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OFFICER INVOLVED: Jacquaan Matherson
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City pays $1.4 million in two years for claims against cops Eight incidents involving nine law enforcement officers made up 40 percent of all city settlements since 2017 BY AARON CANTÚ a a r o n @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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n apartment eviction descends into a deadly SWAT standoff. A home alarm check goes wrong after a rookie cop fires bullets into an elderly caretaker. A foot chase ends with an officer bashing a man’s head against concrete. These are just some of eight separate events involving nine law enforcement officers, one of whom is an animal control officer, that have cost Santa Fe taxpayers nearly $1.4 million over the last two years, according to documents obtained by SFR through a public records request. The Santa Fe Police Department is notoriously secretive about officers’ personnel files, as SFR has reported numerous times. Finding out whether a cop has ever faced disciplinary consequences through public records requests is all but impossible. But settlements paid out by the city on behalf of officers accused of negligence or abuse provide a glimpse of their cost to the public. SFR examined documents for every payment from Jan. 1, 2017 through Oct. 31, 2018 to resolve claims against the city through its Risk Management Division. They show that the actions of just six of-
ficers resulted in payouts totaling nearly a million dollars. SFR also confirmed another $20,000 settlement that is not yet reflected in the documents. On Nov. 7, the city agreed to a $400,000 payment for the family of Anthony Benavidez, a 24-year-old man living with schizophrenia who was shot and killed by two SFPD SWAT officers in July 2017 after he’d been evicted from his apartment but returned to it and wouldn’t leave. The Benavidez settlement pushed the known total amount paid by the city on behalf of cops to $1.4 million, or 40 percent of the $3.5 million that it paid to resolve more than 120 separate claims. It could have been higher if not for New Mexico’s tort claims law, which limits to $400,000 the amount a plaintiff can receive from a public entity in state court for all damage claims arising from a single occurrence. Judges can break the cap in some cases, but in an incident like the Benavidez shooting, where officers Jeremy Bisagna and Luke Wakefield fired 17 shots that led to his death, recourse for the family was limited. “We want to deter overreaching by police, and there is no deterrent if the most a city can ever have to pay is $400,000,” says Shannon Kennedy, lead counsel for Roseanne Lopez, Benavidez’ half-sister who filed the complaint. City Attorney Erin McSherry, who began working at City Hall in July, says the city’s insurance carrier settled the Benavidez case because potential liabilities exceeded $50,000. As with all of its settle-
ments, the city admits no fault in the case. In response to SFR’s inquiry about whether any of the officers mentioned in claims were ever disciplined, department spokesman Greg Gurulé says such documents are “personnel records” shielded from public disclosure. (As SFR has reported, this is a misinterpretation of the law.) Six officers involved in the claims, however, are still on the force. In three cases, police accused of negligent driving racked up over a half a million dollars on the city’s tab. None of the officers involved in negligent driving claims are currently working at SFPD, according to the city. The largest of the payments went to Perry Foster and Daniel Chacón. In February 2016, former Santa Fe police officer Jacquaan Matherson T-boned a Jeep carrying the two men. According to a complaint filed by Chacón, a reporter at The Santa Fe New Mexican, and Foster against the city and Matherson, both suffered severe injuries, with damage to Foster’s leg likely permanent. In June 2017, the city agreed to pay $11,000 to Chacón and $289,000 to Foster. A few months before the Matherson incident, in October 2015, former officer Joseph Cannon crashed into Brenda and Raymond Garcia at the intersection of Guadalupe and Paseo de Peralta. One person was hospitalized, and the two received $200,000 from the city in April. SFPD says Cannon is no longer on the force, but won’t say why. A complaint lodged by David Leon-Galdamez in September 2015 against former officer Ladlslas Szabo for yet another crash, this one on Airport Road near the Country Club Road intersection, was recently settled for $20,000, LeonGaldamez’ attorney confirms. At least one officer has been promoted since his actions cost the city $34,750. Jose Gonzales, who is now a lieutenant and head of the department’s DWI division,
bloodied Joe Larry Maestas’ head following a brief foot chase in November 2016, according to Maestas’ complaint. Maestas needed 50 stitches afterward; SFR couldn’t locate an arrest record for him. Another officer, Jesus Rodriguez, also remains on the force after his alleged wrongful arrest of Kraig Maestas for driving without a license was settled for $47,500. In August 2014, animal control officer Marshall Martinez visited the residence of Stephen Cummings; it spiraled into a full SWAT deployment after Martinez falsely claimed that Cummings had a knife. Cummings was later acquitted of all charges stemming from the incident, and sued the city, Martinez, and then-SFPD Chief Eric Garcia. The city settled for $165,000. Martinez is still an animal control officer. Even though it’s been over five years since officer Charles Laramie shot and severely wounded an elderly man who had been taking care of an east side home, the family of Robert Dominguez only settled with the city in June. Laramie mistook Dominguez for an intruder, shooting him three times. Dominguez eventually died from his wounds, and the city paid two of his children $212,500. Laramie is still on the force; the city’s website says he makes $23.94 an hour. While the city is now off the hook in the Benavidez case, a separate lawsuit filed by Lopez against the two entities that operate Christus St. Vincent hospital and two of its employees who interacted with Benavidez the day before his death is still active; on Nov. 2, she dropped claims against a contractor that provides emergency room services for the hospital and one of its employees. District Attorney Marco Serna, who has appointed a panel of special prosecutors to determine whether the shooting was justified, tells SFR he is not sure when the panel might announce potential criminal charges for either of the officers involved.
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What a Waste Oil Conservation Commission doubles density of wells allowed in San Juan Basin
BY ELIZABETH MILLER e l i z a b e t h @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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s it a waste to leave oil and gas in the ground when it could be extracted and burned, creating jobs and tax revenue for the state—or is it a waste to see oil wells drilled every quarter mile through ranchland and sacred ancestral grounds? On Monday Nov. 19, that question came before New Mexico’s Oil Conservation Commission, a three-person panel tasked with overseeing oil and gas development in the state. Commissioners read their charge of “preventing waste” as ensuring that as much oil can be extracted as possible. So they approved an application from Hilcorp Energy to double the density of oil and gas wells in 1.3 million acres of the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico. Operators can now drill up to eight wells per 320 acres. The move ignored requests from multiple state and federal elected officials to delay the decision while the effects on public health and the environment of adding that many wells are investigated by federal agencies. “If we leave it in the ground, it’s not a waste. It’s a resource for the future,” Daniel Tso, Navajo Nation Council delegate-elect, testified to commissioners ahead of their decision. The San Juan Basin’s tangled and incongruous geology means horizontal drilling techniques that can bore underground for as far as 2 miles won’t work well. So developers are hoping to sink many more vertical straws into the pools of oil and gas. The rule change allows the company to “recomplete” existing wells in the area, of which there are hundreds, Hilcorp engineer Michelle Sivadon said in her testimony to the commission. That method is also far less expensive, she said. “We’ll continue to focus on recompletions, initially,” she said. Where that may not be an option, she said, “We’ll look at new wells.” Development will proceed over coming years, if not decades. Asked if
this would be the last effort from the company to increase the number and density of wells in that basin, Sivadon replied, “I wouldn’t say that.” With this new flexibility, Sivadon said, the company projects it can obtain 62 percent of the oil and gas that is available. That’s compared to 39 percent with current policies—though companies can secure exceptions to that rule with an application and public hearing. The difference could add $3 billion in revenue for the state of New Mexico, she said. By the time public comments started during the special hearing on Monday Nov. 19, shortly after 3 pm, a room that had been overflowing with people when the meeting began at 9 am had mostly emptied. The Oil Conservation Division also received hundreds of written public comments; Commissioner Robert Balch estimated 200 arrived just on Friday. The arguments broke along common lines. Those in favor of the change spoke about an economically depressed region in need of jobs and spending. “Hilcorp can give the area a much-needed win,” Jim Winchester, executive director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, told commissioners. Increasing the number of wells will not change the rules used to regulate those wells and mitigate their impacts to the environment, supporters argued. But staffing limitations have already left land managers struggling with enforcement. Area residents say they’re seeing more traffic, more fatal traffic accidents, air pollution, and millions of gallons of water used by the industry. The commission approved the application despite requests from elected officials to wait until the environmental effects could be more thoroughly studied. US Representative and Governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico State Land Commissioner-elect Stephanie Garcia Richard were among those who sought delay. “Without adequate time to evaluate the critical missing EPA and BLM environmental information and without input and analysis from the officials elected last week to guide the state for the next four years, it would be highly irresponsible for your agency to move forward on this far-reaching propos-
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A rule change led by Hilcorp Energy could bring an additional 8,000 oil and gas wells to the San Juan Basin.
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al,” Garcia Richard wrote to the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department legal counsel before the hearing. Andrea Antillon, associate counsel for the State Land Office, said late notice of the hearing barred the office from assessing the impacts to 65,000 acres of state trust land. Members of the state’s congressional delegation wrote to the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Bureau of Land Management in October, asking for further study on whether increasing well density would negatively affect the air and water quality in the region. The lawmakers requested that information by Nov. 1 but were still awaiting a response as of Nov. 16. The San Juan Citizens Alliance, through attorneys from the Western Environmental Law Center, also lost in its attempt to intervene in the matter on the basis of affects to public health and the environment. Hilcorp representative Michael Feldewert countered that the Oil Conservation Commission only handles sub-surface concerns, and issues affecting surface owners would fall to other agencies. “This decision is necessarily intertwined with surface protections,” argued Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director of the Western Environmental Law Center. “If Hilcorp is granted this change, it will assert to the BLM that they not only have the opportunity but the right to drill a certain number of wells.” Oil Conservation Division Director Heather Riley formerly worked for WPX Energy. As she began the meeting, Riley said, “Someone has raised the specter of impropriety. … The allegation of a conflict has been examined by counsel and they’ve determined there’s not a conflict.” She was named to the job by EMNRD Secretary Ken McQueen, one of the positions up for re-appointment when Lujan Grisham takes office in January. Along with that new administration may come an effort to appeal this decision. To some, it’s simply too late for quibbling about how and where fossil fuels are developed. “It’s now widely understood that if we burn just the fossil fuels already out of the ground, that will take us over 1.5 C,” commenter Marie Morgan of Santa Fe told commissioners, referencing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released in October that called for massive and prompt societal changes to stave off the worst predictions for the planet. “We already have more oil and gas than we can afford to burn.”
