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Made in NM With manufacturing on the decline, small makers still get it done

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INTERCHANGEABLE FUTURE 9 There’s that fancy new interchange off Highway 599. When can we drive on it?

WHEN SFUAD CLOSES A DOOR, IT OPENS A WINDOW 10 Thoughts on the future of the college campus in a film-centric New Mexico COVER STORY 12 MADE IN NEW MEXICO Manufacturing in our state has been on the decline, but small companies are still carrying the torch

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ENDORSEMENT, APRIL 12: “VOTE NO IN THE SODA WAR”

FEELIN’ GUILTY This isn’t about supporting “big soda” (CocaCola in Santa Fe happens to be a family-run business). This tax is being led by guilt and misinformation. The mayor and his pre-K posse pushed for this bill to go to special election ... using children as their platform to guilt the people into passing this regressive tax. This tax will negatively affect middle class and the poor more than any other demographic. ... It won’t only cause grocery/ restaurant prices to go up, it’ll also hurt local businesses resulting in closures. This tax will ruin the economy in Santa Fe, don’t be guilted into throwing away your vote!

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SIDING WITH MONSANTO? By supporting Big Soda, not only are you contributing to many health problems, but you also supporting the growth of GMO corn and the pesticides used in growing it to make high fructose corn syrup. ... So yes, SFR, you are supporting Monsanto, the increase in diabetes in children and their parents, the decline in pollinators, soil damage and huge healthcare costs, from pesticides and sugar-related illnesses. Vote YES!

ELISA BERNARDEZ BOYLES VIA FACEBOOK

SODA = WAY OF LIFE? Isn’t the proposed tax on all sugared drinks, from fruit punch to Red Bull? If yes, then 2 cents an ounce on a 64-ounce fruit punch is an additional $1.28 per bottle. That’s a huge

increase for low-income people. And for those who say “just drink water:” Well, can you stop drinking beer, smoking cigarettes, eating meat? Probably not, it’s just a way of life. Tax if you must, but reduce the amount.

JUDY WALKER VIA FACEBOOK

HALF-BAKED You’re on target in opposing this tax.

Mismanagement, divisiveness and a failed program are the likely results of this halfbaked [tax], if this passes. And taking public money and doling it out so people can go to private schools sure looks like a voucher system. Supporters of more pre-K should be putting pressure on it (and finding funding) through the pubic school system. And as for outside groups dumping money into this election, don’t forget reports that former NYC Mayor Bloomberg has spent $180,000 (so far) in support of this tax.

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NOPE Worried about your ad revenues from the soda companies, eh?

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7 DAYS NASA SAYS SATURN MOON MAY HAVE CONDITIONS FOR LIFE That’s great news, since apparently we are going to bomb this planet to smithereens.

LEGISLATORS TO SUE GOVERNOR OVER VETOES On the count of three, let’s all litigate!

CAPITAL CITY CAB CLOSES A setback for our plan to become a sorta city-like city one day.

MAYOR, COUNCILORS WALK OUT RATHER THAN LISTEN TO CONSTITUENT RANT Imagine how we feel during your speeches, guys.

SCHOOL DISTRICT PUTS NAVA AND EJ MARTINEZ ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK Ask the Capshaw parents how well this protest is going to turn out.

SFUAD ANNOUNCES CLOSURE NEXT YEAR The only silver lining is that we can stop trying to pronounce that acronym as a word.

GOV. MARTINEZ SOFTENS HER VETO OF MONEY FOR ALL OF THE STATE’S UNIVERSITIES An actual quote from Tuesday’s press conference:

“We’re not going to not fund higher education.”

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LETTERS at the university. I did not receive even a thank-you letter or anything—not even a request to join in “giving to the school.” The death of the school comes as no surprise. In this day and age you must be political even in an academic atmosphere. This closure is a great loss.

ANDREW RITCH SANTA FE

BUT WE LIKE ASPENS Incredibly sad for our historic art community and our artists. What are we becoming if we don’t provide on this very fundamental level? Enter Texan Oil money for overpriced food, clothing and paintings of aspens. What a disgrace.

MARISSA SUTFIN VIA FACEBOOK

YIKES Anyone that can’t get and keep an art school going here is either a moron or a con artist.

Follow the money to see which.

PAUL SCHMOLKE VIA FACEBOOK

FEELIN’ FOR YA Our family is devastated by the closing of SFUAD. My husband is a professor at the School of Film. Our devastation is not for the loss of his job, but for the students he teaches and mentors. These students, many of whom come from across the United States and from many other countries, made great sacrifices to be here and attend SFUAD. I cannot imagine the stress and disappointment these students are feeling right now.

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you to instead invest your time learning about literally anyone else who impacted the current state of technology. For instance, the other Steve of Apple, who contributed equal or more “revolution” to the company.

Or Dennis Ritchie, who passed the same week as Steve Jobs, whose contributions to the computing world dwarf anything from Apple. Or Tim Berners-Lee, who pioneered the web.

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NEWS, APRIL 5: “IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS”

LOVE YOUR LIBRARIES I’m a librarian at the Southside branch library in Santa Fe. I came from Texas five years ago to work at the State Library because library jobs in Texas were scarce. ... Libraries in New Mexico (and throughout the world) do a vital job of providing access to information to the public. They truly are the universities of the common man. ... It is a statistical fact that whenever the economy sours and library funding is cut, public demand for library services increases. I’ve lived through it. I’ve seen it, and we do our best to help those in need when the keepers of the public coffers deem library service to be “nonessential.”

I encourage every citizen to use their local library. Let us know where we fall short.

Encourage us where we have done well and let your fellow citizens know of the value of the resources we do our best to provide to everyone. If I’m not mistaken, that’s what all Americans aspire to, and hold up as part of the American Dream.

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COVER, APRIL 12: “EVERYBODY LOVES (HATES) STEVE”

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NEWS Here’s why that shiny new exit off the Santa Fe Bypass isn’t being used … yet B Y M AT T G R U B S m a t t g r u b s @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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an Aguilar first spotted the incongruous patch of green grass in the Arroyo Chamiso from the highway.

“I said, ‘Let’s check it out.’ So, from then on, this has been our spot,” he tells SFR from the Southwest Activity Node in Tierra Contenta. He’s taking a breather while his 11-year-old son, DJ Sanchez, hunts for a basketball that bounced into the landscaping around the 13-acre Southside “SWAN” park. They have the whole court to themselves.

“This is one of our favorite places to come because not many people use it,” says Aguilar. It’s not easy, though. To get there, he has to drive the entire length of Jaguar Drive from Cerrillos Road, then take a pair of dirt roads to the park’s paved entrance. It’s a fair bet many people don’t even know the park has been open for a year and a half.

That could change by summer.

Crews are hard at work connecting the west end of Jaguar Drive with an interchange on the Santa Fe Bypass— Highway 599—that has been finished for more than a year. It’s up to the developers of the Tierra Contenta Village Plaza to grade and pave the quarter-mile stretch of Jaguar and surrounding roads. Once the city signs off on the work, the orange barrels and “Road Closed” signs will disappear and open up a major entrance to the west side of Tierra Contenta.

“We couldn’t do anything until that interchange was complete,” says Scott Hoeft, vice president of the Santa Fe Planning Group and land planner for the Village Plaza project on the east side of Highway 599. That was delayed by several months, Hoeft says. The property, developed by Katharine Cook Fishman, has space for businesses like a gas station, car wash and convenience store just off the interchange, but also hopes to attract

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The roomy Southwest Activity Node park may soon be much more accessible with the opening of a new interchange off Highway 599.

shops, restaurants, professional offices, apartments and a church campus. The west side of the interchange may someday be used to create a new entrance to the Santa Fe Municipal Airport.

The Southside has long been the part of town that’s grown fastest. Tierra Contenta has largely fulfilled its mission of providing housing for workaday Santa Feans. But even with a massive new Walmart near Cerrillos and I-25, people who live around the AirportCerrillos intersection have felt underserved by amenities for years. Beyond that, Hoeft knows people who live in Tierra Contenta are simply itching for the interchange to open, providing quick access north and south on the highway.

“Everybody wants to use that,” Hoeft tells SFR. “Right now, the biggest holdup for us is that crews keep getting pulled off the work for other projects. But we’re more than halfway there.”

The SWAN park’s boundaries bump up against the Village Plaza development. The roads that are being finished will run right to the park’s front gate. Leslie Tolman lives in Tierra Contenta and is

spending her afternoon chasing squealing kids through the playground, around the interactive sculptures and down the slides.

“This is our favorite park,” she says while her 3-year-old son Cameron and his friend Viola Austin busy themselves with a periscope that peeps up over the edge of some equipment. But she says, “It would be nice to have an easier way to get here when our family comes up or when we want to go down to Albuquerque to visit the zoo or Biopark.”

The Southside hasn’t just been underserved by stores, doctors and dentists—it also doesn’t have much in the way of park space. The city’s plan for the SWAN park is to nearly quadruple its size. Santa Fe has the second phase of the park’s construction, which may include a skate park and plumbed bathrooms, in the current budget.

It’s quiet now. But as nice as having a private hideaway can be, the park is meant to be accessible, the land is slated to be developed and, just maybe, the interchange that’s meant to be open will be open.

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When SFUAD Closes a Door, It Opens a Window Film industry eyes film studio as most savable part of the city-owned campus

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on Hendry is in his car driving from the Estancia shooting location of the indie film Fast Color to Albuquerque. When he gets there, the business agent for the local film techs’ union will do some work on the NBC drama, The Night Shift, which just wrapped its third season. There’s a location scout in Pojoaque after that, and the night will end with a visit to Longmire on-location shoots in Santa Fe. That’s a lot of windshield time, and lately Hendry has been using it to think about the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. The for-profit college just let faculty, staff, students and the city know that it’s closing up shop after the next academic year. The city owns the property and the buildings—and the $27.8 million left on the loan. Now that the demise of SFUAD is all but complete, attention has turned to the denouement.

“We’re excited about this,” Hendry says over the road noise on his end of a cell phone, his Scottish brogue tempered by decades spent in New Mexico. He’s talking about the potential for the property near the corner of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive. “We could solve so many issues that we have in Santa Fe right now … and the city already owns it.

How cool is that?”

Hendry is thinking in broad terms; turn a building into a huge pre-K space, leverage the state-owned Higher Education Center and nearby Santa Fe High School for a lifelong learning campus. But he’s also thinking about film and television production.

