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COVER, JAN. 27: “PROFESSOR AND THE PUEBLO”

PAINFUL This is a painful story to read. I’m a Pueblo woman and understand what shouldn’t be shared. It’s also painful, because Peter Nabokov was my professor when I was at UCLA in the American Indian Studies program. He is an intelligent, respectful and kind man. I also know and respect Governor Vallo and the people of Acoma who have worked very hard to protect their culture— for over 400 years.

At this point, I feel more concerned with how much information is out on the Internet, and it is always heartbreaking to be confronted with it, because you know that the people who are selling sacred objects or parading as Indians in ceremonial clothing don’t have the faintest clue what it all really means.

I know what my culture means to me, and I keep that to myself—in this way, I will never lose it. Nabokov’s book doesn’t change that and neither do the acts of ignorant people.

This book does raise the issue that the US government should revise its policies.

Any and all information that tribes deem to be “unsharable,” should be returned.

Period.

This conversation must go on.

DEBRA HAALAND SANTA FE

BLACK AND WHITE

As an Acoma man, I agree with the tribe and former Governor Vallo. This man Hunt had no right to disclose our tribe’s sacred information. Additionally, Nobokov has no right to publish it. Most issues in his world fall into a grey area, this is black and white.

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Acoma and the Pueblos come from a long excellent tradition of community as most important. Survival has depended upon it. These traditions deserve respect.

The United States has defined itself by Constitutional protections for the individual.

This stems out of centuries of abuse by governments and religions. This deserves respect and happens to be the law of the USA. Missing from SFR’s fine story would be the Constitutional rights “Day Break” (aka Edward Proctor Hunt) had as an American citizen. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press. In short, the right to tell his individual story. He did so in 1928. Whether it was in poor taste or not, it has been in the public domain for a long time.

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GIVE UP THE MONEY The publication of Nobokof’s book is a clear violation of the intellectual property rights of the Acoma Pueblo people. What’s done is done. Has he offered the people royalties of any kind, or better yet, all the proceeds?

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Outsourcing functions is always a good place to start.

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First, we have at least 10 years, not three, we can coast on the water fund surplus of $100 million. So we should explore more permanent solutions as well. In the short term, modest raises in property tax and reclassification from residential to commercial of all these short-term rentals will raise significant dollars. Job sharing rather than elimination will lower the need for layoffs, and that by its nature will benefit more women, many of whom work to maintain benefits for their families.

In the medium term, we need to work on the job generators such as the airport and the hospital, where we can switch jobs from “travelers“ to locals. All easy fixes.

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and religious right. Every few months, Santa Fe has to stick its nose into our business again to make this a difficult process for everyone in the state, except for the governor’s husband, who plans to profit from our legislative repression.

The rule making from the Board of Health should have been finished in the first year of this program, yet their barrage of legislative dirty tricks and subterfuge continues. We know very little about the people making these decisions, and that is by design.

This is some third-world totalitarian scheming here, and I think we’ve had enough of it.

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NEWS, JAN. 27: “SELLERS’ MARKET”

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PNM responds by saying this makes power more expensive to generate! And now they want to buy their Palo Verde leases at well over double the book price—”irrelevant” data, apparently—and make us pay for it. Can you say “bail-out”? Is our tainted Corporation Commission going to go along with this?

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or people who love the outdoors, New Mexico is truly a magical place.

You can hike for miles and miles on public land, marvel over indescribable vistas, gasp at exotic wildlife, desperately try to free your faithful dog from a hidden steel trap …

Hold on. Traps on public land? Can that be true? Indeed it can. New Mexico True, as we like to say.

Already this year, dog injuries have been reported in Santa Fe County and elsewhere in the state, thanks to traps that may legally be placed just 25 yards off the trails we all use.

Moreover, if the trail is unmapped, the traps don’t need to be set back at all. In 2014, a dog walking with its owners in Los Alamos County was injured in a trap hidden just one foot from the trail.

Please explain this insanity to me. Why is it a trapper’s right to take a device straight out of a medieval torture chamber and hide it where I go for recreation? That’s like sinking live torpedoes in the community swimming hole!

From there, it just gets dumber. I’m afraid dumb is going to have to pass for humor today, but don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of it. The dumb won’t run out, my friends.

These traps are not marked with warning signs.

Trappers must be afraid some of our smarter wildlife might learn to read, thus avoiding a lingering and painful death.

You think the dumb is finished? Think again. You, as a taxpayer, have virtually no rights when it comes to these traps. If your dog gets caught in one, you may release it, but if you find any other poor animal suf-

fering there, you must leave it until the trapper comes to kill it, maybe today, maybe tomorrow.

It’s also illegal for you to spring a trap you find in order to protect wildlife. Good Samaritans, just keep moving along.

Shouldn’t people just keep their dogs on a leash?

Normally, yes. But dogs on public land aren’t required to be leashed. If they were, hunters couldn’t use bird dogs, and rescue dogs would be pretty worthless at their job.

Maybe you’re thinking, But Bob, folks have to make a living, don’t they?

Let me answer that as diplomatically as I can.

Yes, but this is a shabby, shameless, stupid-ass living, killing animals to make fur garments that people shouldn’t be wearing anyway, unless they’re appearing in Game of Thrones.

Animal traps are like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get. Back in 2008, wild-

life agents spread out snare traps on public land after a mountain lion killed someone. But before the lion could be trapped, a woman was injured when her horse was caught in one of the snares. A javelina was caught in another snare, and its thrashing attracted a bear, who began to eat the javelina until the bear got caught in yet another snare and was seriously injured, having to be euthanized. It was like some insane video game, but with living creatures.

Lest you think leg traps are just a fact of life, they are not. They are banned in more than 80 foreign countries and at least eight US states, including Arizona and Colorado.

People, please have a word with your legislators about this. Nobody expects us to join the 21st century right away, but maybe we could give the 20th century a try? Because New Mexico, the state that figures out the least it can do for its wildlife and then does even less, recently made it easier to trap cougars.

Yes, easier.

Which explains the state’s new license plate slogan you’ll be seeing soon. New Mexico: Come for a hike, leave with a stump!

Robert Basler’s humor column runs twice monthly in SFR. Email the author: bluecorn@sfreporter.com

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Attorney General Hector Balderas says the office’s investigations have cleared almost all of the behavioral health care providers accused of fraud. There’s no evidence of wrongdoing, the AG says.

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Feb. 14, 2011, was the worst day of my life. It actually didn’t start out too bad. I had the day off work, because my friends and I were going to see Del The Funky Homosapien that night. Before heading to the show, we all went over to Maggie’s place to pregame, because Maggie was the coolest, and that’s what we always did.

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Santa Fe’s culinary landscape changed abruptly on Feb. 5 with the news of Eric DiStefano’s sudden death. The longtime chef at both Geronimo and Coyote Café, DiStefano, 52, leaves behind “an army of well-trained chefs” and a legacy of generosity and creativity, says friend and colleague Louis Moskow, chef at 315 Restaurant.

DiStefano had recently checked into a weight-loss program in Hilton Head, SC, and he died in his sleep there, according to longtime friend and former business partner Sara Chapman.

Hailing from Hershey, Pa., DiStefano made a deep mark at the fine dining establishments he helmed, leading

BRIEFS Canyon Road’s Geronimo to its status as AAA Four Diamond and Mobil/ Forbes 4 Star Awards honoree.

The chef had been experiencing health problems related to obesity, including difficulty with mobility and two bum knees, says Chapman.

“He was going to live there for two months and work with a trainer,” she explains. “He just wanted to get healthy, and that’s it.”

Moskow says DiStefano “brought his A-game all the time, despite his limited ability to maneuver. Imagine what he would have been like without that physical challenge. ... There was no amount of pain greater than what he was experiencing, and still every day, he had the discipline to get in that kitchen and stand in the line and do a pre-meal with his staff and then stand there all night long and cook for people.”

A memorial is planned for 3 pm Monday, Feb. 15, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. In lieu of flowers, donate to the Youthworks Culinary Program. (Julie Ann Grimm)

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Curfew Could Cometh Curfew. It’s not just for war-torn countries where martial law is imposed from time to time by the government and its military to keep chaos under control. It could also come to fruition in New Mexico, at least for children under the age of 16 between midnight and 5 am, in any city or county that chooses to do so across the state.

Notable exceptions under the proposed bill would include any students who are returning from work or a school function or those minors who are accompanied by a parent, guardian or legal custodian.

Already, the concept of curfew has passed the House of Representatives in the Roundhouse, and it’s due to be heard by the end of the week by the Senate Public Affairs Committee, according to Penny Mendoza, committee secretary.

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“If adopted,” HB 29 reads, “the curfew may require children, subject to the provisions of the Compulsory School Attendance Law, to be present on school premises when the public, private or home school program that the child is attending is in session.”

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tate lawmakers are debating whether to ask voters to change the constitution and give judges more flexibility in New Mexico’s longstanding cash bail system.

As this year’s short session winds to a close on Feb. 18, legislators at presstime were inching toward asking voters to approve a measure that would allow judges to deny bail to defendants deemed dangerous.

It would prevent judges from detaining people who are not dangerous but who remain in jail only because they don’t have money.

Currently, the New Mexico Constitution allows nearly all criminal defendants the chance for freedom New Mexico doesn’t know how many people are in jail today because they don’t have bail money. before trial, so long as they can afford it.

The debate in Santa Fe—which is long on ideas of fairness and public safety, but short on data about the co-sponsor of SJR1. “I would say that about the vast Arthur Pepin, director of the Administrative Office magnitude of the problem—coincides with a larger, majority of bills we deal with. … Sometimes you don’t of the Courts, says in an interview that another source, national discussion about the fairness of the cash bail really know all the way what will happen until the law court data, “seem to indicate” that about 40 percent system, where those without enough money to post is on the books.” of all the criminal defendants who appear before New bail sometimes are kept behind bars for weeks, even But the lack of information doesn’t weaken the ar- Mexico judges don’t post their bond. But that is “not months, as they await trial. a scientifically validated number,” Pepin explains, begument for changing the constitution, Wirth says.

Community safety weighs on New Mexico policy“We have a system in which one person with re- cause the state’s case management system is not demakers as well, after a year in which two Albuquer- sources is treated differently than a person without signed to collect information about bail bonds. que-area police officers were fatally shot in the line The only other state to reform its bail system resources,” he says. “That is inherof duty. The accused in both shootently unfair and, frankly, unconstitu- through a constitutional amendment—similar to ings are men with violent criminal SJR1—was New Jersey, where state lawmakers comtional.” histories.

Gerald Madrid, president of the missioned a study that found nearly 39 percent of We have a State lawmakers are being asked Bail Bond Association of New Mexico, people being held in that state’s jails before trial were to balance protecting the public says he suspects poverty could be used there only because they could not afford their bonds. system in which with a basic tenet of the American as an “excuse” for potentially danger- Voters later passed the New Jersey amendment. criminal justice system: that all dePepin says he doesn’t expect the situation with ous people to get out of jail, yet he conone person with fendants, dangerous or not, are preceded his contentions aren’t based cash bail to look much different in New Mexico. In sumed innocent until proven guilty. resources is treat- on facts any more than reformers’. fact, because of its pervasive poverty, New Mexico Supporters of Senate Joint Resomay be worse. ed differently than A DEARTH OF DATA lution 1 (SJR1) say it’s solid on im“But I don’t have PhDs running around studying it, proving equal access to freedom, The Administrative Office of the because we’re poor, and we don’t have a whole lot of a person without regardless of ability to pay, as well Courts, an arm of the state Supreme money,” he adds. as public safety and rational arguA fiscal impact report prepared for SJR1 estimates Court, gathered information from 27 resources. ment. It passed the Senate early this of New Mexico’s 28 county jails from a reduction in New Mexico’s jail populations by about month, and House leaders say it has July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, to try 10 percent—roughly 700 people a year—saving taxa good chance there, too. to understand the scope of the chal- payers about $18 million. That figure is based on studThe multimillion-dollar bail lenge. Its report shows about 100,000 ies conducted in other states and does not account for bonds industry is strongly opposed to that idea and jail bookings during that period. the costs of pretrial supervision for defendants who backed a different bill, which would allow for the Nineteen of the 27 counties differentiated be- are not deemed dangerous. “preventative detention” of dangerous defendants tween people who were awaiting trial and those who The lack of data in New Mexico also obscures how but doesn’t address people who are poor and can’t af- had been sentenced to jail time by a judge. In those many people might qualify as dangerous under the ford bail.