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STUDENT JOURNALISTS EXPLORE SITE SANTA FE’S CASA TOMADA AND ITS RE-ENVISIONING OF LIFE IN THE AMERICAS
University of New Mexico senior Celia Raney investigates the challenges of presenting Indigenous art in a museum setting through interviews with SITE’s Indigenous Outreach Coordinator Winoka Begay and Navajo artist Melissa Cody, whose work is part of the exhibit. New Mexico School for the Arts senior Maya Forte writes about the compelling photography of renowned Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz, whose work mines subjects often overlooked in society. Santa Fe Prep junior Bettina Broyles interviewed artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, whose sculptural installation is informed by Guatemalan history and serves as a meditation on the role of materialism in forging identity. For this project, the Journo Fund worked with SITE’s robust education department, which already runs several youth programs, such as its Zine, Gallery Guide and Scholars program. Joanne Lefrak, SITE’s director of education and curator of public practice, says the fund’s internship program dovetailed well with the education program’s current mission “because the intention of a lot of our programs is to encourage deep thinking and deep looking at contemporary art.” As for Casa tomada, Lefrak says, “it’s not an easy show … because it asks a lot of questions about how we think of how history has been written, who are the people who write history and what are the multiple perspectives included in history.” Much of the work, she notes, addresses “challenging experiences of trauma, both cultural and personal … so it takes a lot of thoughtfulness to engage with this particular show.” Young museum-goers, however, often rise to the challenges of complex contemporary art, Lefrak notes. “I don’t think our society gives enough credit to young people,” she says. Teenagers and people in their early 20s “have grown up in a world in which the concepts of diversity are not new. … It really shows how much we can learn from them.” The Journo Fund is currently fundraising for its second training cohort, which will report and write on environmental issues. For more information, please visit nmjournalism.org. —Julia Goldberg, Project Mentor
BELONGING TOGETHER: CURATOR CANDICE HOPKINS DISCUSSES THREADING THE NARRATIVE OF THE EXHIBITION BY RUBY WOLTRING
“Sometimes the best expressions come together not because everyone agrees on something, but because people bring different ideas to the table, different artists, different ways of framing in a tradition.” —Candice Hopkins, one of three head curators of Casa tomada Hopkins is speaking on the topic of the exhibition’s cohesion, on the intersection of artistic and cultural perspective, on forming fluidity across differing ideas. The unifying theme of Casa tomada is the concept of ownership and borders, illustrated by the work of 23 artists from across the Americas. Each piece contributes a singular narrative regarding a sense of belonging, inciting conversation especially pertinent in our current political climate—an intention cultivated in curatorial meetings during the formation of the show between Hopkins and the exhibition’s other two curators, José Luis Blondet and Ruba Katrib. “We started to develop different threads, and one of the things that we talked a lot about, and we felt were represented in each of the answers that we wrote, was a kind of language that is starting to frame political discourse in the US,” Hopkins says. “We thought about different ways of entering that language, which is often couched in ideas of who has the right to be in a place, who doesn’t, and who decides that.” Hopkins finds New Mexico to be a fitting home for such themes, given its past of conquest and displacement. One of the first objects visitors encounter COURTESY SITE SANTA FE
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dentity. Geography. Culture. These spheres—and others—all inform lived experiences in the Americas. SITE Santa Fe’s current biennial show—its third and final in the SITElines series exploring contemporary art in the Western hemisphere— opened last August and includes 23 contemporary artists whose work explores the personal, political and psychological ramifications of the show’s themes through individual and diverse lenses presented in myriad mediums. Casa tomada (House taken over) is named for Argentine writer Julio Cortázar’s 1946 short story in which two siblings, shut in and tending to their ancestral home, are cast out without their belongings by a mysterious force that invades their property. In writing of the exhibit for the show’s catalog, co-curator José Luis Blondet characterizes the story as an “unresolved and unresolvable tale of dispossession and class.” Casa tomada, which opened on Aug. 3, continues through Jan. 6 with concurrent programming, including artist talks, films and performances (see sitesantafe.org/events for the complete schedule). For the last six weeks, the New Mexico Fund for Public Interest Journalism—SFR’s nonprofit partner—explored the complex exhibit with students chosen for the fund’s first cohort in its paid internship program. Applications for the program opened in late summer to all area students. The four students chosen for the program toured the exhibit; read and researched information on the artists; met weekly for discussions and training on reporting and writing; and interviewed artists, curators and others involved with the show. This week’s cover story features their stories. Ruby Woltring, a Santa Fe Prep senior, interviewed one of the show’s three curators, Candice Hopkins, for a discussion of how the curators found unifying themes in the show, and the way in which New Mexico’s history of conquest and displacement makes it a particularly appropriate setting for the works included.
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upon entering the exhibit is conquistador Juan de Oñate’s foot. Well, not his actual foot—this foot is made of plaster, a replica of a replica, but it holds more historical relevance and connotation than his real foot could. Approximately 20 years ago, someone stole the right foot off a bronze statue of Oñate in an act of defiance toward the canonization of oppressive historical figures. Hopkins was passing this Oñate monument in Rio Arriba County on her way to Taos when she was struck by a moment of clarity. She had to have the foot in the show. A colleague pointed her in the di-
rection of the anonymous foot thief, who allowed her team to create a cast of the foot for display. Hopkins vowed to maintain the individual’s secrecy during their correspondence. At the time, the thievery of the foot was considered a felony (the statute of limitations has since expired). Yet, it’s a felony that the foot’s apprehender considers to be his life’s work, an act of historical reclamation. “I thought the foot was an excellent object to speak on all of these complexities,” Hopkins says, “and I think it goes to show how something as simple as a sculpture can actually be an incredibly resonant gesture; especially now.” The foot proves a concrete example of the presence of historical context in the show. To foster potency in the message of the exhibition, Hopkins and the other curators opted to feature a limited number of artists, therefore encouraging more ambitious works in higher quantities. When requesting new work from selected artists, they made sure to brief them on the context of the exhibition, and specifically, what was being done with Oñate’s foot. Featured artist Lutz Bacher was especially intrigued by this initiative, and the curators hung her piece, a commentary on the selectivity of American history, next to Oñate’s foot, portraying the relationship between the statement on historical fallacy present in both pieces. The curators made decisions with the intention of creating a dialogue between pieces
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SOMETIMES THE BEST EXPRESSIONS COME TOGETHER NOT BECAUSE EVERYONE AGREES ON SOMETHING, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE BRING DIFFERENT IDEAS TO THE TABLE, DIFFERENT ARTISTS, DIFFERENT WAYS OF FRAMING IN A TRADITION.
through the use of autonomous statements and styles. ABOVE: Melissa Cody “An exhibition is really (b. 1983 in No Water something that you build,” Mesa, USA) “4th Hopkins says, “so the way Dimension,” 2016; that we started was with a wool, aniline dyes; collection of Samuel La core group of people that Fountain. LEFT: A cast we were all really excited of Oñate’s stolen foot. about, and we were thinking, ‘What kind of relationships can we bring out of the works that we’ve already chosen [to] start to create an exhibition that is full of all of these very specific kinds of narratives throughout?’ So that’s the way it works—a lot of discussion and dialogue and thinking about these artists’ practices.” Though the artists drew inspiration from a breadth of cultural history, Hopkins saw the immediacy of current issues as a unifying force in the show: “The work that we concentrated on is from artists from the Americas, and with that, I think you have artists that talk about that particular history,” she notes. “Even if they’re coming from very different en-
vironments, talk of xenophobia is really pervasive right now, especially with the election of [President-elect Jair] Bolsonaro in Brazil and, of course, Trump in the US. And so, even though these countries have very different histories and they’re far away from each other, there are some things that are shared at the moment.” REWRITING HISTORY ON MUSEUM WALLS: CASA TOMADA TACKLES THE HISTORY AND CHALLENGES OF PRESENTING INDIGENOUS ART BY CELIA RANEY
The walls of SITE Santa Fe are smeared with different accounts of history. Loss, hardship, pain and perseverance wrap room after room with an intimacy gleaned from personal experience. But if you don’t know the artists’ backgrounds, you’d probably be confused, and see only pretty pictures on white walls. Casa tomada tackles controversy, false history and misrepresentation to present contemporary fine art made by Native and Indigenous people—which, in a museum CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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setting, has often been misrepresented, aiding the idea that Indigenous people are disappearing. “There has always been this story going around in many universities and in many schools that indicates Indigenous people or Native people in general are a vanishing race,” says Winoka Begay, Indigenous outreach coordinator for SITE and a Navajo woman. “Native Americans are contemporary, they are around, they are existent, they are doing powerful and successful things.” Even so, Native art shown in historical and anthropological-leaning museums is at risk of being mislabeled, and in cases of very culturally significant art, might not be appropriate for display at all. “Pieces that [these museums] carry that are more archaeologically based; more of the pottery, more of the rugs, things that we have utilized within our cultures, are often brought into those museums and are often mislabeled,” Begay says. For example, a Navajo piece could be mislabeled as Northern Cheyenne. Although it falls on the shoulders of the curators of Casa tomada to ensure that Native art in the show is respectful of Indigenous culture, Begay says such considerations are easier when working with Native artists because “you would expect they would have that knowledge already, of not putting something that could be offensive into a museum because it is of their own culture, of their own background.” Melissa Cody, a fourth-generation Navajo weaver, grapples with a history of pain and loss both of her people and her personal story through her installation at SITE. “I thought that all little girls growing up on and off the reservation were weavers, and when I found out that other children in my first grade, second grade and third grade classes didn’t go home for the summer and weave at looms, it kind of blew my mind,” Cody says. “I felt that this was something very special.”
