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MINE FIGHT 9 Residents of New Mexico, Utah and the Navajo Nation still fight the EPA for ongoing damages after 2015 Gold King Mine spill SANTA FE GEARS UP FOR LANDING FEES 11 Charging more fees at the airport could help it fund itself—but that would require a change to state law COVER STORY 12 DARK WINDOW Santa Fe police killed a man in his home in July 2017, and his family recently settled for only $400,000—why it’s so low is a labyrinth of insurance rules and outdated laws THE INTERFACE 17 KEEPING CURRENTS New media fest has a year-round home

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hree summers ago, Beverly Maxwell watched it all wither—every row of white Indian corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and peppers, and a new field of alfalfa she’d planted. Maxwell farms land in Shiprock that she inherited through her maternal clan, the name of which often translates to “the water flows together people.”

Her crops died after a spill upriver at the Gold King Mine in Colorado flooded the Animas and then San Juan rivers with millions of gallons of acid mine drainage, staining the river orange and spiking heavy metal concentrations. Water intakes for drinking water and irrigation were shut off in three states and two sovereign tribal nations. Tanks of water provided for crops were from an oilfield company and rumored to be contaminated with residual oils. She didn’t use it, and doesn’t know anyone who did. Instead, “everything just dried up,” she says. “There were attempts to try to save it, but it was just too labor-intensive.”

Now, she and other Navajo farmers in New Mexico say they are still waiting for compensation from the US Environmental Protection Agency and contractors who caused the spill to pay for that lost harvest.

Individual Navajo tribal members, as well as officials in New Mexico and Utah and the Navajo Nation, have all filed suit against the EPA, and the agency has responded with motions to dismiss their cases.

“It’s that much more unfair, on top of something that we had no control over,” Maxwell says.

If the EPA wins, New Mexico won’t see $130 million sought for long-term monitoring and run-off preparedness planning

for ongoing risks to public health and the environment. The EPA is also fighting a lawsuit filed by 300 Navajo Nation tribal members, who are claiming roughly $75 million in damages.

Gold King had presented a long-brewing problem, and that’s what the EPA sought to address. An abandoned mine access tunnel had filled with water behind collapsed material, the agency’s website tersely explains, when excavations caused water to begin leaking, spilling about 3 million gallons into a tributary of the Animas River.

“EPA takes responsibility for the Gold King Mine release and is committed to continue working hand-in-hand with impacted local governments, states and tribes,” the website continues. The federal agency says it has dedicated more than $29 million to the incident and reports reimbursing states and tribes $6.4 million as of March 2017, including more than $1 million to the Navajo Nation and $1.7 million to the state of New Mexico.

New Mexico’s lawsuit argues that costs of responding to and living with the Gold King Mine spill far exceed that. Their case argues negligence began with the mining company pursuing no better solution to an

ABOVE: Confluence of Animas and San Juan River near Farmington, New Mexico taken on August 8, 2015 BELOW: Contaminated sediments line the watercourse.

acid mine drainage problem than to install a bulkhead to hold the water back. That barrier caused other nearby mine shafts to flood, and the EPA intervened in 2014 to head off a blowout. But on Aug. 5, 2015, that work crew instead triggered the blowout.

An estimated 880,000 pounds of metals washed downstream, according to the lawsuit, and some of that arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, mercury and zinc likely settled into riverbeds, where rainfall and snowmelt could recirculate it. A year after the spill, samples taken from discolored sediment visible at homes along the Animas River tested at nearly eight times the EPA’s recommended limit for lead concentrations in residential soil. New Mexico’s Attorney General, Hector Balderas, is arguing the initial plume and its lingering effects pose “imminent and long-term health COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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New Mexico, Navajo tribal members still pursuing compensation from EPA for 2015 Gold King Mine spill

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risks” to farmers, ranchers and recreational users and New Mexico’s residents.

The EPA also filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on behalf of individual members of the Navajo Nation in November.

That suit, handled by the Santa Fe law firm Egolf, Ferlic and Harwood, argues that after the Gold King Mine spill, the plaintiffs were unable to use San Juan River water for drinking, cooking, gardening or bathing, and so had to purchase and haul water.

They also watched crops dry up when they couldn’t irrigate their fields and lost livestock unable to graze near or drink from the river.

“The EPA made a number of promises to these individuals that they would be compensated for their losses,” says Kate Ferlic, an attorney for the plaintiffs. “These 300 Navajo tribal members filed claims with the EPA, and the EPA just did nothing.”

Lingering perceptions about pollution in the area impair the sale of their crops and beef, Ferlic says. Personal injury and property damage claims run from $22,000 to $1.5 million.

“That population is truly still struggling,” Ferlic says.

Cultural and spiritual connections to the land and waters of the affected rivers, the lawsuit adds, mean the spill also caused “great spiritual and emotional distress.”

In its motion to dismiss New Mexico’s lawsuit, the EPA argues, “Granting any relief in New Mexico, within the Navajo Nation, or in Utah would conflict and interfere with EPA’s exclusive jurisdiction over its ongoing response-action activities and cleanup remedies.”

The state of Utah is also seeking $1.9 billion in damages, and the Navajo Nation filed a claim for $162 million. The lawsuits have been consolidated and will be heard in Albuquerque.

Balderas did not allow staff attorneys to be interviewed for this story, but issued a statement through a spokesman noting that the office believes the case “is strong and continues to push to protect our water, environment and unique culture.”

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Only about 5 percent of Santa Fe’s flights are from commercial carriers.

Santa Fe Gears Up for Landing Fees B Y M AT T G R U B S m a t t g r u b s @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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ilots sometimes joke that any landing they can walk away from is a good one.

At the Santa Fe Regional Airport, a successful landing for all aircraft but commercial airliners is made sweeter by the fact that it’s free.

New Mexico is alone among the states in banning airports that receive state grants from charging landing fees to private aircraft. That’s not just an onerous rule somewhere; it’s part of state law. It’s an edict that may not mean a whole lot to everyone who isn’t a pilot or airplane owner, but it costs all of us.

Like many cities, Santa Fe runs its airport as an enterprise fund. The city’s goal is to make it self-sustaining. The airport makes a lot of money every year, but

the city still needs to kick in hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep the doors open and the lights on.

The city plans to support a change to state law during the upcoming legislative session that would allow it to charge landing fees to all flights flown for money and to large private planes. The airport estimates that, at the least, it could earn $150,000 a year.

Such a law passed the Legislature last year, but sat on the governor’s desk until past the deadline for signing it. That’s called a pocket veto, and governors who use it don’t have to explain why. There’s a new governor come January, though, and lawmakers plan to make another run at changing the law.

Dominic Gabello, transition director for Governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham, tells SFR that the new governor hasn’t weighed such legislation yet.

Change to New Mexico law would let Santa Fe airport charge more commerical and large private planes to land Santa Fe Regional Airport Manager Mark Baca recently told a panel of city councilors that, especially when it comes to larger private planes, most operators won’t give a landing fee a second thought.

Since New Mexico is the only state with what amounts to a ban on landing fees, it’s generally expected, Baca explained.

Further, Santa Fe’s status as a destination city for private planes—which make up better than 90 percent of the airport’s operations each year—provides a safe hedge against a dramatic drop in traffic.

Baca told councilors that airports like Santa Fe have looked to other sources for income. The airport levies higher fees to planes kept overnight and grabs a few more cents of every gallon of aviation-grade fuel pumped at the airport.

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keep their plane on the tarmac.

The city recently OK’d improvements to the surface of its main runway and work on a primary taxiway back to the terminal but, Baca said, “maintenance to our facilities has really fallen short.”

The recession cut into landing fee income from heavy commercial traffic as flights disappeared starting in 2008, Baca said, and “we haven’t ever gotten back up to the level of maintenance in our pavements that we should have.”

If the city is able to charge landing fees, Baca explained, it can move toward a funding model in which the people who use the airport pay for most of its operations.

“We’re able to maintain our runways more efficiently and not rely so much on grants and taxes—unneeded taxes—to become self-sufficient,” Baca said.

Under last year’s proposed law, cities would be allowed to charge landing fees to private planes that weigh more than 12,500 pounds. That’s a sizeable aircraft, with a price tag likely running to the many hundreds of thousands of dollars or more. The city would likely charge per thousand pounds of weight, Baca said.

Current landing fees for commercial traffic are $3.30 per thousand pounds.

That money is far less restricted than federal funding, which generally only pays for “airside” improvements like runways. Landing fees can be used on terminal improvements, pavement, fencing, parking, security and almost anything else at the airport that needs fixing, Baca said. Given that state and federal funding is starting to slow down, he told councilors, it makes sense to push for the change to state law. Professional associations for both airport managers and pilots lent support to last year’s effort, which seems likely to gain traction again this year.

The city’s governing body is scheduled to approve the committee’s recommendation to support the measure at its Dec. 12 meeting.

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WHEN SANTA FE POLICE KILL A MENTALLY ILL PERSON AND A FAMILY SEEKS JUSTICE, THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE CITY’S INSURANCE CARRIER

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n Anthony Benavidez’ last full day alive, two deputies from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office who arrived to evict him found the 24-yearold living in almost complete darkness.

Benavidez had lined the bedroom window in his Tuscany at St. Francis apartment with aluminum foil and a comforter. Thick, dark blinds covered another window in his living room. Walls and a door were painted black, and a single red light above the stove offered the only illumination.

Social isolation is a common symptom of schizophrenia, and Benavidez— identified in grammar school as highly intelligent but whose illness was worsening—now spent his days alone, sometimes scribbling out complex mathematical formulas. He became unable to care for himself, fell behind on rent and was evicted.

When his personal crisis spiraled into violence against his social worker

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one morning in July 2017, the city sent a SWAT team to Benavidez’ home. Within a few hours, Santa Fe police officers Jeramie Bisagna and Luke Wakefield shot him dead.

This November, the city settled a lawsuit filed by Benavidez’ half-sister for $400,000, the maximum that can be recouped in a case like this. It saved Santa Fe from a public trial that would have put the both the city and police department approaches to the mentally ill in the spotlight, including the decision

by Bisagna and Wakefield to shoot Benavidez.

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SFR listened to audio recordings of State Police interviews, which reveal the officers admitted to serious missteps that led to Benavidez’ death. Wakefield was wearing sunglasses, which made it hard to see whether Benavidez was holding a weapon. Wakefield screamed, triggering Bisagna’s already heightened emotional state. Bisagna believed, falsely, that Benavidez was holding a gun. Bisagna opened fire, then Wakefield.

Police say no video exists of Benavidez as he’s shot through the apartment window, which the family’s lawyers say made it difficult to sue in court. That’s different

from some higher-profile police killings in Albuquerque. The same team who handled the Benavidez suit against the city (and is moving forward with claims against Christus St. Vincent hospital for its role) also won $5 million in a federal lawsuit against Albuquerque police for killing James Boyd, another man with schizophrenia.

Such large payouts are rare, lawyers who spoke with SFR say. And criminal charges against either officer who shot Benavidez are unlikely—as in nearly any police shooting case in New Mexico or around the nation. An independent panel of prosecutors convened by First Judicial District Attorney Marco Serna has issued no public conclusion about the shooting 11 months after it got the case.

That leaves New Mexico families who want justice for death-by-cop facing two daunting obstacles in court. First is the state’s tort claims law, which has capped the amount a person can receive for death inflicted by a public entity at $400,000.

Then there’s the federal system, where the US Supreme Court has enhanced legal protections for police in recent years.

The only accountability for the killing so far comes from the city’s insurance carrier, a business that has the final say in legal complaints against SFPD officers.

One law professor believes these private insurers, who bear most of the financial responsibility when cops in small and mid-sized towns get sued, may be the most powerful entities when it comes to regulating police behavior.

Mayor Alan Webber refused to be interviewed for this story. In a written statement, City Attorney Erin McSherry said: “The settlement was a financial decision determined by the city’s insurance carrier,” and that it was “not an admission of any wrongdoing by the officers or the city.”

With no one from the city offering a detailed explanation, a more fundamental question hangs in the air: If the bloodless calculation of a faceless insurance company is a family’s best option for justice from police violence, to whom are the city and police truly accountable?

“A horrible idea”

Anthony Benavidez was a really smart kid.

A diagnostic test administered to him in 2001 after he had completed second grade at Chimayo Elementary School says his math and reading skills were in the top tier of his peers. While a Santa Fe High School yearbook shows Benavidez was a freshman there in 2008, he does

not appear in subsequent yearbooks.

Juan Valdez, a caseworker for the Santa Fe Community Guidance Center at Presbyterian Medical Services who worked with Benavidez for nearly four years, says his illness became more pronounced as time went on. On the day that SFPD killed him, Benavidez stabbed Valdez when Valdez tried to coax him out of his apartment.

Valdez says accounts of Benavidez going missing after he left the hospital a day before he was killed have been misreported.