19 counties, only a third of the people had been ad- proposals, which both would allow judges to make What’s missing from the debate are hard numbers judicated and sentenced. But the data don’t answer that call. from New Mexico’s courts and jails about how many whether the other two-thirds, would be eligible either Pepin’s best estimates for how many people would people are currently waiting in jail for their day in for preventative detention or release because they qualify as dangerous vary from 85 to 5,000 a year, court solely because they do not have money. Hard cannot afford bonds. based on the number of people who post bonds of numbers also would tell policymakers how many Another glaring hole in the data: Bernalillo more than $10,000 and the number of violent felonies people are likely to be affected if the constitution is County’s massive Metropolitan Detention Center, committed each year. changed and estimate new burdens on an already which accounts for more than a quarter of the state’s But even before the legislative session began, SJR1 overtaxed justice system. bookings, was among the jails that did not provide a had broad support from organizations that often “Do we have all the specifics, all the data? No,” breakdown of the people locked up during that time don’t agree. As state lawmakers vetted the idea dursays Sen. Peter Wirth, a Democrat from Santa Fe and period. ing a series of meetings in 2015, a number of groups

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signed on, including the New Mexico Supreme Court, prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.

Keeping dangerous people behind bars has received far more attention than has the fairness of keeping lowincome people locked up because they can’t pay.

But a far greater number of people would be eligible for release before trial than would be deemed dangerous and ineligible for bond, state Supreme Court Justice Charles Daniels, New Mexico’s leading bail reform proponent, says in a recent interview.

Based on the experience of Washington DC ’s courts, where judges can deny bail to dangerous individuals, “we think the amendment would affect maybe 15 percent of people jailed who are dangerous, maybe less,” Daniels says.

Daniels and Pepin pointed to a number of studies from around the country—New York, Washington DC, Kentucky, Colorado and New Jersey— they say show the need for, and success of, bail reform. Some of the studies found that the bail system had a disproportionate impact on people of color. Others found that even a few days in jail can be devastating for many.

And two of the studies showed that people released from jail without the burden of a commercial bail bond were just as likely to return to court as those who had paid a bondsman to get out.

“Under our system of justice, you are presumed innocent,” Daniels says.

“Yet, because of this money-for-freedom system … we ended up with something that only the US and the Philippines in the civilized world use today.”

Jeff Clayton, national policy director for the American Bail Coalition, an industry group that opposes SJR1,

points to a contradictory study that found commercial bonds are more effective than other means in ensuring defendants’ return to court.

The report’s authors didn’t do a comprehensive study of New Mexico jails, “so this proposal is based on philosophy more than on information,” Clayton says.

Regardless, he adds, setting bail “is a decision that’s left to the judges now, and we should leave it like that.”

Madrid, the Albuquerque-based bondsman and president of the state bail association, is harsher in his assessment.

“Guess what? Life isn’t fair,” Madrid says. “It’s more a matter of economics, I believe. If someone goes to jail, we believe they should have the ability or the option to post a bond. If they can’t do that or don’t want to do that, then they can wait in jail till they’re seen by a judge.”

He describes an argument for release from jail on financial grounds as an “excuse” and compares it to someone demanding a free meal in a restaurant. Further, Madrid says there is no requirement in SJR1 to verify that people can’t afford a bond.

“It just encourages lawlessness,” Madrid says. “These people committing crimes know that all they have to do is say they’re poor.”

Financial impacts on the industry would be swift and certain if voters approve SJR1, Madrid said. That forms the basis for part of his opposition.

“Well, of course we are” going to lose money, he said. “And that is true. But it’s not just the money. It’s the service we provide and all of the things that we do that we don’t get paid for.”

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Are you talking all funds? I think that would be personnel services.

It’s 8 point … Hmm, I don’t remember the last percentages, but it’s better than 8 percent. Yes, they do.

The city’s drinking water supply includes the reservoirs out at the Santa Fe Canyon, wells within the city limits, wells and a surface collection system on the Rio Grande.

The living wage is $10 and … Oh, I can’t remember the cents, but it’s something like $10.80, and it’s due to go up a few more cents. It’s going to be somewhere in the $10.90 range.

A new housing development, you go through the planning commission—well, first you apply. Then you go through the planning commission; if it’s approved by the planning commission, you’re good to go. If there’s an appeal, you go before city council.

MARIE CAMPOS, founder of Native Hispanic Institute and artist 1.

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What line item takes the biggest portion of the city budget?

How much is the total gross receipts tax rate in the city of Santa Fe? And does the council have legal authority to increase it?

What are the sources of the city’s drinking water supply?

What is the living wage, and is it set to change any time soon?

What are the steps for getting a new housing development approved?

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Which line item takes the biggest—are you talking about in terms of revenue or expense?

SFR: Expenses.

I actually don’t think I know the answer to that. We just got access to the budget information just like five days ago, so we’re just trying to filter through it right now. That’s the truth. We just got the budget information from Oscar; all the candidates got the budget information at the same time. So that was cool.

It’s over 8 percent. Yes. Well, the largest source is the Santa Fe Watershed, and the biggest component of that is snowmelt.

The living wage right now I believe is $10.66, and is it set to change, in the immediate future? No. … I think it’s set to go up, but it’s currently at $10.66.

A developer takes a plan, it usually goes through, hopefully there’s neighborhood meetings, and it goes through planning commission, and then from planning commission, it goes through the council, and in between those steps, it can go back and forth to the developer for redesign or for neighborhood negotiations.

There’s certainly a negotiation process before it reaches the council level, and even at that point, council can send it back and offer recommendations.

My answer is, is that I did not … they had a finance meeting where they went over all RENEE VILLARREAL, former planning commission member, of these things, and I was invited, but then I current marketing coordinator at Los Alamos National Bank wasn’t told, then it wasn’t followed up, and I didn’t get to sit down with the finance director 1. Personnel. and the rest of everybody else because I was not 2. The total gross receipts tax rate is 8.33 percent. Yes. notified of the date and time. So I, I wouldn’t even want to guess that. I 3. The Buckman Diversion and, um, groundwater supply. could guess, but I wouldn’t; it would just be a guess. So that’s my answer.

4. It is set to change in the next, let’s see, in the next couple months, I I don’t even know. I know the gross receipts combined tax of the state, believe, and it’s set to go up to $10.90, I believe, a little below $11. you know on the gross receipts. It’s like 3.2 or something like that. Yes, 5. The developer would have to meet with land use staff to look at their conceptual plan and they were given that under the state. what they’re thinking in the area they’re thinking, and then see if it meets basic codes That’s like, the sources of the drinking water are like, oh gosh. This is … with their pre-development plan, and that takes a few months. So after they work out Wow. Let me think about that for a minute, let me think of the names. the details for making sure that it meets basic codes, then it’ll go on to, depending on the I keep thinking … oh gosh. I feel like a dummy. Where does it come development, it’ll go on to the planning commission. Once the staff meets and understands from? I think part of it comes from the Santa Fe River, like the water what the developer wants to do, they decide if they make a recommendation or denial to surface I think, and then the Rio Grande. I guess, I don’t know. I think the planning commission, and the planning commission will hear the development plan or if I remember right, it’s treated in the Canyon Road Water Treatment at least the pre-development plan and review on the code requirements, and if it complies Plant—there’s a lot of them actually. There’s the Buckman Wells, is that with the land use code, and also what staff recommends or doesn’t recommend, and it’s any right? And then, I don’t know, I think there are some storage tanks. I’m adjustments they need to make or changes, and depending on the type of development, thinking of the BDD treatment plant, Canyon Road Water Treatment it usually goes on to the city council with the recommendation of either approval or Plant, I guess, city wells, Buckman. denial, and the city will have to make a decision if the plan meets land use chapter 14 code It is set to change. And it’s $10.91, and I think it changes in March, March requirements and is compatible with the city based on those code requirements.

1. I guess that’s $10.91 it’ll change to in March.

Well, I guess it could go through a lot of things.

It starts with presenting a plan and then early notification—early neighborhood notification, ANSWER KEY then it goes through the committees, and then 3. The Rio Grande (via the Buckman Direct Diversion), the it has to get approved by those committees, Santa Fe River and groundwater wells in the city limits and then it goes through council, and then any and west of the city all provide drinking water to city adjustments are made, and it might have to go 1. Salaries, which take $74.4 million for all city workers. The homes and businesses. through committees. It goes through the early annual city budgets going back to 2010-11 are available on 4. The current living wage is $10.85. On March 1, it increases notification, then through committees, then it the city website. to $10.91 per hour. goes to the council, then there’s public hearings 2. The current rate is 8.3125 percent. The city-imposed 5. Proposals are drafted by developers, reviewed through an and all of that in each one. Then if it gets tax rate is 1.8125. The council could opt to raise taxes for Early Neighborhood Notification meeting and submitted approved in council, it moves forward. “quality of life” or to offset the state’s ”hold harmless” law to the city, where they’re reviewed by the planning change.

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sometimes just easier talking to the dog. At the end of a shift, as she walks back into the building from the parking lot, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Deputy Vanessa Barnett often hears “What’s up, Jackson?” It’s not her nickname. Her fellow officers’ eyes are fixed closer to floor, where they land on Jackson, a striking 80-pound longhaired German shepherd who was born five years ago and is the four-legged member of the department’s single K-9 team.

Jackson is trained in patrol and narcotics and works with just one person, Barnett. Though he lives with another German shepherd at home, unlike most other dogs in Santa Fe, when his harness goes on, he snaps to and heads out to work.

Time and again, as I’ve travelled across the country during the last nine months, documenting K-9 units, this is a scene that’s played out. People find it much easier to talk to the animals than each other.

As a coarsened, seasoned deputy crouches down to greet a peer’s K-9 at the start of a shift, I sense something much more significant, perhaps directed at someone else.

Barnett’s night starts at a briefing with the other sheriff deputies, where they talk about events that occurred in the day and that might play out into their evening. It’s 10 pm, the beginning of the graveyard shift,

Facing page: Santa Fe County Deputy Vanessa Barnett looks out over her K-9 partner, Deputy Jackson, lit up by the searchlight from their vehicle, Santa Fe 61, during a quiet moment on the night shift.

This page: Barnett and Jackson are the only K-9 unit in the county, and she’s one of just three female K-9 handlers in the state.

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pect, it seems about as rich and complex as a relationship can get.

“He found a guy that almost ran over a Santa Fe PD detective. He was a burglary suspect, he fled into some houses, and we were doing a yard to yard search, and Jackson kept pulling,” Barnett tells me as she bounces along a back road behind the wheel of Santa Fe 61.

“This was early on when, at first, I didn’t even know Jackson that well, not as well as I know him now. And he had pulled us into this yard and into this shed. And it had this big huge carpet over the top. I then sent in some guys that were on my search team. And sure enough, there was some guy, hiding wrapped up in a tent. And he was right there. He was telling me that somebody was there. That was a big moment for me.”

Getting Jackson and the K-9 unit up and running was quite a project. “When the last dog here retired in 2005, the handler soon ended up retiring himself, and then we didn’t have any dogs. I had wanted to do it, and I said to myself, You know what? Let me just ask them,” she says. “I wrote a memo to the sheriff that I

Born in a German kennel called Zwinger vom Waldhäuser Schloss, Jackson is a German shepherd from a strong line of police and protection dogs.

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she’s been with the department for 11 years. But even if she’s in Madrid, when the call comes for help from the K-9 unit near Chimayó, she gets there.

Jackson was trained as pup in Schutzhund, the discipline for working dogs required for police-type work. Born in a German kennel called Zwinger vom Waldhäuser Schloss, he’s from a strong line protecof police and protec tion dogs. Jackson has been busy in Santa Fe, seizseiz ing drugs, detaining suspects and finding hidden perpeperpe trators. He helped last year when a man on an inmate work crew from the state pen escaped custody on Cerrillos Road. When it’s really hot in July, he is “rewarded” with buckets of water being poured over him.

In April 2013, a private donor gave Jackson a bulletproof vest. He didn’t wear one before that because of budget restrictions. A bulletproof vest for a K-9 can cost over $1,000. Only when a situation feels hostile does Barnett strap Jackson into the vest, to then go face the situation together.

Their strength as a unit is in each other. They are partners. From cuddling on the couch together, to finding heroin in a vehicle, to biting down on a sus-

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and I trail her through the dark lot to a new Ford SUV. This is Santa Fe 61, a vehicle specially equipped for Barnett and Jackson. Its back doors open automatically with the touch of a button on Barnett’s belt, at which point Jackson is trained to jump out and respond to her command. Next to the first aid kit that all officers carry for human medical needs, there’s a second kit with medical supplies for canines. The vehicle is equipped with an emergency temperature system; if the temperature rises past a certain level with Jackson inside, Santa 61’s alarms and sirens go off, notifying Barnett immediately. Also onboard is a selection of Jackson’s favorite toys.