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because of it,” Hendry offers. He says Garson Studios at SFUAD could easily be expanded.

Eric Witt runs the Santa Fe Film Office, a joint city-county venture meant to promote Santa Fe’s scenery, facilities and film crews. He says the school’s film production capability is a tremendous asset. In fact, Witt says the entire property lends itself to the industry, which has ballooned in New Mexico since 2002.

“It’s not like you’re starting from scratch,” Witt tells SFR of the school grounds. “It’s basically upgrades and expansion. You don’t have to sink a lot of money, because it’s already there.”

The 60-plus acre campus hosted the TV series Manhattan, which ran on WGN for two seasons, as well as Longmire, which is now in production for its final season. Witt says some of the sets from Manhattan are still stored on site.

There’s housing for crews, office space and the potential to grow and change all of it.

“It could be sort of a mini-lot, like Warner Brothers or Paramount, where you have all the production offices on site, the sound stage ...” Witt says, trailing off. He sees little trouble finding private money to do some, if not all of the work to get the property up to snuff. There’s venture capital sitting on the sidelines for such facilities, he says.

What’s more, the campus is a node for New Mexico’s fastest internet connection network. The large-scale digital capacity needed for production and post-production, a segment of the industry that New Mexico sorely lacks, is already in place.

Post-production work can be done anywhere, Witt points out, while noting burgeoning industries in Seoul and Singapore. He sees no reason Santa Fe can’t compete. In fact, post-production work in

SFUAD’s Garson Studios are home to the Main Street set of Longmire.

It could be sort of a mini-lot, like Warner Brothers or Paramount, where you have all the production offices on site, the sound stage ...

-Eric Witt, Santa Fe Film Office

New Mexico would qualify for the state’s film and TV production incentives. In many places, including California, that’s not the case.

“And that part of the industry brings Santa Fe what it wants in a younger, creative demographic,” he says eagerly before he finally checks himself. “But the caveat to all that is it’s not my say. The city could say it wants to put a shopping mall or a dog park there.”

Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales, who

has never been one to shy away from projects that may require a bit of doing between the vision and implementation stages, isn’t moving quite so fast this time.

“The priority is to do everything we can to make sure that property continues to serve as an educational institution,” Gonzales says on the phone from a break in this week’s budget hearings. While SFUAD has told its students the school is shutting down, Gonzales says the university hasn’t started the clock on the seven months’ notice it would need to give the city to end its lease early. He’s happy to allow some time to see if the school and the city can find a buyer that’s committed to keeping the higher education mission of the campus.

“Having said all that,” the mayor adds, “the Garson Studios are a big asset and an important part of fulfilling the vision we have for growing the film and television production industry in Santa Fe.” Gonzales says that in his estimation, there’s little taste in city government for just unloading the property to the highest bidder.

While it may be too early to sketch out plans for exactly what the campus could look like if it stopped being a school and started being something else, it seems likely that unless it can find a a partner to take over the campus and the $2.23 million annual lease payments, the city will eventually want to see someone’s idea for what the university campus could be.

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Made in New Mexico With manufacturing on the decline, small makers still get it done

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anufacturing is a beast of a subject, and we set out to cover it from the perspective of those who make things. The idea: tour factories with assembly lines and report on people who work on them, timed by bells.

We hit a ton of walls. Intel, the most famous manufacturer in the state for its massive microchip plant in Rio Rancho, flat-out denied our interview request.

Philips and Caterpillar in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, respectively, had both shut their doors. Eclipse Aerospace wasn’t responding. Just as we were about to surrender to this economic, numbers-based, beautyless mess of paragraphs, the walls— and the statistics—hit us.

According to the state Economic Development Department, manufacturing employment is down 9 percent in New Mexico during the past five years, which means a loss of nearly 3,000 jobs. Computer and electronic products, furniture and textile mill manufacturing decreased by more than 20 percent during the same time period.

Intel is a stark example of the manufacturing downturn. In 2009, the Rio Rancho plant employed 3,300 New Mexicans.

In 2014, that number had plummeted to 1,900. An annual report revealing that the company had quietly shed another 700 in jobs in 2016 came to light last week.

Matthew Geisel, state economic development secretary, tells SFR he blames the overall dip in large part on Intel. “We’ve seen a couple of thousand jobs erode there, unfortunately,” he says.

In our interview, Geisel wanted to talk about the state’s success in getting Facebook to open a new data center—where nothing is actually made. Then he pointed to Keter Plastics, which is promising to revamp the old Solo cup factory in Belen and employ about 175 New Mexicans.

Neither of those talking points changes a simple conclusion: There isn’t nearly as much manufactured in this state as there used to be.

For comparison, New Mexico now employs half as many people by population in manufacturing as Arizona and Colorado.

And manufacturing accounts for about

half as much of our gross state product (GSP) as it does in those states.

Broadly defined, manufacturing is any venture in which raw material is converted into a product. It was once the bedrock of state and national economies.

Political minds—from brilliant ones like former president Barack Obama and former British prime minister David Cameron, to present ones like President Donald Trump—have seen and spoken of the importance of a strong manufacturing sector and promised a revival.

But those political promises stand in opposition to the last 35 years of economic progress, which has trended so far away from manufacturing and industrial-scale production that some economists say the US is post-industrial. It’s rare to meet someone who works on an assembly line these days, but not so rare to meet a lawyer. Betting on manufacturing now would mean going against the tide, away from service and back to commodities.

When faced with a growing trade deficit and the realization that our economy lacked domestic productivity as the world economy collapsed in 2008, America had an awakening. We realized we needed to make things instead of buy them from other countries. Sustainability is part of the force behind buying produce from a local farmer and shopping for American denim.

But these turns in thinking haven’t dramatically staunched the outflow of manufacturing jobs.

Jennifer Sinsabaugh, director of the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, says the industry employs 27,000 people in New Mexico who make

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Organic eyeshadows, highlighters and lipsticks draw palette inspiration from the Taos landscape and are manufactured using no water.

around $60,000 a year, compared to the statewide median income of about $40,000.

The workers make up 3.4 percent of nonfarm employment in the state. That’s not such a hot figure next to Arizona and Colorado, where manufacturing accounts for 6 and 7 percent of employment, respectively.

Manufacturing is also only a small piece of the GSP. In 2014, according to the Center for Manufacturing Research, manufacturing in New Mexico accounted for $5.61 billion, which is about 6 percent of the state’s $93 billion GSP. Against the decline, there are still people, assembly teams and entire companies making products here like cheese, cosmetics and mattresses. SFR interviewed representatives and hands-on production employees for a peek into the life of a maker in a world of doers, as well as some insight about the future of the sector that used to be the pride of America.

Making things is a natural part of economic evolution. Consumer trends toward environmentally conscious products, organic materials and the search for what Geisel calls “an authentic New Mexican experience” appear in manufacturing as an increase in the production of those kinds of products: If people want it, manufacturers make it.

BEAUTY WITHOUT WATER Plenish Skin Care and Vapour Organic Beauty Est. 2000 and 2009 29 employees Plenish: 60,000 units (2016) Vapour: 90,000 units (2016)

The middle structure in a group of warehouses on the south side of Taos is home to Plenish Skin Care and Vapour Organic Beauty. Founded in the aughts by Kristine Keheley and Krysia Boinis, the companies use a green, hands-on method to produce cosmetics and skincare products.

Plenish Skin Care manufactures products for other brands. “They sell anywhere from boutique luxury retailers to Whole Foods to spas. That’s how we started out,” Keheley says.

With Vapour Organic Beauty, Keheley and Boinis focus on organic and natural products. “I would argue that we make the cleanest cosmetics there are. The ingredients I work with are really close to the plant source: sunflower oil, camellia oil,

beeswax,” says Keheley.

This cosmetics and skincare manufacturer is well-suited to the high desert for one specific reason. “We’re what’s called an anhydrous manufacturer, which means that we don’t use any water. And what that means is we are not taxing the water table of Taos,” Keheley tells SFR. “Product-wise, it means that we don’t have to use any aggressive bactericides or antimicrobials or chemical preservatives, because water is the medium where all of the nasty kind of yeast and mold is exposed.”

Their innovative, no-water techniques make them an attractive choice for cosmetics and skincare companies looking to outsource their production. It allows for the cleanest “ingredient deck,” a list which can include things like synthetic components and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives if you’re buying other brands.

The company hired all of its nearly 30 employees from Taos, and many of them have been with the company for years.

Nick Medina, who laser-codes all of the products and creates displays, and Ganga Little, the production manager, have been with the company for 8 and 12 years, respectively, and both were born and raised in the state.

Between 2010 and 2014, Vapour picked up steam and recognition as it won several awards and editorial praise in women’s fashion magazines like Allure and InStyle.

In 2011, Vapour was a finalist for the ECO Beauty award from Cosmetic Executive Women. It brought Keheley and the company in front of a powerful panel of judges.

“All of these things were signifiers to us that we really had something beautiful,” she says. “We just kind of stuck with it.”

Sticking the “organic” label on their products means a grueling, paperwork-laden inspection and certification process for the Taos pair. But there’s a bonus: The New Mexico Department of Agriculture has a team that completes this process for the company, whereas other states require businesses to employ a third party to do these types of inspections. “To have that organization state-funded is helping not only us, but every other entrepreneur or farmer obtain that USDA seal,” Keheley says, “which is valuable. It translates into revenue.” That revenue comes from an increase in sales driven by the organic market.

The agriculture department took control of organic certification after the New

A prototype headed for the woods in Mora shows the possibilities in a couple hundred feet of panelized construction glory.

This tiny house from Extraordinary Structures on Siler Road is just one of various modular options.

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Mexico Organic Commodity Commission’s budget was reduced to a shadow, from $280,000 in annual state funding to $25,000, in 2010. And the program faces more current threats from a state budget deficit. They could cause the cost of certification to increase for Keheley’s companies and others.

Companies with international followings, like Free People, have grown wise to the demand for organic skin care products, and that awakening has translated to more employees at Vapour. The company, which started with just 35 items, now makes more than 150 products like highlighters, lipsticks, blushes and foundations. “We are in an incredibly steep and significant growth curve,” Keheley says. “We’ve really just been growing and growing and growing.”

vehicles—others are backyard studios or small homes, all using a unique system of wood construction panels he designed. “So far the bulk of our business has been people who have wanted us to do the assembly as well,” Fischer says.