After sheriff’s deputies evicted him, they transported Benavidez to St. Vincent for a psychiatric evaluation. Rather than choose to stay, Benavidez asked hospital staff to call Valdez, who he knew through the Presbyterian Medical Services’

When he lost that apartment, he lost his sanctuary.

COURTESY FAMILY OF BENAVIDEZ

-Juan Valdez, caseworker for the Santa Fe Community Guidance Center

Anthony Benavidez near the time that he was killed by Santa Fe police.

Program of Assertive Community Treatment. The program is for people with severe mental illness.

“There was a period there where he had a job,” Valdez tells SFR over the phone. Then, “something happened, and he just stopped seeing his therapist, stopped taking his medicine, and just isolated himself.”

Benavidez seemed to be in denial about his schizophrenia, which often manifests in a person’s late teens or early 20s.

In June 2017, an employee of the Tuscany at St. Francis apartment complex delivered a three-day notice of rent nonpayment to Benavidez, who had been receiving public assistance for his rent. By the end of the month, the building’s owner had secured a petition to evict him over a missed $276.80 payment, plus restitution and damages.

Valdez, who picked up Benavidez from the hospital, offered to let him stay at his place for a couple days until a bed opened at the St. Elizabeth Shelter. But after the two went to Santa Fe Place mall so Benavidez could buy more minutes for his phone, he disappeared.

The next morning, Valdez visited the apartment and Benavidez stabbed his longtime caretaker, hospitalizing him. Valdez says he “immediately forgave” Benavidez and that he believes the eviction sent Benavidez deeper into his illness.

“When he lost that apartment, he lost his sanctuary,” Valdez says.

The arrival of the Santa Fe SWAT team escalated the situation. They blared commands to surrender through an amplifier. Benavidez responded by throwing out a propane tank tied to fireworks and a tube filled with a bleach-like substance, according to police.

A siege began.

Bisagna, a firearms instructor and trained sniper who characterized himself in a State Police recording as one of the “most senior guys” on the scene that day, was inside the department’s armored Bearcat vehicle when he heard Lt. Ben Valdez say Benavidez had thrown “a bomb.”

Bisagna later told State Police investigating the shooting that he believed he was in mortal danger.

“To me, I’m thinking, it’s an [improvised explosive device],” Bisagna said. “I was in fear that this thing was gonna blow up. … Are guys gon-

TOP: Five Santa Fe SWAT team members approach Benavidez’ bedroom window. Officer Jeramie Bisagna holds the shield.

MIDDLE: Sgt. Nick Wood smashes in the window.

BOTTOM: Bisagna fires 16 shots at Benavidez.

(Not pictured: Officer Luke Wakefield fires once.)

AUTOPSY REPORT Officer Wakefield

Officer Bisagna

Fatal gunshot above right upper lip

Gunshot wound of left thigh

Gunshot wound to penis

Graze gunshot wound left thigh

Gunshot wound right thigh

12 bullets were also fired that did not hit Benavidez

SOURCE: CITY OF SANTA FE. EDITOR’S NOTE: BULLETS ARE PLACED ON DIAGRAM IN APPROXIMATION BASED ON AUTOPSY REPORT

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na get hit with shrapnel? This man just threw a bomb at me, it’s lethal force.”

After running through several ideas for confrontation, including ramming the Bearcat into the building, Bisagna and other officers concoct a plan: Break the bedroom window. Bisagna takes the shield position; Wakefield is assigned to lethal cover. The plan moves ahead even after Bisagna hears that a member of the crisis negotiation team was waiting for a phone to arrive that officers would use to speak with Benavidez.

A quick window smashing by Sgt. Nick Wood leads to chaos and confusion.

Both Wakefield and Bisagna told State Police that they responded to the other’s panicked reactions. What happened next was an example of what sociologists call “contagious shooting.”

“I hear Luke Wakefield behind me to my left, he starts saying, something along the lines of, ‘Show me your hands, show me your hands,’ it tells me he sees somebody inside,” Bisagna told State Police. “I can’t see what he sees.”

Then Bisagna imagines a silver revolver—one he’d handed to another officer earlier that day—in Benavidez’ hands, according to his interview with State Police.

Police recovered a knife from Benavidez’ apartment, but no gun.

“I thought he was holding the same revolver that I saw [in another context] that morning,” Bisagna told investigators in a shaky voice.

“In my head it was, it was a silver revolver.” He starts shooting when he thinks Benavidez approaches, firing 16 times and hitting him in the thighs and penis.

Bisagna had reacted to Wakefield, who was wearing sunglasses.

Wakefield admitted that this made it difficult to see inside the dark room.

“I’m wearing my sunglasses and it’s super dark inside, so I cannot see what he has” in his hands, Wakefield says.

At another point in the interview, he claims to have seen a knife in Benavidez’ hands.

“All of a sudden I see his hands go up, and that’s when Jeramie starts firing. And I’m like, shit, is CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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“An absolute shield for law enforcement” Bisagna’s decision to turn off his camera is mentioned in the complaint filed in the First District Court just over a year ago

by Roseanne Lopez, the half-sister of Benavidez .

That choice by Bisagna could be the subject of a criminal or internal inquiry, though neither the city nor the district attorney’s office have said so. But Lopez’ civil complaint focused on overall sys-

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Two deputies from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office arrive to evict Anthony Benavidez from the Tuscany St. Francis apartments. They transport him to Christus St. Vincent hospital.

Benavidez is picked up from the hospital by social worker Juan Valdez. Benavidez later abandons Valdez and breaks into his former home.

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that a gun? Like, what the fuck does he have? And I still can’t see it. Again, I’m wearing my sunglasses, which is a horrible idea.”

Wakefield fires the fatal shot from his rifle into Benavidez’ face.

While some officers’ body cameras were on during the encounter, police say none captured Benavidez being struck by bullets. The lack of video also leaves open the question of whether there was anything in his hand at the time he was shot.

Bisagna’s camera might have been the only one pointed in that direction, but he inexplicably turned it off seconds before approaching the apartment—apparently in violation of the SFPD body camera policy.

Neither the city nor the police department will discuss whether either officer was disciplined for any actions that day or any other they worked at SFPD. The city has a policy of protecting officers’ disciplinary records from public review. However, the city attorney’s office tells SFR no records of discipline exist for Bisagna as of Dec. 9.

Meanwhile, both officers are still on the force: Bisagna was promoted to sergeant in July, and Wakefield, then a patrol officer, became a detective in April. This January, Wakefield fired his weapon during another SWAT operation, the subject of a different State Police investigation.

A picture of Benavidez in elementary school.

A diagnostic evaluation administered when he was a rising third-grader found his “math skills [were] truly exceptional,” and that his reading comprehension skills were also “exceptionally strong.”

temic negligence, including SWAT commander Lt. Ben Valdez’ alleged decision to “use weapons” rather than wait for negotiations.

In a response to the complaint, filed by the city’s contract attorney Luis Ro-

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Benavidez stabs Valdez as the social worker tries to coax him out of the apartment.

Santa Fe SWAT team smashes Benavidez’ window and shoots him dead.

bles, the city of Santa Fe denies nearly all allegations made by Lopez’ legal team. As for damages to Benavidez, the city contended they resulted from “his own intentional and/or negligent acts.”

It’s boilerplate fare for Robles, whose private law firm Robles, Rael and Anaya often represents cities and counties when their cops kill. Had the case gone to trial, the city could have been forced to defend its mental health and crisis intervention training, digital record-keeping, internal disciplinary procedures and more, as well as the way it houses the homeless and mentally ill.

But instead, the family settled with the city for $400,000 on Nov. 7. In a conversation with SFR, Shannon Kennedy, lead attorney for Benavidez’ family, says that even if the case had gone to trial, the state’s tort law would have limited compensatory damages to that amount. A settlement meant the family could avoid the emotional trauma of a trial, she says.

“No matter how much a judge could have awarded the family, ultimately they only would have received $400,000,” Kennedy tells SFR. “It would have just been symbolic. People have talked about challenging that cap as unconstitutional, because clearly no life is only worth $400,000. … It’s not even a deterrent

July/August: New Mexico State Police investigating the killing interview Santa Fe police officers Jeramie Bisagna and Luke Wakefield.

[against] overreaching by police.”

Still, the fact that the city was willing to settle for the maximum amount under the tort law might indicate recognition of the damage police wrongfully inflicted on the family—even if no one will admit it.

Mark Fine, another civil rights attorney in Albuquerque, says public entities in New Mexico aren’t usually eager to settle for the cap.

“It’s often hard to get them to settle for [$400,000] because they figure, ‘Well, if we take it to trial, that’s our worst-case scenario, so why would we sign up for the worst case in terms of monetary judgement?’” Fine tells SFR. Fine was the lead attorney who won a $4.25 million decision in state District Court for the family of a man shot and killed by Albuquerque police in 2009.

But the verdict was symbolic; the family only recouped the $400,000 cap. That amount, designated by a state law passed in the late 1970s, would be $1.5 million today if it had kept up with inflation.

“That’s a conversation with the family that has to happen early,” Fine says, “because it’s such a decisive limitation on litigation.”

Kennedy, who settled the Benavidez matter, won a $5 million settlement

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ing to John Rappaport, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law Center.

“In assuming the financial risk of bad police behavior, the insurers become motivated to prevent it,” Rappaport November 13: November 19: December 12: November 7: January 12, 2018: wrote in one paper. Because the chance Roseanne Lopez, District Attorney State Office of Lopez settles her First Judicial District of winning a civil suit against police is the half sister of Serna tells SFR the Medical suit with the city Attorney Marco Serna so low, Rappaport believes, cities are a Benavidez, files a civil he does not know Investigator of Santa Fe for turns over the state suit in state court the status of the releases Benavidez’ lot more responsive and accountable to $400,000. police investigation against the city of criminal inquiry into autopsy report. of Benavidez’ killing the insurance carriers when their police Santa Fe alleging Benavidez’ killing. to a panel of district departments commit egregious violence. battery and negligence. attorneys for review.

Larger cities like Albuquerque, as well as states, are often self-insured. Midsized cities with a smaller tax base sometimes buy commercial insurance.

Rappaport believes state insurance the state court’s ruling to argue the fedin 2015 after Albuquerque police killed “We want closure” regulators can take on a greater role eneral case. She calls the approach “legal James Boyd. The large amount was posSanta Fe’s law enforcement liability incouraging police reform by, for example, gymnastics.” sible because the suit was filed in federal surance, which covers most kinds of requiring cities to pay greater deduct“It’s a lot of work and really difficult,” court, where there are no limits to awards bodily injury, property damage, or peribles or premiums. This would provide she says. “And it’s why we’ve got such a plaintiffs can receive for damages. sonal injury committed by the city’s more financial incentive for cities to prehorrible problem across the country with But recent Supreme Court decisions cops, is active through July 2019. The vent abuse. police continuing to shoot people withbolstering legal protections for police city pays a $395,763 anPlacating insurance out consequence.” have made federal court an “elephant’s nual premium for this carriers as a way to graveyard” for such suits, according to coverage to Travelers reform police “put[s] Randi McGinn, a civil rights lawyer in AlInsurance, one of the more resources and fobuquerque. largest insurers in the cus into the day-to-day “It’s where those cases go to die country. training and policy and because of qualified immunity,” says When someone sues education,” Rappaport McGinn, who served as the special over an officer hurting argues. “It’s broader, prosecutor in the unsuccessful criminal or killing somebody, more systemic and trial against the two Albuquerque officers according to city attormore preventive” than who shot Boyd. ney Erin McSherry, and other reforms, such Qualified immunity as a concept origthe insurer determines as trying to criminally inated from a Reconstruction-era law a payout is warranted, prosecute individual meant to permit civil litigation against the city is responsicops. public officials who used the “color of any ble for up to a $50,000 Yet the process is law” to deprive a person of their Constideductible. Once its opaque, and takes place tutional rights. But courts have routinely potential liability suraway from the public found that police officers who kill or inpasses that amount, and the raw demand jure people in the performance of their and so long as the acfor justice among the duties qualify for immunity from the law. tions fall within the aggrieved. A lack of fiIn a 2018 case decided by the US Suparameter of insured nality or admission of preme Court concerning a police offiacts, the insurance fault is its own form of cer who shot a Tucson woman seconds company has “the right injustice, according to after arriving at the scene, the majority and duty to defend” the Roseanne Lopez, Bedeclared the officer’s actions qualified city against any claim -Roseanne Lopez, navidez’ half-sister. because immunity “protects all but the half-sister of brought against it.

