Land that Enchants Me So: Picturing Popular Songs of New Mexico. Through Sept. 29. A Walk on the Moon. Through Oct. 20.

The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur. Through Feb. 21.

Atomic Histories. Through Feb. 28. We the Rosies: Women at Work. Through March 1.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Alcoves 2020 #1 & #2.

Through August 2020.

Social and Sublime. Through Nov. 17.

PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Closed for renovations.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 Di Wae Powa.

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Living history.

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Human Nature: Explorations in Bronze. Through May 10, 2020.

SITE SANTA FE 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Bel Canto: Contemporary Artists Explore Opera.

Through Jan. 5, 2020.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 LIT: The Work of Rose B Simpson. Bob Haozous: Old Man Looking Backward.

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Tigers Are Not Afraid Review

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Primarily a screenwriter, Issa López adds a director’s cap to her repertoire with Tigers Are Not Afraid, a 2017 film from Mexico making its way to our theaters now, and one that follows in the footsteps of Pan’s Labyrinth in its darkly intense fairy-tales-meet-real-life storytelling.

Are the events real or the imagined result of severe trauma too ugly to face head-on?

Whatever the answer, López’ glimpse at the underbelly of Mexico is both starkly challenging to watch and powerful in its ability to shine a light on certain horrors.

We follow a middle school-aged Estrella (Paola Lara) in the wake of a school shooting. Her class was working on fairy tales moments before the shooting takes place, and her teacher, presumably in a bid to calm the young woman, hands her three pieces of broken chalk, describing them as wishes. Upon returning home, Estrella finds her mother missing, and using her first

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wish to find her, believes that she accidentally unleashes something dark on the world. Terrified and alone, she falls in with a group of streetwise tweens led by the charismatic and gregarious Shine (Juan Ramón López). They run afoul of the Huascas cartel—the selfsame gang that appears to be kidnapping women like Estrella’s mother, and probably Shine’s as well— and together they attempt to stay alive and figure out where their mothers have gone.

Lara works small wonders as a sensitive kid faced with sheer insanity, but the bulk of the accolades go to her costars. Juan López in particular dominates his scenes with a magnetic mix of faux-insensitivity and loudmouthed con man who just isn’t very good at conning yet; he’s young, as is the rest of the cast, though none are wooden or boring. Quite the opposite, really,

especially in a third act series of events that finds our heroes moving into an abandoned building and embracing their childhoods without fear for the first time in who knows how long.

But it’s a short-lived respite with the cartel on their heels, and it’s tragic watching youths forced to grow up too quickly. Still, as Estrella finds her power and unearths the secrets of her mother’s fate, she finds strength she didn’t know she had and a reluctant-but-caring family. Tigers becomes more about personal reclamation and growth, will over adversity. It isn’t always pretty, but it’s a relatable journey told well.

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID Directed by López With Lara and López Jean Cocteau Cinema, NR. 83 min.

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Oakes Fegley (Boardwalk Empire) and Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) are Theo Decker, a young man caught up in a museum bombing who, for some reason, steals a Fabritius painting called “The Goldfinch” during the aftermath in the aptly-titled The Goldfinch, an adaptation of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt.

The bombing kills Theo’s mom, so he’s sent to live with the Barbour family, a rich amalgamation of John Irving-esque characters led by Nicole Kidman and stocked with all kinds of high class problems bubbling up from behind the shadows. Of course, we never see those in detail so much as we observe Theo swallowing hard and waking from nightmares about the bombing and feeling sad, but the problems are there—just ask the elder brother who shows up for two seconds to slam a table and storm off because he was expelled from school for reasons we don’t hear about. Anyway, we aren’t really sure why Theo winds up with them; the film even has Kidman say something like “Sure, he knows my kid, but I wouldn’t say they’re friends.”