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Cody now sees herself as a steward of information, drawing from that experience. She weaves in Germantown Revival style, named for the wool blankets given to imprisoned Navajo people in Germantown, Pennsylvania, before the Navajo Long Walk. They couldn’t herd and shear sheep, so they unraveled and re-wove their rationed blankets into styles traditional to their respective regions and aesthetic preferences. “Even in those dire times, there was still this cultivation of creativity that was happening, an intermixing of ideas amongst the weavers,” she says. Cody dyes her own palette using aniline dye, constructing the eclectic look of the Germantown blankets, which were colored with the same dyes. Her weavings play with new variations on the style; some include text and wordplay, others are influenced by the video game era through her use of pixelated designs. “I thought about the dire need to preserve the knowledge that I was gifted,” Cody says, “so I needed to push forward and have the work I was creating be representative of the current generation.” In a fight to be recognized as more than “just” a Native American artist, one of her goals is to present her work with her name first, not her region, tribe, and then medium—as Native American art had been largely attributed until 15 to 20 years ago. “We may be Native American artists, but we are trying to break out of this umbrella of being stuck in the realm of ‘Native American art’ where we’re just seen as craftspeople. The museum and gallery community are catching on, that the work that we are creating is no less than what you can find in any museum across the country.” Begay echoes the sentiment. “We have self-determination that there is a positive representation of us,” she says. “We are human and we are still alive and we are working toward recovery from his-
torical trauma through revitalization of our language and our culture.” RARE PORTRAITS: PAZ ERRÁZURIZ’ PHOTOGRAPHS CHALLENGE VIEWERS TO SEE SUBJECTS OFTEN HIDDEN IN SOCIETY BY MAYA FORTE
Paz Errázuriz’ photographic series Niñas reveals members of a Chilean brothel in an unexpected light. Figures laugh and relax, seeming comfortable in their complex identities. By playing with the boundaries of marginalized groups, Errázuriz shows viewers the dark sides of humanity: the struggles of the underground individuals below the gilded surface of society. As Errázuriz told The Guardian in a January 2016 story: “They are topics that society doesn’t look at, and my intention is to encourage people to dare to look.” For SITE Santa Fe’s Casa tomada exhibit, the show’s press kit describes Niñas as “digital prints of analog photographs paired with ID cards issued by the Chilean police to track and survey sex workers in the city of Talca, Chile, between 1968 and 1976.” The incorporation of the official identification cards brings the work into the political context of Chile under the Pinochet regime, a time in which many groups—specifically women—were oppressed and pushed to society’s margins. Errázuriz has never been one to follow the rules. Her work’s focus has earned her notoriety in the art world, as she always looks toward the outskirts for her subjects, and has become world-renowned for revealing through her pictures what others wish to hide. The self-taught photographer, originally from Santiago, has quickly become one of the most internationally recognized Chilean photographers. Her work has been collected by the Tate, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. She first caught the public eye in
the 1970s, when Errázuriz decided to document the lives of those marginalized by the Pinochet dictatorship. In the face of curfews, jail and worse for gender noncomforming people, for example, she made portraits of these figures in a more intimate light. It is implicit controversy that drives Errázuriz: subjects who operate outside traditional boundaries. As Aesthetic Magazine once put it, Errázuriz’s typical subjects include sex workers, patients of psychiatric hospitals, boxers and members of the circus. In another one of her works in SITE’s show, black and white figures appear, the last of a tribe permanently preserved in the portraits. The piece focuses on a completely different type of marginalization: those who are losing their culture. Entitled Nómadas del Mar (Nomads of the Sea), this 1996 collection of photographs includes portraits of some of the remaining members of the Kewaskar, a tribe that once inhabited land along the southern point of South America. In a catalog essay on the exhibit, co-curator José Luis Blonder recounts that Errázuriz spent eight years photographing the remaining members of the tribe, whose numbers were fewer than 30, “partially to debunk the myth of their disappearance.” In her work in Casa tomada, Errázuriz uses the medium of portrait black-andwhite photography to present a “voice to the underrepresented,” says SITE guide Nina Scibelli during a tour of the show. Indeed, by using portrait collections for both of her pieces in the exhibition, the artist creates connections to the past by showing real people who face the idea of losing their homes. The faces create a uniquely human approach to the feeling of loss—each face embodies the story of loss, whether of their culture or the difficulty of being forced to live life on society’s margins.
way that can’t be shown through texts. It displays a sense of melancholy that feels out of place and unnatural, drawing from the failed independence of Los Altos, and the irony of a pot that was made in such a way that it cannot possibly serve its purpose. It coaxes an intricate empathy for the creation and loss of cultural identity. Ramírez-Figueroa was first drawn to Paz Errázuriz the idea of material culture when a fire de(b. 1944 in stroyed his home in 2013. “It made me Santiago, think about this attachment to material Chile) from the things and identity,” he says, “especially series to small things that have very little value. Nómadas del Even to mass-produced things, because I mar (Nomads miss all those things, you know? I miss the of the Sea), 1996; analog little cups. I missed … I don’t know, some photographs. ugly shoes that were old.” This attachment to the commodities CHILDREN OF TRADE: of plastic and have purposely misplaced in life surrounds every waking moment. NAUFUS RAMÍREZ-FIGUEROA’S WORK or closed openings. Ramírez-Figueroa Every mass-produced or handmade object MEDITATES ON MATERIAL CULTURE says that the piece “adapted French influ- creates an indentation on the soul. When THROUGH THE EYES OF A VASE ence. The colorful pots that hang from the these things are taken away, the indenBY BETTINA BROYLES wooden limbs … reference this sort of ma- tations become longings for a life once known. The sentiment of melancholy A beautiful pot falls, the sound of intricate terial culture.” and loss surrounds this biennial, which is The whole piece shows the mix of ceramic flying under the counter, under grounded in the short story “Casa Tomaobjects present in a community that no the trash can, even under the dog. The da” by Julio Cortázar. “Casa Tomada” delonger exists, almost like a key to a door that unmistakable sense of fear that accompascribes two siblings losing their home and has been ripped from its hinges and made nies a free-falling fragile object before it belongings in a house taken over by a mysinto a chair. Material culture can define hits the ground radiates from a beautiful terious force. identity from a historical perspective in a installation at SITE Santa Fe’s Casa tomaMaterial culture runs deep da. Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa’s in our own humanity. “We are second large sculptural instaltotally identified with material lation, “Revindication of Tangithings and products, and in some ble Property,” serves as a comways art is also a part of this,” mentary on material culture Ramírez-Figueroa says. “But and how it affects identity as a I guess art is allowed to bring whole. consciousness to the fact that Ramírez-Figueroa worked it is doing this. Things that you on his installation in Berlin and buy at a boutique or even luxury Guatemala City. While doing items, you’re buying them, but at his research in Guatemala, he the same time, you do play into focused on Los Altos, a temthis illusion that by owning you porary state established in the have a new identity.” mid-1800s between Mexico and In Ramírez-Figueroa’s piece, Guatemala. Los Altos developed the art serves as a reminder of an interesting blend of Guathe deep cultural identity astemalan and French culture, sociated with material objects. which inspired him to study The US especially has developed the Maya creation book Popol such a deep relation to material Vuh and French ceramics from culture that it almost drowns in Los Altos. Originally discovered it. Mass-produced objects line in the Guatemalan highlands by the shelves and children pull at a Dominican priest who transtheir parents’ arms to get a closlated it from the original K’iche’ er look at one cheaply made oblanguage, Popol Vuh is one of ject out of the thousands. only two surviving sacred texts But culture has always had from Mesoamerica. a material aspect. RamírezThis Mayan material culFigueroa displays in his work ture is shown in the brown arms that most of this culture is unthat hang at the top of the piece. derstood in terms of wealth and The French aspect is displayed status, creating an identity out in the dangling intricate pots. Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, “Revindication of Tangible Property,” of the things we own and not the 2018 installation; wood, expanded polystyrene, epoxy resin, However, these pots are unuspeople we have become. mineral pigments. able because they are made out COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND PROYECTOS ULTRAVIOLETA, GUATEMALA CITY
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f you’ve spotted bighorn sheep in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, fished streams meandering through Valles Caldera, or even if you’ve just been to Fort Marcy or Ragle parks in Santa Fe to watch your kid swing a baseball bat, you’ve benefitted from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. That’s the argument Andrew Black, public lands field director for the Rocky Mountain Regional Center of the National Wildlife Federation, makes when he tries to rally support for the 54-year-old program. Congress allowed the fund’s authorization to expire at the end of September. Every day since then, based on a National Wildlife Federation analysis, more than $2 million in royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling that could be spent preserving wild places and public outdoor spaces has gone to the general treasury. “It’s something I think a lot of people in the community don’t know much about, but that affects everyday quality of life here with the parks and playgrounds and trails,” Black says of the fund. He grew up in Santa Fe playing on those ballfields and now fishes those streams. The lame-duck session that started Nov. 13 offers the best chance for the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be quickly renewed. Bills to reauthorize it have passed House and Senate committees and both made the historic move of calling for permanent reauthorizations for the program. At most, it’s been given 25-year approval in the past. The last re-up was for just three years. “It’s not because the program is not appreciated, and not because it’s not making a huge difference in local communities
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and on federal public lands,” says Black, a former staffer for both Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Martin Heinrich. “It’s gotten caught up in the partisan gridlock. … You have US senators themselves saying, if there is ever anything that should be able to rise above some of the partisan gridlock in DC, this should be it. It makes such a huge difference on the federal level and on the state and local level to so many different people, in so many different communities, in so many different ways.” By his count, the votes are ready to pass the bill. That legislation just has to rise above the noise, which includes a spending bill with a Dec. 7 deadline to fund the government. So he’s turning up the volume by organizing local statements of support, including from the city and county of Santa Fe. Coalitions of outdoor brands and hunting, fishing and wildlife conservation organizations and businesses are likewise sending letters or planning lobbying days to keep this legislation from dropping off the calendar. “Generally, it’s supported on both sides of the aisle,” says Greg Hiner, southwest director of land protection with the Trust for Public Land. “It’s not just a measure for the tree-hugger fringe of conservation.” New Mexico has received $316 million of the $18.4 billion appropriated over the fund’s lifetime. The places it has reached are a checklist of #NewMexicoTrue des-
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tinations. However, Hiner points out that Gov. Susana Martinez, whose administration launched that tourism campaign, balked at the required state-match for some of these grants, and so the number received in the last eight years has notably declined. His organization often works to broker deals that use LWCF money to secure conservation easements for private inholdings in national parks, monuments and forests. In recent years, that’s reached 2,500 privately held acres within Rio
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SWOOSH! Those who hit the mountain last year knows the conditions as Ski Santa Fe were less than ideal. If Mother Nature were in charge, our ski days would have been drastically short in number. It was only through the grace of snowmaking technology that early-season skiing was possible at all. This year, however, marks the first Thanksgiving Day opening in three seasons, and she’s looking good! While the 2017-18 winter saw a total of 54 inches for skiing, 36 have already fallen. “Everyone is very optimistic,” says Candy DeJoia, spokeswoman for Ski Santa Fe. “It has already started out better than last year. That’s grounds for celebration.” All the lifts are scheduled to open at 9 am Thursday. Officials also promise 66 percent of the mountain will be open, but which trails exactly won’t be revealed just yet. (Julie Ann Grimm)
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ART OPENING FRI/23 AW, SNAP! Los Angeles painter Daniel Brice didn’t know a simple Polaroid snapped in 1980-something of flowers in a vase would impact his practice for the rest of his career, but every few years he comes back to the shot and creates still lifes, color fields and abstracts based upon it, and every few years it works like a cathartic palate-cleanser. But he’s never really shown the pieces until now, nor has the body ever been so prolific. “I was thinking about what flowers represent,” Brice says. “There’s the historical still life, the idea that you give them for condolences, or when someone is on the mend, or for love—I kind of tripped out on the duality of what flowers represent beyond the transient beauty.” Thus, he says, roughly 30 new paintings were born. Find them at Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art this week. (Alex De Vore) Daniel Brice: Polaroid Paintings: 5 pm Friday Nov. 23. Through Dec. 29. Free. Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711.