In an unpublished plainly incompetent or those who knowBenavidez That means Travelletter she submitted to ingly violate the law.” ers Insurance will try to The Santa Fe New MexIn her dissenting opinion, Justice Sosettle civil suits against ican earlier this year, nia Sotomayor wrote that “[n]early all of the city even if the offiLopez condemns DA the Supreme Court’s qualified immunity cers involved are criminally charged and Serna’s office for its lack of transparencases come out the same way—by finding prosecuted. In addition to coverage up to cy and delay of the investigation into the immunity for the officials.” This, she con$4 million, it pays the city’s surety bond killing. The death of her brother and the tinued, “transforms [qualified immunity] of a judgement pending appeal and helps agonizing wait for answers, she says, coninto an absolute shield for law enforcewith the cost of investigation. stitute a betrayal. ment officers.”

Even though a $400,000 settlement “We want closure. Why does it take For one case she settled in 2015, Mcis peanuts to a giant like Travelers Inmore than 15 months to investigate a Ginn was able to get around both the surance, it is still in the carrier’s interest shooting that is caught on at least two qualified immunity hurdle in federal for the city’s cops not to invite lawsuits. body cameras?” Lopez writes. She concourt and the tort cap in state court by The ways private insurers dictate policcludes: “Anthony deserves justice. Until first suing the city at the state level, seOfficers Luke Wakefield (top), and Jeramie ing settlements and reforms is an area of justice is done for Anthony, no one in the Bisagna (bottom), who shot at Benavidez, curing an award amount of $6 million study that gets a lot less attention than City of Santa Fe is safe from police abuse now hold the ranks of detective and (but only being entitled to $400,000), other ideas for regulating cops, accordsergeant, respectively. of power.” and then filing suit in federal court, using

Why does it take more than 15 months to investigate a shooting that is caught on at least two body cameras?

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ithin moments of entering Currents New Media’s new gallery space, I have been handed a VR headset and am chatting with Frank Ragano and Mariannah Amster, joint executive and artistic directors, while simultaneously looking at (and awkwardly trying to touch) the interactive work of electronic artist Reilly Donovan.

It’s a fitting start to the interview, given the key role Currents has played in Santa Fe’s emergent media landscape over the last decade with its introduction of hundreds of digital artists to new audiences and vice versa.

Be that as it may, I can’t conduct an interview from inside a virtual reality headset (correction: I can’t conduct an interview from inside a virtual reality headset yet), so I take it off and begin the tour of the Canyon Road space that will soon house year-round exhibits of new media artists.

This next phase for Currents comes as the result of a gift from an unnamed benefactor, and will allow Ragano and Amster use of the former Red Dot Gallery for exhibitions, artist talks, and much-needed conference and meeting space for staff as they lead into Currents’ 10th festival year this coming summer.

The multi-room gallery will showcase multiple types of works—the first exhibition includes a variety of work using 3-D technology, LCD projections and work in other mediums by artists Jodi Stuart, Susanna Carlisle, Bruce Hamilton, Valery Estabrook, Christine Remy, Anne Farrell, Esteban García Bravo and Max Carlson, as well as a room of photographs by John Ressler. “I like the idea of having still work for people to spend time with,” Amster says of the photographs, “so we don’t all forget how to do that.” The works will be on display through March 2019.

The new gallery, named Currents 826, also will house a 3-D printer courtesy of MAKE Santa Fe for educational and demonstration purposes. Visitors will able to pick from a selection of files and see the works printed.

Last, and somewhat thrillingCurrents New Media Co-Executive and Artistic Directors ly for consumers, it includes a Mariannah Amster and Frank Ragano stand in the room gift shop with digitally creatof their new gallery in front of hand-stitched 3-D art by Jodi Stuart. ed art, such as 3-D sculptures and jewelry, infinity puzzles

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Ragano and Amster hope the sales from both the shop and the gallery will contribute funding for the annual Currents festival. “That’s one of the differences,” Amster notes. “Things will be for sale. Mostly we don’t do that at Currents.” Currents, they note, is run on a “shoestring,” with ongoing grant writing and fundraising to make it happen each year. While they have long hoped for a permanent exhibition space, taking on the gallery, for the duo, means they have six jobs between them.

In addition to helping fund the festival, the pair also hopes the new permanent space will “help us with visibility,” Amster says, and “introduce [Currents] to a whole new crowd,” Ragano adds, with Amster noting, “It’s a different kind of

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environment here on Canyon Road.” The pair hustled to open the new space for the holiday season and Christmas Eve farolito walk. Their winter hours will be noon to 5 pm,Thursdays through Saturdays.

The exhibition space also aims to allow audiences more time to engage with work. “We’re showing different kinds of work,” Amster notes, “because it’s a more intimate space.” Fundamentally, though, both say their focus is always on the art versus the technology when it comes to curating. “We just are going with things that are impactful that people can really respond to with their whole selves,” Amster says. “My commitment is getting people to have an experience with their whole selves. … This kind of work really allows for that.”

As anyone who attends Currents knows, the festival is jam-packed with both work and attendees. Submissions recently closed for the 10th festival, which will be held June 7-23, 2019. Ragano says some 560 submissions will be narrowed to approximately 100. In honor of the 10-year anniversary, they also are putting together an archive of catalogs and files from all the artists of the last decade. The new space will see concurrent programming during the festival and, as was the case last year, Currents’ many partners will also host exhibitions and other events showcasing the city’s growing emergent media ecosystem.

Despite the festival’s growth and influence, Amster describes it as “pretty mom-and-pop.”

But, Ragano adds, “it’s taken on a life of its own, so what we’re trying to do is keep up with it.”

Now with the space on Canyon Road, he says, “it’s like it has a home.”

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This leisurely stroll along the Ancestral Sites Trail, lighted by thousands of farolitos is sure to get you into the holiday spirit! During your visit you can enjoy the sounds of the season provided by the Santa Fe Brass Quintet from 6:15 pm–7:00 pm. Bring your whole family!

A cherished holiday tradition returns to the park with the help of the St. Anthony de Padua, the Friends of Pecos NHP and Western National Park Association. The procession will start from the mission church on park grounds at 6:00 pm.

There will also be horse drawn wagon rides.

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Free parking will be at the San Miguel Posse Parking grounds and shuttles will be taking visitors to park grounds. This first shuttle will start at 5:00 pm and the last shuttle will leave the posse grounds at 7:00 pm BOTH NIGHTS. There will be limited handicap parking at Pecos NHP. MORE INFORMATION: 505-757-7241 OR WWW.NPS.GOV/PECO

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Take note, Santa Fe, because two of our very favorite local collectives are joining forces for an evening of spoken word, poetry and more. At I Don’t Mean to Offend You, find Alas de Agua and 3 Sisters Collective coming together for staged readings of monologues about micro- and macro-aggressions that non-white people face on a daily basis. Consider it a fun night of written words. Consider it a valuable learning opportunity. Consider it a glimpse into the lives of talented locals who are often faced with thoughtless words the likes of which nonwhite people really don’t have to deal with. The event is facilitated by local artist, writer and Alas de Agua founder Israel Francisco Haros Lopez and celebrated theater champion Tanya Taylor Rubinstein—which makes it worth it alone. (ADV)

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I Don’t Mean to Offend You: 7:30 pm Friday Dec. 14. $5-$20 suggestion donation. El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591.

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EVENT SUN/16 A STITCH IN TIME In a paper and textile exploration of the Aztec calendar, artist Moira Garcia ties tradition to subversion. She studied printmaking at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and says, “I’m not, by any means, a textile artist. I don’t even embroider.” The use of fiber, she says, was inspired by how textiles persisted in Indigenous art and culture despite colonization. “The textile arts were things that weren’t destroyed; making textiles wasn’t prohibited,” she says, but fabric still acted as communication. “They’re like books,” Garcia says; “they tell stories and express cosmology and Indigenous world views.” Hear more about Garcia’s process and the Aztec calendar at an artist talk, followed by a pop-up shop. (Charlotte Jusinski) Artist Talk: Moira Garcia: 2 pm Sunday Dec. 16.

Free. Exhibition in MoCNA store through Jan. 31.

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900

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MUSIC TUE/18 CAR-CAR-CAROLING We get that Christmas isn’t really for everyone, but we also get that the people who do love the holiday are looking to get into it as hard as possible. Enter Santa Fe Symphony’s Carols and Choruses, a glorious evening of, well, carols and choruses in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. There’s not much more Christmassy than a big ol’ church full of people a-wassailing, and we’re also pretty sure you’re looking for things to do to occupy your kids. Either way, we’re hoping they’ll do “All Through the Night,” because that song is GORGEOUS. So put on that scarf, bone up on your carols and hit the cathedral for some good old-fashioned Christmassing. (ADV) Santa Fe Symphony: Carols and Choruses: 7 pm Tuesday Dec. 18. Free. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place, 982-5619.

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A Thousand Points of Light Santa Fe Botanical Gardens’ GLOW lights up the holidays Each year, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden undertakes GLOW, a massive installation of light and color that both emphasizes its collection of plants and kicks off the holiday feel-goods in town.

“It’s become a tradition in Santa Fe,” says Lindsay Taylor, the garden’s director of marketing and public relations. “There are the classic events like Las Posadas, the lights on the Plaza and Canyon Road, and it’s another alternative for folks.”

This year’s theme, Cosmic Nights, pays homage to the universe (cue Dr. Who theme), and Taylor says it takes a good chunk of the year to pull the event off.

“Planning begins in July, the installations start in the beginning of November and a team of local artists, staff members and volunteers put it all together,” she explains. “We don’t really have a specific number of lights or lightbulbs because the majority of the lights are actually lasers.”

Additionally, this year’s GLOW heralds the garden’s first time partnering with a local school for a one-of-a-kind installation. Last spring, the Santa Fe Waldorf School held an in-house design competition between students. Once

the judges from the garden chose the winning design, the high-schoolers from grades nine through 12 built and installed the neon array in the gardens. It, too, conjures images of the cosmos, and Taylor says school involvement is a new element the garden hopes to keep in the coming years.

“Especially now that we’ve seen how this year has gone and how well it’s received, it’s something we’d like to continue,” she says.

Add nightly live music from acts like The Gruve, Pete White and Karina Wilson and the Shiner’s Club Jazz Band, among others—plus appearances from St. Nick himself between now and Dec. 23—and you’ve got yourself an affordably futuristic and seriously awe-inspiring night perfect for the family (or a hot date, probably).

“Wandering around and seeing all the different installations just really gets people in the spirit,” Taylor adds.

(Alex De Vore) GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS 5-8 pm Friday Dec. 14-Mon. Dec. 31 (closed Dec. 24 and 25). $7.50-$10.

Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103

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WILD RELATIVES SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Jumana Manna’s new film follows the complexity of a withdrawal of seeds from the Svalbard Seed Bank.

7 pm, free

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SCHOLA CHRISTMAS CONCERT Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0092 An a cappella Christmas concert of all your favorite holiday songs—and maybe some you've never heard of.

6:30 pm, $17-$22 YOU, FUTURE SCARS AND RECEIVED Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 A salad of musical genres full of anticipation and manicured grooves.

7 pm, $10

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VINYASA FLOW Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 One hour of yoga is followed by one of Duel's core beers.

6:30 pm, $15

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DIGEST THIS!: SEED BANKS AND THE SOUND OF NAVAJO COUNTRY SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 With Mollie Parsons and Kristina Jacobsen, examine seed ecology, as well as questions of Indigenous identity through the vibrant Navajo country music scene.

6 pm, $5-$12

WED/12 BOOKS/LECTURES MARY MAURICE: THE SUICIDE LETTERS OF JACK MONROE Tecolote 1616 St. Michael’s Drive, 988-1362 In Maurice’s new novel, enter the worlds of Jack Monroe and Susan Jordan as Jack tries to convince Susan not to commit suicide through letters.

5:30 pm, free

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT WORKSHOP: MICACEOUS AND POLYMER CLAY Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Participants are asked to also make an ornament for MIAC's tree lighting on Dec. 21.

10 am-2 pm, free INTRODUCTION TO ZEN Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396 Explore the basics and finer points of good posture and finding a comfortable meditation position.

5 pm, free

MUSIC BETSY FEST Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Be generous at a benefit concert, silent auction and donation-friendly event for Betsy Scarzini of local desert rock outfit The Hollyhocks (see Music, page 23).

6 pm, free BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free DAWN LUZ PADILLA Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 A Norteño melange: ranchera, country, gospel, pop, rock, blues Tejano.

7 pm, free GERRY & DAN La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Irish folk, Spanish tunes and country music.

7:30 pm, free PAT MALONE El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Sweet melodic jazz guitar.

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

8 pm, free

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A show by the National Institute of Flamenco.

6:30 pm, $25

EVENTS CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Join other kids to play against.

5:45 pm, free MANDALA CONSTRUCTION Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery construct a sand mandala by pouring colored sand into place over a period of nine days. They are creating a Green Tara, the female manifestation of enlightenment.

The public is also invited to a public art session from 2-5:30 pm, and chanting at 5:30 pm.

10 am-5:30 pm, free

THU/13 BOOKS/LECTURES HOLIDAY PLAYERS Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 The 10th annual event features local folks reading your favorite classic holiday tales.