Barnett and Jackson are very much sheriff deputies before they are exclusively a K-9 team. All kinds of things happen on these shifts, all over the 2,000 square miles of the county. As well as running the only K-9 unit in Santa Fe, Barnett is also only one of two women in the Sheriff’s Department, and at 5'4" and around 100 pounds, she has big shoes to fill.

Barnett patrols her “zone” south and west of the Santa Fe City Limits on the evening that I ride along.

The Pojoaque native knows all the patrol zones well;

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wanted to start a K-9 program. They said, ‘Absolutely—but we don’t have any money in the budget.’”

Barnett didn’t give up. She received a donation from a citizen for whom she had been able to recover some property stolen in a burglary. Three years later, in 2012, after a lot of perseverance and a whole lot of patience, budgeting was finally approved for a K-9 unit. Barnett says she is grateful to the sheriff and everyone else who helped her establish the program.

“We got our dog,” Barnett says, smiling. “I was so happy. They called me up and said, ‘You’re going to K-9 School.’ I was so excited. I think it means more when you actually start something from nothing.”

Barnett became a deputy at the age of 21, after having worked as an emergency dispatcher.

“I kind of knew a little bit—not a lot. When I first started working, I knew a lot of them looked at me like, ‘What’s this little girl going to do?’ … So I had a lot to prove, that I knew what I was doing, that I wasn’t afraid to get into anything. And I did. I jumped every single call that I could. I went to every in-progress thing. A lot of the times, I just had to handle stuff by myself, and you gain respect from these guys. They’re like, ‘Wow, she can kind of handle herself,’ and you just get a reputation: ‘Don’t let her size fool you, she’s …” Barnett trails off.

I suggest, “She’ll kick your ass,” and she laughs, saying, “Exactly.”

She applied the same determination to the K-9 training, and now, at 32, she’s one of just three female handlers in New Mexico’s law enforcement agencies.

“I had to prove to these K-9 trainers that I was able

Below: Deputy Vanessa Barnett and another sheriff’s deputy, with his hand on his pistol, question a teenager found sleeping on a cold night in his broken-down truck.

Right: Jackson runs circles around Barnett. Theirs is a strong partnership.

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to do it. And something as simple as picking up an 80-pound dog, carrying him on your back up a flimsy ladder up to an attic, and then bringing him back down the same way, you know—that gained a lot of respect,” she says.

Even so, Barnett lives a bit in Jackson’s shadow.

And she’s OK with that. She laughs as she talks about catching a burglar in the act, detaining him and bringing him into custody without the assistance of other deputies. The next day, her superior praised Jackson’s courage, although he was not involved in the detaining and, in fact, had remained in the vehicle during the event.

Barnett and Jackson completed their first Basic Handler School Certification after a six-week program with former Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Sheldahl, who runs K-9 Services in Edgewood.

An additional certification test is required for both handler and K-9 every year.

“Training is constant for the rest the dog’s working life,” Barnett says. “We train almost eight hours every week, and this needs to continue for the rest of his working life.”

Barnett and Jackson work together five days a week, primarily on graveyard shifts, from 10 pm to 6 am. It’s a slow night tonight. Jackson is quiet in the back of Santa Fe 61.

We find a truck on the side of a dirt road on the

THEY CALLED ME UP AND SAID, ‘YOU’RE GOING TO K-9 SCHOOL.’ I WAS SO EXCITED. I THINK IT MEANS MORE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY START SOMETHING FROM NOTHING. Southside of town. A teenage boy is inside truck, fast asleep. He’s been kicked out of the house, and his truck’s broken down. He can’t stay, so Barnett calls another deputy to take him to a friend’s house for the night. The other deputy arrives: a big, old-school dude. They stand right by the driver’s door while the kid gathers his things and gets out of the vehicle, lights flashing, painting the scene. Both deputies have hands on their pistols. I zoom my camera in and focus

Aside from the German Shepherd air-freshener, Santa Fe 61 has other features that make it equipped for the K-9, including a dog first-aid kit and some of Jackson’s favorite toys.

in on this tense moment. The kid is wearing a Cardinals beanie and a blue flannel shirt. He looks like he’s freezing. As soon as he exits the vehicle, the hands come off the pistols.

I film the reflection of the side mirror as the kid walks past Santa Fe 61 and climbs into the other deputy’s vehicle. Jackson barks. And continues to bark, until Barnett is back in the driver’s seat.

No doubt, at the start of the next shift, the other deputies will ask Barnett how Jackson’s last shift was and how he’s doing.

I wonder if the reason they focus on Jackson more than Barnett is it’s the path of least resistance. Like Barnett, it could be one of them on that ladder, not knowing what, or who, may be waiting at the top. The kid in the truck might have a gun. He might get a shot off first. To speak to Barnett is to speak to themselves.

To speak to the proximity of their own mortality. This is too much to face directly. Not today. Not now. At least not every day.

Still, through these conversations directed at dogs, I hear vulnerability, relief, the camaraderie of complex relationships. Sometimes, it’s just easier talking to the dog.

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You are made of stars. Find out how you can get your dose of stellar evolution at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s February Night Sky Show. “I’m going to point out that everything we know, from our bodies to the things we eat, to rocks and trees and mountains, are all made of atoms that were once formed in stars,” says astrophysicist and presenter Galen Gisler. (Ben Kendall)

La Comedia de la Gente Keeping it local with Carlos Medina wishes fans happy birthday in his videos, but he also connects with them in a very unique and genuine way: “Every show that I sponsor, I try to be the only ticket outlet—I try to hand deliver tickets,” he says, and that’s his favorite part of the whole job. He personally delivers tickets to folks’ houses or jobs, or sometimes he simply runs into them in the parking lot of Allsup’s. No matter where he meets them, it’s an opportunity for a conversation and a connection. “I’ve already met most everyone by the night of the show, so it feels like a big family reunion.”

Obviously, this isn’t some canned comedy routine; Medina sees it as an opportunity for Northern New Mexicans to laugh together and see the comedic gold in our shared culture.

This unique Valentine’s show promises to delight those who are already fans of Medina. For those who haven’t met him yet, Graviel wants to know: “What you douuuching?!”

(Cole Rehbein) VALENTIME’S IN THE NORTE: 8 pm Friday, Feb. 12. $15. Skylight, 139 W San Francisco St. 982-0775

February Night Sky Show: 6 pm Friday, Feb. 12. $6. Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460

FOOD AND DRINK FANCY FEASTING Cheese and wine go together like peas and carrots, or Laurel and Hardy, or capes and masks. On Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Estrella Del Norte Vineyard will team up with the Cheesemongers of Santa Fe for a limitedseating sampling of wine and fromage (call ahead to RSVP). “A lot of people aren’t really understanding of what happens from vine to wine. We’re giving [people] the chance to see what wine tastes like before it’s finished,” says Eileen Reinders, owner of Estrella Del Norte Vineyard. (BK)

JORDAN JOHNSON

When asked about his comedy career, Carlos Medina makes one thing clear: He’s not really a comedian. A humble man from the small town of Ribera, he created his first comedic sketch four years ago featuring the high-voiced, Spanglish-speaking character Graviel de la Plaga. The sketch wasn’t meant to go viral—in truth, Medina is a lifelong musician who inadvertently created the beloved alter-ego between band recordings—but the cultural accuracy of his comedy was immediately recognizable, loveable and successful.

After these almost accidental beginnings, Medina is the headliner for next week’s Valentime’s in the Norte comedy show, presented by Meow Wolf at the Skylight. He’s joined on stage by local comedians Joser Maestas from Las Vegas and AJ Martinez from Albuquerque, with music from local Norte band Los Malcriados.

Medina’s alter-ego is a little outrageous, and that’s what makes him so popular. Most of his fans know him from his Norte Saying of the Day videos, but the videos are only a small part of his relationship with them.

“Pretty much anywhere I go, people recognize me. ‘Hey, you’re that guy— you’re Graviel,’” Medina says. He often

BILLIONS AND BILLIONS

Cheesemongers/Estrella Del Norte Valentine’s Day “Taste the Love” Event: 2 pm Sunday, Feb. 14. $35. Estrella Del Norte Vineyard, 106 Shining Sun, 455-2826

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The Santa Fe Animal Shelter’s got you covered!

Donate $25 We’ll send a super cute e-card to your Valentine.

Donate $100 Pick up a box of Valentine’s Day cookies from Sweet Lily Bakery and we’ll also send an e-card to your special someone.

Want to really knock it out of the park?

Donate $1000 and the “hunks” of the Of Mutts & Men Calendar will pay a visit to your valentine to sing and dance with Shelter dogs. We can’t think of anything more comically romantic than that!

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WED/10 ART OPENINGS HEART Edition One Gallery 1036 Canyon Road, 422-8306 A group show of contemporary photography with the theme of love.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES THE AT&SF RAILROAD AND THE PUEBLO INDIANS 18801930 New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Richard Frost, professor emeritus of American history at Colgate, delivers a Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture.

Noon, free MYSTERIES OF THE SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Eric Rasmussen lays it down hard in regards to the Bard.

Boom. Sheer poetry.

6 pm, free NEWS FROM THE WAR AGAINST HIV/AIDS Georgia O'Keeffe Education Annex 123 Grant St., 946-1039 A Science Café talk presented

by Bette Korber of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe Institute.

6 pm, free PICTURES IN POETRY: BUSON'S HAIKU Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 A dharma talk by Roshi Joan Halifax, Sensei Kabuki Takahashi and Natalie Goldberg.

5:30 pm, free PURELY PALEO: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE PALEO DIET Natural Grocers 3328 Cerrillos Road, 474-0111 An introduction to the diet of ancient humans and how it can help health today.

6 pm, free

DANCE WINGTIPS & WINDSORS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Swing dancing lives on, and you can participate. What's There's a dance lesson, too.

6:30 pm, $3-$5

EVENTS CAMOUFLAGE IN NATURE’S UNDERWATER REALM Georgia O’Keeffe Education Annex 123 Grant St., 603-7468 If you were an octopus and you didn’t have some form of hiding or camouflage, you’d be lunch. A series of underwater photos will illustrate.

6 pm, free FREE TAX PREPARATION Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., 428-1000 SFCC accounting students are among 75 volunteers willing to assist anyone with their taxes.

8:30 am, free PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process of Shakespeare's day. Free with admission.

1:30-3:30 pm, free SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 Learn about the arts and sciences of the medieval-ish era with lots of other history dorks and culture nerds just like you.

6 pm, free SHAKESPEARE TREASURE HUNT New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Get your map, bag and clues for this Shakesperian scavenger throwdown. Totally family friendly, by the way.

10 am-6 pm, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 This event will cast a level five awesome spell on all y'all as tabletop gaming in the theater owned by George RR Martin is, like, number one on your ultranerd scavenger hunt. Excelsior!

6 pm, free

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THE CALENDAR CALVIN HAZEN El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Just a whole lot of flamenco guitar action.

7 pm, no cover FLASH FORWARD WITH DJ POETICS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 1980s, 1990s, Top 40, disco.

8 pm, no cover KARAOKE DANCE PARTY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 We've always said the only thing missing from karaoke was the dance party action.

8 pm, no cover PAT MALONE La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Jazzy jazz guitar.

6 pm, no cover RAMON BERMUDEZ JR. TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Latin and smooth jazz guitar.

6 pm, no cover TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Singer-songwriter action.

10 pm, no cover TINY’S ELECTRIC JAM Tiny’s 1005 S St. Francis Drive 983-9817 Nick Wymett hosts this coming together of musicians.

8:30 pm, no cover TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano and vocals.

6 pm, free YOU KNEW ME WHEN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Husband-and-wife indie folkrock duo.

8 pm, no cover

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BOOKS/LECTURES

DANCING IN JAFFA Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., 216-5678 A documentary about Palestinian ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine's efforts to teach children in his hometown how to dance despite the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

It sounds heavy yet uplifting at the same time. Kind of like a jet pack. Jet packs are awesome.

7 pm, $10

NICKEL STORIES Op.Cit Books 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Readings of short stories.

6 pm, free ROGER PARQUIER: PAINTING CENTRAL PARK Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1269 The author reads and discusses his book.

2:45 pm, $10 VEINS OF TURQUOISE: MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, 982-9274 Dawn Wink explores the connection between turquoise and human movement.

1 pm, $10

MUSIC BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Pianist/vocalist Branden James joins Australian cellist James Clark for a residency that's just, like, chock-full-o' music.

7 pm, no cover

“Dee Dee Bridgewater, New Mexico Jazz Festival” is part of Paul Slaughter’s Jazz Greats exhibit, opening Friday at SFUAD.