Each panel is fabricated off Siler Road in Santa Fe. An intelligent machine that isn’t far from a 3D printer does most of the work. A computer numerical control (CNC) router cuts material away from giant planks of wood, leaving panels behind.

It can be programmed to cut any design.

“There are usually a few different types of

Caterpillar no longer makes parts in New Mexico, and the Intel plant in Rio Rancho appears destined for the same fate.

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Extraordinary Structures Est. 2016 2 employees 5 structures

Efficiency and sustainability are climbing the list of qualities people seek in a home. Most think that to have these attributes, one has to give up luxury or craftsmanship. But Zane Fischer, founder of designing and building company Extraordinary Structures, knows otherwise.

“There’s not a particular size limitation around the manufacturing or the technology, but the smaller sizes are a passion of mine,” Fischer says. “It sort of bleeds into working on ideas around community and sustainability.”

Fischer opened the doors of his growing company in June 2016, and he’s made five structures since. Some are mobile— think extremely luxurious recreational

panels that go into a house,” Fischer tells SFR. “For most structures, we can pick out of a component library we’ve created and put together a house.”

Fischer gives a tour of his manufacturing facility, which is remarkably efficient at 4,500 square feet, producing everything the company needs to create a custom structure.

But who wants to live in a tiny Lincoln Log house? That’s not what Fischer makes, he says, showing us around his “prototype.” It sits on wheels waiting to be taken to its permanent home in the mountains near Mora. The wood-paneled beauty is anything but lacking, featuring a deep Japanese-style soaking tub, a loft reading nook, a modern minimal wood-burning stove and a queen-size Murphy bed, all 200

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square feet bathed in clear light that pours through the oversized windows.

It’s stunning—but Fischer is modest about it. He says the future of construction is incorporating modular components.

“I’ve learned of other people doing things in a similar vein, which is good,” he says.

Fischer’s structures are future-thinking in terms of efficiency as well. “We’ve created a lightweight steel exoskeleton that goes around the wood paneling and holds an additional thermal envelope around the whole house that makes it significantly more efficient,” Fischer says.

The exoskeleton also allows owners to anchor future additions, vertical gardens, solar structures, sheds, new bedrooms or whatever else they may want or need in the future. “You end up attaching the siding to that structure, as opposed to the wall of the house, so you don’t penetrate the wall ... with lots of little fasteners,” Fisher says.

“It’s a means of customization and expansion that’s built into the house.”

Fischer believes New Mexico is poised

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Marshall Berg carries 25-pound boxes of fresh New Mexican green chile on the right, which he later roasts in his redesigned roaster on the left.

to make certain additions to its manufacturing sector, including investments in distributed manufacturing. Factories and makers that can use intelligent machines like his CNC router to manufacture items for other companies are the kind we should be courting.

This is what Plenish Skin Care already does in Taos for other cosmetics companies. A robot used to be able to accomplish just one task. With innovative programing and advances, old robots can learn new tricks.

Intelligent robots come hand-in-hand with a need for higher-paid robot mechanics and programmers. That translates to more jobs and income for the state. “Just because things will be more automated doesn’t mean that there’s not a human skill set involved,” Fischer says. “Just like everyone’s grandfather taught them, the most important tool is in your head, so it still comes down to who the operator is.”

Making investments in cutting-edge technology that allows our manufacturers to make things for more than just New Mexicans is certainly another way to increase state income in this sector; it’s exportation, in a sense. Fischer plans to stay busy with his own venture for right now, though. “It looks like it’s shaping up to be a really busy year for us,” he says.

THAT SMELL, THOUGH Los Roast and A La Maquina! Manufacturing 4 full-time employees Los Roast: 100 tons of fresh chile in 2016 A La Maquina!: 4 roasters in 2016, currently making about 30

Exports have to be part of the manufacturing economy in a state with immense land and a small population, and nothing is more exportable than things other states

don’t have. Here, that means chile.

If you’re a New Mexican and you find yourself in the Pacific Northwest during the waning weeks of summer, you may smell something familiar: roasting green chile. Thanks to Marshall Berg and his partner Jesse Sandoval, folks as far north as Seattle are smothering their burritos in the green gold we’ve always loved.

Berg founded Los Roast in 2012, a company that brings fresh green chile from farms in New Mexico to Portland, Seattle, Eugene and other cities in the region. They roast it on the spot or jar it. The pair also prepares a few other recipes, like red chile and adobo chipotle made from Deming and Hatch pods.

In 2016, the company roasted and sold seven truckloads (that’s 100 tons) of chile, and sold more than 20,000 jars of green chile. Berg says he missed “that roasting smell. It’s why I started this whole thing. No matter what you export, you can’t export that smell.”

Berg was born and raised in Santa Fe and moved to Portland in 2008 to attend college at Pacific Northwest College of Art. He got a job at a food cart, Nuevo México, run by fellow New Mexico expat Sandoval.

The cart had issues keeping a steady supply of its main ingredient. Berg says he and Sandoval were losing cash overnighting chile. “If we missed a shipment, or he didn’t order or anything like that, we didn’t have chile and there was no source up there, so we couldn’t open our cart.”

Meanwhile, Berg’s love of chile and design skills combined and became the beginnings of the roaster he would revamp later. “I built a traditional-style chile roaster at school for the cart to try to roast enough chile to last us through the win-

ter,” Berg says. “It didn’t really work out.”

But it did put the pair in the perfect position to roast chile for all the New Mexicans they had served over the years at the cart, and Los Roast started as a seasonal roasting operation in 2012.

can picture it in your head, the giant black metal cage drum—was reborn in Berg’s imagination and now exists in a few lightweight, safer, and mobile versions.

The reinventions birthed A La Maquina! Manufacturing in 2016, and it’s in the process of producing 30 newage roasters and has another batch planned for roasting season.

The roasters have turned Los Roast into a seasonal treat in Portland. “They’re built into the backs of truck-bed trailers and on little three-wheel vehicles, so they’re really unique.

The roaster and the smell draw a crowd,” Berg says. “We’ve got our own roasting thing going on where people are looking for us.”

Aside from their roasting habit, jarring venture and roaster manufacturing, Los -Zane Fischer, founder, Roast sells 25-pound boxes of Extraordinary Structures fresh chile to grocery stores in the region, too. “We’ve been on the fresh market for two seasons,” Berg says, “and that has Three years later, after Berg graduat- allowed us to get fresh chile to the stores. ed, the two ramped up their green chile It’s really snowballed.” efforts and went year-round. As demand Berg sees himself and his work one day increased, the traditional roaster proved coming back home, at least partially. Havincapable of keeping up—and painful. ing direct access to his product in PortBerg had to reach into the hot cage wear- land is something Berg sees as an asset. ing heavy gloves, a process that “burnt the But when it comes to his redesigned chile crap out of me and my one employee.” roasters, he is currently planning with the So he made a second, better roaster, New Mexico Tourism Department, New which they now sell and distribute to inde- Mexico State University and the New pendent and chain grocery stores around Mexico Department of Agriculture for a the Northwest. Berg and his engineer Na- manufacturing plant in New Mexico.

“I really think the market for them is thaniel Gallagher essentially reinvented the chile roaster, which was first created here,” he says, “and I think they should be in the late 1890s, and hadn’t really been made by New Mexicans and for New Mexreworked since. The traditional kind—you icans.”

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READINGS & CONVERSATIONS

is a lecture series on political, economic, environmental, and human rights issues featuring social justice activists, writers, journalists, and scholars discussing critical topics of our day.

brings to Santa Fe a wide range of writers from the literary world of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to read from and discuss their work.

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In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom

ARUNDHATI ROY with

ANTHONY ARNOVE

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY AT 7PM LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

SOLD OUT

However, please join us for a simultaneous broadcast of Arundhati Roy’s talk in Hotel Eldorado’s Anasazi Ballroom (309 West San Francisco Street). Free admission and open seating. Or tune in on Sunday, May 7 at 4 pm to hear the rebroadcast on KSFR 101.1FM Santa Fe Public Radio.

The urge for hegemony and preponderance by some will be matched with greater intensity by the longing for dignity and justice by others. − From The End of Imagination © 2016

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author, actor, and political activist.

She is well-known for her book The God of Small Things, for which she received the 1997 Booker Prize, and for her outspoken advocacy of environmental and human rights causes. She is the author of An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers, Capitalism: A Ghost Story, The End of Imagination (new edition), and Things That Can and Cannot Be Said (with John Cusack). A new novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, is forthcoming in June.

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MARLON JAMES with

RUSSELL BANKS

WEDNESDAY 10 MAY AT 7PM LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, making him the first Jamaican writer to receive the UK’s most prestigious literary award. The book presents an untold history of Jamaica in the 1970s, relayed through multiple narrators, with the climax centering on an attempted assassination of reggae legend Bob Marley. Describing the book for the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani wrote, “It’s like a Tarantino remake of ‘The Harder They Come’ but with a soundtrack by Bob Marley and a script by Oliver Stone and William Faulkner, with maybe a little creative boost from some primo ganja.” James’s other novels include John Crow’s Devil, the story of a biblical struggle in a remote village in Jamaica in the 1950s, and The Book of Night Women, about a slave revolt on a Jamaican plantation in the early nineteenth century. James’s poignant essay on his experience of coming out, “From Jamaica to Minnesota to Myself,” appeared in the New York Times Magazine in March 2015. James lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and teaches English and creative writing at Macalester College.

Russell Banks’s works include the novels Continental Drift, Cloudsplitter, and The Darling, as well as the story collection The Angel on the Roof. His The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction were adapted into celebrated feature films. His most recent book is a memoir, Voyager: Travel Writings (2016), in which he writes, “Since childhood, I’ve longed for escape, for rejuvenation, for wealth untold, for erotic and narcotic and sybaritic fresh starts, for high romance, mystery, and intrigue.”

SCIENCE MATTERS, Y’ALL Celebrate Earth Day by sticking it to the man!

The Santa Fe March for Science calls for citizens and science enthusiasts alike to gather in support of science as a pillar for the advancement of knowledge, progress and prosperity. After a short march from the Plaza to the Roundhouse, the expo (noon-2 pm) is going to be family-friendly, complete with science-focused activity booths and exhibits. The rally features speakers, such as US Rep. Ben Ray Luján, who offer their support for science and call for political leaders to enact evidence-based policies in the interest of the greater public. (Kendall Mac)

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March for Science: Gather on the Plaza: 10 am; Rally at Roundhouse: 11 am Saturday April 22. Free.