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The rest is told through a combination of flashbacks and present day goings-on, which proves tedious at almost every turn, even as Theo babysits “The Goldfinch,” too terrified to alert the authorities and … too … something to let anyone else know. We watch as Theo gets super involved in the world of antiquing, where he meets Hobie (Westworld‘s Jeffrey Wright), who becomes a sort of father figure, though,

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again, we’re told that more than we’re shown that. And then there’s Pippa (Aimee Laurence/ Ashleigh Cummings), another survivor of the bombing and the niece of Hobie’s partner who did die in the bombing. Pippa used to love playing music, but the accident ended all that somehow, though that’s not explained either, save a scene that showcases a big fat head scar, so sure, yeah, head injury. Oh, woah, wait a

It’s hard to feel bad for the good looking rich people in The Goldfinch.

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minute … everything is connected! Naw, jay-kay, it’s all coincidental.

Because this thing is a mess, from the convoluted timelines to the needlessly long scenes that are, I don’t know, meant to show that Theo is a sensitive little dude. Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things does manage to cobble together a halfway decent turn as a Russian buddy of Theo’s that makes us forget he’s been relegated to 1980s-ish stuff for his entire career, but the adult version of his character, like all the adult versions of all the characters, looks and acts so differently that it really kills the immersion. Don’t even get me started on the utterly pointless series of events that lead to Theo’s engagement to one of the Harbour daughters. Best as I can tell, it’s meant to display how he seizes control of his life, but it’s fast and furious and really just quite weird.

Elsewhere, a cartoonishly shitty version of Theo’s father comes in the form of Luke Wilson making angry eyes and drinking too much, and American Horror Story mainstay Sarah Paulson as the dad’s girlfriend pops in to do some of that overacting she likes so much.

All the while, Theo looks sick and engages in narration about how we disguise ourselves even to ourselves, which maybe was deep in book form (or at least explained properly), but here feels like some kind of Cloud Atlas-level CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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and damaged and dimensional person, temper tantrums and all, but one for whom it’s easy to root and who winds up inspiring in a way that doesn’t feel like movie absurdity. Don’t expect to laugh out loud, but do expect some self examination once you leave the theater. (ADV)

unthinkable maneuvers, there are long scenes during which the whole thing takes itself too seriously. We guess if you saw the first one, you should see it through. But, don’t worry about getting back into the theater so fast when you take a bathroom break. It’s fine. (Julie Ann Grimm)

and AmbudkarViolet Crown, R, 104 min.

Violet Crown, Regal, R, 169 mins.

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nonsense. Is it open to interpretation? Weak.

The ultimate payoff thus feels tempered by the events which lead to it, and though (no spoilers) there’s much to agree with philosophically speaking, the drawn out and meandering journey to get there is far too boring to allow for a direct hit. Instead, one might consider the moral-lite for a moment then move on forever, minus the “You can skip it,” conversations we’re all bound to have with our friends over the coming weeks. (ADV)

Violet Crown, Regal 14, R, 149 min.

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Thank goodness for Workaholics alum Jillian Bell, as funny an actor as is out there today and the person who, at least in her new film Brittany Runs a Marathon, seems to be taking over the Amy Schumer–ish body positivity mantle, only with results that feel like they actually matter and a more nuanced performance than Schumer could muster on her best day.

Bell is Brittany, a schlubby late-20s New York transplant from Philly who spends her nights drinking too much and/or canoodling in club bathrooms and her days late to work and/ or placating her thin and vapid roommate (Alice Lee). All that changes, however, when a trip to the doctor in search of Adderall finds Brittany

confronted with her unhealthy life choices. A subsequent chance encounter with a neighbor who seemingly has her life together (Michaela Watkins, with whom Bell shared the screen in the recent Sword of Trust and with whom Bell shares an eerie natural chemistry) helps, too, and before we know it, Brittany decides she’s going to run the New York City Marathon.