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Leather Bound Jonny Leather thinks about you guys all the time

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ou guys want to know what I like? I like when someone from another town moves here with an unbiased perspective on our music scene. Obviously—and it’s been said before—we live in a bubble, and we all know each other. A fresh perspective never hurts. I also like it when people agree with me about how a lot of people around here are doing it wrong. That’s why I went out for coffee with this guy Jonny Leather. He’s only been here about a year, by way of NYC, but some of you might know him already. He’s a photographer, a music blogger (meccalecca.com) and a freelance production manager for a number of New York-based magazines, but more importantly, he’s a ravenous consumer of music both live and recorded and isn’t sick of your shit (yet), so I found myself curious about what his deal is and what he thinks about what we’re layin’ down here. These are some of his thoughts.

There’s this whole idea that things are going on in Santa Fe, but they’re almost a secret.

“The house show, for example. Everything seems off the radar, and I don’t know if that’s out of exclusivity or necessity. It’s hard for DIY venues to promote because they aren’t official. I have felt welcomed here, there’s just not a lot to grasp onto.”

It’s a culture shock, both good and bad.

“In New York, I had places to book shows and went to a ton and photographed them. Coming here, I felt like there’s hardly anyone covering things. In New York, I had to ask myself what was worth writing about, because there are obviously better writers than me and people with more time to write. … Obviously, you guys cover music, but it’s hard to have one person trying to cover an entire city’s music [Author’s note: Amen, brother.]. I’ve gone from over-stimulation, which at a certain point was kind of crushing, to under-stimulation. I’m still getting used to that if you get one good show in a week, that’s a good week, a really good week.

He’s either got a tripod or remarkably bendy arms like Mr. Fantastic.

There was a whole month not that long ago where there was nothing I was excited about.”

There’s a weird divide.

“I’ve talked to some people who are booking around town about the idea that when a touring act comes through, a local needs to be on that bill. When I first moved here, I think it was a member of Thieves & Gypsys who pointed out the divide between local and touring acts, which is weird because for a scene on this level, it makes perfect sense to have locals. The local people don’t want to go to touring band shows, so we don’t get bigger shows; the best way to promote is to get the people looking for events—the people who live here—involved.”

Who cares what journalists say?

“Having locals open for mid or big-level touring bands can sometimes mean a shout-out online for these bands. Journalists are creating content; these bands don’t have to say anything, but it can change a smaller band’s life.”

You need variation.

“When you book five metal bands that sound simi-

lar on the same bill, that’s disrespecting the fans in thinking they only like that particular kind of music and couldn’t possibly like something else. Swans had soft folk artists open for them, and juxtaposition like that can be excellent.”

There aren’t enough young people to begin with, and there are so many distractions.

“Young people … it’s such a small group, and there are so many ways to get distracted, but a lot of the time, it just takes one person. It goes in waves, but if one person gets something going, the wave starts.”

A lot of what’s becoming really hip and popular is made on computers.

“It’s disengages from the realm of people interacting by playing instruments together, and it doesn’t seem to fit with performing live well. It’s introverted. DJ music is not that engaging to me.”

Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand has been one of my favorites.

“I’ve been way into GRY GRDNS. And even though I’m thinking I’ve passed my indie/poppy music thing, Thieves & Gypsys are so good.”

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SFR’S Valentine’s Day Party will start things early, on Saturday, at Santa Fe Tasting Room’s downtown location, with food, drinks, truffles and DJ Love Letters (of course).

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BALLET BOYZ Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 An all-male London ballet troupe performs straight bonkers choreography (see Dance, page 33).

7 pm, $20-$55

A SHORT NIGHT Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 There's five of these bad boys playing, including local filmmaker Andres Segura's Danger.

8 pm, $5

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IAIA ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE FAREWELL RECEPTION Institute of the American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road., 424-2300 We won’t dwell on the weirdness of the phrase “farewell reception,” but we will say you oughtta say goodbye to artists Joe Fedderson and Drew Michael.

5 pm, free FREE TAX PREPARATION Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., 428-1000 SFCC accounting students are among 75 volunteers willing to assist anyone with their taxes.

8:30 am, free MUNICIPAL ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUM Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County present a question-answer session with the candidates for municipal judge and city council.

5:30 pm, free PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process of Shakespeare's day.

Free with admission.

1:30-3:30 pm, free SHAKESPEARE TREASURE HUNT New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Get your map, bag and clues.

10 am-6 pm, free

A GREAT WAY TO GET RID OF RED Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., 428-0996 That one guy Red Cell who is all about art and music and weird stuff is moving to Istanbul, and he's going out in style (insert your own TS Eliot paraphrasing here) with performances from Sex Headaches (throwback rock a la The Kinks), Jessie Deluxe (punk-ish rock) and Heavy Breather (weird mouth music).

He's giving gifts to the first 23 folks who attend, too. We’re not going to say the gifts will be radioactive rods of plutonium wrapped in precious gold foil. Because that’d be lying.

7 pm, $10-$20 BERT DALTON AND DAVE ANDERSON El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Dalton hits those keys and Anderson goes all woodwind on all y'all with sax, clarinet and flute.

7 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Pianist/vocalist Branden James joins Australian cellist James Clark for a residency that's just, like, chock-full-o' music.

7 pm, no cover CHRIS ABEYTA El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Solo guitar/Nuevo Mexicano musica.

8:30 pm, no cover

DJ INKYINC. The Matador 116 W San Francsico St., 984-5050 Soul, punk and ska for all y’all dive bar fans.

9 pm, no cover GERRY CARTHY Drury Plaza Hotel 828 Paseo de Peralta, 424-2175 Irish musician Gerry Carthy melts brains with tenor guitar, flute and a traditional style of music that’ll make you wish you were in Carraig Fergus so bad it hurts.

7 pm, no cover JEFF HETT Starlight Lounge at Montecito 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 Solo singer and musician.

6 pm, no cover LATIN NIGHT WITH VDJ DANY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 VDJ Dany channels the energy he would have used on a second letter N in his name to bring all y'all the best in Latintinged dance jams, hip-hop, reggaeton and more.

10 pm, $7 LILLY PAD LOUNGE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Hip-hop, funk, old-school and more, yo.

10 pm, $7 LIMELIGHT KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Yes, you too can be in the spotlight for one brief moment and hear things from your friends like, "Wow, Sandra, you're like, a really good singer and should go pro!"

10 pm, no cover LITTLE LEROY AND HIS PACK OF LIES Evangelo’s 200 W San Francisco St., 982-9014 Rock covers.

9 pm, no cover

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Gay male in my late 20s. I recently ended things with a guy. Our relationship started as a strictly sexual one. We’re both involved in the kink scene in our city and have interests that align in a particularly great way.

Quickly it became clear there was a real connection. The next two months were great!

I had a toothbrush at his place within three weeks. But early on, I noticed that he was a much more extroverted person than I was.

He would laugh loudly at movies, work the room at parties, say things about kink in the middle of crowded restaurants. I prefer to blend in. Initially I thought of this as “the price of admission,” one I was willing to pay, but it soon became tiresome. I ended things, telling him that there were conflicts with our personalities that made a relationship difficult, not specifying what. He fell for me—he’s stated it over and over—but I don’t want him to think he has to change who he is to be with me. I’m confused, Dan. I loved being in a relationship again (I’ve been single for a VERY long time), the sex is great, and finding someone who shares your kinks and you’re attracted to emotionally is rare. We have a ton in common when he’s being downto-earth. He’s asking me to reconsider. Was I right to end this?

-Tired Of Being Single He shouldn’t have to change who he is to be with you, TOBS, but what if he wants to?

It’s unlikely he’ll morph into an alwaysquietly-tittering, always-discreetly-kinking introvert, just as you’re unlikely to morph into a braying, oversharing extrovert. But if making an effort to dial it back is the price he has to pay to be with you—along with reserving convos about his kinks (and, by inference, your kinks) for fetish clubs and play parties—why not let him decide if he’s willing to pay?

Gays represent a tiny percentage of the general population, TOBS, and kinky gays represent a not-so-tiny-but-still-smallish percentage of the gay population. I don’t think you have to marry this man, regardless of his flaws, just because you’re gay and your kinks align. But you should think twice about discarding a guy who’s gay and kinky and whose company you enjoy most of the time just because he gets on your nerves now and then.

At the very least, you owe it to yourself, just as you owe it to him, to be specific about the reasons you pulled the plug—because he might want to make an effort to win you back.

There’s a lot that’s good here—your kinks align (rare!) and you enjoy spending somebut-not-all of your time together (common!)—and there are always work-arounds for the bad. An example from my own life: My husband is way more extroverted than I am. So sometimes he goes to movies, restaurants, clubs, and concerts without me.

I stay home and read or sleep or clean. And then, when he gets home, we have something to talk about—how the movie was, whether the restaurant was any good, who was out at the clubs, and if there were any cute boys in the band. He doesn’t make me go out; I don’t make him stay home. It’s a work-around that works for us.

With some effort, TOBS, you could find the work-arounds that work for you two: He makes an effort, when you nudge him, to dial it back; he goes to comedies with his friends, dramas with you; if he’s working a room, he won’t take offense if you slip into another room.

Give it—give him—a chance.

his Tumblr. (No faces.) A trans woman active in campus queer politics confronted me today. Ze had seen my boyfriend’s Tumblr (!) and recognized me (!!!). Ze demanded I stop engaging in BDSM because ze has to see me on campus and knowing my boyfriend “controls and abuses” me is triggering for zir. Ze said images of me in medical restraints were particularly traumatizing. Ze was shaking and crying, and I wound up comforting zir. I stupidly let zir think I would stop. Now what?

-Scenario Utterly Bananas P.S. Ze also threatened to out my boyfriend if ze saw new pictures go up on his Tumblr. My boyfriend is already out—about being bi and being kinky—so he laughed it off. But how fucked up is that?

You tell this woman you take orders from your boyfriend, SUB, not from random campus nutcases. You advise zir to stay away from Tumblr porn ze finds traumatizing. And if ze pushes back, you explain to zir that if anyone’s being controlling and abusive here, it’s zir. And if ze starts shaking and crying, SUB, direct zir to the student health center.

And for your own protection, SUB, tell zir all of this with at least one witness present.

Document everything, and if ze keeps getting in your face about your consensual, nonabusive D/s relationship, take the ironic step of filing a restraining order against zir.

I’m a 24-year-old gay male. My boyfriend and I have been together for just over a year.

I have a hang-up when it comes to anal sex.

I like bottoming, and I’ve had my fair share of great experiences, but I’ve bottomed only once with my boyfriend. I think I’ve identified why: The ceremonies around anal sex (the lube and condoms part) turn me off due to the smell of the lube and the sound of the condom wrapper. It brings up memories of times when I didn’t have a great time bottoming. Additionally, he is a little bigger than most, so there’s that. What do you suggest?

Would it be as simple as finding a lube that doesn’t smell so much? When I top him, which is something we both enjoy, there isn’t a problem.

-Wants Anal Now, Goddamnit!

Usually when someone complains about an unpleasant smell associated with anal sex… lube isn’t the issue. But that’s an easily solved problem, WANG, so easily solved that you bundled the answer up with your question: There are 10 million brands of lube on the market, kiddo. Shop around until you find one that doesn’t offend your nostrils.

As for the condom-wrapper issue, try opening condoms 10 or 20 minutes in advance. Condoms are likelier to be an interruption—one that derails hot butt sex—if you wait until the split second before penetration to bust one out. Open condom packets early, WANG, and put the condom on the BF during foreplay. That way, if the fumbling deflates your bottom-boner (which is a state of mind), you’ll have time to make out, roll around, rim each other, stroke yourself—whatever it takes to get your bottom-boner back.

To get a handle on your performance anxiety and those negative associations— bad memories of lousy experiences, fear of your boyfriend’s big ol’ dick, concerns about whether you’ll have to bail—get some butt toys of varying sizes, and use ’em when you’re alone. With no boyfriend around to disappoint, the penetration will be about your pleasure. In a month or two, with a little effort and non-stinky lube, you’ll have built up a store of positive associations and gained some confidence.

And finally, WANG, if nothing works… maybe you’re a top?

On the Lovecast, Dan chats with the amazing Midori about how to get your dom on: savagelovecast.com

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MARC YAXLEY TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo classical guitar.

6 pm, no cover MATTHEW ANDRAE La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Guitar and vocals.

6 pm, no cover NACHA MENDEZ AND FRIENDS La Bocal 72 W Marcy St., 382-3433 Latin guitar, world music, friendship and probably wine.

7 pm, no cover TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 She’s a singer-songwriter with the power!

8 pm, no cover TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano and vocals.

6 pm, no cover

THEATER PORT AUTHORITY THROWDOWN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A play by Mike Batistick, directed by Rick Vargas, unveils the world of Pakistani cab drivers in New York City.