6 pm, free

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Born of a conversation about how women’s art consistently fetches less at auction than does the work of men (which is some bullshit), Rising Tide at Peters Projects presents 12 formidable female artists and their works addressing satire, feminist activism, mythology and stereotypes.

It opens Friday; see full listing on page 21. This is “Sky,” a tapestry by Kiki Smith.

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FOLK ART MATTERS: SUZANNE SERIFF International Folk Art Alliance 620 Cerrillos Road, 474-6783 The last lecture of the year is titled “Recycled, Re-Seen— Revisited: Critical Reflections on Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap."

6 pm, free MANDALA CONSTRUCTION Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery construct a sand mandala. There’s also chanting at 5:30 pm.

10 am-5:30 pm, free

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O2 OPEN MIC Santa Fe Oxygen & Healing Bar (Kaverns) 137 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 Express your creativity.

8 pm, $5

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

6:30 pm, free DAVID BORREGO AND THE WIGGLERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock and folk.

8 pm, free DAVID GEIST Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free DOUBLE O DJS KARAOKE Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Croon away.

6 pm, free EARTHKRY Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Roots rock reggae.

10 pm, free GERRY & DAN La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Irish folk, Spanish tunes and country music.

7:30 pm, free JOHN RANGEL'S DUET SERIES El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jazz.

7 pm, free JONO MANSON Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Rootsy rock 'n' roll.

6 pm, free LATIN THURSDAY Café Mimosa 513 Camino de los Marquez, 365-2112 Merengue, bachata y más.

9 pm, $5 ROLL, BOUNCE, SK8 JAM AND ROLLER-OKE WITH DJ RAASHAN AHMAD Rockin' Rollers 2915 Agua Fría St., 473-7755 Hit up pizza, a snack bar, and tunes—and an additional $5 gets you skates or a scooter.

7 pm, $5 SISTER MARY AND HER BAND OF MERRY MAKERS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A jazzy holiday show.

6:30 pm, $25 SOURCE, PETEMA AND BLINDDRYVE Zephyr Community Art Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 Progressive metal.

8:30 pm, $8 TONY FURTADO GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St. A varied and virtuosic take on the American Songbook.

7:30 pm, $29-$32

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WOVEN TALON: STORIES THROUGH SOUND Opuntia Café 922 Shoofly St. World music.

6 pm, free

THEATER THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 Two young gentlemen in London each live a double life.

7:30 pm, $20-$25 PERFECT LOVE Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 Love is usually messy and far from perfect (see Acting Out, page 29).

7:30 pm, $15-$25

FRI/14 ART OPENINGS CURRENTS GRAND OPENING RECEPTION Currents 826 826 Canyon Road, 772-0953 CURRENTS New Media opens a new year-round exhibition and experience space (see The Interface, page 17).

5 pm, free CLAIRE KAHN: WINTER IN JACONA Patina Gallery 131 W Palace Ave., 986-3432 Kahn intertwines glass beads into ropes that transform into wearable necklaces and bracelets. Through Jan. 14.

5 pm, free DOUG HERREN: TABLES AND SCULPTURES Peters Projects 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700 Herren’s clay works were born in a land of grapheme-color synesthesia, taking the viewer back in time and into the future. Through March 15.

5 pm, free GET SMALL: SMALL CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, 982-1320 Smaller, affordable artworks, plus a brief seminar with tips on how to purchase and collect art. Through Dec. 16.

5-7 pm, free HEIDI LOEWEN: THE DESERT MADE ME DO IT Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., 988-2225 New porcelain works of art and metal sculpture.

5 pm, free HOLIDAY GROUP OPENING Beals & Co. Showroom 830 Canyon Road CRFT & CULTR, the bespokegoods shop, presents handmade artisan works for sale.

5 pm, free IN THE RUINS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE Ellsworth Gallery 215 E Palace Ave., 989-7900 A group show considers our current geologic epoch.

Through Feb. 3.

5 pm, free

KALEIDOSCOPE Goldleaf Gallery 627 W Alameda St., 988-5005 More than 30 artists investigate the dynamics of contemporary art. Through Feb. 28.

6 pm, free MAURICE BURNS: VARIOUS FORMS OF ASSOCIATION Peters Projects 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700 Burns’ work is often inspired by his love of music, jazz in particular. Through March 15.

5 pm, free QUATROS FABULOSOS (THE FOUR FABULISTS) Apothenia Studio 818 Sierra Vista, 603-9260 Fabulism is when fantastical elements are placed together to form everyday imagery.

Through Jan. 31.

5 pm, free RISING TIDE: 12 WOMEN ARTISTS Peters Projects 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700 Celebrate the work of women artists with a dozen exemplars. Through March 15.

5 pm, free SEASON OF BEAUTY: WINTER GROUP SHOW Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road, 988-3444 Focus on the winter season and the beauty it elicits.

Through Jan. 15.

5 pm, free SIZE DOESN'T MATTER Owen Contemporary 225 Canyon Road, 820-0807 Small works perfect for gifting. Through Jan. 3.

5 pm, free SMALL, SWEET AND SAVORY Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, 983-8815 Miniature original paintings and sculptures.

4 pm, free WILLIAM COUPON: MUSIC SPEAK Peters Projects 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700 Portraits of legendary musicians of the African-American communities of New Orleans.

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CANYON ROAD HOLIDAY BLOCK PARTY Canyon Road Refreshments, artist meetand-greets, farolitos, bonfires, music and plenty of Santa Fe magic.

4-7 pm, free FIESTA DE NOCHE BUENA CELEBRATION Kingston Residence of Santa Fe 2400 Legancy Court, 471-2400 At a fundraiser for the Santa Fe Fire Department, get dinner, entertainment and games. The SFFD said they only want enough donations to provide its six stations with a Christmas dinner. All that business just made us at SFR feel all warm 'n' fuzzy.

5:30 pm, $20-$30 GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Light up your holiday season with thousands of twinkle lights and large-scale light installations, mariachi group El Foria, festive beverages, and meet Santa (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5-8 pm, $7-$10 HOLIDAY MARKET: RECYCLED AND REIMAGINED International Folk Art Alliance 620 Cerrillos Road, 474-6783 The International Folk Art Market has partnered with clothier Eileen Fisher’s recycling program to revitalize and create new garments.

They’ll also have perennial favorite gift items for sale.

10 am-5 pm, free ICONIK CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lupe) 314 S Guadalupe St., 428-0996 Enjoy an evening of shopping, food, drinks, Christmas movies and maybe a surprise appearance from Santa. Park the kids in front of a Christmas movie and do some shopping—plus get s'mores from the S'more Pit. 2-8 pm, free LA MODA III Eloisa Restaurant 228 E Palace Ave., 982-0883 Fifteen local designers show off their unique wares. The show is free, but make a reservation for a meal that you buy like a normal person.

Noon, free MANDALA CONSTRUCTION Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery construct a sand mandala by pouring colored sand into place over a period of nine days. The public is also invited to meditation and chanting at 5:30 pm.

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THE PAINTED PURSE EXPERIENCE Real Deal Collection 223 W San Francisco St., 795-5979 In addition to refreshments and shopping, enjoy a live painting demo by Albuquerque artist Natalee Maxwell as she customizes a collection of luxury handbags.

4-7 pm, free QUEER SPACE LISTENING SESSION AND 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.

6:30 pm, free SECOND STREET ARTS COLLECTIVE OPEN STUDIOS Second Street Studios 1807 Second St. On the second Friday of each month, working artists open their studios to art enthusiasts and those looking for an alternative to the more established commercial venues. For more info and a list of participants, check out 2acsf.com.

5-8 pm, free WINTER INDIAN MARKET OPENING CELEBRATION La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Do your holiday shopping with Native artists in a festive environment. Tonight's event features passed hors d'oeuvres, live entertainment and signature cocktails.

6-9 pm, $50

FOOD NOISY WATER WINERY ANNIVERSARY PARTY Noisy Water Winery Tasting Room 219 W San Francisco St., 983-9454 Complete with live music, hors d’oeuvres and wine, celebrate a successful first year of business for the tasting room.

6 pm, free

MUSIC ALL-AGES SK8 SESSION Rockin' Rollers 2915 Agua Fría St., 473-7755 Hit up pizza, a snack bar and DJ tunes—that $5 get you skates or a scooter, too.

6 pm, $5 BENNY BASSETT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Acoustic rock.

8 pm, free BIRD THOMPSON The New Baking Company 504 W Cordova Road, 557-6435 Adult contemporary.

10 am, free BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free

CS ROCKSHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Classic rock 'n' roll.

9 pm, $5 CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 First-rate tunes from Charles Tichenor and friends.

6 pm, free ED & MARIAH Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Acoustic rock.

7 pm, free GARRY BLACKCHILD Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Americana on the deck.

5 pm, free JJ AND THE HOOLIGANS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock, blues and Americana.

8:30 pm, free JMSN Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 R&B-adjacent DJ tunes with roots in Detroit.

8 pm, $16-$18 JESUS BAS La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Spanish and flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free LADY LIKE VENUS Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar (Apothecary) 133 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 A local siren-folk trio.

7-8 pm, free LONE PIÑON Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 A contemporary yet rooted take on Norteño favorites.

7 pm, free MYSTIC LIZARD Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Bluegrass.

7 pm, free THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 8 pm, free REGIONAL/LIQUID Shadeh Nightclub 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, 819-2338 Dance to everything from cumbia to funk.

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

7 pm, free SANTA FE OPERA WINTER TOUR Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 131 Cathedral Place, 982-5619 Just one hour long, the opera's winter concert is a perfect opportunity for families to enjoy beautiful music.

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Kindness is Always in Season Locals and old friends show up in the HollyHocks’ Elizabeth Scarinzi’s time of need for Betsy Fest

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Scarinzi, a registered nurse with

over 20 years’ experience and known to most as Betsy, has also become an accomplished local musician in the four short years since she moved to Santa Fe. Her band, the HollyHocks, has played around town, including the Santa Fe Bandstand on the Plaza, and is known for their high-energy desert rock with a tinge of country indicative of Scarinzi’s Tucson roots. Scarinzi is the primary songwriter and singer, and though the band has only been together about a year, they are currently at work on their debut album with producer Jason Reed at Frogville Studios after a generous anonymous donation.

While the reason for everyone coming together is undeniably serious, Scarinzi is upbeat and positive. She tells SFR she will indeed be able to perform at her own benefit due to her specialized treatment that does not include general chemo. “The good news is the side effects are present but they’re way less than people on chemo who usually can’t leave the house,� Scarinzi says. “So this is my

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Tucson—it’s just been amazing. Santa Hence the need to Fe has been absolutely raise money for spefantastic,â€? McClinton cialists in Houston says. “It’s been a litto re-evaluate her tle overwhelming and options. In the meanvery cool.â€? time, Scarinzi does not Perhaps most intend to stay at home. importantly, the ben“As long as my efit marks the return bloodwork is good with of the HollyHocks, a good immune system who had been forced to protect me, I’m out to cancel several gigs and about,â€? she says. following Scarinzi’s Mathiew McClindiagnosis. Felicia Ford ton, Scarinzi’s fiance and Teri Lynn Brownand bassist in the Holing are scheduled to lyhocks, put the benprovide their singing efit together which chops to Scarinzi’s includes local powersongwriting, with house musicians like Scarinzi herself likely Jono Manson and fronting the band to Tihomir Dimitrov. close out the show. In -Betsy Scarinzi Also packing the bill addition to all of the are Tucsonans who, by great music, a silent all accounts, are auction of items from happy to make local jewelers, guitar the trek out vendors and artists is to show their support— set to take place just in time for the holiHank Topless, a country days, so you can forget about your Amasinger-songwriter in zon cart. The event is also free, with an the outlaw mold of open invitation to give any donation you Townes van Zandt can. So while many have already stepped and Willie Nelson, up to the plate in support of a vibrant will perform, as community leader, now is the chance well as Joe PeĂąa for the rest of us to show how much love Scarinzi made time of Greyhound Santa Fe can bring. for a photo Soul who anySo yeah, the world is not always fair, shoot, you one from Tucbut the kindness you find in it doesn’t can make son can tell you come from nowhere. It comes from us. time to hear music and is a long-rungive bucks.

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THE CALENDAR SANTA FE WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: SONGS OF HOPE AND LIGHT Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0092 The beloved choir brings together music that celebrates the end of the year.

6:30 pm, $10-$35 TGIF RECITAL: ESSO First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Works by Handel and Vivaldi.

5:30 pm, free 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 Jazz.

9:30 pm, free TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Bluegrass, jazz, rock ’n’ roll.

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ESCAPED ALONE James A Little Theatre 1060 Cerrillos Road, 476-6429 What appears as the ordinary labyrinth of women’s middle-class existences slowly unravels into a profound expression of fear.