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THEATER TUES/27 THE KING’S MARBLES Mentally ill people deserve compassion and treatment—but what happens when a mentally ill person is also in charge of a civilization? Even worse: What if their illness causes them to act erratically, driving their country to the brink of disaster? We refer, of course, to King George III, leader of England in the 1780s. (Who else?) Playwright Alan Bennett’s 1991 play depicts the king’s increasing instability and his court’s handling of the situation, but also depicts him as a human being—not the way we’re used to seeing royalty. Santa Fe is lucky enough to get broadcasts of National Theatre productions from the United Kingdom right to the Lensic, and this one is beamed in from the world-class production at the Nottingham Theatre. (Charlotte Jusinski) NT Live in HD: The Madness of George III: 7 pm Tuesday Nov. 27. $19-$22. Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234
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Stacks on Stacks on Stacks Make yourself a shiny new ornament When it comes to glasswork, glassblowing often takes the spotlight, but melting the material into intricate designs and shapes can be just as satisfying. Working with glass might seem like it comes with some inherent risks—if you’re not cutting yourself, you’re risking combustion—but at Bullseye Glass at the south end of the Railyard, the artistry and the danger are kept separate. The glass is stacked by hand and then fired in an electric kiln overnight. And though Bullseye is based in Portland, Oregon, where the glass is manufactured, its Santa Fe location (which sells glass supplies and provides glass-fusing classes) has attracted a small community during its eight years of business. “We have a group of artists that meets once a month,” Bullseye manager Morgan Dougherty tells SFR. “We let them use this location to meet with each other. We kind of don’t get involved, but they talk about all sorts of things glass-related.” Members of the group sell their artwork at Bullseye’s third annual open
house and holiday gift sale this Friday, where wannabe glass fusers can also try their hand for free. “Folks can come and make an ornament, which is, like, a huge hit,” says Dougherty. “You stack the sheet glass, decorate it with products of glass called frits and stringers, and then it gets fired in the kiln and you can come back and pick it up at a later date. They’re super cute.” Go for the free snacks, but don’t be surprised if you end up hooked on glass— Dougherty says 96 people signed up for introductory classes after last year’s event. “We get people who never even knew that this was a thing that absolutely are like, ‘Oh my gosh this is the best,’ and then they become regulars,” Dougherty says. “It’s an experience, basically.” (Sarah Eddy)
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Photographer Tony Vaccaro, who went from developing film in his Army helmet in burned-out buildings as a soldier during WWII to sitting poolside with fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, photographed cultural luminaries and grisly history alike. “O’Keeffe and Cheese” is just one of many rare prints on exhibit at Monroe Gallery of Photography; it opens Friday, and Vaccaro is scheduled to attend the opening. See full listing on page 20.
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EVENTS CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Join other kids to play against for a nice mix of quiet thought and roaring laughter, and play as many games as time allows. Plus, library volunteers usually provide a short lecture around 6 pm. If you end up liking it (and are pretty good), the group also holds tournaments, including the Santa Fe Mayor’s Cup. 5:45 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Do you basically know everything about everything? Put it to good use. 8 pm, free
LET'S TAKE A LOOK Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Curators from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology gather in the lobby to look at your treasures and attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest, but are willing to take a look at anything that is brought in, and if they can’t identify an object, they’ll try to find someone who can. Noon-2 pm, free VINYASA FLOW Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 One hour of yoga is followed by one of Duel's core beers, all for one low low price. BYOM (mat). 6:30 pm, $15
MUSIC BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards, Broadway tunes and more on vocals and piano. 6:30 pm, free BOOMROOTS COLLECTIVE Draft Station Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443 Reggae meets hip-hop. Get $3 pizza slices while you dance (see Music, page 23). 9 pm, free CRASH KARAOKE Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 The more you drink, the better you sound. #science. Today’s suggestion: “Yeah” by Usher, which is now passé enough to be used in cell phone commercials, and that makes the calendar editor feel very old. 9 pm, free
IMPERIAL ROOSTER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Gonzo roots, country-punk and rock 'n' roll. Word to the wise: The Thanksgiving Eve Madrid party may be one of the best Madrid parties of the year. 8 pm, free MARC SANDERS Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards. 6 pm, free MISSI & COMPANY La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Rockin' tunes to dance to. This may be a hoppin’ eve as well, since tourists will probably fill the hotel and will want to make out with locals. (JK. That probably isn’t true.) 7:30 pm, free
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OPEN MIC NIGHT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 87507 Singer-songwriter Jason Reed hosts his long-beloved open mic. Signups start at 6:30 pm, and everyone who performs gets a recording afterward— just like the good old days. 7 pm, free PAT MALONE El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Sweet melodic jazz guitar. 7 pm, free SANTA FE MEGABAND REHEARSAL Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, 470-7077 Join an open community band which provides an opportunity for musicians to get together and play acoustic string band music. Practices are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month, so if you miss this one, you'll have another chance. 7 pm, free SHANE WALLIN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Soulful blues, strong drinks, and probably 700 collegefreshman-aged young people home for the holiday and lookin’ for fun. 8 pm, free SLOAN ARMITAGE Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Folk, Americana and tender R&B with a gloriously indie feel and haunting vocals. 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 by Nick Wymette and Albert Diaz. 8:30 pm, free
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO ZEN Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396 Everyone is welcome, newcomers and experienced practitioners alike, to a weekly class that explores the basics and finer points of good posture and finding a comfortable meditation position, plus a chance to go over questions. 5 pm, free
THU/22 EVENTS FUSATSU Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 An ancient Zen Buddhist ceremony of atonement, purification and renewal of vows in which participants acknowledge the truth that suffering is caused by our own ignorant view of ourselves as separate from the world. 5:30 pm, free
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NEW MOON WATER WHEEL CEREMONY Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Fría Street Pray for moisture, bless the waters and offer up items for blessings and in hopes of heavy rains. 4 pm, free SANDY VAILLANCOURT: NEW MEXICO MI AMOR La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 As part of the La Fonda Hotel Artist in Residence program, local artist Vaillancourt answers questions and presents an art demo as she depicts her love for New Mexico and its people. Most of the art presented will have a New Mexico theme. 11 am-7 pm, free SKI SANTA FE OPENING DAY Ski Santa Fe 740 Hyde Park Road, 982-4429 Put the turkey plans on hold, dust off those skis and head to the slopes for the first runs of the season. We can't imagine a better way to celebrate all this snow we've gotten already! Lift tickets are way cheaper than a prix fixe (see SFR Picks, page 19). 9 am-4 pm, $38-$80
FOOD THANKSLIVING VEGAN POTLUCK Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Bring an eight-serving dish to share that has no animal products (no meat, fish, dairy, eggs or honey), along with the recipe, which is helpful for those with allergies and those who would like to try cooking it on their own. Don't forget a place setting (plate, utensils and cup) for everyone in your group. In addition to delicious food, there's dance music, a kid's activity corner, costumes (because what party isn't better with costumes?) and good company. Noon, free
MUSIC LATIN THURSDAY Café Mimosa 513 Camino de los Marquez, 365-2112 Check out a DJ dance party at an unlikely locale (a favorite brunch spot by day, club by night?) featuring VDJ Dany spinning salsa, merengue, nachata, cumbias y más— plus drink specials and bar bites. 9 pm, $5 MISSI & COMPANY La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Rockin' tunes to dance to. If you eat at home early enough, you might be able to take a nap and recover from your food coma by the time this starts. Bring your grandma. 7:30 pm, free
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FRI/23 ART OPENINGS DANIEL BRICE: POLAROID PAINTINGS Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 The Los Angeles-based painter presents a collection based on a singular iconic image of a vase and flowers, captured years ago by Brice with a Polaroid camera. Pinned up on his studio wall for years, the photographic image serves as an inspiration and formal structure for this series. The paintings are rendered with varying degrees of abstraction and the repetition of subject pulls each piece together. Through Dec. 29 (see SFR Picks, page 19). 5 pm, free HEIDI LOEWEN: SMOKE FIRED & GLAZED PLATTERS Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., 988-2225 We're definitely curious how Loewen got smoke to make such intricate designs on her ceramic vessels—and lucky for us, we know the artist is more that willing to explain. Check out new pieces. There is a lot of weird stuff on roofs in Santa Fe, but this is the only gallery we know of that had a giant stiletto highheeled shoe up there for a time. 5 pm, free REBECCA TOBEY: THIRTY YEARS OF GREATNESS Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, 983-8815 In celebration of her 30 years as a top-tier sculptor and her 70th birthday, Tobey releases 30 bronze and ceramic sculptures from her personal collection. Many of the sculptures will be from the 20-year artistic collaboration Tobey enjoyed with her late husband, Gene; others are those she has created during her 10 years as a solo sculptor. Through Dec. 5. 4 pm, free
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ROBERT GAYLOR: THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME Axle Contemporary 670-5854 At night on the street, sparkling with lights, is a man bundled against the cold, with his possessions piled into his shopping cart. He is not shopping, but trying to survive. How did a love of Jesus and the annual rebirth of the year become a runaway festival of conspicuous consumption and lavish excess? What happened to our sense of empathy and community? The mobile gallery is parked in front of the New Mexico Museum of Art (107 W Palace Ave.); find the exhibit wherever the mobile gallery is through Dec. 25. 5 pm, free TONY VACCARO: RENAISSANCE Monroe Gallery of Photography 112 Don Gaspar Ave., 992-0800 Photographer Vaccaro, who turns 96 on Dec. 20, still carries a camera and puts in six or seven hours without a break, creating prints in his darkroom and identifying jobs for his staff. From developing prints in his Army helmet as a soldier in Europe during World War II, to intimately photographing celebrities you've only dreamed of glimpsing from afar, his works and his life are second to none in scope and scale. Vaccaro visits Santa Fe for the opening. Through Jan. 27. 5 pm, free
BOOKS/LECTURES CHARLIE BURK: JOURNEY IN ABSTRACTION Winterowd Fine Art 701 Canyon Road, 992-8878 A book release celebrates the artistic career of Burk, who's been painting in New Mexico for over 40 years, creating poetic portraits of our living earth. Executing a painting of a field of grass requires great skill to be truly captivating, and Burk's paintings thoughtfully and seductively pull the viewer closer for a better look. The artist will be in attendance, along with lead author Iris McLister, signing the new 76-page monograph. 2-6 pm, free DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES: TRUTHS ABOUT QUANTUM MECHANICS St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 Learn what you’ve always wanted to know. Bernhardt Trout of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who focuses on molecular engineering—specifically the development and application of both computational and experimental molecularbased methods to engineering pharmaceutical formulations and processes—lectures in the Peterson Student Center's Great Hall. 7:30 pm, free
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KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: THE RELEVANCE OF FAITH Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Catch a talk by Wangdak, who received the distinguished Ellis Island Medal of Honor award from the National Ethical Coalition of Organizations in 2009 for his humanitarian work around the world; he's the first Tibetan ever to have received the award, so he's undoubtedly someone to be listened to. 6 pm, $20
EVENTS CIRCUS LUMINOUS: CLOWN ALCHEMY Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Wise Fool's Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues with a celebration of the power of laughter and love to heal, transform and bring us together. Count on clowns to remind us that laughter truly is the best medicine. 7 pm, $12-$45 COMMUNITY DAY AT THE GARDEN Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Get free admission to the garden for New Mexico residents and students (please provide ID, naturally). 11 am-3 pm, free GARDEN SPROUTS PRE-K ACTIVITIES Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 A hands-on program for 3-5 year olds and their caregivers. 10-11 am, $5 PLAZA TREE LIGHTING Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Starting at 3 pm, Girl Scouts are on hand to provide cookies and hot chocolate. Then at 4 pm, Santa and Mrs. Claus show up on a vintage fire truck; at 4:30 pm, volunteers start lighting 1,000 farolitos to get that glow goin’. Promptly at 6 pm, they flip the switch and light up the trees on the Plaza for the holidays. There are few better ways to get into a peace-toall-mankind kinda mood. 3 pm-7 pm, free QUEER SPACE ART THERAPY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Members of Meow Wolf’s programming and outreach team facilitate a listening session to gather input, insights, and ideas on how MW can serve the needs of Santa Fe’s community. 6:30 pm, free RAILYARD ARTISAN MAKRET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 Eschew the big-box store this Black Friday and shop from local artisans! It’s usually only on Sundays, so enjoy an extra day. 2-5 pm, free
SANDY VAILLANCOURT: NEW MEXICO MI AMOR La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 As part of the La Fonda Hotel Artist in Residence program, local artist Vaillancourt answers questions and presents an art demo as she depicts her love for New Mexico and its people. 11 am-7 pm, free SANTA FE WOMAN'S CLUB GIFT FAIR Santa Fe Woman's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, 983-9455 Jewelry, ceramics, textiles, recycled accessories, basketry and so much more. 10 am-5 pm, free WAYNE NEZ GAUSSOIN POP-UP SHOP IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Artist Gaussoin (Picuris Pueblo/Navajo) helps you get your holiday shopping done with a pop-up shop and meet-and-greet to discuss his unique jewelry and artwork, in which tribal traditions merge with pop culture. 10 am-5 pm, free
FOOD FOUR YEARS OF CHEESE Cheesemongers of Santa Fe 130 E Marcy St., 795-7878 It’s Cheesemongers’ fourth birthday and it’s also Black Friday, so no better reason to enjoy festive samples, specials, holiday gift baskets, cheesy snacks and more. 6-8 pm, free
MUSIC BIRD THOMPSON The New Baking Company 504 W Cordova Road, 557-6435 Adult contemporary singer-songwriter. 10 am, free BUSY Y LOS BIG DEALS Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Pop 'n' jazz. 2-5 pm, free CHANGO Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Danceable cover tunes. Maybe they'll whip out some holiday faves for the Plaza tree-lighting after-party. 10 pm, $5 CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 Modeled after 19th-century Parisian cabarets, enjoy first-rate piano and vocals from Charles Tichenor and friends—playful, interactive, family-friendly and eclectic. Vive la révolution!. 6 pm, free DJ DYNAMITE SOL Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 House, funk, reggaeton and hip-hop. 10 pm, free CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
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MUSIC Boomroots Collective and Mark J Ortiz (second from right) plays twice this week.