7:30 pm, $12-$15

FRI/12 ART OPENINGS JAZZ GREATS SFUAD 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6440 Photographs of jazz legends

by Paul Slaughter.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES THE TREASURE HUNT FOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE POSTERS National Park Service 1100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-6888 Doug Leen discusses his experience in tracking down old National Park posters.

4 pm, free

EVENTS CARLOS MEDINA: VALENTIME’S IN THE NORTE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Comedian Carlos Medina gives up the yuks with fellow jokesmith Jose Maestas and music from Los Malcreados (see SFR Picks, page 23).

8 pm, $15 CREATIVE MORNINGS ON ETHICS New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Robert and Renee Innis explore the global theme of ethics.

9 am, free

FEBRUARY NIGHT SKY SHOW Los Alamos Nature Center 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460 Discover objects visible in our night sky this month from the comfort of the planetarium (see SFR Picks, page 23).

7 pm, $6 FREE TAX PREPARATION Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., 428-1000 SFCC accounting students are among 75 volunteers willing to assist anyone with their taxes.

8:30 am, free FRIDAY AFTERNOON ART Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 An arts and crafts program for children of all ages.

4 pm, free PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process of Shakespeare's day.

Free with admission. Seriously, this thing is cool. And you get free stuff.

1:30-3:30 pm, free

MUSIC BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with Branden James (from the television program America's Got Talent) and James Clark.

8 pm, no cover CALI SHAW BAND Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Folk as eff is what this is. Naw, but for real, Shaw gets folky, you have fun. Win-win, nerds.

7 pm, no cover CHANGO Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Rock and roll.

10 pm, no cover DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Piano and vocals.

6 pm, no cover DJ DANY'S LATIN FRIDAYS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Bachata, cumbia, reggaeton, dancing—all that good stuff.

9 pm, no cover EPIK ARTISTS First Presbyterian Church SF 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Talented local young people hosted by the Santa Fe Concert Association.

5:30 pm, no cover TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Country-western music.

8:30 pm, no cover

GERRY CARTHY AND CHRIS ABEYTA Low 'n' Slow Lowrider Bar 125 Washington Ave., 988-4900 Music of Northern New Mexico.

7 pm, no cover GREG BUTERA & BAND Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Country.

6 pm, no cover THE GREGG DAIGLE BAND Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 2nd St., 982-3030 Electric Americana.

6 pm, no cover HAVANA SON The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 Cuban jazz and dance jams.

8 pm, $10 JAZZ CONCERT Tipton Hall 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 424-5050 The SFUAD Contemporary Music Program performs to highlight the significance of jazz music in New Mexico.

7 pm, no cover NOSOTROS The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Jazzy, cumbia-esque Latin jazz jams.

10 pm, $7 PHYLLIS LOVE Starlight Lounge at Montecito 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 Vocals and piano.

7 pm, no cover RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, no cover RYAN FINN AND TOM RHEAM El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 The PR we have just says, "Horns."

7:30 pm, no cover SEAN HEALAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 American rock.

9 pm, $5 SEX ON VINYL XI Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Night 1 of DJ Melanie Moore’s annual house music event goes down in the Skylab and features DJs Oona, ExHouse, Eve Falcon and Melanie Moore.

9 pm, $7-$15 SHAKESPEARE IN CONCERT St. Francis Auditorium at NM Art Museum 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Music inspired by the works of Shakespeare.

7 pm, no cover

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THEATER PORT AUTHORITY THROWDOWN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 Ah, the the-ay-ter, where a play by Mike Batistick, directed by Rick Vargas, unveils the world of Pakistani cab drivers in New York City.

7:30 pm, $12-$15

SAT/13 ART OPENINGS HEARTFELT EXPRESSIONS Alexandra Stevens Gallery 820 Canyon Road, 988-1311 Works from Phil Rpp, Katrina Howarth, Jeannine Young and many more. Love, you guys— it's a big deal.

5:30 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY MONTHLY MEETING La Montañita Co-op 913 W Alameda St., 984-2852 Learn how to focus your climate activism.

10 am, free DAWN TRIPP: GEORGIA: A NOVEL Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Dawn Tripp delves into historical fiction Georgia O’Keeffe style.

4 pm, free JOYCEGROUP SANTA FE Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Discuss the works of James Joyce with renowned Joyce scholar Adam Harvey.

10 am-12:30 pm, free LUPERCALIA: A POETRY READING IAIA 83 Avan Nu Po, 424-2387 Join IAIA faculty and students to celebrate the month of love with poetry.

2 pm, free

EVENTS 10TH ANNUAL LOVE YOUR RIVER DAY Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Fría Street Join Mayor Javier Gonzales in removing litter from the Santa Fe River corridor and eat some donated pastries.

10 am, free

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with Jennifer Joseph

JENNIFER JOSEPH

THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Three guys, three faces, three reasons to like jazz. Have three drinks (but don't drive), eat three foods, bring three friends ... other things with three in them, and so forth.

7:30 pm, no cover TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano and vocals.

6 pm, no cover

Russian thinker PD Ouspensky once described love as grandiose and expansive, a “cosmic phenomenon.” The Santa Fe Collective’s “Love Notes to the Future” is a project that invites you to think bigger than roses. Attendees are invited to write love notes “on pink Post-Its with black Sharpies for visual cohesiveness,” according to event coordinator and Collective co-founder, artist Jennifer Joseph. Images of the notes will then be uploaded on social media. “Love Notes to the Future” takes place from 6 to 8 pm Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Santa Fe Collective (1114 Hickox St., 670-4088).

(Brianna Stallings) Who came up with this idea?

I thought up the idea. I wanted to do something where a lot of people could participate, and rather than write love notes to a lover or a crush or some other type of love, I decided it would be more interesting to view the love note as a vehicle for creativity and intention for seeding a better future. If one can express loving feelings towards the future, then perhaps there is more chance for positive outcomes.

What are your thoughts on the remarketing of Valentine’s Day as a holiday of universal love?

Re-branding Valentine’s Day as a holiday of universal love is a great idea. In these weird and precarious times, the traditional mainstream approach to Valentine’s Day is fun but kind of superficial. If the focus can be shifted to celebrate love that is tolerant, accepting, kind and peaceful, maybe life would be less weird and precarious.

What’s your love note to the future?

My dearest, most brilliant future, I can’t wait to experience your shining beauty, your calm countenance, and your peaceful abundance. I’m rushing to you with my arms and heart open.

Love, Jennifer

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Dan Barrone will present a proclamation declaring 2/9/16 as Natalie Goldberg Day in Taos in recognition of her longstanding influence on the creative arts in Taos. Followed by a reading by Natalie Goldberg from the 30th Anniversary edition of Writing Down the Bones and The The Great Spring.

Spring Personal Dodge Luhan House. stories, reflections, reading, and anecdotes on how Writing Down the Bones and Natalie Goldberg’s writing practice has affected longstanding writing students and friends. Followed by a coffee/tea reception.

Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life

Natalie Goldberg

author of Writing Down the Bones

CULTURE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1-A Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 A multicultural, multisensory experience.

7 pm, free LOVE NOTES TO THE FUTURE Santa Fe Collective 1114 Hickox St., 670-4088 Whether or not you enjoyed The Lake House, you're still invited to pen love notes (see 3 Questions, above).

6 pm, free NM COMIC CREATORS POP-UP MARKET Big Adventure Comics 801 Cerrillos Road, Ste. B, 992-8783 Local comic writers and artists display their diverse styles and formats. Nerd out with these guys.

1 pm, free

PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process used during Shakespeare's day. Free with museum admission.

1:30-3:30 pm, free SFR VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY: UNLUCKY IN LOVE Santa Fe Spirits Downtown Tasting Room 308 Read St., 780-5906 That's right, friends—we're having a party for people who are sad because they're single and long ago became bitter husks of humans who gave up on finding love in this lifetime.

We'll have food and drinks and doin' it jams you love.

7 pm, $5

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On Wednesday, February 17 at 5:30 pm Upaya Zen Center in SANTA FE is having a celebration of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Writing Down the Bones as well as her brand new book, The Great Spring: Writing, Zen and the Zigzag Life after Natalie’s dharma talk. If you would like to join us for dinner, please RSVP to the Upaya Zen Center front office by calling 505-986-8518 ext.11

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FREE ADMISSION IN HONOR OF OUR 15TH YEAR AS SANTA FE’S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE AND JENNIFER GREY

THE CALENDAR MEDIEVAL FAIRE: A SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM FUNDRAISER FOR WAREHOUSE 21 Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 Shining armor, Middle Eastern drum/dance, folkloric court dancing and more at this medieval-themed fundraiser for the nonprofit teen arts center.

11 am, donation UPSCALE SWEETHEART SALE Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 Gently used jewelry and art and other such gift items.

Buy it for someone you love, because it's V-Day, and that's how it works.

1 pm, free VALENTINE'S WEEKEND BOOK SALE Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 Discount books for sale to benefit the Santa Fe Public Library.

10 am, free

FILM Tickets: 505-988-1234 TicketsSantaFe.org

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DIRTY DANCING Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Don’t put Baby in a corner, whatever you do.

7 pm, free SEA MONSTERS, A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE Los Alamos Nature Center 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460 See prehistoric sea creatures come to life as fossil hunters excavate the remains of these massive and awe-inspiring creatures.

2 pm, $6

FOOD AMERICAN JEM'S VALENTINE'S EVE Pecos Trail Café 2239 Old Pecos Trail, 982-9444 Enjoy a three-course dinner, Champagne, live music and dancing courtesy of your favorite acoustic Americana group.

6:30 pm, $60

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ANDY KINGSTON QUARTET El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 They call Kingston the Professor, and he pianos it up along with the best of 'em alongside what we can only assume is, like, a bunch of jazz badasses.

7:30 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with Branden James (from the television program America's Got Talent) and James Clark.

8 pm, no cover

DANA SMITH Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0000 Man, this pizza is pretty good, but it would be a lot better with country-tinged folk music. And then your dreams come true.

6 am, no cover E CHRISTINA HERR AND WILD FRONTIER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Americana and/or some such.

7 pm, no cover ELIXIR MASQUERADE EXTRAVAGANZA: VALENTINE’S EDITION Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., 428-0996 Jessie Deluxe/Fox White and DJ Rah Zel bring the jams to this henna-laden, chocolatedrinkin’, hard-dancin’ affair.

7 pm, $10-$16 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Santa Fe's favorite danceydinner event.

6:30 pm, $25 GERRY CARTHY AND CHRIS ABEYTA Low 'n' Slow Lowrider Bar 125 Washington Ave., 988-4900 Music of Northern New Mexico.

7 pm, no cover HALF BROKE HORSES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Honky-tonk joins forces with Americana.

1 pm, no cover HEARTS FULL OF LOVE SACRED SOUND CELEBRATION Blue Moon Yoga 826 Camino de Monte Rey, 795-7778 V-Day concert with Indigenous Cosmos featuring Tibetan bowls, gong, vocals and more.

6:30 am, $20-$25 JONO MANSON Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Roots music.

6 pm, no cover KEY FRANCES BAND Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Original psychedelic blues.

10 pm, no cover MUSIC FOR TWO FLUTES San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-3974 From baroque to modern times, Esther Fredrickson and Joy Zalkind get down to some serious flutin'.

8 pm, $10 ROBIN HOLLOWAY Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Showtune piano standards.

6 pm, no cover RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, no cover

RYAN MONTANO The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 R&B and jazz.

8 pm, $10 SEX ON VINYL XI Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Night 2 of DJ Melanie Moore’s annual house music event goes down on the main stage and features DJs Oona, ExHouse and Eve Falcon, but this time they’re collaborating with six turntables (see SFR Picks, page 23).

9 pm, $10-$15 SURF BY SOUTHWEST The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 It's surf music, you guys, and you know what that means— all the spring reverb and bright guitar tones you could ever possibly want.

10 pm, $5 SWING SOLEIL Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 2nd St., 982-3030 Upbeat jazz.

6 pm, no cover TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano and vocals.

6 pm, no cover

THEATER PORT AUTHORITY THROWDOWN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 Ah, the the-ay-ter, where a play by Mike Batistick, directed by Rick Vargas captures your imagination and makes you feel all cultured.

7:30 pm, $12-$15

SUN/14 DANCE ECSTATIC DANCE FOR SANTA FE The Dance Space 3208 Richards Lane, Ste. A, 603-6112 A moving meditation to fun.

Donations accepted.

5:30 pm, free

EVENTS PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process of Shakespeare's day.

Free with admission.

1:30-3:30 pm, free SUNDAY RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET: SHARE THE LOVE Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta It's V-Day, which means the artisans at the Railyard will have love-themed things going down. Add psychic love readings, photography, jewelry, textiles and lots more, and you've got a great way to spend the day with your love.