7:30 pm, $20-$30 I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU El Museo Cultural 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Monologues about micro- and macroaggressions in Santa Fe (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7:30 pm, $5-$20 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 Two young gentlemen in London each live a double life.

7:30 pm, $20-$25 PERFECT LOVE Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 A new comedy explores the imperfections of relationships (see Acting Out, page 29).

7:30 pm, $15-$25

WORKSHOP HOLIDAY ORNAMENT WORKSHOP: MICACEOUS AND POLYMER CLAY Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Make something new!

10 am-2 pm, free

SAT/15 ART OPENINGS HEIDI LOEWEN: THE DESERT MADE ME DO IT Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., 988-2225 Porcelain and metal sculpture.

11 am-6 pm, free SMALL WORLDS Axle Contemporary 670-5854 Tiny dioramas created by high school students with Portugal-based diorama artist Curtis Talwst Santiago. The gallery is at 1606 Paseo de Peralta. Through Dec. 19.

3:30-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES ARTIST TALK: CURTIS TAWLST SANTIAGO SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 See above listing for what happens afterward.

2-3 pm, $5-$10

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ENTREFLAMENCO HOLIDAY SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 A dramatic new dance season. Doors open an hour early for tapas, wine and beer (sold separately).

7:30 pm, $25-$40 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A show by the National Institute of Flamenco.

6:30 pm, $25

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EVENTS THE AGENCY AND B YELLOWTAIL POP-UP SHOP VQ Gallery 703 Canyon Road, 415-328-4321 Through Christmas Eve, get the best in Native fashion, accessories and art (see AC, page 27).

10 am-8 pm, free CHANTING AND MEDITATION WITH DREPUNG LOSELING MONKS Thubten Norbu Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center 1807 Second St., Ste. 35, 660-7056 The monks are nearly finished constructing a sand mandala; join them for a ceremony on the eve of its destruction.

6:30 pm, $10 EL MUSEO WINTER MARKET El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Part fine arts market, part flea market, all full of treasures.

8 am-3 pm, free GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Light installations large and small, R&B from The Gruve, festive beverages and more (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5-8 pm, $7-$10 HOLIDAY MARKET: RECYCLED AND REIMAGINED International Folk Art Alliance 620 Cerrillos Road, 474-6783 Four artists in the IFAM family partnered with clothier Eileen Fisher’s recycling program to revitalize old garments. You can also find your favorite folk art gifts all weekend.

10 am-3 pm, free IAIA HOLIDAY MARKET Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 This year's market features more than 90 artists, including alums, current students, staff and professors.

9 am-4 pm, free ICONIK COOKIE DECORATING PARTY Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., 428-0996 Get settled with the fam, then cookie decorating starts at 2:30 pm. Supplies available while they last.

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Photographer William Coupon has made a career photographing the biggest names in music. Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Mick Jagger—the list goes on, but he’s also been known to craft album covers for jazz labels like Blue Note, take historically significant photos for magazines like Time and snap a portrait or two. He is, in a word, amazing, and he now calls Santa Fe home full time. Coupon’s next exhibit, Music Speak, opens at Peters Projects this week (5 pm Friday Dec. 14. Free.

Through March 15. 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700), and comprises years of photos Coupon took of black jazz musicians. (Alex De Vore) What was it that made music such a big part of your practice?

I’m a frustrated musician. I’m a wannabe. Or at least I was. In my late teens and early 20s I started to play guitar, and I was working at an ad agency, and I was staring at the prospect of being a failed musician. I was like, ‘I think I can do photography.’ I had no attachment to it. There was no history of reticent failure. But listen, you do everything in the arts for love, and I saw photography as very open-ended, something I could do all my life.

Do you think the medium has become undervalued with the rise of cellphone photography, or do you think its intrinsic value is still understood?

Y’know, with the advent of the phone camera and stuff, digital, the proliferation of images has exponentially exploded. I think I’d have to say over the last five to 10 years … I don’t want to sound cynical, but there is a certain standard that’s come down. I don’t think there’s as much dedication to detail and craft. It’s much more flippant, there’s a lot more interest in lifestyle and youth and you see what’s happening in journalism. As a documentarian photographer, it’s very difficult to make a living now. ... It got very Disney, y’know? There are just a lot more photos going on, and I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I know for me, when digital came out, it was such a lifesaver. Before, it was so expensive. Now with digital, you can cut your expenses and have a whole different way of editing your stuff. I think the generic, common pedestrian photographers just doing stuff for fun on the iPhone, that’s what’s really exploded.

Are there any particular feelings behind this specific body of work you’ll be showing?

I got a call from [Peters Projects’] Mark Del Vecchio, and he thought since Maurice Burns has a nice big show in the main room that my stuff would be a good compliment. Maurice is an older black guy from Alabama, very raw and outsider-y, and he works in reference to music and jazz and black culture. Mark ... thought it would be good to do a series on my more notable black musicians, so I put together a compilation of mostly black jazz musicians, a couple that aren’t—and basically, it’s a music portfolio. I’ll tell you something, the jazz people were always the coolest to work with. When I started, I felt like I had pretty high standards, and I never wanted to do something that wasn’t long-lasting. Doing it 40 years now, there is a renewed respect for the work because it stood the test of time, and I’m happy to say that.

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KELLEY WILKS OPEN STUDIO Kelley Wilks Studio 1807 Second St., Ste. 5, 87505 Colorful functional, sculptural and wearable clay creations.

10 am-4 pm, free LINDA STORM OPEN STUDIO Semiotique Gallery 1807 Second St., Ste. 4, 87505 A special opening of Storm’s intriguing and surreal work.

12:30-5:30 pm, free MANDALA CONSTRUCTION Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery construct a sand mandala. The public is also invited to meditation and chanting at 5:30 pm.

10 am-5:30 pm, free OPEN HOUSE AND HOLIDAY GIFT SALE Dragonstone Studios 317 Camino Alire Recycled art, ceramics, fine art, crafts and other gifts, and refreshments with the artists.

10 am-5 pm, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market Street at Alcaldesa Street, 310-8766 Find pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, textiles and more.

8 am-2 pm, free SANTA'S VILLAGE Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta Games, crafts, interactive displays, mini-train rides, pictures with Santa, a photo booth, a sensory inclusive zone and more.

10 am-3 pm, free WINTER INDIAN MARKET La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Find 150 artists selling jewelry, pottery, paintings, weavings and much more.

9 am-5 pm, $10 YOUNG NATIVE ARTISTS WINTER SHOW & SALE New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 The next generation of Native American artists associated with the Palace of the Governors’ Portal Program.

10 am-3 pm, free

FOOD HOLIDAY COOKIE DECORATING: KID'S COOKIE PARTY La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Pastry chefs Leslie Campbell and Sandra Nitschke present a party for kids ages 6 and up.

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CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 A friendly piano cabaret.

6 pm, free CHRIS ISHEE QUARTET El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Funky piano-led jazz.

7:30 pm, free COSMIC CHILL: DREAM JUNGLE & CHILL FACTOR-5 Santa Fe Oxygen & Healing Bar (Kaverns) 137 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 World beats ’n’ ambient grooves.

8-10 pm, $10 DK AND THE AFFORDABLES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Jump-and-swing bluesy rock.

8:30 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BOB FINNIE Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6 pm, free FIRE SATURDAYS Shadeh Nightclub 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, 819-2338 VDJ Dany spins cumbia, reggaeton, bachata, salsa y más; DJ 12 Tribe has your hip-hop, top 40, EDM, R&B and more.

10 pm, free HALF BROKE HORSES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Country and Americana.

1-4 pm, free J-CALVIN Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Jazz-influenced harmonies and hip-hop-inspired beats.

10 pm, free JOHN KURZWEG BAND El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' roll.

9 pm, $5 KITTY JO CREEK Ski Santa Fe 740 Hyde Park Road, 982-4429 Get some aprés bluegrass.

11 am-3 pm, free LONE PIÑON GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St. Young musicians dedicated to the revitalization of New Mexico's musical roots.

7:30 pm, $20 THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 8 pm, free RASMINKO Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 A Bohemian mix of covers.

7 pm, free ROLL, BOUNCE, SK8 JAM AND ROLLER-OKE WITH DJ RAASHAN AHMAD Rockin' Rollers 2915 Agua Fría St., 473-7755 A skate party for grown-ups.

Rent skates for $5 more.

7 pm, $5

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

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

7 pm, free SANTA FE WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: SONGS OF HOPE AND LIGHT Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 50 Mt. Carmel Road, 988-1975 The beloved choir brings together music from many centuries and styles. Head to sfwe.org for info.

3 pm, $10-$25 SANTA FE YOUTH SYMPHONY CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-3974 Young string, winds, brass and percussion musicians.

4 pm, free SHANE WALLIN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Soulful blues on the deck.

3 pm, free SHANNON BRACKETT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Ethereal alt.folk tunes.

8 pm, free THOU, MJ GUIDER AND LIŁITH The Cave 1226 Calle de Commercio THOU (prolific doom from Baton Rouge, Louisiana), MJ Guider (ambient/electronic from New Orleans) and locals Liłith (ethereal doom).

8 pm, $10 TIMBO, SEAN HEALEN AND TERRY DIERS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Rock ‘n’ blues ‘n’ folk ‘n’ fun.

8 pm, free THE WIDDLER AND PUSHLOOP Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Chilled reggae dubs.

9 pm, $20-$25

THEATER THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 In Oscar Wilde’s popular play, two young gentlemen in London each live a double life.

2 pm and 7:30 pm, $20-$25 ESCAPED ALONE James A Little Theatre 1060 Cerrillos Road, 476-6429 What appears as the ordinary labyrinth of women’s middle-class existences slowly unravels into fear. Presented

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hanges are afoot on Canyon Road.

See, it turns out that operating in the same fashion forever and ever winds up not working all the time. So gallerists, artists and curators looking to expand the definition of art, and galleries are taking risks. It might not sound like a particularly big deal, but it is—and with women like Nina Sanders (Crow/Apsaalooke) and her new curation brand The Agency leading the charge, good things are bound to happen.

SFR first became aware of Sanders when she was curating the show IMPRINT at the Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts over the summer, but with her upcoming pop-up at VQ Gallery on Canyon, she’s blurring the lines between market and fine arts show with well over 20 artists, fashion designers and craftspeople—all of them Native. “[VQ] asked me to come on as a partner in January, and [owner Viviana Cloninger] had been here a couple years and thinking about Indigenizing,” Sanders says. “I set up the pop-up to help us figure out how to

Canyon Road pop-up blurs the line between winter market and fine arts exhibit

work together. … I’m bringing all these different sorts of artists together, and I think most people wouldn’t see that as art, they’d see it as craft.”

Of course, that would be selling the event and the artists and craftspeople short, and it’s Sanders’ hope to change or at least augment that perception. For example, when I visited the space recently, she showed me intricate, painstakingly detailed beaded bags from artist Elias Not Afraid (Crow). Not Afraid’s patterns carry a traditional design familiarity, but with gold embellishments and playful elements like punk rock spikes, they also toy with the idea of what’s traditional or not.

For Sanders, this is a vital facet to the pop-up. She wants artists, collectors, the media and even casual observers to understand there’s a certain loaded quality to the idea of labeling Native art as traditional, and the gallery and museum systems around the country aren’t much helping.

“It’s really interesting how these institutions have pigeon-holed young people into creating things that are, I guess, part of the demand from the public,” Sanders says. “You have the choice as the professional to say, ‘We’re not going to use the

word traditional anymore’—we’re going to create a space for people to make whatever comes from them, and it doesn’t matter if it’s sexual, if it’s part of the LGBTQ community. … Is it really true art when you control the content of what an artist makes?”

It’s a good question—one that’s plagued Santa Fe arts since colonization, particularly Indigenous artists who often feel pressure to create what will sell to collectors looking for specific, traditional pieces.

In other words, there is often an unspoken implication that an artist’s Native-ness become an inextricable aspect of their artistic output. For Mestiza artist Andrea Isabel Vargas, who shows illustrations on paper during the pop-up, such pressures are twofold when taking her womanhood into account.

“You know what’s interesting, is that I’m part of this other show that’s with three women; so do we have to self-identify as feminists, or can we just be artists?”

Vargas asks. “For me, I know who I am, so how do I respond to my contemporary moment? My whole journey has always been, we have to accommodate commissions to survive, but then the true challenge of the

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artist is, what are you truly gifting back to the world?”

Vargas, who moved to Santa Fe from Oakland five years ago, creates work that often features figures in a single color, or maybe with an accent hue, that ride the line between anatomically recognizable and a strange, almost intangible beauty.

One piece, a woman’s torso, shows the hint of a belly and is headless. It’s gorgeous, and if we have anything to say about it, she’s going to be on more Santa Feans’ art radars soon.