Time and Fusion Santa Fe musician Mark J Ortiz reflects on the last 20-plus years
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oomroots took flight in 2010,� Mark J Ortiz says. The band’s lead singer sits in the SFR conference room in a Star Wars hoodie and glasses. It’s a rare day off for Ortiz, who works for the New Mexico Black Car Service, the closest thing we have to a traditional taxi company. “Or maybe it was 2009?� he continues. “That was the beginning stages—I’d had a band called Rubixzu, a solo project, just my material. I’d released three solo albums by that time, and I had never
intended to take the material to the stage note for note.� And yet he did—but that’s only a small part of the story. Boomroots Collective, of course, became more of a collaborative effort with musicians and vocalists John Simmons, Rama Kim, Alberto Zalma and Bob Witsenhausen. It’s easiest to describe the sound as a coming-together of reggae, rock and hip-hop, with Ortiz both rapping and singing at center stage, but it’s hardly fair to categorize it so simply. Each member contributes to the music, each fleshes out the others’ songs, and members like Mr. Kali or Sol Bentley pop in from time to time to add further flavor. The band really lives up to that “collective� in the moniker. Ortiz is proud of that part, as well he should be; many bands who welcome peripheral members into the fray fall victim to chaos. Boomroots does not, however, and it has grown into one of Santa Fe’s most consistent bands with some of the most consistently attended events. It’s a far cry from Ortiz’ first forays into music in the early 1990s. He says overhearing a classmate recite lyrics from a 2 Live Crew song in middle school was his first exposure to hip-hop, and that it began a love affair he continues to this
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day. “At that time, too, there was this guy Sean Trujillo who had this group Swift Hype, and that was the first hip-hop crew in Santa Fe that had shows,� Ortiz recalls. “And I was getting into the DJ scene— back then it was hard to find hip-hop records, but you could sometimes if you went to Albuquerque.� Ortiz describes a time wherein a cobbled-together turntable rig and a rented PA system from The Candyman made him the hit of house parties. “I started with my turntables. And these were not nice, like, Technics,� Ortiz says, “and I’d write rhymes and songs and have my friend David Tafoya rap over that. I started getting a name for myself as a DJ, and that went on through high school.� Eventually Ortiz would attend a show with a new local hip-hop group called Coco Boom. According to Ortiz, the group’s DJ was a bit of a fraud who didn’t actually mix and scratch live. Ortiz told frontman Manuel Sanchez as much, and was thus enlisted as a new member. The pair would continue playing shows and parties together until a fateful performance on the Plaza found Sanchez crippled by stage fright and Ortiz rocking
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the mic with his freestyle skills. “That was the moment,â€? Ortiz explains, a gleam in his eye. “That was the moment when I first grabbed the mic and got in front of people. ‌ When you get that feedback, when the song ends and everyone is cheering—that moment filled me.â€? With his newfound affinity for performance, Ortiz would join local groups like La Connecta as an MC and DJ, but it wasn’t until 1995 that he’d co-found the legendary Santa Fe hip-hop act Unknown alongside Bentley, brothers Dahvin and Daniel Bugas, and Sebastian Gordon, who died in 2011. It remains one of the most artistically significant experiences of Ortiz’ life. “When I realized what they were writing about—spiritual, conscious lyrics and real-world stuff—that changed me as a writer,â€? he says. “I was this hard-edged guy, but I became a conscious MC at that point; Unknown transformed me into positive energy.â€? Unknown would self-release a couple albums and dabble in touring, but its members ultimately scattered to other projects. Ortiz kept the lessons, though, and uses them with Boomroots Collective to this day. “What we do is positive impact and bringing the community together,â€? he says. “At this point, it’s not about reggae, it’s not about hip-hop or funk or rock. My journey was really jump-started by hiphop, but we’re a fusion and the sound’s so much bigger now. We give all the energy we have; we work hard at what we do.â€? Find Boomroots Collective in Santa Fe twice this week and indulge some in Ortiz’ fabled history. He’s about as puro Santa Fe as it gets, folks. BOOMROOTS COLLECTIVE 9 pm Wednesday Nov. 21. Free. The Draft Station, Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443. 10 pm Saturday Nov. 24. Free. Boxcar, 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222.
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THE CALENDAR DAVID LEAR Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 An Austinite Americana balladeer draws from origins in folky roots, Western rock, cowpunk and bar blues. 5 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards, classical and Broadway tunes on piano: Doug starts, Bob takes over at 8 pm. 6 pm, free ED & MARIAH Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Ed Guerra and Mariah Romero strum some acoustic rock and singer-songwriter tunes. 7 pm, free JESUS BAS La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Amorous and romantic Spanish and flamenco guitar. 7 pm, free JOHN KURZWEG BAND El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' roll. 9-11 pm, $5 LITTLE LEROY AND HIS PACK OF LIES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock 'n' roll for dancin' to. 8:30 pm, free ORNETC. Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Funky jazz with Lee Steck, Dan Pearlman, Chris Jonas, Noah Baumeister and Dave Wayne. 8 pm, free REGIONAL/LIQUID Shadeh Nightclub 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, 819-2338 Get two clubs under one roof: Regional with VDJ Dany has your cumbia, huapangos, Norteñas and more; Liquid with DJ Poetics has hip-hop, top 40, dancehall, EDM, reggae, old-school, funk and more. 10 pm, free ROBIN HOLLOWAY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 You expended some calories hitting all those sales. Get pasta and piano standards. 6:30 pm, free RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar by the six-time Native American Music Award nominee and two-time New Mexico Music Industry Award winner. 7 pm, free SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Country tunes to dance to. 8 pm, free
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THE THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Swinging jazz. 7:30 pm, free TONIC JAZZ SHOWCASE Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 Get some late-night stylings with host Loren Bienvenu (drums), Casey Andersen (piano) and Ross Hamlin (guitar, bass). 9:30 pm, free WILL SCHREITZ AND MIKE YOUNG Lost Padre Records 304 Catron St., 310-6389 Skip the mall and check out two super-talented local singer songwriters at Lost Padre Records: Will Schreitz of Cult Tourist and local music- and scene-maker Mike Young. Both will wake you from your tryptophan hangover. 3-5 pm, free
THEATER THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW (ABRIDGED) Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 It's the Annual Holiday Variety Show and Christmas Pageant at St. Everybody’s Non-Denominational Universalist Church, and only three folks showed up. It's on them, then, to perform every holiday story they can think of to the best of their ability. 7 pm, $10-$25
SAT/24 ART OPENINGS ADAM’S RIB (MYTH) REJECTED A SEA Gallery 539-B Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-9140 A new show debuts in the gallery’s new space. 3-6 pm, free HEART + HOME: A HOLIDAY SEASON INSTALLATION Dandelion Guild 1925 Rosina St., Ste. H, 820-0847 Chiarascura Printing (relief prints), Mortal String (embroidery) and Rebel 1 Designs (woodworking) curate an installation of beautiful and gift-worthy items. Celebrate the show on Small Business Saturday with hot apple cider and vegan treats from Danielle’s Donuts. The installation hangs through Jan. 13. Noon-6 pm, free HEIDI LOEWEN: SMOKE FIRED & GLAZED PLATTERS Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., 988-2225 We're definitely curious how Loewen got smoke to make such intricate designs on her ceramic vessels—and lucky for us, we know the artist is more that willing to explain. 11 am-6 pm, free
BOOKS/LECTURES MARJORIE HERRERA LEWIS: WHEN THE MEN WERE GONE Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., 986-0151 Lewis presents a fictionalized account of the extraordinary true story of Tylene Wilson, the World War II-era teacher who stepped up to coach the local high school football team when no one else would, and in so doing held together an entire community— indirectly saving lives as families were being torn apart by the war. Lewis is the perfect novelist for this story—a Texas native, Marjorie became the first female college football coach in the country when she was brought on staff at Texas Wesleyan University during the 2017 season. Tylene Wilson’s courage and conviction inspired Marjorie to go for her dream of becoming a coach herself. 5 pm, free MUSIC, MOVEMENT AND STORIES Bee Hive Kid's Books 328 Montezuma Ave, 780-8051 Ingrid and Eric share music, movement and stories with your little ones! All ages welcome. 11:30 am, free ROSS VAN DUSEN op.cit Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Children's book author Van Dusen signs books and discusses his inspiration and process. His titles include What Makes a Rainbow?, How the Crocka Dog Came to Be, and SFR favorite Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree. 1-3 pm, free
DANCE CONTRA DANCE Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, 470-7077 The New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society presents a contra dance with tunes from the Santa Fe Megaband. If you need help, there's a lesson at 7 pm, and the dance begins at 7:30 pm. 7 pm, $8-$9
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ultimedia artist Nik Duran Geiger is impressively well put-together. Having never met before, I’m immediately able to pick him out of a semi-crowded coffee shop: a clean suit and slicked-back hair, a thin but stylish mustache. Geiger is a relative unknown in Santa Fe who has rarely shown in galleries, but he’s made the creation of art his fulltime job as far back as he can remember. Rather than embracing the Canyon Road
Santa Fe’s Nik Duran Geiger on his artistic mini-empire
commercial aesthetic, you’ll find him at pop-up markets, Contemporary Spanish Market or the Sunday Railyard Artisan Market and Etsy (etsy.com/shop/NikDuranGeigerArt). It’s not that he doesn’t have the appeal or interest to show in more traditional spaces, it’s just that showing at markets and fairs is in his blood. His mother is a multimedia artist as well, and Geiger recalls a childhood traveling the country from arts event to arts event in an old paddy wagon his father renovated into a camper. In the camper, he’d watch horror movies and John Waters stuff, he’d read comics and draw; his mother would teach him how to work in ceramics and with paints. “I just create stuff,” Geiger says. “It’s all I know how to do.” So how did I find this guy? In the corner of Second Street Brewery’s Rufina Taproom during a recent event, he was selling prints, paintings and hand-glazed tiles emblazoned with luchadores, giant squid and colorful insects. He says he buys the tile blanks prefired from Italy, but the use of sketches, waxing and various glazing styles and techniques make them his own. “And I’ve been experimenting more and more,” he says before rattling off different types of glaze he plans to implement in upcoming pieces. Geiger’s sketching style is unique as well. He’ll cull an image from a film or a song
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These are but a mere sample of artist Nik Duran Geiger’s works.