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Theater in Motley Music, magic and mayhem, oh my BEN KENDALL c u l t u r e @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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ny artist will tell you, especially starting out, it’s easier to die from exposure than to sustain yourself with it. At the same time, while struggling artists fight to feed, clothe and house themselves, exposure is still the common nonlegal tender that’s offered.

The artists of the Julesworks variety show know that rule. They’re collected from the surrounding area and driven by a common purpose: to perform art. Though they’re not paid, the performers continue with their theatrics as a labor of love, toiling away at day jobs, exposure or no.

Without the time or resources to produce an entire play, the Julesworks Follies are a scripted and rehearsed series of vignettes running the gamut of comedy, drama and experimental performance art.

This motley approach to theater appears onstage yet again Feb. 16 in Julesworks’ 42nd show, Not Quite Valentine’s Day. It’s an almost vaudevillian endeavor, with multiple acts convening on the stage at the Jean Cocteau.

“Vaudeville is a term that’s come up. In fact, [theater owner George RR Martin] himself during that first year used to tell people, ‘This is Jules; he’s crazy and he’s trying to bring vaudeville back singlehandedly,’ or whatever,” says Stephen Jules Rubin, producer of Julesworks Follies. “And I would laugh and [think], I’m not even sure what vaudeville is. It’s evolved over the years; it wasn’t even called the Julesworks Follies at first. It started as … a showcase for different talent in town, essentially people who have other jobs and don’t have the time to [commit to a full production].”

During the day, Rubin works two jobs. One is a part-time gig at the Jean Cocteau, and he is also a waiter at the Jambo Café. He first arrived in Santa Fe in the late 1990s, jumping into the local open-mic and short film scene. “After four or five years … I stopped wanting to do so much low- to no-paying film stuff because, especially the editing, I started feeling badly about getting really talented people to donate their time,” says Rubin. “Obviously, anyone who is in the Julesworks show probably would love to make a liv-

ing off of it, but nobody really does. And not just Julesworks, but whatever their art is.”

And it is a variety show, but not only in the types of acts performed. Julesworks attracts a wide social strata of people into its fold. Company member and local musician Johny Broomdust (birth name John Widell) describes himself as a “friendly neighborhood lawyer.” Disenchanted with being a trial lawyer in Seattle, he turned his back on the rat race and now practices estate planning, mediation or other forms of low-key legal assistance. “Being a trial lawyer, you’re really the ultimate whore. You’re selling If you see here in box 233a, you declared your muskrat enclosure—that’s a all of your creativity and energy,” says write-off.

Broomdust. “I had a crisis of spirit and became less of a lawyer and more of a muimmersed. “I think it’s a place where you can really sician and entertainer. I would prefer not to have a day job. And were it not for some big expens- try out some creative things. I really hadn’t done it es as a result of poor romantic decisions, I’d figure out much since high school. It really gave me an oppora way to pay the rent playing music. It seems frivo- tunity to be in the performing arts. In high school I lous, but ultimately it’s not. The skills I was selling to wanted to be an actor, but I thought, Nobody makes people for $350 an hour can be used to do something any money in acting—like one in a 100. So I became an with comedy and charisma and whatever else it is … engineer and a software developer instead.”

For the members of Julesworks, it’s not just a hobto bring a little light to the people you encounter.” by.

It’s art inspiring life.

Greg Sonnenfeld is a scientific software program“Whatever it is in human nature that drives peomer by day, who even worked for NASA early in his ple to express and tell stories, if you’re not doing it, it’s career, but by night he’s an actor, director and sketch not healthy,” says Rubin. writer. “Me and my friend Laura saw this really cool flyer that had cats and unicorns and rainbows and JULESWORKS FOLLIES, NOT QUITE VALENTINE’S DAY guns; it seemed like something really cool,” says Son7 pm Tuesday, Feb. 16., $10 nenfeld. “They said if you want to come and perform Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave. that they have some audience slots during the end of 466-5528 the show. We said hey, that’d be awesome, and we did like, two sketches I think.”

Sonnenfeld ended up on the crew and now is fully

INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE CENTER SANTA FE ISC SANTA FE announces THREE WORKSHOPS from the LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART,

one of the finest training conservatories in the world, in support of Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit in Santa Fe.

Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Master Class: Clues on Creating Character Finding Meaning in the Text Shakespeare’s First Folio Tuesday • February 16 • 5 p.m.

Scottish Rite Temple

Thursday • February 18 • 1:30 p.m.

New Mexico History Museum

Friday • February 19 • 5 p.m.

Museum of International Folk Art

Actors of all levels, readers, students, and general public are all welcome!

For detailed information and to buy tickets:

www.InternationalShakespeare.center/lamda

And your favorite local actors & directors in SPEAK THE SPEECH: DIRECTORS’ CUTS • Feb. 21 • 1 p.m. • St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art • FREE SFREPORTER.COM

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THE CALENDAR VALENTINE'S WEEKEND BOOK SALE Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 Discount books for sale to benefit the library. You might just find an unspeakable tome filled with knowledge mortal man was not meant to know.

12:30 pm, free

FILM SEA MONSTERS, A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE Los Alamos Nature Center 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460 See prehistoric sea creatures come to life as fossil hunters excavate the remains of these massive and awe-inspiring creatures.

2 pm, $6

FOOD CHEESEMONGERS/ ESTRELLA DEL NORTE VALENTINE'S DAY Estrella Del Norte Vineyard 106 N Shining Sun, 455-2826 A careful selection of limited production wines paired with farmstead cheeses and cured meats. Seating is limited; RSVP at 455-2826 (see SFR Picks, page 23).

2 pm, $35

MUSIC ANDY PRIMM AND FRIENDS The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 You could do a hell of a lot worse than a night of rock tunes with this handsome bastard.

8 pm, $10 HEARTS FULL OF LOVE SACRED SOUND CELEBRATION The Agora 7 Avenida Vista Grande, Eldorado, 629-7405 V-Day concert with Indigenous Cosmos featuring Tibetan bowls, gong, vocals and more.

4 pm, $20-$25 JIM ALMAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Listen up: Jim Almand rules.

Think Americana, but also know that he’s a badass.

8 pm, no cover JUKEBOX KARAOKE The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Karaoke and also half-price pasta specials. Whoa.

9 pm, no cover NACHA MENDEZ AND FRIENDS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Latin fusion.

7 pm, no cover SANTA FE REVUE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Americana super-band?

We’ve got your Americana super-band right here.

Noon, no cover

SANTA FE SYMPHONY: MOZART, WEBER AND DVORÁK Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Indulge in the arbitrary yet somehow mandatory Valentine's kerfuffle with classical tunes from Mozart, Weber and more. All jokes aside, though, classical music is romantic as hell.

4 pm, $25-$80 TODD & THE FOX AND THE CALI SHAW BAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Two bands come together for one show of crazy Americana/ rock/experimental action.

Ba-dow!

8:30 pm, no cover VALENTINE’S DAY Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 We were going to make a bunch of Billy Bragg jokes before we realized we should just focus on how Lone Piñón and Broomdust Caravan respectively bring son hausteco and country together into one lovey-dovey day of hearts and cupids and candy and stuff. Gird your heartstrings, folks. they’re about to get plunked with what Huey Lewis and the News would call the Power of Love.

All day, no cover

THEATER PORT AUTHORITY THROWDOWN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 Matinee performance of playwright Mike Batistick's tale of Pakistanis and taxis.

2 pm, $12-$15

MON/15 BOOKS/LECTURES LET'S READ SHAKESPEARE! Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Yes, let's! Readers of all ages can get together, learn a bit about the bard and then jump into the first scene of King Lear. No experience needed.

6 pm, free

EVENTS FREE TAX PREPARATION Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., 428-1000 SFCC accounting students are among 75 volunteers willing to assist anyone with their taxes.

8:30 am, free PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process used during Shakespeare's day. Free with admission. And you even get a souvenir! Huzzah!

1:30-3:30 pm, free

MUSIC COWGIRL KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Michele Leidig, Queen of Santa Fe Karaoke, hosts this night of amateurish fun.

9 pm, no cover

TUE/16 DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 A tango dance event.

7:30 pm, free

EVENTS CLIMATE CHANGE: EFFECTS IN THE SOUTHWEST Los Alamos Nature Center 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460 Explore what scientists know and what we can do about our changing climate.

7 pm, free FREE TAX PREPARATION Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., 428-1000 SFCC accounting students are among 75 volunteers willing to assist anyone with their taxes.

8:30 am, free JULESWORKS FOLLIES 42ND EDITION Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5228 The Billy Bragg jokes might be more appropriate now that Valentine’s Day is over.

Celebrate that with this fun musical/variety show (see A&C, page 31).

7 pm, $10 PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Palace Press Printers' Thomas Leech and James Bourland demonstrate the printing process of Shakespeare's day.

Free with admission.

1:30-3:30 pm, free

MUSIC BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with Branden James (from the television program America's Got Talent) and James Clark.

Have you ever had your face blown off by piano and cello?

Challenge accepted.

8 pm, no cover CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Blues jam session.

8:30 pm, no cover DJ PRAIRIEDOG The Matador 984-5050 Surf, garage, rockabilly, oldschool country and more.

It’ll be cool daddy-o, man, pardner.

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ALEX WHITLEY

DANCE

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BY ANNA MAE KERSEY

ifferent. Out of all of the words that one could use to describe the all-male modern dance phenomenon that is BalletBoyz, “different” resonates the most with the experience of watching these remarkably diverse dancers in action.

In the stereotypically feminine world of traditional dance companies, where tutus reign supreme and the focus tends to be on making the female dancers look delicate and beautiful, the BalletBoyz set themselves apart in that they defy expectation in a way that is thrilling, not only for the audience, but for the dancers as well.

“It’s always this idea of the man lifting the woman and making the woman look pretty; never the other way around. When I first joined the company, I remember the first time I actually took one of the guys up, and it was such a shock to me. It’s kind of an equal balance, you also have to learn to be lifted yourself, which is unusual. The partnering load is really equally shared, there’s kind of an equal balance between us all. Everybody has to be able to do as much lifting as the next person,” says Bradley Waller, a third-season company member.

Founded in 2001 by Royal Ballet principal dancers Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, the UK-based BalletBoyz have won numerous awards for their innovative approach to dance, toured all over the UK and internationally, and are bringing their different style to the City Different on Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center at 7 pm.

“Apart from us being an all-male dance company and having that different approach to what you would usually have from partnering with a woman, I think the thing that sets us apart from most other dance companies is the work that we do is quite versatile,” Waller says. “We’ll sometimes be doing quite classically based pieces. For example, in the show that we’re about to be performing in Santa Fe, the piece by Christopher Wheeldon is quite classical, and there’s a lot of ballet technique involved. On the other end of the spectrum, we’ve got loads of contemporary pieces that we do which are quite grounded and abstract in a way.”

Welp ... you’re really stuck to the floor. Somebody call the fire department.

Matthew Sandiford, who is also in his third season with the company, echoed this enthusiasm for diversity when discussing his decision to join the company after his completion of dance school. “I think for me it was the chance to work with dancers that are all so different,” Sandiford said. “We’ve all come from completely different backgrounds, and we’re all from different parts of the world. I think that’s what drew me in, the opportunity to work with somebody that’s maybe done a bit more classical training, and then somebody that’s done a lot more contemporary.

That’s a really attractive thing about the company. In other companies you may have dancers that are all similar heights, all look very similar and have all done the same sort of three-years training at a classical dance school.”

Although the dancers in the companyhave varied appearance, having similar weights means that to prepare for partnering and lifting sequences, they have to be quite physically strong. It is not unusual for company members to work out before and after dance rehearsals to build and maintain the strength and stamina necessary to successfully execute these feats with grace and ease.

The Talent, their current touring production, features two commissioned works—The Murmuring by Alexander Whitley and Mesmerics by Christopher Wheeldon. The first piece is quite modern, physically demanding, while the second is more classical and technically challenging.

When asked what the audience could expect from the performance, Waller countered with the element of surprise, “A lot of people, when they come to see the show, it may not be what they’re expecting … Being all-male dance company, you’ve got a picture in your head about what an all-male dance company might be like. It might be something quite cliché, or something quite funny, or quite type-cast. It’s the complete opposite of that. It’s something that they don’t expect, and each piece that we’re going to be performing is so different so there’s something in the show for everybody.”

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8 pm, no cover OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH PAUL WAGNER The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Bust out your best songs and impress everyone with your skillz. Yeah, with a "z."

9:30 pm, no cover PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo acoustic jazz guitar.

6 pm, no cover PERFORMANCE SANTA FE : TIME FOR THREE Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Two violins, one bass, endless possibilities (we hear) and what is reportedly one of the most spontaneous and joyful music experiences one can have.

7:30 pm, $20-$40 TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano and vocals.