Also taking part are notable fashion names like Bethany Yellowtail (Crow/ Apsaalooke and founder of brand and collective B.Yellowtail), whom Sanders calls her “co-conspirator” for the event, Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) and Loren Aragaon (Acoma) with his label ACONAV. Certainly these names have received no small amount of attention lately, from celebrity clients to big-name events and runways—but, on a local level, they’re perhaps not as well-known or shown as often. We’ll also see swimsuits from up-and-coming local brand Pueblo Beach.

“They’re all bringing their newest lines, and what I’m hoping to do is help build them a bigger clientele,” Sanders tells SFR. Numerous other creators abound at the show as well, from the jewelry of Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet) and paintings of David Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) to the bold work of Ben Pease (Crow), a borderline pop artist whose compositions mix traditional Native portraiture with contemporary painting, collage and symbolic design elements.

“I think it’s going to take a lot of work,” Sanders says, “but I’m trying to change people’s minds about what Canyon Road is.”

She’s already changed ours.

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Winter Market Every Weekend Sat 8 - 3 pm Sun 9 - 4 pm

Art, Antiques, Folk & Tribal Art, Books, Jewelry, Beads, Glass, Hides, Rugs and much much more!!

THE CALENDAR A MUSICAL PIÑATA FOR CHRISTMAS VI Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 Featuring music, theater, poetry, dances and more from actors in preschool through senior citizens, it’s a true community production.

2 pm, $5-$10 PERFECT LOVE Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 A new comedy from Talia Pura explores the imperfections of relationships (see Acting Out, page 29).

7:30 pm, $15-$25

WORKSHOP FAMILY PROGRAMS: ORNAMENTS Georgia O'Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 Children ages 4 to 12 and their grown-ups are invited to learn, create art and have fun.

9:30-11:30 am, free

555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (In the Railyard )

Info call: Steve at 505-250-8969 or Lesley at 760-727-8511

SUN/16 ART OPENINGS A GATHERING OF VOICES: FOLK ART FROM THE JUDITH ESPINAR AND TOM DILLENBERG COLLECTION Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Celebrate the promised gift of the folk art collection with live jazz music, and make your own festive candle holder.

Through Aug. 25.

1-4 pm, free JIM ALFORD Hat Ranch Gallery 27 San Marcos Road W, 424-3391 Santa Fe artist Alford takes photographs and manipulates them with both abstract and representative digital forms.

Through Jan. 16.

2-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES ARTIST TALK: MOIRA GARCIA IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Hear more about Garcia’s solo show (see SFR Picks, page 19).

2-5 pm, free JOURNEYSANTAFE: BOB JULYAN Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Julyan presents Wild Guide: Passport to New Mexico Wilderness; it’s an update of his original out-of-print guide.

11 am, free

DANCE ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 TBH we’re rooting for the rat.

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EVENTS ARTIST DEMO: JHANE MYERS Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 A beading demonstration by Jhane Myers (Comanche/ Blackfeet).

1-4 pm, $6-$12 BREATHE IN BREATHE ART Santa Fe Oxygen & Healing Bar (Kaverns) 137 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 A creative wellness pop up event with live music, live painters, healing services and tarot readings.

6 pm-midnight, $15 EL MUSEO WINTER MARKET El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Part fine arts market, part flea market, all full of treasures.

9 am-4 pm, free GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Thousands of twinkling lights and Latin tunes from Trio Victoria (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5-8 pm, $7-$10 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 A round-robin of puppet plays, art projects, photos with Santa Claus and more.

Noon-4 pm, free JULESWORKS FOLLIES #56: YEAR-END STRESS BLOW-OUT GREATEST HITS NEAR-MISSES AND SOME NEWBIES EPISODE Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 4665528 Santa Fe's longest-running variety show offers theater, music, comedy, an open mic, spoken word and much more.

6 pm, $7-$10 LABYRINTH WALK: CIRCLE OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Genoveva Chavez Community Center 3221 W Rodeo Road, 955-4000 With music by Rick Bastine.

2 pm, free LEARN TO MEDITATE Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive, 292-5293 Explore and deepen your understanding of The Stages of the Path.

10:30 am-noon, $10 MANDALA CONSTRUCTION CLOSING CEREMONY Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 After finishing the mandala between 10 am and noon, attend a closing ceremony and destruction of the mandala at 1 pm. Learn to let it go.

10 am-2 pm, $10 OPEN HOUSE AND HOLIDAY GIFT SALE Dragonstone Studios 317 Camino Alire Recycled art, ceramics, fine art, crafts and other gifts.

Noon-4 pm, free

SUNDAY RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 The perfect place to buy a gift for yourself or a loved one.

10 am-4 pm, free WINTER INDIAN MARKET La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Find 150 artists selling jewelry, pottery, paintings, weavings and much more.

10 am-3 pm, $10 YOUNG NATIVE ARTISTS WINTER SHOW & SALE New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists.

10 am-3 pm, free

MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards 'n' jazz on piano.

6:30 pm, free BAILE DOMINGUERO Golden Cantina Lounge 10-B Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3313 Norteña, pasito satevo and reggaeton tunes.

9 pm, free IRENE ADAMS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Classic rock, folk, and country.

8 pm, free JOAQUIN GALLEGOS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Flamenco guitar.

6 pm, free JULIAN DOSSETT TRIO Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Delta blues on the deck.

3 pm, free LOS KLEZMERADOS AND LONE PIÑON Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. From klezmer to Norteño, tunes raise funds for the Santa Fe Dreamers Project.

5:30 pm, $10 THE MARÍAS Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 A dreamlike fusion of jazz, psychedelia, funk and lounge.

7 pm, $15-$18 THE PALM IN THE CYPRESS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Old-timey country music.

Noon, free NACHA MENDEZ La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Latin music.

7 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A jazz duet for your Civilized Sunday.

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ACTING OUT Many-Splendored y first reaction to hearing a show is composed of a bunch of little vignettes about relationships is a bit of an “oh, brother.”

Someone didn’t want to write a plot so they decided a bunch of short disparate scenes is good enough for a mainstage show. Right? Ugh. Well, not quite. Perfect Love has an ace up its sleeve: It’s written and directed by local thespian Talia Pura, whose work has always impressed me and who could be one of the most prolific creators we have in town right now. I figured it probably would be better than mediocre.

Pura manages the second-floor black box at Warehouse 21, a venue that has its charms—and its drawbacks. The “backstage” is simply behind a curtain, so occasionally whispers from actors on deck came through to the audience. The light board has a mind of its own and, Pura says, despite working perfectly at dress rehearsals, opening night featured a few nonsensical light cues with no human to blame. And there’s this weird thing where the floor shakes and wobbles unnervingly. (If you’ve been in there, you know what I mean.)

Despite these distractions, not to mention a premise that had me leery, Perfect Love came through to be quite a delightful little production.

The tight cast of four really has it together. Each actor plays multiple roles with the aid of wigs, costumes, accents and sometimes cartoonish characterizations, to general success.

Admittedly, starting the show off by diving in with a nearly insufferable manic pixie dream girl from actress Amanda Cazares made me want to put ice picks in my eyes, wondering what else the night had in store—but if you too are exhausted

by people who wear knit beanies inside and talk too fast, don’t worry. Cazares’ successive performances keep taking unexpected directions and show great range, and end up being some of the best in the show.

Range, indeed, is the important factor here. Depending on the vignette, the audience alternately hates or adores every actor in turn. Everyone is at fault at one point or another, and the liquefied actors always keep it moving—I was never caught up on a previous character once a WILLIAM PURA

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scene changed, a testament to their dedication to each small role.

What kept this show floating above the realm of cheese and cliche, perhaps, was Pura’s writing, which anchored the characters in the real world. Just when it seemed like the script might be drifting off into been-done-before territory, something nuanced yet universal made the body onstage undeniably human again.

Take, for example, the scene in which Pura is breaking up with her side piece to whom she is a side piece (Hamilton Turner). He’s inconsolable (and insufferable), and after much whining on his part, Pura finally begs, “Don’t torture yourself.”

Maybe I’m showing my hand, here, but I think virtually everyone has uttered those words to an ex—and it’s not always because we care that they’re torturing themselves. Sometimes it’s because we just want them to shut up and quit being manipulative. Sorry, not sorry.

Similarly, in a scene between Cazares and Tyler Nunez (in which Cazares evokes a hilarious and bawdy South American girlfriend), Cazares picks up a bike helmet full of twinkling lights, making fun of it. Nunez admits that it’s laser treatment for hair loss, which will probably hit close to home for anyone who’s dealt with single men in the last few years. (Hot take: Many men over 30 are losing their hair, and most people

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who date men over 30 don’t care. You’re making it awkward, guys.) Further, the bike helmet really didn’t factor into the larger plot of the scene at all—it was just a zeitgeisty aside to bring the scene further into the real world, and it worked.

Some lines here and there felt like improv. I’m not sure they were, but particularly a few asides from Nunez made the audience feel right at ease. (His referring to Turner as “papa bear” made me laugh out loud, and it came so naturally I have no idea if it was scripted or not.) The comfort with which the actors inhabit their characters, too, makes slow revelations possible: They seem like average people for about 90 seconds, until we realize they’re either scumbags or particularly awesome. The scenes often don’t go the way you predict, yet somehow still feel utterly plausible and never jump the shark.

Refreshing, too, was a light hand in the script. Pura explores issues of sexuality and intergenerational affairs, but never beats us over the head with get-woke platitudes. One recurring scene, acted out four times by different actors, features the androgynous names Alex, Chris, Jessie and Pat. Indeed, throughout the show, the actors could be any gender or lack thereof, and the basic human interactions would remain just as strong and poignant. Even a scene that specifically discusses sexuality, in which Cazares cries because her high school sweetheart came out as gay, features Pura and Turner as consoling parents who both are emotionally intelligent and highly realistic. And funny. It’s all funny, really.

Of course, amidst the comedy, there are larger lessons at play. The most obvious, of course, is that no relationship is perfect. Blah blah blah.

But I left with a stronger impression from a scene in which Cazares, a new mom, shuts down her own mother’s relentless parenting advice: Perhaps the only perfect love we can have is the love of ourselves, and sometimes that looks like standing up and setting boundaries.

And maybe those boundaries are set at the expense of other people who we also love.

But in the end, you gotta remember that you are the only person you are guaranteed to live with for the rest of your life.

Might as well love them.

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Costumes and wigs help turn four actors into dozens of roles in Perfect Love—written, directed and acted in by Talia Pura (right). Amanda Cazares, left, ain’t too shabby, herself.

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THE CALENDAR SANTA FE WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: SONGS OF HOPE AND LIGHT Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 50 Mt. Carmel Road, 988-1975 Beloved Christmas carols from all over the world, as well as non-religious tunes about hope in winter.

3 pm, $10-$25 SCHOLA CHRISTMAS CONCERT Santuario de Guadalupe 100 N Guadalupe St., 988-2027 An a cappella concert of holiday songs familiar and new.

3 pm, free

THEATER THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 In Oscar Wilde’s popular play, two young gentlemen in London each live a double life.

2 pm, $20-$25 A MUSICAL PIÑATA FOR CHRISTMAS VI Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 If you've never been to a Musical Piñata, SFR's recommendation is that you get your tickets soon; it's one of the most warm-and-fuzzy feel-good holiday community events we have.

2 pm, $5-$10 PERFECT LOVE Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 A new comedy explores the imperfections of relationships (see Acting Out, page 29).

2 pm, $15-$25

WORKSHOP 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. RSVP by email at registrar@upaya.org.

9:30 am, free

MON/17 BOOKS/LECTURES JEN SINCERO: YOU ARE A BADASS EVERY DAY Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., 986-0151 Sincero's book is an ideal gift for anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated.

6:15 pm, free SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: AS THE WORLD TURNS: A GEOLOGIC YEAR IN NEW MEXICO Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Kirt Kempter, local volcanologist, field geologist, excellent fajita chef and one hell of a landscape photographer, lectures.

6 pm, $15

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

10:30-11:30 am, free

EVENTS GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Amid light installations both large and small, enjoy old-timey and new-timey fiddle-driven folk and bluegrass from The Adobe Brothers, festive beverages and Santa (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5-8 pm, $7-$10 LAS POSADAS Pecos National Historical Park Hwy. 63, Pecos, 757-7241 Horse-drawn wagon rides begin at 5 pm, and the procession begins at the church ruins at 6 pm. More than 3,500 farolitos illuminate the trail, and get free hot beverages and biscochitos. Park at the Pecos rodeo grounds.

5 pm, free SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Join the politically progressive group to discuss your concerns.

7 pm, free

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 THE COMA RECOVERY Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Heavy stoner riffs and downtempo, atmospheric waves with post-hardcore ferocity.

8 pm, $7 COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Santa Fe's most famous night of karaoke. Today’s suggestion: Something that will get all the college students home for Christmas dancing. (We think The Kids listen to Ariana Grande these days.)

9 pm, free JAMIE RUSSELL Chili Line Brewing Company 204 N Guadalupe St., 982-8474 Americana, pop and rock.