and craft a scene around it. “Tequila,” he says as he flips through his sketchbook in search of an example. Here I see a rough sketch of a man beside a liquor bottle, and as Geiger flips through more pages, he continues to explain. “Then I like to think of it like a scene from a movie,” he says, displaying sketches of the same content from differing angles. Other, cleaner sketches in the book evoke the early stages of a watercolor he completed, though still in their first incarnations; this one, a woman with scorpions in her hair. For the most part, Geiger is selftrained, though he did spend roughly a year studying portraiture and oil painting at the Academia de Artes Fábula in Bogotá, Colombia. The program was supposed to run three years, but once he’d learned what he wanted to, Geiger says he was “good.” He moved back to Santa
Fe shortly thereafter. Today he lives and works in Madrid, and he’s constantly looking for new ways to share and survive through his practice. Commission work helps him pay the bills, but in the leaner winter months, he starts to wonder about other avenues. “I’ve definitely struggled in figuring out how to sell my work,” he tells SFR. “I tend to do things that aren’t really what you’ll see in a gallery in Santa Fe—like portraits of Al Capone—and anyway, I don’t want to seem pompous.” This isn’t about imposter syndrome, though Geiger says he did struggle with that in art school; it’s more about realistic expectations. I admire this, even if I think his work has earned him a little pomposity—and I wouldn’t find it out of place in galleries like Pop or KEEP Contemporary (are you galleries listening?) and I’m frankly surprised I hadn’t heard of him before the last few weeks. Perhaps it’s that older people tend to collect art, he says, and “older people don’t really get it.” There is a certain creepy aspect to his prints and paintings that might not speak to your average collector, but that’s hardly all he does; there was a glorious portrait of Divine I happened to spy in his briefcase that is just plain beautiful. Further, it raises interesting questions about what constitutes “art” as we know it, and what constitutes a “craft.” Geiger, I think, falls someplace in between, though his illustrations and creations are both stunning and impressive. This is why I’ve written about him when he doesn’t have an upcoming show or gallery representation in general. He’s just that good.
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EL MUSEO WINTER MARKET El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Locals and tourists alike are amazed and stimulated by the variety of visual offerings and intriguing conversations they find here—fine art, antique booths, handcrafted clothing and accessories, used books and more are available just across the tracks from the farmers market. 8 am-3 pm, free ERIC-PAUL RIEGE: NA’ATL'O’ DÓÓ NA’ASHJÉ’ÍÍ ASDZÁÁ SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Riege is a weaver and fiber artist from Na’nízhoozhí (Gallup) working in performance, installation, soft sculpture, collage and wearable art. In this performance, Reige blesses the installation by telling the story of the birth and rebirth of weaving in a ritual for healing, well-being, Hózhó, patience and love. Free with admission. 1 pm, $5-$10 OPEN HOUSE AND HOLIDAY GIFT SALE Bullseye Glass 805 Early St., 467-8951 If you never grew out of the playing-with-fire phase, glass art is the activity for you. Meet the friendly folks at Bullseye as they help you make your own glass ornament, shop glass gifts by local artists, sign up for beginner classes at a discount (see SFR Picks, page 19). 10 am-5 pm, free
SANDY VAILLANCOURT: NEW MEXICO MI AMOR La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 As part of the La Fonda Hotel Artist in Residence program, local artist Vaillancourt answers questions and presents an art demo as she depicts her love for New Mexico and its people. Most of the art presented will have a local theme, perfect for tourists and natives alike. 11 am-7 pm, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market Street at Alcaldesa Street, 310-8766 It’s Small Business Saturday, and you can’t get much smaller than individual local artists. Find gifts of (or treat yo self to) 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 FALL BIKE FIESTA The Bridge @ SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 557-6182 Starting with the Santa Fondo bike ride in the morning (it starts at 9 am, leaving from the Brewing Company) and ending with live music at The Bridge, join other bicycle enthusiasts for riding and camaraderie. (It doesn't actually end at 4 pm—that's just when the music starts, which is jam-rock from Pigment in conjunction with a food drive for The Food Depot.) 8 am-4 pm, free
SANTA FE WOMAN'S CLUB GIFT FAIR Santa Fe Woman's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, 983-9455 Get a jump on shopping and do it locally. Find jewelry, ceramics, textiles, recycled accessories, basketry and so much more. 10 am-5 pm, free WELLS PETROGLYPH PRESERVE PUBLIC TOUR Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project 1431 Hwy. 68, Velarde, 852-1351 The 181-acre Preserve is located midway between Santa Fe and Taos and contains over 10,000 petroglyphs. Docents lead visitors through an insightful two-hour tour representing Archaic, Ancestral Puebloan and Historic Period rock art. Pre-register online at mesaprietapetroglyphs.org. 9:30-11:30 am, $35
FILM SECRETS OF THE SUN: JOURNEY INTO THE FIRE Center Stage 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 The 78-minute documentary explores the challenging conception and creation of Peter Erskine's solar spectrum environmental art installation at the 2,000-year-old Trajan' Markets in the Roman Forum. While attempting to change the world, Erskine discovered that he first had to change himself—and in the process, he created a profoundly transformative art experience that resonates with ancient qualities. 7:30 pm, $7-$10
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THEATER CLASS CLOWNS 2.0 Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 An evening of live improvised comedy performed by students from the Quinn Fontaine Studio. 7:30 pm, $12 THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW (ABRIDGED) Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 It's the Annual Holiday Variety Show and Christmas Pageant at St. Everybody’s Non-Denominational Universalist Church, and only three folks showed up. It's on them, then, to perform every holiday story they can think of to the best of their ability. Just like last year, it features the immensely talented Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, Mariah Olesen and Koppany Pusztai playing pretty much every character in the history of characters—with music, improvisation and audience participation. 7 pm, $10-$25
SUN/25 BOOKS/LECTURES JOURNEYSANTAFE: RUTH RUDNER AND DAVID MUENCH Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Author Rudner and photographer Muench discuss their new book, Sandia: Seasons of a Mountain, which shows the beloved peak's personality throughout the year. 11 am, free
KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: CULTIVATING COMPASSION Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Catch a talk by Wangdak, who received the distinguished Ellis Island Medal of Honor award from the National Ethical Coalition of Organizations in 2009 for his humanitarian work around the world; he's the first Tibetan ever to have received such an award, so he's undoubtedly someone to be listened to. Noon, $20 KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: MEDITATION OF GREAT COMPASSION Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Another chance to give the Tibetan lecturer a listen. 2 pm, $20
DANCE BEGINNING SALSA CLASS Dance Station 947-B W Alameda St. Drop in to try your hand (or feet and body, as it were) at some salsa dancing. If you feel like a slug after all that eating, this could feel good. 5 pm, $12
EVENTS CIRCUS LUMINOUS: CLOWN ALCHEMY Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Wise Fool's Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues with a celebration of the power of laughter and love to heal, transform and bring us together. As always, the show is packed with homegrown aerialists, acrobats, dancers and a crew of red-nosed clowns performing an array of amazing acts and original music. 4 pm, $12-$45
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SUNDAY RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 A unique opportunity to enjoy local art and music inside (no blustery breezes here). Check out pottery, painting, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, photography, hand-blown glass, artisanal teas and handmade body products. ‘Tis the season, everyone. 10 am-4 pm, free
MUSIC BAILE DOMINGUERO Golden Cantina Lounge 10-B Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3313 Get dancing to the best cumbia, Norteña, pasito satevo and reggaeton tunes with DJ Quico. 9 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 JOHN CALVIN ABNEY AND M LOCKWOOD PORTER Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Symphonic pop borne of the Americana tradition, full of languorous soundscapes and bittersweet reflections on losing what matters most—and the kind of resilience necessary to come out whole on the other side of conflict. 8 pm, free KEY FRANCES Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Funky and rockin' blues with a psychedelic twist on the deck. 3 pm, free 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
OLIVIA OROVICH Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Celtic, American folk, klezmer, Slavic folk, jazz and classical music on violin. 6:30 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A jazz duet with guitarist Malone and bassist Gagan on what's become known as Civilized Sunday at the bar. 7 pm, free SUGAR MOUNTAIN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Neil Young is a prolific dude. These dudes pay tribute. Noon, free
THEATER THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW (ABRIDGED) Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 It's the Annual Holiday Variety Show and Christmas Pageant at St. Everybody’s Non-Denominational Universalist Church, and only three folks showed up. It's on them, then, to perform every holiday story they can think of to the best of their ability. Just like last year, it features the immensely talented Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, Mariah Olesen and Koppany Pusztai. 3 pm, $10-$25
WORKSHOP BEGINNER JEWELRY FORGING MAKE Santa Fe Studios 2879 All Trades Road, 819-3502 Just in time for the DIY holiday gift-giver, work with Patricia Strout to make a handmade copper bracelet. Hammer round copper flat on the anvil and stamp it with designs, then temper the copper so that it can be shaped into a bracelet, and finish it off my sanding and polishing. 12:30-2:30 pm, $39-$45
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THE EASE AND JOY OF MORNINGS: A HALF-DAY MEDITATION RETREAT Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 Led by Kigaku Noah Rossetter, check out a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen. Learn how to establish and maintain a comfortable sitting posture, focus on your breath, and engage in walking meditation. Admission is by donation, but registration is required to assure your place—so touch base at registrar@upaya.org. 9:30 am, free
MON/26 BOOKS/LECTURES GRIEF AND THE HOLIDAYS Montezuma Lodge 431 Paseo de Peralta, 670-3068 In a discussion for women 50 and older, Eileen Joyce, a certified grief recovery specialist, leads attendees in a conversation on how to help ourselves and those around us who may be grieving, especially during the holidays. Presented by the Transition Network. 5:45 pm, $5 SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: RED POTS, TSAMAHIA CELTS & MULTI-ETHNIC PUEBLOAN LANDSCAPES IN ANCIENT SOUTHEAST UTAH Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Archaeologist Winston Hurst lectures as part of Southwest Seminars' Mother Earth and Father Sky lecture series. 6 pm, $15
EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Draft Station Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443 Stellar quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time. Isabel is your host. 7 pm, free INSIGHT DIALOGUE WITH NICOLA REDFERN Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396 Join Redfern for an interpersonal meditation practice that brings together meditative awareness, the wisdom teachings of the Buddha, and the power of relationship. Explore the six meditation guidelines that form the core of Insight Dialogue practice, which help establish and sustain the meditative qualities of the mind. 6:30 pm, free