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

ADOBE GALLERY 221 Canyon Road, 955-0550 The Marvin and Betty Rubin Collection. Through Feb. 16.

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

ART HOUSE 231 Delgado St., 995-0231 Group show, Luminous Flux 2.0.

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

BACK STREET BISTRO 513 Camino de los Marquez, 982-3500 Karen Cole. Geo, Eco, and Atmospheres. Through March 5 BINDLESTICK STUDIO 616 1/2 Canyon Road, (917) 679-8080

Jeffrey Schweitzer, The Biography of an Eccentric Gentleman.

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

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

CCA 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 David O’Brien. In the Garden of Externalities. Through March 20 CHIAROSCURO CONTEMPORARY ART 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 Winter Group Show. Through Feb. 6 DAVID RICHARD GALLERY 1570 Pacheco St., Ste. A1., 983-9555 Christian Haub, Float.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GREENBERG FINE ART 205 Canyon Road, 955-1500 Dennis Smith, Lighter than Air. IAIA 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2387 Graduating Seniors Exhibition.

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

LEWALLEN RAILYARD 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 988-3250 Forrest Moses, The Monotypes: Reflections of a Painter. Michael Roque Collins, The Venetian; Forrest Moses, Monotypes.

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

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

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

MONROE GALLERY 112 Don Gaspar Ave., 992-0800 They Broke the Mold.

NATCHEZ ART STUDIO 201 Palace Ave., 231-7721 Stan Natchez, Indian without Reservation.

NEDRA MATTEUCCI GALLERIES 1075 Paseo de Peralta, 983-2731 Robert Lougheed, A Brilliant Life in Art. OFFROAD PRODUCTIONS 2891-B Trades West Road, 670-9276 Nick Benson, Thais Mather, Todd Christensen, Penumbra Letter Press, Burning Books Press, Printed Matter.

PATINA GALLERY 131 W Palace Ave., 986-3432 Claire Kahn.

PETERS PROJECTS 1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700 Garo Antreasian, Systematic Abstraction.

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

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

PHOTO-EYE GALLERY 541 S Guadalupe St., 988-5152 Alan Friedman and Douglas Levere, Fire & Ice. Chaci Terada, Between Water & Sky. POP GALLERY 125 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 111, 820-0788 Winter Salon. Through March 31 RADICAL ABACUS 1226 Calle de Comercio, 577-6073 Group show, Raylets.

RANGE WEST GALLERY 2861 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 474-0925 Shelly Johnson, Cirque de la Vie. RIEKE STUDIOS 416 Alta Vista St., 913-1215 Serena Rieke, Memento.

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

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

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

SANTA FE CLAY 545 Camino de la Familia, 984-1122 Group show, The Figure in Clay.

Amanda Jaffe and Suzanne Kane, Cups.

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

A SEA IN THE DESERT GALLERY 836 A Canyon Road., 988-9140 Friedrich Geier.

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hen you live on the Southside, certain unalienable truths draw boundaries around your dining options. Yet if you’re looking for a meal away from home and don’t have a downtown pocketbook (who does?), this part of the city is a much better bet than the Adobe Disneyland.

When I recently enjoyed a leisurely dinner with four friends at Café Grazie (3530 Zafarano Drive, 471-0108), the bill for less than $100 was a sweet good night kiss. So that’s why I’m telling you about it, even if you live in the east or north reaches of the city.

I know you have that friend whose neighborhood you never visit because you think there’s nothing good going on “down there.” Now’s the chance to cross over.

And what’s more, the restaurant is an additional homestyle Italian offering with Mediterranean flair, in a city dominantly inspired by Southwestern and Central American cuisine.

Our party missed out on the one menu item that appears to lean in that direction, an appetizer that our server described as “kind of like a chile relleno,” but with a roasted ancho chile that’s stuffed with veal and ricotta. She came back later to tell us they had run out of something it required, so we settled on the frito misto, a heaping plate of fried octopus, calamari and shrimp served with half a lime over marinara sauce ($10.95). Plus, while we’re waiting for that, out came the bread, warm and grilled with garlic butter, and a delightful simple salad. Like at Olive Garden, our young server beams, “only better.” We devoured every bit of all three dishes.

Heaping plates of pasta soon rolled out of the kitchen, among our favorites the spicy meatball linguine, with generous, juicy meatballs that come in a

Tuck a linen napkin under your chin and slurp this.

simple marinara sauce with enough kick from Pequin chile to interest my heat-favoring palate ($10.95), and the Grazie pasta pollo, a dish recommended by the server that features chunks of chicken topping the spinach linguini noodles alongside sun-dried tomatoes, piñón nuts and peas ($11.25). And in case you’re not up on your Italian, those are ll’s you pronounce.

Box up the leftovers? Yes, please.

El Salvador native Oscar Arias says the café is his first go at running the front of the house, though he grew up at family restaurants and hotels in Departamento La Libertad. The inexperience shows in a few details. For example, with no license to sell beer and wine, we all drank water, which was served in tiny cocktail glasses that, early on in the meal, were not replenished frequently enough.

Arias has done a bangup job of a low-budget transformation of a shopping mall space at the formed location of Wow Dawgs near Target. While the saltillo tile is the same floor from the hot-dog joint, with dog pawprints accenting the occasional tile, the place has a whole different feeling. Updated lighting fixtures, window trim and linen napkins and tablecloths are a smooth touch, but they don’t make up for the generic

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Also needing some attention, if Café Grazie wants to rise above, is the dessert menu. Notwithstanding that the super-friendly service deteriorated for our party after four other parties trickled into the restaurant, we finally asked our server if we could order dessert, and after we did, we waited 15 minutes for the arrival of two ice-cold desserts that might have been still frozen in the Sam’s Club box, artfully plated with what tasted like Hershey’s syrup. The créme brûlée cheesecake was better than the cannoli, but only marginally so. Next time, I’ll hit up the Baskin Robbins around the corner for the final course instead.

And there will be a next time, because the restaurant is still obviously working out some kinks since its Jan. 11 opening. It’s close to home, and I want to try that stuffed chile.

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The Palace of the Governors’ Palace Press demonstrates Shakespeare-style printing on a replica Gutenberg press.

Group show, Winter Wonderland. Jim Bagley, Deep into Nature. Gerald Balciar.

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

VIVO CONTEMPORARY 725 Canyon Road, 982-1320 Material Matters.

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

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

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

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

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EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Villagers clothed in the styles of the times depict life in early New Mexico.

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

HARWOOD MUSEUM 238 Ledoux St., Taos (575) 758-9826 Group show, Pressing through Time. Charles Strong, A Celebration of Life and Spirit.

Lisa Burge. All through Jan. 24. Collection of Contemporary Art; Hispanic Traditions Gallery; Ken Price, Death Shrine I from Happy’s Curios.

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

Visions and Visionaries. Through July 31, 2017; Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait.

Through April 1; Forward: Eliza Naranjo Morse. Through July 31.

Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design and Influence. Through July 31.

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning. Through May 2, 2016. Here, Now and Always and The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery.

Adriel Heisley, Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography and Time. Through May 25, 2017 MUSEUM OF INT’L FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Multiple Visions: A Common Bond. Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico. Both through Sept. 11, 2016 MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 The Beltrán-Kropp Art Collection

from Peru; Early 20th Century Artists of New Mexico; Conexiones: The Delgado Room.

NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War. Through Feb. 26.

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

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

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of the Guitar. An American Modernism. Through Feb. 21. That Multitudes May Share: Building the Museum of Art. Through March 20, 2016 PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Along the Pecos: A Photographic and Sound Collage. Through June 19, 2016 WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 Connoirship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art. Through April 17, 2016 TAOS TOWN HALL 400 Camino de la Placita, (575) 751-4459 Group show, Under a Common Sky.

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Yet Another Comic Movie There’s even a guy who gets killed by a Zamboni

By Ben Kendall culture@sfreporter.com When two major studios announced they were working on a Deadpool feature film, it was hard to imagine how 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios were going to accomplish bringing a lesser-known cult-status character into motion picture territory. How could they possibly create a film with a lead who frequently breaks the fourth wall, who may be aware that he’s a fictional person (possibly pan-sexual), and whose wisecracking has the same

lowbrow comedic resonance as it does in the comic series? Against all odds, it seems that this herculean task of mainstream cinema was completed marginally well, especially considering the current precedent regarding the glut of the nostalgia-driven licensing nightmares the US studio system is fond of churning out these days.

It’s important to touch upon the meta aspects of this character, since in a way, that’s the whole basis of his motivations. Self-referential and turgid with pop-culture call-backs, with even subtle jibes from almost all the film’s

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British villain. And hey, there’s MMA fighter Gina Carano as the evil supermuscle, Angel Dust. End of plot explanation. It’s not really all that important, and it seems like everyone knows it. There’s even a line in the film that goes something like, “You should talk to that guy. It may deepen the plot.”

The ultra-violence wasn’t distasteful, since it was so over the top and typically used as a comedic device. It hits home, somehow. This movie is sort of a miracle-mile in filmmaking. It shouldn’t work—it shouldn’t be entertaining, but it is. It’s dumb fun, with an ironic patina of intelligence that quickly wears away after mere moments.

Deadpool, much like your socially inappropriate and yet (against your better judgment) still hilarious uncle, isn’t for everybody. If you’re a guy 18-35, you may like it. If you like meta satire on the Hollywood system, comic book movies, pop culture and ham-handed witticisms, it might just be for you.

It’s chock full of full-frontal nudity for both genders, F-bombs and dismemberment, with a surface level of snappy dialogue that’s reminiscent of Kevin Smith’s Jersey Trilogy (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy). If that’s your cup of tea, then go for it.

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characters at the thin plot, the movie is a snide and sophomoric attempt at the superhero genre. But for some reason, that’s its charm. It’s as if a couple of young guys who loved comics wrote a movie starring one of their favorite characters, and the studio, somehow being cognizant of the source material and target audience, just let it all happen. The opening credits even lampoon the Hollywood system, declaring that it was directed by “an overpaid tool” and produced by “asshats.” Bundle up, because it might just be a cold day in hell.

Well shot, with an excellent soundtrack that turns up the absurdity of the situations the protagonist finds himself in to 11, the film is technically well contructed. An excellent decision was made on the part of filmmakers to mildly animate Deadpool’s eyes in the mask to better convey emotion. There’s precedent for this regarding the art style in comics for characters with fullface coverings.

A former Special Forces soldier, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), is a leg-breaker for hire who contracts cancer after falling in love with the classic “hooker with a heart of gold.” He is offered a way out: undergo extreme stress combined with chemical cajoling to activate dormant mutant genes in his DNA and, hopefully, evade cancer and death. All is not as it seems, and when the transformation occurs, everything goes south. Ed Skrein turns in a functional performance as Ajax, a

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The CGI animated film has practically become old hat at this point, with countless productions from Pixar, DreamWorks, Fox, etc. over the years and no shortage of vehicles looming on the horizon. No one is complaining per se, but it does become harder to tell them apart or even care after the bazillionth movie that looks into the unseen lives of animals or sickeningly cute children or yet another anthropomorphized paean to genres that kids these days (oh, kids these days) surely know nothing about. Case in point: Kung Fu Panda 3, another unnecessary installment in the long-running tale of Po (voice of Jack Black), a silly man-child of a panda who was orphaned as a cub and left to believe he’s the last of his kind before learning that, despite his inability to grow up, he was actually the fabled dragon warrior all along—a kung fu master prophesied to be the great protector of the people.

When last we heard from Po and his pals, they’d defeated the vile peacock Shen, and everything was gonna be great forever. Not so, because while everyone was busy celebrating and eating dumplings and being best friends, some seriously crazy business was going down in the spirit world. Turns out that Master Oogway, who’s a turtle and the guy who told Po he was the dragon warrior, has been locked in a 500-year battle with a former comrade named Kai (JK Simmons) who is, like, a wildebeest or something. Kai’s

been stealing the chi of all the spirit world’s kung fu masters and is hell-bent on returning to the mortal world to … hmmmm. Actually, it’s pretty unclear beyond he just wants to get back to the mortal world and eff up everyone’s lives because he’s evil and stuff.

This just happens to coincide with Po’s father (Bryan Cranston, who nails it) turning up and the revelation that pandas aren’t extinct after all. Mild jokes and action ensues, and exactly what you think might happen does happen. Hooray.

Yes, Kung Fu Panda 3 is aimed at kids, but even the bits included for their parents might not matter much to anyone who isn’t at least a little familiar with kung fu flick production companies like Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers. Not only that, but much of the humor is tired and reused from previous iterations in the series, and the bones of the story are so average and uninspired that even children might feel as if they’re being underestimated. Even worse is to have a stellar cast of voices from David Cross, Lucy Liu and Dustin Hoffman to James Hong and Jackie Chan, and to use them all so sparingly.