Santa Fe Plaza, 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, sciencemarchsfnm.com.

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MUSIC THU/20 HORSE MYTHOLOGY With last winter’s Sage Francis show still ringing in our ears, Strange Famous Records artist B Dolan comes to Meow Wolf all the way from Rhode Island to keep the hip-hop love alive. Like his labelmate/occasional collaborator Francis, Dolan brings a certain social consciousness to his rhymes and, since 2008, has been a favorite for hip-hop fans all over the spectrum. Joining the fray are Minnesota’s DJ Abilities and Cas One vs.

Figure. Is a rap battle on the horizon? How sick will they spit? How much weed can you smoke beforehand because it’s 4/20?! These questions and more get answered inside everybody’s favorite permanent arts installation. (Alex De Vore) The Four Horsemen Tour: 9 pm Thursday April 20. $18-$22. Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369.

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EVENT TUE/25 OH, SNAP! This year’s offerings for SFR’s annual photo contest outnumbered last year’s by, like, a whole lot. The judging process was arduous and the arguments were plentiful but, in the end, we whittled down the hundreds of beautiful shots to a few winners—winners we’ll unveil at our upcoming photo show at the Violet Crown Cinema.

We’ve printed up large-format versions of these gorgeous snaps, and through a silent auction that ends at 8 pm, you’ll (hopefully) be able to take home a pic or two for the wall. Even better is that proceeds go to the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, a nonprofit aimed at keeping your politicians transparent. Double-score!

(ADV) SFR’s Photo Show: 6 pm Tuesday April 25. Free.

Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St., 216-5678.

ART OPENING FRI/21

Anti-Silence

Say something and say it loud, ladies To have a voice is to be human and every being deserves a platform for being heard. The upcoming exhibit Cryin’ Out Loud is about just that: Providing women and femme-identifying folks a space to express themselves.

Micol Hebron, who juried the show, worked with curator Angie Rizzo. “It’s rare that female-identified folks and women receive a notice that says, ‘We want you;’ most of society’s messages tell them that they’re not wanted,” Hebron says, “or that they’re silenced.”

The silencing of women and femme identifiers happens constantly, and takes many forms—from physical and mental abuse, domestic violence and body image standards to legislation.

Hebron says this exhibit stands against that. “To have a show that really loudly speaks to women’s voices and amplifies those voices was intended to be an antidotal measure to combat those methods of silencing that so many of us face all the time on a daily basis.”

The call for submissions asked artists to express their political views through art, but most had an emotional focus and said something about the female experience. Few made an outright political statement, and this made He-

bron and Rizzo consider political statements in a new light.

“A lot of artists made allusions to ideas that simply to be a female-identified artist is a political act,” says Hebron.

“To be out as someone willing to express their creative voice is political.”

The representational works range in medium from sculpture to photography. One piece by artist Sarah Rockett, a gilded ladder covered in sparkly jewels, is exaggerated in height and carefully constructed from pieces of furniture.

Hebron sees this as commentary on the glass ceiling, and the precarious steps women have to take to ascend the professional ladder. The show also features photographic works examining the role of motherhood, paintings of women screaming alongside howling bobcats and a giant “Tit Pit” filled with boob pillows you can jump into. (Maria Egolf-Romero) CRYIN’ OUT LOUD OPENING RECEPTION: 6 pm Friday April 21. Free.

Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338

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TODRICK HALL 5/1 • RHIANNON GIDDENS 5/2 LEO KOTTKE & JOHN GORKA 7/22 YOUNG THE GIANT/ COLD WAR KIDS 8/17

TAKE HOME A WINNING PHOTO at the 2017

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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER 2016 SANTA FE REPORTER Fe” “Angel of Santa

by Mark S Shepherd

FINALISTS

IN THE 2017 SFR PHOTO CONTEST

Daryl Black David Darby Dan Gerth Gayther Gonzales Bobby Gutierrez Paul Horpedahl

Proceeds benefit the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government

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Decorate your walls with a largeformat version of one or more (!) of the winning images during a SILENT AUCTION from 6 to 8 pm at the Violet Crown Cinema in the Santa Fe Railyard.

Jamie Kaminskas Roderick Kennedy Angela Kirkman Mary Kobet Judy Sanchez LeRoy Sanchez

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THE CALENDAR DANIEL ISLE SKY The Dragon Room 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-7712 Folk rock originals.

5 pm, free DANIELE SPADAVECCHIA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Italian gypsy jazz music.

7 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Montgomery plays classical, standards, pop songs and originals.

5 pm, free RAMON BERMUDEZ JR. TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Latin and smooth jazz guitar.

6 pm, free

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WORKSHOP LISA BERTSCH St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 In her lecture titled “Poetry of Embodiment,” Bertsch leads participants through writing, guided meditation, movement and awareness. Wear comfy clothes and prepare to share in the Senior Common Room, Peterson Student Center.

6 pm, free WEDNESDAY PAINTING WORKSHOP Mantecon Studio 123 A Camino Teresa, 503-473-2786 The cost includes all the materials you need to join this painting workshop for beginners or seasoned professionals looking for a boost or inspiration. Learn to use pastels, acrylic paints, encaustic wax and more.

1:30 pm, $55

Contact Maria: 395-2910

WED/19 BOOKS/LECTURES AT THE FOREFRONT OF REPATRIATION: NEW POLICY & IMPACT School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St., 954-7200 This discussion delves into recent policy and proposed solutions beyond the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which describes rights with respect to the treatment, repatriation, and disposition of human remains, funerary objects and sacred objects.

6 pm, free BOB PENNINGTON: THE BEST NATIVE PLANTS FOR YOUR GARDEN Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, 467-9025 The Santa Fe chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico presents this lecture by Pennington, who is the current co-chair of the New Mexico chapter of the Colorado Nursery Greenhouse Association.

6:30 pm, free DHARMA TALK: NORMAN AND KATHIE FISCHER Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 This week's talk is presented by husband-and-wife duo Norman and Kathie Fischer of the Everyday Zen Foundation.

It's entitled, "It All Comes Down To One Finger." This is the kind of place in which you seek zen, so arrive chill.

5:30 pm, free

THU/20 BOOKS/LECTURES STANLEY CRAWFORD: THE VILLAGE Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Crawford's latest novel, The Village, is satire that explores daily life in the fictional New Mexican town of San Marcos.

6 pm, free

Transforming Reality opens Friday at The Globe Gallery with works like “Transforming Reality” by Reid Richardson.

EVENTS COMMUNITY-STYLE ACUPUNCTURE Southwest Acupuncture College 1622 Galisteo St., 438-8884 Receive community-style acupuncture in a group rather than a private setting—ya know, if that doesn’t sound like a totally awkward public nightmare to you. We joke, folks, we joke. It’s probably super relaxing. Call ahead to schedule.

5:30-9:30 pm, $17

GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Apparently it’s geeky to know things. Show ‘em how well your brain works.

8 pm, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Whether you’re a Yahtzee or a Scrabble kind of human, this is for you. Don’t get too serious, it’s a game, people.

6 pm, $10

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DEBORAH MADISON: LUNCHTIME LECTURE Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 What does knowing the evolutionary history of plants matter for global food security in changing climates? Hit the garden for lunch and discussion with Sarah Federman (who works with Botany of a Feast, coordinating events between chefs and people) and Madison, author and chef.

Noon, $50-$75

BO DEPEÑA Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Alt.country on guitar at the venue that is really, really into that kind of thing.

8 pm, free BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Pop tunes on piano.

7 pm, free

420 WITH JAMALSKI Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Breaking the barriers between hip-hop, funk, house, dub and techno, this DJ plays a set on the stoner holiday.

10 pm, free BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano pop songs and vocals.

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THE CALENDAR BROTHER E CLAYTON El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Soul music and blues.

7 pm, free CACTUS SLIM AND THE GOATHEADS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Boogie rock.

7 pm, free DANIEL MURPHY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Murphy will blow you away with his guitar skills.

8 pm, free LATIN NIGHT WITH VDJ DANY Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Ay, can you do the merengue?

9 pm, $7 PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Jazzy guitar goodness.

6 pm, free THE FOUR HORSEMEN TOUR: B DOLAN, DJ ABILITIES, CAS ONE VS FIGURE AND DOPE KNIFE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Controversial, high-energy hip-hop and pro DJ sets (see SFR Picks, page 17).

9 pm, $18-$22 WHISKERMAN AND TREVOR BAHNSON The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio 528 Jose St., 699-4323 Santa Fe native Trevor Bahnson brings Whiskerman from Oakland, California, for a concert and recording session of the band’s super-vibey psychedellic rock (see Music, page 21).

8 pm, $20

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THEATER PIE Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Apollo Garcia Orellana, John Flax, Tara Khozein and Danielle Reddick wrote this play that explores how we got where we are today. Directed

by Kent Kirkpatrick.

7 pm, $12-$25 ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD: NATIONAL THEATER LIVE Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire and David Haig star in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly funny situation comedy.

7 pm, $22 THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 This verbal cage match is all about fidelity and misplaced haberdashery, as it tells a story of struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood (see Acting Out, page 29).

7:30 pm, $10

WORKSHOP KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: AN EVENING WITH NEW MEXICO ACLU Higher Education Building 1950 Siringo Road, 428-1725 Peter Simonson, the executive director of the New Mexico ACLU, leads this talk that delves into increasingly important and controversial issues like immigration, LGBT rights, the right to protest and the policies of the current presidential administration of the US. 6 pm, free

FRI/21 ART OPENINGS CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION Georgia O'Keeffe Education Annex 123 Grant Ave., 946-1039 Stop by this opening for a display of local high school student works, representing a variety of mediums.

5 pm, free CRYIN' OUT LOUD Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Food, drinks and special performances celebrate the opening of this exhibit, which examines the role of women and femmes' voices about politics, activism, and emotion expressed through art. See gilded ladders, representational paintings, photography and a tub full of boobshaped pillows called the “Tit Pit.” Through July 9 (see SFR Picks, page 17).

6 pm, free LENSCRATCH STATES PROJECT Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Conceived as an online project by the blog LENSCRATCH, the project highlights photographers in each state. Jennifer Schlesinger, a local artist and curator, explores the works of New Mexican photographers like Michael Berman, Will Wilson, Laurie Tumer and more for the virtual project, which culminates in this group exhibit of works by the selected local photographers.