7 pm, free

TUE/18 DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Put on your best tango shoes and join in (or just watch).

7:30 pm, $5

EVENTS GLOW: COSMIC NIGHTS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Light installations, Americana from Pete White and Karina Wilson and more (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5-8 pm, $7-$10 SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Put into action the planning you did last night.

8:30 am, free

FOOD HOLIDAY COOKIE DECORATING: COOKIES AND CAVA La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Adults want to decorate cookies too. Admission includes cava, tapas and a box of cookies. Make a rezzie.

6-9 pm, $40

MUSIC 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 ‘n’ dirty country.

5-8 pm, free BLUEGRASS JAM Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 It's a bluegrass jam.

6 pm, free BROTHER ALI Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Socially conscious hip-hop.

7 pm, $22-$28 CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Sign up to sing or play, or just listen.

8 pm, $5 CHUSCALES La Boca (Original Location) 72 W Marcy St., 982-3433 Exotic flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free DAVID WOOD Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Traditional Irish tunes.

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

6 pm, free SANTA FE SYMPHONY: CAROLS & CHORUSES Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 131 Cathedral Place, 982-5619 We love sing-alongs! (See SFR Picks, page 19.)

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recipes using the wisdom of various animal experts and nutritionists. Marty lived to 16—six years longer than the average rottweiler.

“Number one in the mission is to provide the healthiest nutrition for animals so they have the best quality and the longest life possible. And this is as high-quality, human-grade food as you would find at the co-op, and the same kinds of suppliers,” Michelle Mosser tells SFR. Mosser works for Brand Nature, which provides design and communications support to Marty’s Meals. “But [the mission] is also to grow and support our neighbors in New Mexico as much as possible.”

Marty’s Meals is receiving a $175,000 investment from the State of New Mexico to support its expansion. Pending also is a $50,000 investment, sponsored by city councilors Signe Lindell and Michael Harris, from the City of Santa Fe through the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA). Past companies to receive LEDA support include Meow Wolf, Second Street Brewery and Descartes Labs. According to

New Digs Organic pet food company Marty’s Meals opens a new location in Santa Fe

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ith the support of local government investments, Santa Fe pet food company Marty’s Meals is opening a new location this week, less than half a mile from its first storefront on Pen Road. The new 8,000-square-foot facility includes a retail store and an expanded commercial kitchen and bakery.

Marty’s Meals dog and cat food recipes, which are designed to mimic the diets animals would get in the wild, are a mix of poultry or grass-fed meat with vegetables, sprouted grains and added nutrients like fish oil and kelp. The company also sells pet treats and raw bones and, soon, other pet products such as toys and beds. According to founder Sandy Bosben, Marty’s Meals strives to source its products locally whenever possible, both to reduce its ecological footprint and to support New Mexico’s economy.

“Every decision I make considers the welfare of our pets, our planet, ourselves and, of course, our profit, to continue doing what we’re doing and to pay our employees and provide jobs,” Bosben tells SFR. Bosben founded Marty’s Meals in 2013 and named the business for her dog Marty, who suffered from serious joint and arthritis issues before she switched his diet from kibble and chicken to homemade

the city Economic Development Department, the city and state investments will generate nearly $4.7 million in economic impact. The project will also reportedly create 11 new jobs with an average wage of $13 per hour, as well as an estimated five construction jobs and $196,871 in construction payroll.

“Businesses like Marty’s Meals help increase economic diversification and wealth in Santa Fe,” Elizabeth Camacho, city economic development and communications administrator tells SFR. “Her success is, as they say, ‘a tide that lifts all boats.’”

Marty’s Meals’ beef, lamb and bison are grass-fed and pasture-raised in New Mexico. New Mexican ranchers currently provide Marty’s Meals with $148,000 per year of raw materials, a number projected to grow to $455,000 in five years, according to city stats. “[Bosben] cannot source everything locally,” Mosser says, “nor can the co-op or Verde or a lot of stores in town. Whenever she can get it in New Mexico she does, and

Not that you would, but you totally could eat food from Marty’s Meals.

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then the next furthest distance is usually Colorado. They have a little more fertile growing season with vegetables.”

Marty’s Meals has one other location in Boulder, Colorado, and in addition to its expansion in Santa Fe, the company plans to soon open an online store.

“We already have customers out of state, and we ship,” Bosben says. “Once our online sale structure is fully complete, I think it’ll make a really big difference to New Mexico.”

Bosben recognizes that, for some, the cost of switching from kibble to natural pet food recipes is significant, but she says it’s worth it. She provides do-it-yourself recipes and free consultations to discuss customers’ budgets and pet nutrition plans.

“Cost is relative,” she posits. “Over time, you’re spending a little bit more on food but you’re spending a lot less money on veterinary bills, whether it’s for dental health or overall health. The average lifespan is three years longer on a natural diet.

None of us are designed to eat processed food. Kibble is 40 to 50 percent carbohydrates, and dogs can process 8 to 10 percent. Our products are about 5 percent on average.”

Bosben credits the success of her company to a growing awareness about the importance of food choice for both people and animals.

“I think what’s happening is that as people become more and more aware of a healthy diet for themselves, that translates to their pets,” she says. “They understand that the same things are important.

The new location opens this week, and a bigger, dog-friendly community event featuring animal experts, nutritionists and food tastings, happens on Jan. 12.

MARTY’S MEALS RIBBON CUTTING 11 am Friday Dec. 14. Free.

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HOLIDAY ORNAMENT WORKSHOP: PAINTED GOURDS Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Stop by any time to fashion your own ornament.

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THURSDAY, DEC 13 11:30a Becoming Astrid 2:00p Becoming Astrid 4:30p Becoming Astrid 7:00p VOX LUX sneak peek FRIDAY, DEC 14 2:45p Maria by Callas 5:00p Maria by Callas 7:15p Maria by Callas SAT - TUES, DEC 15-18 12:15p Maria by Callas 2:45p Maria by Callas 5:00p Maria by Callas 7:15p Maria by Callas

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The Wanderer: The Final Drawings of John Connell. All through Jan. 6.

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HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Peter Chinni: Inside/Out. Pop Chalee: Blue Flower Rooted.

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NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 The Land That Enchants Me So: Picturing Popular Songs of New Mexico. Through Feb. 28. Atomic Histories. Through May 26. On Exhibit: Designs That Defined the Museum of New Mexico. Through July 28. The First World War. Through Nov. 11, 2019.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Good Company: Five Artists Communities in New Mexico.

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Director Yorgos Lanthimos does like his moody comedies, but whereas his previous works such as 2015’s The Lobster leaned heavily into magical realism, he stays grounded with The Favourite for a darkly funny and captivating period piece the likes of which we’ve never really seen.

It’s 1700-something, and an aging Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) reigns over England and war with France (Queen Anne’s War, to be precise)—but the country land owners who fund the dustup are emptying their coffers at a pace too quick for their own taste. Enter Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz, who reunites with Lanthimos for the second time), the queen’s close confidant, sometimes lover and the true power behind the throne. Sarah rides roughshod over Anne almost always, navigating the temper tantrums and sexual tugs-of-war between moments of brief lucidity, medical issues and the rising tide of a dissatisfied citizenry.

While the queen whiles away the hours lonely, wandering the halls, eating her way to sickness or tending to the rabbits she’s raised to replace her 17 dead children, Sarah exercises power and bends the country to her will. But when her cousin Abigail (Emma Stone)—once a lady and since fallen from grace—arrives looking for work, a battle for the queen’s ear (and thus, absolute power) unfolds like a gloriously slow-burning train wreck.

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Weisz is phenomenal as the too-proud Sarah and often does more with body language or a simple expression than should be possible. Colman shines as well, particularly in scenes with Weisz, and there’s undeniable chemistry between them.

Never once do we comfortably understand their relationship, though there does seem to have been a foundation of sincere love laid at one point, even if it’s mutated into a sort of puppet regime. Stone impresses, too, and not just with a capable British accent, but in the smug way she comes into her own. At first, we see her as a wounded animal intent on survival and little else, but with writers Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara’s clever script, she evolves into a bit of an evil monstrosity.

Our allegiances shift several times over, and it’s satisfying to watch men who believe themselves powerful reveal their pettiness, juvenile sexual motivations and ultimate impotence in the face of strong women leaders. Don’t get us wrong, no one woman particularly uses her strength for good; it’s lust and power they’re feeding throughout The Favourite.

These struggles are well-illustrated through some of the most gorgeous cinematography we’ve seen this year. The closing moments of practically every shot read almost like Renaissance paintings, and Lanthimos reliably lends a few extra moments toward the end of many scenes for their goingson to land. They hit hard and drive the pacing forward—no easy job for a film set in the 1700s and full of fanciful clothes, ridiculous wigs and stuffy bedchambers belonging to nobles.

And even if we don’t quite know whom to root for as the film winds down, we do rather enjoy ambiguity so artfully displayed. They snuck this one in right under the awards-season wire and already have a number of Golden Globes nominations for acting and writing, and we won’t be surprised if The Favourite team takes home a couple statues— but even if they don’t, it doesn’t make it any less fun watching the would-be powerful stoop so low.

THE FAVOURITE Directed by Lanthimos With Weisz, Stone and Colman Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 119 min.

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Vox Lux begins with a bang. No spoilers, but it’s the kind of onscreen violence to which most of us have hopefully not yet become desensitized.

But rather than focus on the grief following tragedy—at least outwardly and obviously—the event, as we’ll call it, spurs hope—and, oddly, a major pop music career.

The film is primarily cut into two acts. The first follows high school-aged Celeste (Raffey Cassidy), a survivor of the heinous event, as she collaborates with her older sister on bubblegum pop songs that uplift rather than provide soundtrack for wallowing. As Celeste puts it in one scene, she doesn’t want people to have to think about it too much; she just wants to provide something comforting. Vox Lux‘s songs were written by Sia, and they’re nothing if not catchy; vignettes that illustrate the studio process or the early, hopeful days of fame and notoriety are certainly interesting as well.

Along for the ride is Jude Law as Celeste’s manager. He’s the only one who can speak to her plainly, though he’s rough around the edges

Natalie Portman deals with tragedy, gets poppy in Vox Lux.

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and seemingly more interested in protecting her than shooting straight. Law works fine in this role, and produced the film as well, though his native English accent creeps up from the corners of his take on a gruff American music industry type nearly always.

And so it goes that we begin to feel protective of Celeste ourselves. Cassidy embodies her naïvete, sweetly regarding producers and session musicians and label PR talking heads, growing a closer bond with her sister and operating like a wide-eyed innocent barely accustomed to a higher level of attention.

Whether we mean to or not, we begin to care for her, too. We just want her to be OK. Act two, however, plays out a mite differently. The jump accounts for 16 years, and while we don’t see what’s happened to Celeste in that time, the older version (played by Natalie Portman, who also produced) seems exhausted, a long-time pop icon who can play the game and get her shit done but whom, we’re told, has gone blind in one eye from drinking household products during a southern America leg of a previous tour—and she’s become awfully difficult. She dominates the sister she once seemingly loved and speaks to her teenage daughter like she’s trying to sell her something.

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This second act takes its time through long and simple yet effectively clever scenes of dialog and little else. Portman brings it here, half-lying to her daughter and half-believing those lies herself. She is a diva, and perhaps an arrogant one, and if not for the earlier bits of the film, we’d hardly believe it’s the same young woman, nor would we probably empathize with her during contentious interviews with press or explosive arguments with her sister and manager.

This is a testament to writer/director Brady Corbet’s vision. Corbet, primarily an actor from films like Mysterious Skin and Funny Games, proves a capable knack for crafting story, and his patient, metered scenes of character development stand in stark contrast with the thoughtless pop of his principal’s body of work.

Still, if the goal was to nudge us toward consistently caring for Celeste by showcasing her more vulnerable youth, we start to lose that thread during the second act. Visually, the late-film concert scene is stunning—whether or not we’re buying Portman as dancer and singer, however, is another story. The short version is that we don’t. She’s a bit of an asshole. The longer version, however, says something about the corrupting nature of fame and fortune and something else about walking a mile in someone else’s bejeweled spandex bodysuit.

Is there a moral, though? Not particularly, but one isn’t particularly needed. All told, Vox Lux is a relatively simple story about its characters, is written quite well and is a different kind of film existing someplace between the cold worlds of Aranofsky and the offbeat timing of Jeunet.

Fame may well be a sickness, but even if it is, it’s one we might gleefully accept just for the hollow love of countless strangers. Oh! Maybe there is a moral after all. (ADV) Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 110 min.

MEOW WOLF ORIGIN STORY

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Great art is made by any means possible, and the new documentary Meow Wolf: Origin Story takes that idea, opens a fridge and disappears into a portal with it, flying into a frontier of infinity.