Here comes the montage of workouts and nay-saying toxic relationships, and as the pounds start melting off, replaced by confidence but not ridding our hero of her neuroses, a subtle morality play unfolds, asking us to assess why we do the things we do, why we believe the things we believe and whether or not our bodies should define us.

Of course they shouldn’t, and whereas other, similar films we might not have strayed too far from chubby girl gets thin and learns a thing or two about life, Brittany Runs a Marathon sneakily shifts from the weight loss shtick to encompass a more complete idea of self-improvement. Throw in a will-they/won’t-they thing with a sort-of coworker named Jern (Utkarsh Ambudkar, Pitch Perfect), y’know, to humanize Brittany and sweeten the deal. It might have felt hackneyed, but Bell and Ambudkar are straight up adorable together, so it works.

Director Paul Downs Colaizzo, who penned the script based loosely on a real life friend, deserves kudos for tackling the matter with sensitivity and graceful humor, though Bell’s role as executive producer might have lent a hand. She owns the role of Brittany, too, portraying a flawed

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The best part about director Andy Muschietti’s It Chapter Two is that it’s not heading for a third.

Whoever had the bright idea to turn the Stephen King tome into a two-part movie probably thought they had a blockbuster on their hands. The story, after all, is a fantastic representation of how the King of Horror can take our childhood fears and celebrations and melt them into the lingering terror of adulthood.

But this interpretation does it very little justice.

The same sharp crayon probably also made the poor call that this timed-for-Halloween release should clock in at just under three hours.

It begins 27 years after Chapter One, and the scary clown that ate up the children of Derry, Maine, is apparently back and in need of another ass kicking.

The second best part is that the movie is actually funny. The first half even soars as the audience can’t decide whether to gasp (at the shocking opening gambit that is, in fact, how the book begins) or to giggle as the Losers Club comes back together. The same potty humor from the child version of Richie Tozer (Finn Wolfhard, Stranger Things) that had us snorting back laughter in the first chapter shows up in the right doses, and the timing between the adult players (Bill Hader as Richie and James Ranson as Eddie Kasbrack in particular) creates a snappy, sustained goof. King’s own cameo is a hoot, replete with a snotty attitude about his ever-present, semi-autobiographical writer character. In this case, it’s Bill Denbrough (James McAvoy, X-Men), who can’t seem to write a proper ending to a story to save his life. What’s supposed to be more than a sizzle of romance between he and the gang’s only girl (the grown up version of Beverly Marsh portrayed by a mostly blank faced Jessica Chastain) produces only minor heat. We love what’s emanating from Jay Ryan as grown-up Ben Hapscomb, though.

We’re not sticklers for every book-based plot to remain true to its pages, but this one veered too far off—especially the end, when it finally arrives. Even as the Creepshow antics provide plenty of the jump scares we came for and drippy, pop-eyed and gross creatures undertake

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It’s hard to believe Give Me Liberty star Chris Galust is a newcomer. As van driver Vic, Galust’s nuanced performance is so natural and layered, he projects the confidence of a much more seasoned vet. And while we assume (and hope) he’ll go on to do great things, his work in the newest film from writer/director Kirill Mikhanovsky (credited here as Mikhanovsky) is damn near perfect.

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Queue up American Factory on your Netflix and prepare to feel stressed out. helping the elderly make it to appointments or the disabled get around the city to compete in talent shows, visit doctors and so forth. But whereas Vic seems a good enough sort, he’s constantly running behind and finding his riders running roughshod over his good naturedness. Enter a wide array of kooky characters—the loudmouthed diabetic and the wheelchair-bound social worker, the gaggle of Russian immigrants trying to get to their friend’s funeral who transform Vic’s van into a music number on wheels.

Mikhanovsky based the film on his own experiences in a similar job circa the early ’90s, when his family first came to America from Russia. Vic’s various fares are based on his real-life passengers, and while the high points are almost invariably in Vic’s responses to late riders, car wrecks, needy hangers-on and his own grandfather nearly burning down his apartment building with a cooking mishap, it’s Vic himself who makes Give Me Liberty special. It’s anyone’s guess how much of himself Mikhanovsky put into the character, but Galust’s seamless transition between overwhelmed hard-ass, heart-of-gold caretaker and wide-eyed young person makes his performance one of the best this year.