Through July 9.

6 pm, free

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“Desert Religions” by David Lord in on view at Studio 104 as part of Zen Nature, opening Saturday.

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Santa Fe expat joins forces with Bay Area badasses for live recording session

BY ALEX DE VORE a l e x @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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anta Feans of a certain age will no doubt recall the brief yet glorious reign of math-metal act The Seventh Circle. What many might not know is that one of its members, formerly local guitarist Trevor Bahnson, hung up his metal riffs for forays into gorgeous acoustic folky/Americana-esque songwriting some years ago.

And the results have been excellent. Turns out Bahnson had the voice of a goddamn angel that whole time, and all that complicated guitar stuff he was doing in his metal days helped him to become one of our time’s most impressive musicians—genre or fame level irrelevant. These days, Bahnson travels more often than not, from years living in Los Angeles and performing with the Americana trio Song Preservation Society to time spent busking in Berlin, where he says the street music scene is fascinating and thriving. Bahnson has adapted to a nomadic lifestyle while constantly penning new material.

“Sometimes heartbreak can do it, sometimes comfort can do it,” Bahnson says of his songwriting style. “I’ve been pretty unsettled as far as places to live; I’m traveling a lot, and that can inspire it.”

This obviously lends cred to his solo offerings, but lately Bahnson also makes time for Oakland, California’s Whisker-

man, a soulful rock act that pieces together so many old and new styles that it’s tough to nail down a precise description, and they’re coming to Santa Fe. From one song to the next, Whiskerman deftly weaves a simultaneous homage to mid-’70s classic rock, Motown soul, ambient soundscapes and modern rock with the slightest hints of folk and gospel strewn in for good measure. This can mean anything from head-bumpin’, bass-heavy dance jams to

Sometimes heartbreak can do it, sometimes comfort can do it.

-Trevor Bahnson

whisper-soft introspective ruminations, but either way, front man/songwriter Graham Patzner’s powerful vocal work sells it so cohesively that it’s joyfully difficult to know where the separation between the band’s many influences begins or ends.

The son of classical musicians, Patzner says he’s always liked being a musician—he just never much cared for practicing. “My parents were kind of working-man musicians,” he says. “They were always in one

When a band gathers to stare into a colorless lake, you know they’re pretty for real. Such is Whiskerman, and so shall it be.

town playing with an orchestra or teaching lessons.” No, Patzner didn’t follow suit and go the classically trained route, but he did take private lessons from the time he was 5 and altogether, he’s a lyricist, pianist, guitarist and violinist. Whiskerman began as his solo project. “I started forming the band bit by bit,” he says, “but we went through a lot of players and now we’re settled on a pretty solid band.”

Solid indeed. Just take the YouTube tour to see what he’s talking about. “What we’re aiming for is … it kind of comes from a ’70s feel, but symphonic or orchestral— rock ’n’ roll,” Patzner says. “There’s some psychedelic stuff in there, it’s definitely not just ‘rock/soul,’ and the songs are not just about ‘I love you,’ but maybe the spiritual crisis, or change and catalyst or those moments where songwriting can show you deeper into the window of your own life.”

Patzner and crew have released two albums through small independent Bay Area labels like OIM, and Patzner says they’re working on another already. For this tour, however, Whsikerman takes over Jono Manson’s Kitchen Sink Recording Studio for some live audio and video recordings

in front of an audience. Bahnson opens the show with his solo offerings. Neither he nor Patzner can say what will ultimately become of the recordings, but it should still be a good time for all. Kudos to Manson, by the way, for kicking off a series of shows and live recordings in his beautiful studio space.

As for this particular outing, it seems a Santa Fe no-brainer: it’s folk enough that y’all should probably perk the hell up and pay attention but rock enough and different enough that people might even sneakily hear something outside the norm. Either way, Whiskerman boasts some of the most universally enjoyable fare we’ve heard in some time, and Bahnson is—I’m just going to say it—a musical genius. Effortless and skillful; sincere and moving. Damn, where do we get tickets for this thing?

WHISKERMAN WITH TREVOR BAHNSON 8 pm Thursday April 20. $20.

The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio, 528 Jose St., 699-4323

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THE CALENDAR REID RICHARDSON: TRANSFORMING VITALITY The Globe Gallery 727 Canyon Road, 989-3888 Natural patterns, like the rotation of seasons, are represented in the metamorphosis of a tree in Richardson's latest works. Through May 10.

5 pm, free RYDER STUDIO EXHIBIT Argos Studio & Santa Fe Etching Club 1211 Luisa St., 988-1814 Students gather from many parts of the country and the world to learn from the Ryder method. This exhibit presents works by both students and instructors of this method.

5:30 pm, $5-$10 SPREAD 6.0 FINALIST DINNER Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 SITE Santa Fe hosts the sixth annual SPREAD community micro-granting dinner. SPREAD seeks to provide small grants for innovative projects and artworks conceived by New Mexico-based artists.

7 pm, $15-$50

BOOKS/LECTURES AMANDA PRINTZ St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 A professor at Oglethorpe University, Printz presents her lecture titled "Emptying the Deep Sadness of Existence: Laughter in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling."

7:30 pm, free DANA LEVIN St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 Levin delves into the zeitgeist of anxiety, bemusement, incredulity and hope with Banana Palace, her fourth collection of poetry. Senior Common Room, Peterson Student Center.

4:30 pm, free OLIVER PREZANT: SANTA FE OPERA SPOTLIGHT Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 This lecture series focuses on a different opera each time and is presented by the Santa Fe Opera's education department. Let Prezant get the party started if you’re one of those weirdos who doesn’t find opera totally boring.

6 pm, free WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE HOMELESS IN SANTA FE? Christ Church 1213 Don Gaspar Ave., 988-2652 This discussion is a continuation of the conversation about homelessness in our city. The Santa Fe Police Department and Santa Fe Need and Deed participate.

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EVENTS ANASTASIO WROBEL: COLORING BOOK PARTY & TALK Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6011 This political visual artist presents a coloring book for everyone titled The Non-Binary Coloring Book. Color alongside the artist and enjoy snacks in the Fogelson Library (see 3 Questions, page 25).

9 pm, $5-$10 OASIS BLACKLIGHT PARTY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Convergence Project presents their first-ever party in the House of Eternal Return. Get painted and glow under the blacklight as teen DJs wow you with their trance electronica sets.

9 pm, $5-$10 SHOOTING STARS AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION The Governor’s Mansion 1 Mansion Drive, 819-9010 Meet the finalists of the scholastic screenwriting competition New Mexico Girls Make Movies Grant at this evening with libations, appetizers and a paparazzi-lined red carpet, so wear something nice.

5:30 pm, $45-$75

MUSIC BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano pop tunes with vocals.

8 pm, free BOB FOX Museum Hill Café 710 Camino Lejo, 984-8900 Fox, known for his work with The Straight Up Quintet, performs a solo jazz set.

7 pm, $20-$25 DANA SMITH Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0000 Country-tinged originals.

6 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Broadway standards.

6 pm, $2 DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Classical and pop on piano.

6:30 pm, free FREDDY’S NIGHT OUT Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Blues and rock ’n’ roll.

8:30 pm, free HALF-BROKE HORSES Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Americana.

6 pm, free HOGAN AND MOSS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Scorch folk and rockabilly.

7 pm, free

LATIN NIGHT IN THE LOUNGE WITH VDJ DANY Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Salsa your heart out, people.

9 pm, $7 LONE PIÑON Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Norteño roots and Latininfluenced folk rock.

6 pm, free SEAN LUCY Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Folk and alt.country from the Las Cruces-based musician.

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

7:30 pm, free TREEMOTEL, SMOKIN' ZIGGURATS AND LUKE CARR Zephyr Community Art Studio 1502 Center Drive, Ste. #2 American-style rock and roll by three different, dynamic bands.

8 pm, free

THEATER FRANCIS MENOTTI: A NIGHT OF MAGIC Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Menotti is not your conventional magician, which explains his rise in securing premier national appearances.

Teller (of Penn and Teller, of course) remarked that Menotti’s unique style and approach to audiences is “the future of magic.”

7 pm, $10-$20 PIE Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Apollo Garcia Orellana, John Flax, Tara Khozein and Danielle Reddick wrote this extremely abridged version of human history, which explores how we got where we are today. Directed by Kent Kirkpatrick, the play involves a ton of humor and a dose of introspection.

7 pm, $12-$25 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 The Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents the immortal comedy of love and trickery.

7:30 pm, $20 THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 This verbal cage match about fidelity and misplaced haberdashery tells a tale of struggles with addiction, friendship and love (see Acting Out, page 29).

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Sedimentary Poetry Christopher J Johnson reimagines poetry’s colloquial power

BY J O R DA N E D DY @jordaneddyart

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hristopher J Johnson likes to write poetry on buses and in cafés—locations where he must maintain intense focus to tune out the bustle. We met for coffee at such a place one morning last week.

Downtown Subscription on Garcia Street is one of Johnson’s haunts, though he couldn’t tell you which poems from his recently published collection took shape here. Words migrate from notebooks to his phone to word processing documents over the span of years, shifting like sediment.

“It’s a subterranean thing,” says Johnson of his process. “A lot of the work is somewhere in my subconscious. It’s out of control, and works away at itself beyond my awareness of it.” He’s been writing poetry since he was in third grade and has published poems in the American Poetry Review and Bucknell University’s West Branch. Only now has a body of work settled into striations suited for a book—at least by Johnson’s standards.

“It’s more than 10 years worth of poetry,” he says. “For me, to finish a manuscript for a book, each poem has to be the best it possibly can be.”

Johnson reads from his debut poetry collection, &luckier, which he published late last year with University Press of Colorado, at Collected Works on Tuesday. The Santa Fe writer, who moved here from his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, in the early aughts to study creative writing at College of Santa Fe, spins fantasy narratives for Meow Wolf.

He’s penned plays and book reviews and is currently finishing up a novel, but nothing quite compares to the process of extracting poetry: “In a certain way, poetry is very similar to philosophy,” says Johnson. “Poetry often represents an act of thinking, as opposed to a novel where you’re describing a scene from life.” He’s an avid reader, and follows trails of thought that criss-

cross through the arts and sciences. In our conversation, he quotes Heidegger and Sappho, and mentions recent studies of Earth system science. The collection’s title, &luckier, is a nod to a line from Walt Whitman’s “A child said, What is the grass?”: “And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.”