The idea of Meow Wolf, now a bona fide cultural phenomenon and “beast,” as described by the founders, is dissected and presented in the film. Passion, brilliance, improvisation and love are all stressed in the beast’s creation, where anything from a painted razor to a ship can be used in ways never imagined before.

Meow Wolf’s endeavors have of course evolved into many different forms since starting—a rundown warehouse venue in Santa Fe’s Triangle District morphed into a stage play and then into

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The founders of the project are successfully presented as the unique individuals they are, much more of an intense family than a gaggle of colleagues. Co-founder Vince Kadlubek, for example, is cast as the visionary, always thinking 10 steps ahead of everyone else. His emotions are on his sleeve, even in talking about simple aspects of the group’s past, present and future vision. There’s also a heavy emphasis on the abolition of any type of hierarchy within the founders, especially in its inception. Everyone’s input was reportedly valuable and necessary.

A special mention, then, must be given to early member David Loughridge, whose art, friendship and personal strife are beautifully captured. His ultimate death and resounding influence are easily the most moving parts of the documentary.

Directors Morgan Capps and Jilann Spitzmiller’s biggest strengths lie in illustrating the mechanics of the endeavor. The how of the art is painstakingly captured, though it leaves the viewer longing for more of a why? For someone unfamiliar with the specific style of Meow Wolf’s artists, it’s easy to get lost in the narrative. Origin Story is also filled with loads of animation. Occasionally jarring, sometimes frivolous, the visuals are a constant within the entire experience.

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are to the credit of co-founders Benji Geary and Emily Montoya; a sort of inter-dimensional Batman and Robin pair. Whether Benji is applying yellow paint to his face and drinking a FourLoko, dancing in a computer simulation or impersonating a middle-aged patron behind a monitor, he is captivating.

And so it seems like the sky’s the limit for Meow Wolf’s immediate future, their sights set to expansion in Nevada and Colorado. As the documentary reaches its conclusion, the achievements pale in comparison to what lies ahead, almost presenting a big question mark. When one engages in organized chaos, is the journey ever really over? (Matthew K Gutierrez) Jean Cocteau Cinema, NR, 98 min.

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Filmmaker Tom Volf’s Maria by Callas works a bit like an opera itself—wildly fascinating for longtime fans and aficionados, dense and not particularly inviting for newcomers. Through narrated writings and recorded audio from the famed Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, we get an intimate view of her career, her home life and her trials and tribulations in her own words—but by adding numerous full-length performances throughout the film, Volf slows things to a snail’s pace fairly often. Again, if

you love opera, you’ll probably love that; if you’re trying to learn more or understand its popularity—tough luck.

Callas was, we learn, like the preeminent rockstar of her day, or perhaps even bigger.

We see numerous TV interviews or footage of her being mobbed by fans and paparazzi in the 1950s, and we realize just how gigantic she truly was. Of course, this was as much about talent as it is the world’s bizarre fascination with the famous, and it is proven time and time again that Callas’ effortless style was unparalleled, and has surely never been matched since. Try to name even one living opera singer real quick, though … probably only a few of you reading this can.

And though we feel for Callas as we observe her first marriage crumble or watch her adoring public turn on her when she was forced to cancel a performance due to bronchitis, we also get the sense that she was a bit of a prima donna—y’know, in the bad sense of the term.

Callas dances around this idea by erring toward showcasing the pressures of her career and fame; however, we feel as we follow the journey that there is no question that too much was expected of the woman.

That makes scenes of her yachting or hitting the town or even just being a normal person at home all the more interesting, and Volf does manage to humanize her throughout the film. But somewhere around the third or fourth complete aria, we kind of zone out despite Callas’ gorgeous voice and stirring interpretations. If opera’s your thing, you’re going to love this portrayal of a 20th-century icon. If you aren’t already familiar with the world, though, this won’t be the thing that converts you.

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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

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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 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 toolong 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 capable 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. (ADV) 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

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(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 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 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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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1930, some British mystery writers formed a club to provide each other with artistic support and conviviality. They swore an oath to write their stories so that solving crimes happened solely through the wits of their fictional detectives, and not through “Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, or Act of God.” I understand that principle, but don’t endorse it for your use in the coming weeks. On the contrary. I hope you’ll be on the alert and receptive to Divine Revelations, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, and Acts of God.

it, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you, too, to cover all your bases in the coming weeks.

Honor your important influences. Be extra nice to everyone who might have something to offer you in the future. Show your appreciation for those who have helped make you who you are. And be as openminded and welcoming and multicultural as you can genuinely be. Your motto is “Embrace the rainbow.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you a gambling addict seeking power over your addiction? If you live in Michigan or Illinois, you can formally blacklist yourself TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When you’re prescribed from all casinos. Anytime your resolve wanes and you antibiotic pills to fight off infection, you should finish the wander into a casino, you can be arrested and fined for entire round. If you stop taking the meds partway through trespassing. I invite you to consider a comparable because you’re feeling better, you might enable a stronger approach as you work to free yourself from a bad habit version of the original infector to get a foothold in your or debilitating obsession. Enlist some help in enforcing system. This lesson provides an apt metaphor for a proyour desire to refrain. Create an obstruction that will cess you’re now undergoing. As you seek to purge a cer- interfere with your ability to act on negative impulses. tain unhelpful presence in your life, you must follow SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “What is the point of through to the end. Don’t get lax halfway through. Keep being alive if you don’t at least try to do something on cleansing yourself and shedding the unwanted influremarkable?” Author John Green asked that question. I ence beyond the time you’re sure you’re free of it. confess that I’m not entirely comfortable with it. It’s a GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Danish scientist and poet Piet bit pushy. I find I’m more likely to do remarkable things Hein wrote this melancholy meditation: “Losing one glove if I’m not trying too hard to do remarkable things. is painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, Nevertheless, I offer it as one of your key themes for throwing away the other, and finding the first one again.” 2019. I suspect you will be so naturally inclined to do Let his words serve as a helpful warning to you, Gemini. If remarkable things that you won’t feel pressure to do so. you lose one of your gloves, don’t immediately get rid of Here’s my only advice: up the ante on your desire to be the second. Rather, be patient and await the eventual fully yourself; dream up new ways to give your most reappearance of the first. The same principle applies to important gifts; explore all the possibilities of how you other things that might temporarily go missing. can express your soul’s code with vigor and rigor.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert is a soulful observer whose prose entertains and illuminates me. She’s well aware of her own limitations, however. For example, she writes, “Every few years, I think, ‘Maybe now I’m finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand Ulysses. So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I’m like, ‘What the hell?’” Gilbert is referring to the renowned 20th-century novel, James Joyce’s masterwork. She just can’t appreciate it. I propose that you make her your inspirational role model in the coming weeks. Now is a favorable time to acknowledge and accept that there are certain good influences and interesting things that you will simply never be able to benefit from. And that’s OK! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): More than three centuries ago, Dutch immigrants in New York ate a dessert known as the olykoek, or oily cake: sugar-sweetened dough deepfried in pig fat. It was the forerunner of the modern doughnut. One problem with the otherwise delectable snack was that the center wasn’t always fully cooked. In 1847, a man named Hanson Gregory finally found a solution. Using a pepper shaker, he punched a hole in the middle of the dough, thus launching the shape that has endured until today. I bring this to your attention because I suspect you’re at a comparable turning point. If all goes according to cosmic plan, you will discover a key innovation that makes a pretty good thing even better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I can’t believe I’m going to quote pop star Selena Gomez. But according to my analysis of the current astrological omens, her simple, homespun advice could be especially helpful to you in the coming weeks. “Never look back,” she says. “If Cinderella had looked back and picked up the shoe, she would have never found her prince.” Just to be clear, Virgo, I’m not saying you’ll experience an adventure that has a plot akin to the Cinderella fairy tale. But I do expect you will benefit from a “loss” as long as you’re focused on what’s ahead of you rather than what’s behind you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The National Center for Biotechnology Information reported on a 15-year-old boy who had the notion that he could make himself into a superhero. First he arranged to get bitten by many spiders in the hope of acquiring the powers of Spiderman.

That didn’t work. Next, he injected mercury into his skin, theorizing it might give him talents comparable to the Marvel Comics mutant character named Mercury. As you strategize to build your power and clout in 2019, Pisces, I trust you won’t resort to questionable methods like those. You won’t need to! Your intuition should steadily guide you, providing precise information on how to proceed. And it all starts now.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” the heroine rejects both the options that are too puny and too excessive.

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STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk By: Marina Sisneros Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Maria Vicenta Olivia Salazar Petitioner, Pro Se

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Sarah Ellen Granger Camp will apply to the Honorable FRANCIS J. MATHEW, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:15 p.m. on the 21st day of December, 2018 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Sarah Ellen Granger Camp to Sarah Granger Camp.

STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk By: Ginger Sloan Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Sarah Ellen Granger Camp Petitioner, Pro Se

forever barred. Claims must be presented either by delivery or mail to the undersigned in care of Tracy E. Conner, P.C., Post Office Box 23434, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, or by filing with the Probate Court for the County of Santa Fe, 102 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, with a copy to the undersigned.

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Nicole Castellano Evelyn Castellano Escamilla Co-Personal Representatives c/o Tracy E. Conner Post Office Box 23434 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 Phone: (505) 982-8201

Honorable Matthew J. Wilson, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 9:00 a.m. on the 7th day of January, 2019 for ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from SUSAN BETH KROLL TO SUSANNE BETH MILLER. STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk By: Marina Sisneros Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Susan B. Kroll Petitioner, Pro Se

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF SANTA FE COURT IN THE MATTER OF FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT THE PETITION OF Yvette STATE OF NEW MEXICO COURT Stramel FOR CHANGE OF COUNTY OF SANTA FE Case No. D-101-CV-2018-03346 NAME FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION Case No.: D-101-CV-2018-03414 COURT IN THE MATTER OF FOR CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE OF PETITION TO A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF MAGDELENA YAMILET CHANGE NAME (ADULT) OF NAME OF David Preston GALDAMEZ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Granger Camp NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Yvette Stramel, Resident of the Case No.: D-101-CV-2018-03202 CHANGE OF NAME City of Santa Fe, County of Santa NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accorFe, State of New Mexico has filed TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions a Petition to Change Name in the dance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. First Judicial District Court, Santa of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, the Fe County, New Mexico, wherein 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq.

Petitioner Magdelena Yamilet the Petitioner David Preston Galdamez will apply to the STATE OF NEW MEXICO Honorable Francis J. Mathew, COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST Granger Camp will apply to the Honorable RAYMOND Z. District Judge of the First JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Judicial District at the Santa IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION ORTIZ, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Fe Judicial Complex at Santa FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Fe, New Mexico at 10:00 a.m.

Giovanni Batz-Uribio Case No.: D-101-CV-2018-03295 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, on the 28th day of December, 2018 for an FINAL ORDER NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME New Mexico, at 10:00 a.m. on the 14th day of December, FOR CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accor2018 for an ORDER FOR from MAGDELENA YAMILET dance with the provisions CHANGE OF NAME from GALDAMEZ to MAGDELENA of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. David Preston Granger Camp YAMILET DERAS GALDAMEZ. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the to David Granger Camp.

STEPHEN T. PACHECO Petitioner Giovanni Batz-Uribio STEPHEN T. PACHECO, CLERK OF THE DISTRICT will apply to the Honorable District Court Clerk COURT RAYMOND Z. ORTIZ, District BY: Monica Chavez Crespin Judge of the First Judicial District By: Monica Chavez Crespin Court Clerk at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: David Preston Respectfully submitted, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Kaitlin A. Alley Fe, New Mexico, at 10:00 a.m. on Granger Camp Petitioner, Pro Se Attorney for Petitioner the 14th day of December, 2018 4470 Rodeo Rd. for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF STATE OF NEW MEXICO Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 NAME from Giovanni Batz-Uribio IN THE PROBATE COURT (505) 476 5600 to Giovanni Batz.

COUNTY OF SANTA FE STEPHEN T. PACHECO, No. PB-2018-0183 STATE OF NEW MEXICO District Court Clerk IN THE MATTER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA FE By: Ginger Sloan ESTATE OF JOE CRUZ FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Deputy Court Clerk CASTELLANO, JR., Deceased. COURT IN THE MATTER OF Submitted by: NOTICE TO CREDITORS A PETITION FOR CHANGE Giovanni Batz-Uribio NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF NAME OF SUSAN BETH Petitioner, Pro Se that the undersigned have KROLL been appointed Co-Personal Case No.: D-101-CV-2018-3438 STATE OF NEW MEXICO Representatives of this estate.

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST All persons having claims TAKE NOTICE that in accorJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT against this estate are required dance with the provisions IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION to present their claims within of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF four months after the date of 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et Sarah Ellen Granger Camp seq. the Petitioner Susan Case No.: D-101-CV-2018-03201 the first publication of this Notice, or the claims will be Beth Kroll will apply to the NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME

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