Give Me Liberty does falter in its protracted yet shallow jabs at social commentary, attempting to show multiple sides of racial issues but not meaningfully touching on them. And there’s an ill-advised switch to black and white footage toward the end that feels more jarring than artistic. They’re small flaws (and they honestly might work for some) in an otherwise simple but powerful indie cast by very funny side characters and led by an actor we’ll undoubtedly see more of soon.(ADV)

Chinese giant Fuyao reopens in a shuttered Dayton, Ohio, GM factory, we’re hooked on the powerful conflict at hand.

The complexities of what it means, and how it works, for Chinese managers and line workers to train US counterparts and for a business here to strive to get the same “efficiency” as its cohorts overseas make for a provocative exploration. Amazing backroom and under-the-breath access leaves little room to guess about motivations, and as tensions rise, our sympathies pivot between characters. The Ohio forklift operator was happy to get out of her sister’s basement, but six of her Chinese coworkers live together in the same kind of new apartment she scores.

A woman worked for GM for decades; at Fuyao, she earns less than half her former wage. An older worker who wears a pro-union headband is tasked to complete a two-person job and later fired. On a trip to a sister factory, Americans see first-hand why Chinese colleagues say things like “lazy,” “slow,” and “fat fingers.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate more sweet symmetry, calming balance, and healing harmony. In that spirit, I encourage you to temporarily suspend any rough, tough approaches you might have in regard to those themes. Resist the temptation to slam two opposites together simply to see what happens.

Avoid engaging in the pseudo-fun of purging by day and bingeing by night. And don’t you dare get swept up in hating what you love or loving what you hate.

Book of Cleveland, a 2.5-ton, 6,000-page text the size of a mattress. After the expo closed down, the “biggest book in the world” went missing. If it still exists today, no one knows where it is. I’m going to speculate that there’s a metaphorical version of The Golden Book of Cleveland in your life. You, too, have lost track of a major Something that would seem hard to misplace.

Here’s the good news: If you intensify your search now, I bet you’ll find it before the end of 2019.

DR. JOANNA CORTI, DOM, SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1990, the New Zealand Powerful Medicine, Powerful government appointed educator, magician, and come- Results. Homeopathy, Acupuncture. Micro-current dian Ian Brackenbury Channell to be the official (Acupuncture without neeWizard of New Zealand. His jobs include protecting TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I tell you what freedom the government, blessing new enterprises, casting out dles.) Parasite, Liver/cleansevil spirits, upsetting fanatics, and cheering people up. es. Nitric Oxide. Pain Relief. is to me: no fear.” So said singer and activist Nina Transmedium Energy Healing.

The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find Simone. But it’s doubtful there ever came a time your personal equivalents of an inspirational force like Worker’s Compensation and when she reached the perfect embodiment of that idyllic state. How can any of us empty out our anxiety that. There’s really no need to scrimp. According to my Auto Accidents Insurance accepted 505-501-0439 reading of the cosmic energies, you have license to be so completely as to be utterly emancipated? It’s not possible. That’s the bad news, Taurus. The good news is that in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be as unafraid as you have ever been. For best results, try to ensure that love is your primary motivation in everything you do and say and think.