In Johnson’s poetry, these diverse influences hardly ever emerge as direct references. They form undercurrents of thought that help him structure his poems, which are rarely longer than two dozen lines. “Poetry is an interesting medium, because you can have layers of

meaning,” Johnson says. “There might be a direct message, an esoteric message, and some sort of reference to literature that nobody needs to know to understand what’s it’s about.”

Johnson calls his themes “preoccupations,” and he’s determined to communicate them to his readers. It’s an obsession that sets him apart from contemporary poets working in the postmodern mode, and he’s acutely aware of this. “American poetry in particular has gotten to a place of abstraction, of over-intellectualism,” he says. “There’s nothing worse than telling someone I write poetry and having their response be, ‘Oh, poetry is difficult.’

We should never have gotten to a place of feeling this way.”

That’s where Johnson’s fascination with spoken and written colloquialisms comes in. He liberally employs ampersands, drops spaces and abbreviates words, as in the finale of his poem “Godlet Ants in Their Herculean Tasks:” my cones& rods, yr cones& rods collapsing, our contour& of baser things; pleasure, argument, graffiti on the streets& walking.

These lusty lines, with their playful distortions of the rules of modern grammar, evoke modernist poets such as Gertrude Stein—though Johnson seeks to elucidate where Stein often obfuscates.

Johnson’s study of abbreviation and phoneticism in the English language dives far past the 20th century. “The English language was entirely phonetic up until the 16th century,” he says.

“This side of England and that side of England could spell a word in completely different ways, with 500 variations in between.” Johnson’s abbreviations are intended to bring his poems in tempo with speech patterns, carrying the reader’s eye across the page at the rate of a verbalized thought. The ampersand, a word that is compressed into an abstract symbol, is his purest tool.

“The rhythm that moves the poem forward is almost a stream of consciousness,” says Johnson. “When you’re working with thought instead of action, that thought has to move forward.” &luckier’s ever-expanding universe of themes includes sex, death, social decorum, primal urges, depression, guilt, and the exquisite flaws of the body and mind.

Increasingly, Johnson has taken an interest in writing about the complexities of communication itself.

“Poetically, my preoccupation has become the extent to which words and the process of thinking limit our ability to understand one another and our relationship to the universe,” he says. “I want to use language to show how words are failing us, how they’re preventing us from understanding the ways that everything is interconnected.”

In Johnson’s view, the only way to accomplish this is to take back poetry from the ivory tower. He notes that one of his favorite contemporary poets, Sophie Cabot Black, maintains a day job at a New York City YWCA and has written poetry about not being able to pay her mortgage.

“All of these ancient Greek poets, what did they write about?” he says. “Love, drinking, having sex, terrible dreams, insomnia. They’re not hard to understand, and they’re really powerful.”

When Johnson’s clear stream of intellectual ideas runs into the briny ocean of everyday life, he knows he’s onto something. It starts with a bus ride.

CHRISTOPHER J JOHNSON 6 pm Tuesday April 25. Free.

Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226

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I’m a queer girl living with a male partner. This weekend, we found ourselves in an after-hours club, made some new friends, and ended up at a house with two other guys and a girl. Things were pretty playful with everyone except for one of the guys. We all wanted him gone, but he wouldn’t take the hint. He bought the booze for the after-party, so we were a little unsure of the etiquette of asking him to leave. Neither I nor the other girl was interested. I made it clear that penetration was off the menu for me, and everyone respected this—except the one guy. He asked if I would do anal, and I refused.

He shoved his fingers in my ass, and I stopped him. I positioned myself away from him, but he somehow got behind me again and put his bare dick in my ass—though barely. The host pulled him off me. We were admittedly all a bit fucked up from partying. I had a stern talk with him about respecting consent—but when I felt his dick enter me from behind a second time, I got upset. My boyfriend threatened him, and the guy punched my boyfriend and broke my sweetheart’s nose. The host threw the guy out with no pants, so he had a well-deserved walk of shame. We don’t know the guy’s last name, so we can’t charge him. My question is this: As a couple, we enjoy threesomes/moresomes/ swingers clubs, etc., and this wasn’t the first time a fun night was ruined by a persistent dick monster. Do you have any suggestions for dealing with pricks like these? Sober and not horny me has all the answers, but when I’m feeling violated and vulnerable, and distracted by whatever dick/pussy is in my face, I’m not the loudmouthed feminist bitch I usually am. We all agree he should have been kicked out before the offenses added up. Maybe he should have been kicked out when we all agreed we weren’t comfortable with him playing with us. What’s the etiquette of telling someone they can’t join in? I’m done dancing around assholes’ feelings.

-Queer Unicorn Exhausted Entertaining Numbskulls “Persistent dick monster” (PDM) is putting it mildly, QUEEN. This guy sexually assaulted you and physically assaulted your boyfriend—that guy is a VSP (violent sexual predator), not a PDM. And even if you don’t know his last name, report the night’s events to the police.

It’s possible this asshole is already known to the cops—hell, it’s possible he assaulted someone else on his pantsless way home and they’re already holding him and they’d be happy to add more charges to the ones this asshole is already facing.

I’m not saying you have to report him, of course. It’s estimated that only 15 to 35 percent of all sexual assaults are reported to the police, and only 9 percent of all accused rapists are prosecuted. While recognizing some folks have legitimate reasons for not going to the cops, we need to get those numbers up—because unreported rapes and sexual assaults can’t be prosecuted.

As for preventing a PDM/VSP from ruining your future threesomes/moresomes, etc., advance planning—and familiarity among participants—is the best way to ensure a good experience. Spontaneous can be fun, but it’s difficult to pull off safely with groups—spontaneous fun can be difficult to pull off safely in pairs. Another lesson to be learned from this encounter: Getting shitfaced/shtoned/shwasted may not be the best plan. It’s often the worst plan—getting fucked up rarely results in good sex, even between people who fuck on the regular. Plus, it’s easier to ignore red flags/gut feelings when you can barely shee shtraight.

Having to remind someone about consent is a major red flag, QUEEN, and one we’re likelier to overlook when we’re shwasted. In a situation where you’re receiving unwanted touches, your polite dismissal of them should be enough.

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If this reminder has to be repeated twice, that participant should have their pass to moresome mountain revoked immediately.

Two final takeaways: Even kind and decent people can be terrible about taking hints— especially when doing so means getting cut out of a drunken fuckfest. So don’t hint, tell. There’s no rule of etiquette that can paper over the discomfort and awkwardness of that moment, so your group’s designated speaker-upper will just have to power through it. And if you’re going to drink and group in the future, QUEEN, hew to a strict BYOB policy. You don’t ever want to be in a position where you hesitate to show someone the door because they brought the booze.

My wife and I are newlyweds. My wife wants sex two to three times a week, which matches up perfectly with my desires. But her desire for sex peaks around 3 to 5 a.m. She’s a morning person with insomnia, and I’m a night owl and a heavy sleeper. She’s tried to wake me up for sex, and my unconscious self has rejected her multiple times (I never remember this). When I do wake up, the half-conscious romps we have aren’t really satisfying. My sexual desire peaks midday and after work when I have more energy to have sex or come up with a fun bondage scene. But when she gets home, she usually has a series of chores or projects that take up all her attention.

Insomnia Now Suspected Of Making Nights Incredibly Awkward Your wife needs to save chores and projects for 3 to 5 a.m.—provided no power tools are involved—and reserve the early evening hours for romps and creative bondage scenes.

My husband and I have been together for six years and are quite happy, much to the chagrin of his family. They are Islamophobic, antichoice, Fox News–watching, conservative Catholics. They began writing us letters about how they disapproved of us when we moved in together before marriage. One launched a campaign to break us up because they figured my then-boyfriend didn’t know I was bisexual. (He did, and I’m out very publicly.) They boycotted our wedding because it was not in a Catholic church. They would not come to a party we had because a Muslim friend would be there.

They’ve realized that in order for us to even rarely see them, they need to cool it, but they don’t think they have anything to apologize for.

After Trump’s election (#ITMFA), I’ve found it difficult to stomach them even in small doses. I grew up Catholic myself and was sent through gay conversion therapy, so I have a visceral reaction to this kind of bigotry, especially when it is directed toward my family of choice. My husband is also appalled by them and always puts us first, but the idea of not retaining a connection to his family of origin hurts him. Do I suffer the occasional visit? Help!

-Shouldn’t Hubby Unload These Outrageously Unenlightened Turds For the sake of your marriage, SHUTOUT, you should suffer the occasional visit—whether your husband sees his family on his own or you’re along for the ride—without punishing your husband for it. Remember: You’re in this together, and private jokes, surreptitious eye-rolls, and pot lozenges can go a long way toward making these events not just bearable but (mischievously) pleasurable. And seeing as you’ve already trained his family to cool it by cutting back on your time with them—a strategy I recommend—you can train them to keep things civil, hate-free, and non-biphobic by warning them in advance that you will get up and leave if they say anything shitty or unkind to you, about you, or in front of you. Then follow through.

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA Greer Garson Theatre at Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6439 Set in Victorian England, this classic musical satire written

by Bertolt Brecht tells the story of woe in a capitalist society. Kenneth McLaughlin directs his first play for this theater (see Acting Out, page 29.)

7 pm, $5-$15 THE WIZARD OF OZ Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 Go to Oz with Dorothy, Toto and more in this nonmusical version of the classic tale.

7 pm, $8

SAT/22 ART OPENINGS DAVID LORD: ZEN NATURE Studio 104 1708 Lena St. Lord presents paintings featuring elements from Buddhist and Native cultures.

4 pm, free

EVENTS CHILDREN'S TRAIN CLUB Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359 Members of the Santa Fe Railroad Club teach the kiddos about locomotives.

10 am, $5-$7 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Stephen Pett, Judith Toler, Kristen Barendsen and more come together with Michael Dax of Defenders of Wildlife to celebrate our planet and all its lovely natural things.

6 pm, free EARTH DAY CELEBRATION WITH INGRID AND ERIC Bee Hive Kids Books 328 Montezuma Ave., 780-8051 Take the kids to join songs, stories and movement celebrating Earth.

11:30 am, free EARTH DAY LABYRINTH WALK Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Frí­a Street The Full Circle Women's Marimba Band performs during this Earth Day walk.