Po’s antics grow tiresome the more we follow them—even for kids, believe me—and the background players have zero presence or point beyond the advancement of Po’s journey. For example, Kate Hudson (who seems to be trying her best to emulate Amy Schumer), as the ribbon-dancing Mei Mei, is

so boring and pointless that had the character not existed, it wouldn’t have mattered at all. Of course, the entire film is rendered so beautifully and in such stunning detail that its shortcomings are basically canceled out in a haze of lovingly crafted kung fu glory, and we’re left with a perfectly fine way to kill 90-ish minutes. Take your kids, I guess, but don’t expect anything you haven’t already seen about 1,000 times by now. (Alex De Vore) Violet Crown, Regal, PG, 95 min.

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Whereas there are any number of standout western films that occupy the pantheon of filmmaking, there has been an almost unnoticeable resurgence in postmodern, cerebral storytelling within the genre over the past two decades. Films like Unforgiven, True Grit or even Ravenous took the stripped-down good guy rides horse to the showdown with bad guy trope and replaced it with concepts like obsession, racism, revenge, murder and intrigue that play out in the untapped frontier of a burgeoning nation in fascinating ways.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu— the man behind 2014’s brilliant Birdman— tackles these ideas in the new Leonardo DiCaprio-driven western, The Revenant. Set in 1800-something, DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a homesteader/survivalist type who, in an American melting pot of violence and tense race relations, lives between conflictCONTINUED ON PAGE 41

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ok Po has no idea that he’s eating people in Kung Fu Panda 3. ing planes of existence. We know little of Glass’ past other than he fathered a son with a Native American woman who was killed during the war.

This death continues to haunt Glass some years later as he assists a hunting party from the Rocky Mountain Fur Company during a harsh winter on the wild and wooly American frontier.

Based on true events (Glass really did exist, y’all), the men must contend with the elements as well as a pursuing sortie of Native warriors hellbent on finding the kidnapped daughter of their leader. During the expedition, Glass is brutally mauled by a grizzly bear and ultimately left for dead by the villain of the piece, John Fitzgerald, a gutless wonder of self-absorption and greed who also murders Glass’s son right before him.

It is intense, a twisted sort of love letter to a father’s love for his son. The constant solitude and indifference found in the vast unsettled expanses are crushing, and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity, Children of Men) captures the bleak cold and hopelessness in such stunning detail that one can almost feel the frozen expanses looming ever closer; the closing darkness suffocating; the brisk winds clawing from all sides; the perils that lurk behind every tree and over every distant hill.

This is an exceptionally violent film in ways that may shock even the most desensitized viewer. But it is never gratuitous. Rather, with each decision Glass must make to survive, we are shown the true meaning of fight-or-flight in a way that only serves to illustrate his drive. The real horror is found within the cruelty of man and the indifference of nature. The stark contrasts between establishing shots of ominous towering trees or the fractured chaos of an icy river bend make the imagery of cold-blooded murder, survivalism and even rape seem far more startling than they already are, and as we struggle and fail to understand Fitzgerald’s motives, a point is reached where we too begin to relent to Glass’s bloodlust.

DiCaprio gives the performance of his career as a man who rarely speaks but can still convey more than his fair share of hurt. Even in something as simple as the vocalization of pain, he conveys a labored sense of life to which he clings only to achieve his goal.

The Revenant takes its time and forces us to confront its violence in almost uncomfortable ways, but this is actually refreshing. No scene or exchange seems unnecessary. Every last moment is riveting, and as far as the po-mo western is concerned, it sets a new standard in terms of the assumption that audiences can be intelligent and truly savor a slow burn. (ADV) Violet Crown, R, 156 min.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Turns out the only thing Star Wars really needed was less George Lucas, and JJ Abrams has cobbled together an exciting mélange of the old and the new into a tight and action-packed story. The Empire, as we all know from Return of the Jedi, is no more, but a new shady and evil sect has risen in their place. The First Order is basically the same thing—maybe a little more Nazi-like—right down to the storm troopers, the mysterious and monstrous puppet master who pulls the strings from his throne and is like, I dunno, royalty or something, maybe, and the masked super-villain, Kylo Ren, who is so totally evil, but maybe there’s something about his past we don’t know yet that might explain why, and we’ll just have to be patient and find out.

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

We shan’t delve into further details so as to not spoil it for those who haven’t been yet, but suffice it to say that some serious shit goes down. The true genius of Abrams’ vision is in the mirroring of certain aspects from the original trilogy while constantly expanding the details in satisfying ways.

The battle of light vs. dark is the oldest story in existence, but through artfully executed moments of fan service via cameos, blink-and-miss-it background moments and the use of CGI as enhancement rather than focus, The Force Awakens solidifies itself in the canon while blasting its way into a league of its own. For every harrowing dogfight in space or samurai-esque light saber duel, there is a tantalizing emotional thread to follow or legitimately funny exchange to enjoy; for every gaspinducing reveal or unbelievable plot twist, there is a beautiful vista or solid performance.

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

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What’s that old saying about how if you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention? Obviously, this sentiment rings especially true in America, where the rich literally steal from the poor, and we know and allow it.

The new film from director Adam McKay (Anchor Man), The Big Short, proves this beyond a possible doubt as we follow various bankers and fund managers who predicted and invested in the economic collapse of 2008.

The true charm of the film isn’t in the stellar performances from big names like Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling or Christian Bale, but in the unspoken assumption that our heroes (or anti-heroes, as it were) believe they operate within a system that works. There is true doubt and disbelief as the characters finally absorb that the top brass at our nation’s banks not only were fraudulent criminals, they didn’t even care. This causes visceral and emotional reac-

tions to these real-world events and reminds us as an audience, or as the American public, that there may not be an end when it comes to greed.

Some of the imagery errs more toward the heavy-handed, and the true morality of the main players is nebulous at best. Additionally, the breaking of the fourth wall, while enjoyably humorous, recalls The Wolf of Wall Street perhaps a little more than the filmmakers should have been comfortable with, but given the lengths to which The Big Short goes to make its tedious and tiresome subject matter accessible, it becomes something akin to a PSA. This is the kind of film that should be shown in high school economics classes and a Cassandra-esque warning that these fuckers are still out there preying on your dreams to this day, despite that all-important truth that is all too often lost on the soulless and the greedy: You can’t take it with you. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, R, 130 min.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Love is a fire,” declared Aries actress Joan Crawford. “But whether it’s going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” I disagree with her conclusion. There are practical steps you can take to ensure that love’s fire warms but doesn’t burn. Start with these strategies: Suffuse your libido with compassion. Imbue your romantic fervor with empathy. Instill your animal passions and instinctual longings with affectionate tenderness. If you catch your sexual urges driving you toward narcissists who are no damn good for you, firmly redirect those sexual urges toward emotionally intelligent, self-responsible beauties.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “Only love interests me,” declared painter Marc Chagall, “and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” That seems like an impossibly high standard. Our daily adventures bring us into proximity with loveless messes all the time. It’s hard to focus on love to the exclusion of all other concerns.

But it’s a worthy goal to strive toward Chagall’s ideal for short bursts of time. And the coming weeks happen to be a favorable phase for you to do just that. Your success may be partial, but dramatic nonetheless.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love,” said Mahatma Gandhi. “It is the prerogative of the brave.” That’s my challenge to you, Scorpio.

In accordance with the astrological currents, I urge you TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Fifteenth-century writer to stoke your uninhibited audacity so you can press Thomas à Kempis thought that real love can arouse enormous fortitude in the person who loves. “Love feels onward toward the frontiers of intimacy. It’s not enough to be wilder, and it’s not enough to be freer. To fulfill no burden,” he wrote. “It attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks love’s potential in the next chapter of your story, you’ve all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.” As you got to be wilder, freer, and bolder. might imagine, the “real love” he was referring to is not SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “It is not lack of love the kind that’s motivated by egotism, power drives, blind but lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages,” lust, or insecurity. I think you know what I mean, Taurus, said Friedrich Nietzsche. He believed that if you want to because in the past few months you have had unprece- join your fortunes with another’s, you should ask dented access to the primal glory that Thomas referred yourself whether you will enjoy your conversations with to. And in the coming months you will have even more. this person for the next 30 years—because that’s what you’ll be doing much of the time you’re together. How What do you plan to do with all that mojo? do you measure up to this gold standard, Sagittarius?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Gemini novelist Elizabeth What role does friendship play in your romantic Bowen (1899-1973) was fascinated in “life with the lid adventures? If there’s anything lacking, now is an on and what happens when the lid comes off.” She knew excellent time to seek improvements. Start with yourself, both states from her own experience. “When you love of course. How could you infuse more camaraderie into someone,” she mused about the times the lid had come the way you express love? What might you do to off, “all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” In upgrade your skills as a conversationalist? accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “Love isn’t something you engage in the following three-part exercise. First, you find,” says singer Loretta Lynn. “Love is something identify a part of your life that has the lid tightly that finds you.” Singer Kylie Minogue concurs: “You need clamped over it. Second, visualize the suppressed feela lot of luck to find people with whom you want to ings and saved-up wishes that might pour forth if you took the lid off. Third, do what it takes to love someone spend your life. Love is like a lottery.” I think these perspectives are at best misleading, and at worst debilitatso well that you’ll knock the lid off. ing. They imply we have no power to shape our relationCANCER (June 21-July 22) “No one has ever loved any- ship with love. My view is different. I say there’s a lot we one the way everyone wants to be loved,” wrote author can do to attract intimate allies who teach us, stimulate Mignon McLaughlin. I think that may be true. The gap us, and fulfill us. Like what? 1. We clarify what qualities between what we yearn for and what we actually get is we want in a partner, and we make sure that those qualnever fully closed. Nevertheless, I suggest that you ities are also healthy for us. 2. We get free of unconstrive to refute McLaughlin’s curse in the coming days. scious conditioning that’s at odds with our conscious Why? Because you now have an enhanced capacity to values. 3. We work to transform ourselves into lovable love the people you care about in ways they want to be collaborators who communicate well. Anything else?

What can you do to make sure love isn’t a lottery? loved. So be experimental with your tenderness. Take the risk of going beyond what you’ve been willing or able AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “We all have the potential to give before. Trust your fertile imagination to guide to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime,” writes your ingenious empathy.

Chuck Klosterman. “It’s easy. But there are certain peoLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Here’s the counsel of French writer Anatole France: “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” What he says is always true, but it’s especially apropos for you Leos in the coming weeks. You now have a special talent for learning more about love by loving deeply, excitedly, and imaginatively. To add further nuance and inspiration, meditate on this advice from author Aldous Huxley: “There isn’t any formula or method. You learn to love by loving—by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you,’” said author Maya Angelou. She concludes: “There is an African saying: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” With this in mind, I invite you to take inventory of the allies and relatives whose relationships are most important to you. How well do they love themselves? Is there anything you could do to help them upgrade their love for themselves? If their self-love is lacking, what might you do to protect yourself from that problem?

ple you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. You’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years.” He concludes, “A lover like this sets the template for what you will always love about other people.” I suspect that you have either recently met or will soon meet such a person, Aquarius. Or else you are on the verge of going deeper than ever before with an ally you have known for a while. That’s why I think what happens in the next six months will put an enduring stamp on your relationship with intimacy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso described one of love’s best blessings. He said your lover can reunite you with “a piece of your soul that you never knew was missing.” You Pisceans are in a phase when this act of grace is more possible than usual. The revelatory boon may emerge because of the chemistry stirred up by a sparkly new affiliation. Or it may arise thanks to a familiar relationship that is entering unfamiliar territory.

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PLEASE BE MY VALENTINE! MS. ALEXIA is very playful and loves to be held. She would do best adopted with a sibling or another young cat to play with. She has a mediumlength coat and black tabby markings with white on her face, chest and mitts. Born approximately 9/2015.

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Hooray! Our 20th Anniversary

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$50/hr 19 yrs experience Lic. 3384 670-8789

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505-289-7522.

Available March 1. Min 6 mo lease

1480 Saint Francis Lic 8160

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with heart

Feb 14th: 10am-2pm

a valentine to you

PLUS: Full Hearts A Valentine’s Weekend Event featuring new ceramic work

by Carolyn Lobeck & savory homemade soup served in handmade heart shaped bowls Feb. 13 & 14 / Noon-4pm in the Loft at MOVE

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an hour to dry a load of

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visit www.santafeframing.com for a 20% discount

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Experience Counts! since 1978

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505-920-2903

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505 Cerrillos Road

Unit A105 across from Ohohi’s Coffee in the Luna Building

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HAPPY HOUR: Mon-Sat 5-7pm and ALL DAY SUNDAY!