extravagant in getting what you need to thrive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Do silly things,” advised playwright Anton Chekhov. “Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.” I think that’s a perspective worth adopting now and then. Most of us GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some things don’t change go through phases when we take things too seriously much. The beautiful marine animal species known as and too personally and too literally. Bouts of fun the pearly nautilus, which lives in the South Pacific, is absurdity can be healing agents for that affliction. But mostly the same as it was 150 million years ago. Then now is NOT one of those times for you, in my opinion. there’s Fuggerei, a walled enclave within the German city of Augsburg. The rent is cheap, about one U.S. dol- Just the reverse is true, in fact. I encourage you to lar per year, and that fee hasn’t increased in almost 500 cultivate majestic moods and seek out awe-inspiring experiences and induce sublime perspectives. Your years. While I am in awe of these bastions of stability, and wish we had more such symbolic anchors, I advise serious and noble quest for a meaningful life can be especially rewarding in the coming weeks. you to head in a different direction. During the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to be a maestro of mutability, a CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Before comedian Jack connoisseur of transformation, an adept of novelty.

Benny died in 1974, he arranged to have a florist deliver a single red rose to his wife every day for the rest of her CANCER (June 21-July 22): Granny Smith apples are life. She lived another nine years, and received more than widely available. But before 1868, the tart, crispy, juicy fruit never existed on planet Earth. Around that time, an 3,000 of these gifts. Even though you’ll be around on this earth for a long time, I think the coming weeks Australian mother of eight named Maria Ann Smith would be an excellent time to establish a comparable threw the cores of French crab apples out her window custom: a commitment to providing regular blessings to while she was cooking. The seeds were fertilized by the pollen from a different, unknown variety of apple, and a a person or persons for whom you care deeply. This bold new type was born: Granny Smith. I foresee the possibil- decision would be in alignment with astrological omens, ity of a metaphorically comparable event in your future: which suggest that you can generate substantial benefits a lucky accident that enables you to weave together two for yourself by being creative with your generosity. interesting threads into a fascinating third thread.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Actress and author Ruby LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Every masterpiece is just dirt Dee formulated an unusual prayer. “God,” she wrote, and ash put together in some perfect way,” writes sto- “make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.” As you might imagine, she was a brave activist ryteller Chuck Palahniuk, who has completed several who risked her reputation and career working for the novelistic masterpieces. According to my analysis of Civil Rights Movement and other idealistic causes. I the astrological omens, you Leos have assembled much of the dirt and ash necessary to create your next think her exceptional request to a Higher Power makes masterpiece, and are now ready to move on to the next good sense for you right now. You’re in a phase when you can generate practical blessings by doing the very phase. And what is that phase? Identifying the help things that intimidate you or make you nervous. And and support you’ll need for the rest of the process. maybe the best way to motivate and mobilize yourself is VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1959, scandal erupted by getting at least a bit flustered or unsettled. among Americans who loved to eat peanut butter.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Syndicated cartoon strip Studies revealed that manufacturers had added so much hydrogenated vegetable oil and glycerin to their “Calvin and Hobbes” appeared for ten years in 2,400 product that only 75 percent of it could truly be called newspapers in fifty countries. It wielded a sizable cultural influence. For example, in 1992, six-year-old peanut butter. So began a long legal process to Calvin decided “The Big Bang” was a boring term for restore high standards. Finally there was a new law specifying that no company could sell a product called how the universe began, and instead proposed we call it the “Horrendous Space Kablooie.” A number of “peanut butter” unless it contained at least 90 perreal scientists subsequently adopted Calvin’s innovacent peanuts. I hope this fight for purity inspires you tion, and it has been invoked playfully but seriously in to conduct a metaphorically comparable campaign. university courses and textbooks. In that spirit, I It’s time to ensure that all the important resources encourage you to give fun new names to anything and and influences in your life are at peak intensity and everything you feel like spicing up. You now have subefficiency. Say NO to dilution and adulteration. stantial power to reshape and revamp the compoLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1936, the city of nents of your world. It’s Identify-Shifting Time.

Cleveland, Ohio staged the Great Lakes Exposition, a Homework: Say these words in front of a mirror: “It’s 135-acre fair with thrill rides, art galleries, gardens, and sideshows. One of its fun features was The Golden bad luck to be superstitious.” FreeWillAstrology.com

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