1 pm, free EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: PIXIE HAMMER SILVER AND SAGE GRAY The Artist Statement 1400 Agua Fría St., Ste. A, 557-7424 This new boutique showcases emerging artists and celebrates Earth Day with a locally made silver jewelry and reggae tunes.

5 pm, free

MARCH FOR SCIENCE The Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail This march champions science as a pillar of human knowledge, progress and prosperity. A march is followed by a rally at the Roundhouse at 11 am (see SFR Picks, page 17).

10 am, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe St., 982-3373 See works by local artists representing a ton of different mediums, and enjoy the sunshine.

8 am-1 pm, free

MUSIC THE ALPHA CATS Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 These local cats perform a set of jazz classics.

6 pm, free BARACATUNGA Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 South American Latin music. This Albuquerquebased band may have you dancing your feet off.

10 pm, free BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Finnie takes the stage at the local eatery to perform standards and pop songs on piano.

8 pm, free THE BUS TAPES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Upbeat rock with powerful vocals.

8:30 pm, free CHRIS ISHEE QUARTET El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Is Chris the lead of this jazz quartet? I don't know, "Is-hee?"

7:30 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Broadway standards by this pianist who worked in New York with composers like Stephen Sondheim for years.

6 pm, $2 DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, pop and originals.

6:30 pm, free GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV AND SERA CAHOONE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 This guy is kind of a big deal.

He's from South Africa and plays Springsteen-esque rock.

8 pm, $26-$30

MOONSHINE BLIND AND THE IMPERIAL ROOSTER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Moonshine Blind plays country rock, followed by gonzo roots aka Imperial Rooster's music from Española.

8 pm, free PAT MALONE Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Jazzy guitar goodness.

7 pm, free PIGMENT Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Enjoy this jam band.

6 pm, free SO SOPHISTICATED WITH DJ 12 TRIBE Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Enjoy Top-40 hits in hip-hop and R&B. Angels on your pillow, baby.

9 pm, $7 TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Feel-ey originals and Prince covers.

3 pm, free TIM NOLEN AND THE RAILYARD REUNION Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 Classic bluegrass.

9 am, free WILL SCHREITZ, GLITTER VOMIT AND FOAM Ghost 2899 Trades West Road R&B, lo-fi and psych rock at this album release party.

8 pm, $10 WILLIAM SIDES ATARI PARTY, THE HAMMERITZ, PSIRENS AND KINDIFIED Zephyr Community Art Studio 1502 Center Drive, Ste. #2 Chiptune and funky dance jams by Atari Party; Michael Chavez and Jaco Foster, aka Kindified, perform a special electronica set; Psirens does her hauntingly awesome solo looping thing and The Hammeritz brings the original songs.

8 pm, $5-$10

THEATER EUGENE ONEGIN: THE MET LIVE IN HD Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as the heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera.

11 am, $22-$28 PIE Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Apollo Garcia Orellana, John Flax, Tara Khozein and Danielle Reddick wrote extremely abridged version of human history.

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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: SPECIAL SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY BASH Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 The Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents Shakespeare's immortal comedy of love and trickery.

6:30 pm, $15-$20 THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 This high-octane verbal cage match about love, fidelity and misplaced haberdashery, the story is about struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood (see Acting Out, page 29).

7:30 pm, $10-$20 THE THREEPENNY OPERA Greer Garson Theatre at Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6439 Set in a mock Victorian England, this classic musical satire written by Bertolt Brecht tells the story of woe in a capitalist society. Kenn McLaughlin makes his debut directing his first play for this theater (see Acting Out, page 29).

7 pm, $5-$15 THE WIZARD OF OZ Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 Santa Fe Performing Arts’ City Different Players and Teen Ensemble present the non-musical version of L Frank Baum's beloved story.

2 pm, $8

WORKSHOP ANN BETZ St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 Betz explores poetry and its ability to shape the neurological landscape. Catch her in the Fireside Lounge, Peterson Student Center.

2 pm, free EARTH DAY RAISED BED GARDENING EXPERIENCE Sunrise Springs Resort 242 Los Pinos Road, 471-3600 Get info for the coming growing season from seed to harvest in this hands-on class to help plant gardens.

10 am, $35-$50

SUN/23 BOOKS/LECTURES JOURNEYSANTAFE: PAT HODAPP Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Tell the city’s public library director what you want to see at this day celebrating Santa Fe's successes and planning for the future.

11 am, free

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WRITERS SERIES: APRIL Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 David Sidebottom hosts a panel discussing the art of writing. This month’s authors are Walter Jon Williams, author of The Hardwired, and Ian Tregillis, author of The Liberation. The two share helpful tips and procedures for producing a beautiful story, as well as a bit of inspiration for writers looking to up their game. The authors stick around for a book signing after the lecture. So, nab a signed copy of their work, if you like what they say.

1 pm, free

EVENTS BODHICITTA MINDFULNESS NATURE WALKS Thubten Norbu Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center 1807 Second St., Ste. 35, 660-7056 Set and intention and head out on this mindfulness walk led by Cinny Green.

2 pm, free RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 Hit the market and peruse a variety of handmade artworks representing a bunch of mediums.

10 am-1 pm, free

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Eagle-eyed readers may recall trans artist/activist Anastasio Wrobel from a piece last December on The Non-Binary Coloring Book, a DIY artpiece that goes far beyond adult catharsis to make a stunning statement on gender politics. This Friday, Wrobel hosts an art party/ talk on these themes and other gender issues at Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s Fogelson Library (6 pm.

Free. 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6011). Wrobel is also hard at work building a new art studio that they hope to open soon as a means to showcase their own works and continue their efforts at dismantling the binary. Yup. They’re a badass. (Alex De Vore)

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What has the reception to the book been like?

I have received a lot of positive feedback. I’ve been compared to both Andy Warhol and Basquiat because of the abstract construction of the images. My favorite compliment thus far was this book being a ‘vibrant celebration of the trans community.’

Was the studio something that came out of doing the book, or has it been your plan for some time?

Since I first realized that the ongoing necessity for trans-created media, those thoughts have extended into the necessity for trans-affirming public spaces and events. I’ll admit I spend a lot of time thinking about queer futurity and utopia, [and] part of that fantasy includes public spaces that are not rooted in binary gender ideologies.

What do you hope to succeed with the event?

The reason I’ve chosen to do this is because all of the work I do feeds into generating and connecting gender and expression and art together. Sometimes I call this a component of my ‘artsexuality.’ In having the talk, I really hope to encounter both people who do and don’t think about gender and those who live the embodiment of being dimly immersed in gender. I will never stop trying to deconstruct the gender binary.

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THE CALENDAR FILM NM WOMEN IN FILM FIESTA Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6011 Badass women showcase their creativity, vision and artistry in their film works presented at The Forum as part of this femme film festival, which simultaneously happens in other places around the state.

5 pm, $15 THE SANTA FE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: ORCHESTRA OF EXILES Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Honor Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 22) at this screening that shows the life of Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman.

He created the symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the end of fleeing to Palestine after WWII. Call to reserve your spot.

3:30 pm, free

MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Pop tunes and piano standards.

6:30 pm, free RUMELIA COLLECTIVE Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 A lovely late Sunday afternoon concert of tunes from the Balkans, with David Badstubner on bass.

6:30 pm, free THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY: CHABRIER, HAYDN & SCHUMANN Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Guest conductor Robert Tweten leads the orchestra in a program of springtime favorites.

4 pm, $22-$80

THEATER PIE Adobe Rose Theatre 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Apollo Garcia Orellana, John Flax, Tara Khozein and Danielle Reddick wrote this play, which presents an extremely abridged version of human history and explores how we got where we are today.

2 pm, $12-$25 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 The Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents this immortal comedy of love and trickery.

4 pm, $20

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THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 This a high-octane verbal cage match is a story about struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood (see Acting Out, page 29).

2 pm, $12-$20 THE THREEPENNY OPERA Greer Garson Theatre at Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6439 Set in Victorian England, this classic musical satire written

by Bertolt Brecht tells the story of woe in a capitalist society. Kenn McLaughlin makes his debut as director at the theater (see Acting Out, page 29).

2 pm, $5-$15 THE WIZARD OF OZ Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 Go to Oz with Dorothy, Toto and more in this nonmusical version performed by the children’s ensembles.

2 pm, $8

MON/24 BOOKS/LECTURES MIRIAM KOLAR: ANCIENT SITES AND ANCIENT STORIES III Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Hear about ancient acoustics from this archaeologist in her lecture titled "Archaeoacoustics Research at Chavin de Huantar, Peru: Experimental Archaeology in the Andes."

6 pm, $15

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Draft Station 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443 One of the only times knowing a ton of useless facts can win you something. Bring your brightest friends and geek out together. Two minds are better than one.

7 pm, free

MUSIC COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Grab the mic, don't break any ear drums and remind yourself how badly you need that day job.

9 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Montgomery is a talented musician who can play most anything, but he sticks to mostly pop covers on piano.

6:30 pm, free

MELLOW MONDAYS WITH DJ OBI ZEN Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 This DJ mixes live percussion into his electronica sets.

Mellow out at the end of your Monday with a mix of instrumentation and technology.

Find that zen.

10 pm, free

TUE/25 BOOKS/LECTURES CHRISTOPHER J JOHNSON Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 This local poet presents and reads from his latest collection, &luckier (see A&C, page 23).

6 pm, free HIGH DESERT POET COLLECTIVE St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 The High Desert Poet Collective brings written work as part of the Santa Fe Artist Series in the Senior Common Room, Peterson Student Center.

7 pm, free

DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Bring your best tango moves to this weekly dance.

8:30 pm, $5

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Battle others to become king of knowing everything about trivia.

8 pm, free SFR ANNUAL MANUAL PHOTO SHOW Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., 216-5678 See all the winning photos from this year's contest and get a copy of the 2017 Santa Fe Manual at this party. All the proceeds benefit the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, because—ya know—transparency is patriotic (see SFR Picks, page 17).

6 pm, free

MUSIC CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 El Farol's Tuesday night blues jam has moved for the next two months during renovation, so don’t go lookin’ for jams in the wrong place.

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Vida!

What I talk about when I talk about sustainability

BY MARY FRANCIS CHEESEMAN

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ore and more of my customers are asking about organic wines, and I’m delighted to have a dialogue about them.

Some are suspicious. Is it a trendy marketing gimmick or a demonstrably better way to make wine? In fact, there are many ways grape growers go about protecting vines and soils: Biodynamic, organic or other eco-certifications are not the only ways to do it. Even without certification, a wine can still be sustainably produced.