MUSIC BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana. 7:30 pm, free
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TUE/27 BOOKS/LECTURES PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 Kids who are read to are generally smarter than kids who aren't. Get 'em learnt! 10:30 am, free
DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Put on your best tango shoes. 7:30 pm, $5
EVENTS THE ERA OF MEGAFIRES Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition gives a multimedia presentation that combines film, the research of Paul Hessburg (Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service) and short, topic-based talks interspersed with compelling video vignettes and animations. It’s followed by a panel discussion with local experts to talk about the risk of wildfire here in Santa Fe. 7 pm, $8 FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Friendship Club 1316 Apache Ave., 87505 For those who are underweight, overweight, or otherwise struggling with food. 6:30 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 This pub quiz can win you drink tickets for next time. 8 pm, free METTA REFUGE COUNCIL Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 A Buddhist support group for sharing life experiences of illness and loss in a variety of its forms. 10:30 am, free
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MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards 'n' jazz on piano. 6:30 pm, free BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana. 7:30 pm, free BILL PALMER Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Rock 'n' roll, dirty country and acoustic ballads galore. 5-8 pm, free BLUEGRASS JAM Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Yup. 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. 8 pm, $5 CHUSCALES La Boca (Original Location) 72 W Marcy St., 982-3433 Exotic flamenco guitar. 7 pm, free JIM ALMAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Jazzy R&B on guitar and harmonica. 8 pm, free MICHAEL UMPHREY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards. 6:30 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo jazz guitar.. 6 pm, free
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At the New Mexico Museum of Art, get more out of Wait Until Dark and Shot in the Dark with pictures, puppets and activities at the Night Life Imagination Station. CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Three Image Makers. Shelley Horton-Trippe: A Greater Sublime: 8 Poets / 8 Paintings. The Wanderer: The Final Drawings of John Connell. All through Jan. 6. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 Jo Whaley: Echoes. Through Feb. 24. The Candid Camera. Through April 22. HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Mel Scully: Love, Death & Guns. Through Nov. 25. Peter Chinni: Inside/Out. Pop Chalee: Blue Flower Rooted. Through Jan. 13. The Legacy of Helene Wurlitzer: Works from the Harwood Collection. Through May 5. IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back; Rolande Souliere: Form and Content. Both through Jan. 27. Darren Vigil Gray: Expanding Horizons; Meeting the Clouds Halfway. Both Through Feb. 16. Action/ Abstraction Redefined. Through July 7.
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NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Horizons: People & Place in New Mexican Art. Through Nov. 25. Good Company: Five Artists Communities in New Mexico. Through March 10. Shots in the Dark. Through March 31. Wait Until Dark; Night Life Imagination Station. Both through April 21. PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Closed for renovations. POEH CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 In T’owa Vi Sae’we. EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Closed for the season; to reopen June 1, 2019. SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Dan Ostermiller: Gardens Gone Wild! Through May 11. SITE SANTA FE 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Casa Tomada (House Taken Over). Through Jan. 6. WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 LIT: The Work of Rose B Simpson. Through Oct. 6.
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While the anthology film is nothing particularly new, it’s most often relegated to horror— think Creepshow. We’ve almost definitely never seen one so intricately crafted and large in scope as with the Coen Brothers’ new Netflix (and in select theaters) production, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Six disparate tales of the Wild West are told from various genre standpoints, from the dark comedy of a sing-songy gunslinger or the robber ever-destined for the gallows to the sparse and ultimately triumphant tale of the aged prospector and the subtle scares of a mysteriously populated stagecoach bound for who-knowswhere. The episodes, as it were, are at turns quite funny or heartbreaking or, in one case, almost Tolstoyan—though without a singular narrative thread interwoven throughout, it’s challenging to carry the events or lessons of one tale with us into the next. This is by design, and Scruggs almost never stumbles in its pacing, but it can cause a sort of disconnect or cognitive dissonance when
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we’re presented with such emotionally differing material in such a rapid-fire manner. Special mentions abound, however, to the likes of Tim Blake Nelson as the titular Buster Scruggs, as funny and layered a performance as we’ve ever seen from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? vet. Kudos go as well to Harry Melling, whose turn as a limbless actor tethered to a Liam Neeson-run traveling theater act far surpasses what we know of the Harry Potter alum. Neeson, as always, is pretty damn good in the quieter moments. But it’s not all good news, especially in the case of Big Sick actor/writer Zoë Kazan’s too-long and too-slow installment wherein a woman traveling by covered wagon caravan loses everything to the unforgiving era and region. Still, by the time we reach the final entry and are thrust into the ca-
pable hands of talented actors like Brendan Gleeson, Tyne Daly and Saul Rubinek, all is mostly forgiven. It would be strange to take in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in a theater, though its sweeping panoramic vistas and stunning cinematography surely help defuse its more stilted moments. All the same, it’s better to view on the couch at home where one might have a chance to pause and reflect if they so chose. The premise is interesting and the writing is solid—it’s just not quite what we’re used to, for better or for worse. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS Directed by The Coen Brothers With Nelson, Kazan, Gleeson, Daly, Rubinek and lots more Netflix, R, 132 min.
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Have you watched the first Fantastic Beasts movie lately? You probably should if you’re planning to see the follow-up, because even as someone who saw that movie, I felt pretty lost coming into The Crimes of Grindelwald. As I recalled, when we last left the beastmaster himself, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), he and his friends—some wizards, some muggles, the treasure platypus—had discovered that Colin Farrell’s character (whose name I forget) was actually the evil Grindelwald (Johnny Depp, an actor who can apparently beat up women and smuggle dogs into Australia with nary a professional consequence) and this was bad for … some reason. We discover in the latest film that it’s bad because Grindelwald is basically Voldemort 1-point-oh, and he’s totally escaped wizard custody to start doing wizard crimes and make the wizard world better for wizards. To do this, he’ll need help from this guy Credence (Ezra Miller), a non-muggle who is just now
Maybe you’re thinking Fantastic Beasts will fill the Harry Potter void, but it can’t and won’t and simply does not. Sorry, everyone.
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realizing his outrageously strong powers, and any number of other evil baddies. Newt, who amounts to a magical zookeeper, is somehow thrust into the fight once more, and he does the fantastic beast dance with some pretty OK CGI monsters while doing cute sidelong glances and being all adorable-awkward with his haircut and everything. Along the way we get pained connective threads to the overarching Harry Potter universe in the form of Voldemort’s snake’s origin tale (which feels pointlessly tacked on), a hint at young Dumbledore’s sexuality as portrayed by Jude Law, and a little more baby murder than you’d probably expect. But we also get bored by too much crammed in, a confusing retelling of the past and one or two too many characters thrown in. JK Rowling herself penned the script, which definitely could have used a bit of polish, particularly for scene transitions that don’t land well at best or are straight up mind-boggling at worst. Everything else is just melodrama. Especially Depp, who is serviceable as Grindelwald, but also a rather blankly evil character whom we know is evil simply because we’re told as much. Jude Law feels like nothing at all, and supporting performances from Dan Fogler, Kathryn Waterston and Zoë Kravitz mostly just slow things down. Thank goodness for that treasure platypus, then—he’s the real CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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ABOVE: Lucas Hedges stars in what may well be the most heartbreaking film of the year, Boy Erased. RIGHT: Shit gets totally crazy in Overlord. Like, call us when you see the head/spine thing. star of the show. And of course the ending sets up a sequel, and of course it’s fun to visit Hogwarts during the 1920s (shit, we’ve been hangin’ with Mr. Potter for 20 years now), but dumb jokes and the realization that most magic spells in this world are about opening doors or starting fires make The Crimes of Grindelwald feel like a slog more often than not. Sorry, Potterheads—it’s just not the same. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 134 min.
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If ever a mainstream movie called for more trigger warnings for a recovering child of the religious right than Boy Erased, we haven’t seen it. Viewers won’t likely find something uplifting and hopeful, but they will get a fairly accurate glimpse into what it’s like for queer people born into families of particular dogmatic persuasions. Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman play Marshall and Nancy Eamons, the parents of a teenage son who displays little of the rebellion of his age, and instead an earnestness and devotion to them and their faith tradition that classifies homosexuality a sinful choice. The kitchen coming-out speech from a skilled and reserved Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) in his role
as Jared is short and features an apology. He willingly complies with his parents’ plan to “help him” at a counseling center, then he’s horrified and demoralized by what happens there. Is his only choice really between losing God and losing himself? The script for Boy Erased is based on the 2016 memoir of the same title by Garrad Conley, and it’s laced with the kind of insider knowledge that comes from lived experience—one that not everyone sent to so-called gay conversion therapy actually lives through. The characters have been renamed, but photos just before the credits reaffirm that they’re modeled on Conley and his real family. While Kidman’s character inexplicably moves from a blind obedience to the Baptist church to courageous protection of her son (and we want to praise her when this moment arrives at long last), there’s more to her emotional journey that we missed learning about. Likewise with Dad. Crowe’s depiction of the preacher and car salesman is well-executed and doesn’t slip into stereotype, yet what’s really in his heart, even as it seems to change ever so slightly, is closed to the audience. It’s Jared’s strength and fight for survival that redeems the telling. Its flaw is the almost unavoidable trap of boiling a complicated cultural situation into a shallow Hollywood stew. That’s not to say it’s unworthy of being seen. Bearing witness isn’t just for the Baptists. (Julie Ann Grimm) Violet Crown, R, 115 min.
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We’ve seen plenty of media that recreates D-Day from the perspective of the storming of Normandy, but in Overlord, from director Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) and producer JJ Abrams, we follow soldiers behind enemy lines who are tasked with taking out a radio tower deep within a small village in the French countryside. The setup is simple enough, but how the film plays out is anything but. While we may have grown accustomed to brutally realistic depictions of World War II in film and video games, Overlord ups the ante considerably by phasing between authentic period drama, thrill-a-minute action flick and zombies—yeah, zombies! See, when American soldiers Boyce (Fences’ Jovan Adepo) and Ford (Wyatt Russell, Ingrid Goes West) wind up separated from their battalion and in the company of a young French woman (Mathilde Ollivier), they soon learn the Nazis have been using a nearby church not only for communications, but as an experimental lab dabbling in a serum that gifts super strength, immortality and even revival from death to unwitting guinea pigs. Side effects include mild to extreme zombification, however, and as anyone who has picked up a Call of Duty or Wolfenstein video game in the last few years can tell you, there’s not a lot worse than Nazi zombies. Gore ensues in a very major way. Like, there’s so much gore, but Avery manages to tap into his disparate genres in such a seamless way that we wonder why we haven’t seen such a hybrid film before. Oh sure, some of the soldiers are a bit cookie-cutter, from the Italian-American who cracks wise and tough to the young Jewish man with a particular vested interest in taking down Hitler; the evil Nazi doctor looks and acts exactly as you might imagine were you to picture an evil Nazi doctor. But these tropes wind up forgivable and fade into the background in place of the horror-style elements. Throw in a particularly sadistic SS officer for a villain, an adorable French kid to raise the stakes and any number of tense chase scenes in catacomb tunnels, atmospheric jump-scares and one of the most well-paced and surprising narratives of the year, and Overlord gracefully sidesteps ridiculousness for just plain fun. Make no mistake, Overlord is as video-gamey as it gets, but given the medium’s growing status as economic juggernaut—and its evolution into genuine art form—that’s not such a bad thing. It’s exhilarating, actually, and throws audiences directly into the fray for some of the most well-choreographed fight scenes and gut-wrenching scares we’ve seen in some time, not to mention the
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After years in limbo, Bohemian Rhapsody, the story of Queen, has finally hit theaters after the loss of Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury and the famous firing of director Bryan Singer. And it’s fine as biopics go, though absolutely problematic the more you peel back the veneer. The probably mostly already-known story of Queen follows the legendary rock band from meager beginnings to parade of hits, label interference, interpersonal strife and love and family issues—right up to the much-beloved 1985 LiveAid concert, dubbed by many as one of the finest performances by a rock act of all time; some photos and text-crawling fills in a handful of gaps thereafter. Rami Malek is fantastic as Mercury, however, all bluster and melodrama hiding a palpable self-loathing and sexual confusion. It’s unfortunate, then, that his embodiment of Mercury helps tell only a half-tale. Because while we’re busy tapping our toes and elbowing our pals in the theater because we totally know that song, Rhapsody inconveniently reduces Mercury, his queerness and his Parsi roots down to a couple throwaway scenes or oversimplified dialog in favor of proving how close the band was, how innovative they were in the studio, how ahead of their time they were and how much everyone loved them. But we already knew that, didn’t we? Yes, we get a line about Mercury’s bisexuality here or the evidence of his well-known hedonism there, but these moments are few and fleeting. We’re told Mercury was lonely even in crowds; we’re front and center for his coming-out to lifelong friend Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton); we see the pressures of fame piling on though unsurprisingly not solving problems—but we never truly get into their consequences, nor do we pick up any particularly new information about Mercury’s Parsi ethnicity or how he must have struggled coming to grips with his queerness. How about that scene in the rain with “Under Pressure” piping in from the background, though? Feels good!
Right up until it doesn’t. But the end of the feel-goods doesn’t come from the knowledge that Mercury contracted AIDS and died, never really reconnected with his family, that the reunion of the band was businesslike or that he never felt OK when he wasn’t onstage; it comes instead from realizing that a mainstream film had a chance to really dial up the representation and attempt to get us into the head of the finest voice in rock ‘n’ roll history, but chose musical montage or silly Mike Meyers jokes (seriously) time and time again instead. This is disappointing in a way that even Malek’s tremendous performance— and perfectly fine turns from most of the rest of the cast—can’t quite make up for. We must instead take solace in how Bohemian Rhapsody might introduce a new generation to Queen’s music, because it really was fantastic—no matter how much it can’t represent the real core of the story. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 134 min.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his autobiography On the Move, neurologist Oliver Sacks praised his friend Jerry’s curiosity and knowledge. “Jerry has one of the most spacious, thoughtful minds I have ever encountered, with a vast base of knowledge of every sort,” wrote Sacks, “but it is a base under continual questioning and scrutiny.” So willing was Jerry to question and re-evaluate his own assumptions that Sacks said he had “seen his friend suddenly stop in mid-sentence and say, ‘I no longer believe what I was about to say.’” That’s the gold standard to which I hope you will aspire in the coming weeks, Aries. As bright and articulate as you’ll be, you will have an even higher calling to expand your mind through continual questioning.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to researchers who study animal behavior at two Italian universities, chickens can do arithmetic. The birds don’t even need to be trained; the skill seems to be innate. (Read details here: tinyurl.com/ChickensDoMath.) I’m wondering whether chickens born under the sign of Libra might even be able to do algebra in the coming weeks. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, the mental acuity of many Libran creatures will be at a peak. How will you use your enhanced intelligence?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In recent years, a few pioneers have gotten microchips implanted under their skin. These technological marvels enable them to open doors and turn on lights with merely a wave of their hands, or receive up-to-the-minute readings on what’s transpiring inside their bodies. Now an additional frontier has arisen: people using do-it-yourself kits to experiment on their own DNA. For example, some have tweaked their genes so their bodies create more muscle than is natural. I would love for you to change yourself around in the coming weeks, Taurus, but not in these particular ways. I’d rather see you do subtle psychological and spiritual work. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable time for focused self-transformation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you smart enough to take advantage of the fact that your best relationships would benefit from bursts of innovative energy in the coming weeks? Are you brave enough to banish the ghost that still haunts your romantic life? Do you have the moxie to explore frontiers with collaborators who play fair and know how to have fun? Will you summon the curiosity and initiative to learn new strategies about how to enhance your approach to intimacy? I’ll answer those questions in your behalf: yes, yes, yes, and yes. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Would you agree with me that there are both boring, tiresome problems and fun, interesting problems? If so, read on. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re at a fork in your path where you could either get further involved with a boring, tiresome problem or else a fun, interesting one. (I think you’ll have to engage with one or the other.) Of course, I’m rooting for you to proactively wrangle with the fun, interesting one. Here’s timely inspiration from Cancerian author John W. Gardner: “We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
DR. JOANNA CORTI, DOM, Powerful Medicine, Powerful Results. Homeopathy, SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In March 2005, far more people than usual won big money in a regional Powerball Acupuncture. Micro-current lottery in the U.S. The average for each draw is four win- (Acupuncture without needles.) Parasite, Liver/cleanses. ners, but on this special occasion, 110 players were Nitric Oxide. Pain Relief. awarded at least $100,000 and as much as $500,000. The reason for the anomaly seemed to have been an ora- Transmedium Energy Healing. Worker’s Compensation and cle that appeared in a number of widely distributed fortune cookies. It provided five of the six winning numbers. Auto Accidents Insurance accepted 505-501-0439 Inspired by this crazy stroke of good fortune, and in accordance with the favorable financial omens now coming to bear on you, I hereby offer you six numbers to use as your lucky charms. Will they help you win a game of chance? I can’t be sure. At the very least, they will titillate and massage the part of your psyche that is magnetic to wealth. Here they are: 37. 16. 58. 62. 82. 91.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ve always got more help available than you imagine, and that’s especially true these days. Both people you know and people you don’t know may come to your assistance and offer extra support -- especially if you meet two conditions: 1. you sincerely believe you deserve their assistance and support; 2. you clearly ask for their assistance and support. Now here’s more good news about the help that’s available. Whether or not you believe in spiritual beings, they, too, are primed to offer blessings and resources. If you don’t believe in their existence, I invite you to pretend you do and see what happens. If you do believe in them, formulate clear requests for what you’d like them to offer you.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his poems, Arthur Rimbaud extolled the exquisite evenings when the mist soaked his face as he strolled, and he sipped that heavenly dew till he was drunk. Was he speaking LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Jharia Coalfield in eastern literally or metaphorically? Probably both, if I know India is a 110-square-mile reserve of underground coal. Rimbaud. Anyway, Aquarius, I’d love for you to engage in similar exploits. What are some natural adventures In some places, it’s on fire, and has been burning for that might intoxicate you? What simple pleasures may over a hundred years. This isn’t a good thing. It’s alter your consciousness, nudging you free of its habits? wasteful and causes pollution. But now I’ll ask you to put aside that scenario, and imagine a more benevolent Meditate with sweet abandon on how to free yourself through the power of play and the imagination. kind of steadily burning fire: a splendor in your soul that never stops radiating warmth and light; that draws PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s illegal to hunt animals from an inexhaustible source of fuel; that is a constant in Kenya. But members of the Dorobo tribe circumvent source of strength and courage and power. I’m happy the law to provide food for their families. As three or to tell you that the coming months will be a favorable more Dorobo men wander out on the savanna, they wait time to establish and nurture this eternal flame. for hungry lions to kill a wildebeest or other creature. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Marilyn Monroe, Georgia Then they stride toward the feasting beasts in a calm show of force until the predators run away in confusion. O’Keeffe, and President Franklin Roosevelt were The brave scavengers swoop in and swiftly remove a direct descendants of the pilgrims who sailed from England to the New World on the famous Mayflower portion of the wildebeest, then coolly walk away, leaving plenty for the lions when they return to their meal. I ship in 1620. I, on the other hand, am a direct bring this scene to your attention, Pisces, because I susdescendant of a nineteenth-century Slovakian coal pect that in the coming weeks you will have similar levminer who toiled in the underground darkness. What els of courage and poise as you go after what you want. about you, Virgo? Now would be a rich and provocative time to reconnect with your roots; to remember Homework: How could you change yourself in order to where your people originated; to explore the heritage get more of the love you want? Go to FreeWillAstrology. com; click on “Email Rob.”. that served as the matrix from which you sprouted.
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