So what do I mean when I talk about sustainability? According to Jamie Goode’s book Wine Science, “In the ‘natural’ situation of an ecosystem, checks and balances develop. ... Any system that is hopelessly imbalanced is unsustainable, so it is selected against. This means that the ecological systems that have survived are by definition, sustainable, unless they experience some externally applied change, such as someone planting a large vineyard in the middle of them.”

The trick for a grape grower is to protect vines from disease or risk losing a significant part of the crop. The easiest, cheapest route is to use pesticides and herbicides. But nature always catches up. Given a long enough timeline, natural selection will eventually come up with a disease-resistant strain of insect or weed or bacteria or whatever kind of threat a pesticide was intended to eliminate. A “sustainable” grower will encourage grapevines to be part of a complete ecosystem, rather than a monoculture.

I like to use sustainability as a starting point to establish why it’s important to be conscious of the way wine is made. Organic, biodynamic and natural winemaking are

related to sustainability, but have more strict interpretations about how to implement it.

Making wine is more than growing grapes; those grapes need to be fermented into alcohol in order to produce the final product. So there’s still great debate about applying the principles of

sustainability not only in the vineyard but the cellar as well.

If a wine is doctored with a concentrate like Mega Purple and pumped full of additives, the benefits of growing grapes in healthy soil for the consumer are effectively negated. Hence the great debate about “made with organic grapes” versus “organic wine.” What happens in the cellar that could interfere with the organic integrity of the grapes? (It boils down to the addition of sulfur, which is strictly limited in USDAcertified organic wine; EU-certified organic wines have much more flexibility.)

There are over 80 different additives that can be used during the fermentation process—which is jarring to think about, when all you really want in your wine is grapes and yeast. But there are

2016 Robert Sinskey rose

Pascal Doquet Diapason Champagne 2015 Ontañon Ecológica Rioja

products for clarifying, stabilizing, preserving, aromatizing, de-acidifying, chaptalizing and coloring. A responsible winemaker eschews the products that are bad for the environment. If a wine is certified organic or biodynamic, the same rules that applied to the growing of grapes must also apply to each additive. Meaning, if you’re going to buy commercial yeast, the yeast must also be certified organic. It’s complicated, but a great shortcut is to find winemakers who make wine in a conscientious style, rather than rigidly regarding one style of certification as the only way to make wine.

So, without being too pedantic about it, here are a few of my favorite producers of environmentally friendly wine.

When it comes to organic wines, are they all expensive? They don’t need to be. The 2015 Ontañon Ecológica retails for $15 and is EU-certified organic.

It’s Tempranillo sourced from vineyards on the high slopes of the Sierra de Yerga mountains in Rioja, where rates of pests and diseases are especially low.

It’s a fabulous wine, and the range of Ontañon wines are well worth seeking out.

Since it’s rose season, it’s also worth seeking out the 2016 Vin Gris rose by Robert Sinskey. This dry, pinot noirbased rose hails from cool climate Carneros (Napa Valley). “Grow it well and try not to mess it up” is the resident winemaking philosophy, and it shows.

This wine is a little more expensive than the average rose at $32, but it is a worthy warm-weather treat.

Farming organically in a region like Champagne is a seemingly impossible task. (In fact, the most criticized aspect of organic farming is that it tries to accommodate too many diverse regions and climates under a blanket set of tenets that don’t always translate very well to different circumstances.) The climate is humid when warm and brings the constant threat of mildew and odium. But Pascal Doquet makes an incredible Champagne for $49, Diapason, sourced from his own Grand Cru vineyards in the village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. He’s been EU-certified organic since 2010, and farming sustainably since 2003. This particular wine is lovely, elegant and complex, a great example of a finely crafted wine from a thoughtful grower and producer.

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THE CALENDAR City Different Players and Teen Ensemble presents

THE WIZARD OF OZ

Adapted by Adele Thane

DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards and classic covers played with a Montgomery-sized dab of talent.

6:30 pm, free OPEN MIC NIGHT Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 Collaborate with other musicians or perform as a solo artist with a backing band. All ages and levels welcome.

5:30 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Jazzy guitar goodness by this solo performer.

6 pm, free

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RICHARD MITTLESET Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Influences like Bob Marley, Cake and Ben Harper come through in Mittleset’s originals.

8:30 pm, free WHITNEY AND GOLDEN DAZE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Melancholia rock from headliners Whitney and—who would've guessed—dazed rock from their openers, Golden Daze.

7 pm, $15

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“Untitled” by Nick Aguayo is on view at New Mexico Museum of Art as part of the exhibit Be With Me: A Small Exhibition of Large Paintings, through April.

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

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St.,946-1000 O’Keeffe at the University of Virginia. Through Aug. HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Ken Price, Death Shrine I. Agnes Martin Gallery.

Continuum, Through May. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Athena LaTocha: Inside the Forces of Nature. Through May. New Impressions: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking. Through June. Daniel McCoy: The Ceaseless Quest for Utopia.

Through Jan. 2018.

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250

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Frank Buffalo Hyde: I-Witness Culture. Through Jan. 2018. Into the Future: Culture Power in Native American Art. Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy. Through Sept.

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 No Idle Hands: The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art. Through Sept. 16. Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico.

Through Sept. Sacred Realm.

The Morris Miniature Circus.

Under Pressure. Through Dec. MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 Chimayó: A Pilgrimage Through Two Centuries. The Beltran Kropp Collection. The Delgado Room.

NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 Agnes Martin and Me. Through Aug. Out of the Box: The Art of the Cigar.

Through Oct. NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern: Light Tight.

Through Sept. 17. Cady Wells: Ruminations. Through Sept. 17. Conversations in Painting. Through April. Be With Me: A Small Exhibition of Large Paintings. Through April.

PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Treasures of Devotion/ Tesoros de Devoción.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 Water Is Life Pushpin Show.

Through June.

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Bill Barrett: Visual Poetry.

Through March. Ojos y Manos.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 Eveli: Energy and Significance.

THEATER

ACTING OUT Lessons Learned

BY C H A R LOT T E J U S I N S K I c o p y e d i t o r @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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Leave the Gun,

TAKE THE EMPANADA

peppered with epithets and threats that only a hard-ass raised in “Puerto Rican Transylvania” could conjure. Robb is flawless as Veronica, all surliness and don’t-fuck-with-me, a formidable figure in huge hoop earrings and a lace negligee, fighting fire with fire.

Soon, we learn more about the infidelities of everyone (no, everyone). If you picked one deal-breaker when it came to poor choices and bad behavior, there wouldn’t be a single deal left. After prayer, accusations, a hidden gun, endless confessions and at least one fistfight comes an eventual yearning for redemption— and, depending on the viewer’s capacity for forgiveness, some characters may get it. But it’s still up for debate.

On opening night, the cast clearly wasn’t ready for the audience to laugh

(yes, despite heavy subject matter—or perhaps because of it—there are many laugh-out-loud moments). It was a little refreshing to watch as they accidentally jumped laughter with more lines, earnestly unprepared for people to love them.

The placing of the play is solid. Despite being from Austin and Santa Fe, respectively, Robb and Montoya in particular affect spot-on NYC accents (Robb is a little more Bronx, Montoya perhaps more Staten Island). Veronica sports a T-shirt from Friendly’s, a regional ice cream shop, and a reference to a weird catcall from a bodega is all too right. The play is relatively new—it debuted on Broadway in 2011—and feels fresh and relevant in the hands of these actors.

Disclosure: Noah G Simpson is an advertising account executive at SFR.

CHARLOTTE JUSINSKI

THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT t’s an old story: Boy and girl fall in love, boy sleeps around, girl sleeps 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, April around, boy drinks, girl drinks, the 20-29; 2 pm Sundays, April 23 and 30. $10-$20. Teatro Paraguas, pair attempts reconciliation, but 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601. everyone’s just too messed up to make it work. Whether in literature or in life, this isn’t new.

SCARLET BILLOWS But urgency and earnest emotion START TO SPREAD are brought to the tale by the cast of The When SFR tried to get in touch with SanMotherfucker with the Hat at Teatro ta Fe Univeristy of Art and Design actors Paraguas, up through April 30 and unto talk about its upcoming production of der the direction of Rick Vargas. Set in Bertolt Brecht’s dark Victorian musiNew York City, the story follows Jackie cal, The Threepenny Opera, no students (Matthew Montoya) and his girlfriend returned multiple inquiries. Not hugely Veronica (Madeleine Robb) as Jackie surprising, given recent events. tries to stay sober while Veronica is snortBut this writer was on deadline, ing coke within the first 90 seconds of the dammit. At nearly 10 pm on a Thursday show. Ralph (Noah G Simpson), Jackie’s faux-enlightened-but-actually-just-anasshole AA sponsor, and his wife Victoria (Eibhlin Brennan) orbit Jackie and Veronica in their own dysfunctional binary. Jackie’s cousin Julio (Pablo Adrián Ángeles Guaderrama), frying up empanadas and offering objective insight, is alternately comic relief and a tender touchstone for the profanity-laden dialogue spat between the other four.

As the show opens, Jackie suspects Veronica is cheating on him with the titular figure, whom we know only by a fedora left in the couple’s dining room. He smells the sheets. He’s convinced. Once accused, Veronica comes out swinging—think the highMadeleine Robb shines (and drinks) as Veronica in The Motherfucker with the Hat. speed witticisms of Gilmore Girls but actually believable,

night, SFUAD’s Garson Theatre was still aglow, the doors unlocked. In the large auditorium, dozens of students gathered for rehearsal. No one cared about the intruder sitting quietly in the back of the house with a notepad.

A soaring, minimalist set dwarfed the students, partially in costume, corsets over T-shirts and top hats paired with track pants. Occasionally someone called for line. The onstage pit orchestra, for now, was just a keyboard. It was already clear, though, that this is going to be a good one.

Koppany Pusztai, a junior at the university, plays Macheath, the slimy, handsome, amoral, charming, notorious, clever criminal who cheats everyone (and both woos and cheats women). Pusztai, a BFA candidate in acting with no formal musical training, has a singing voice like butter. A duet between Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown, both of whom claim to be married to Macheath, is effortlessly funny. Jack, the burly police commissioner, has absolutely radiant energy onstage.

The ensemble dancers’ mechanical dance moves complement the minor-heavy score. And this was all evident in just 20 minutes of a rehearsal.

We know a little more about Pusztai than the others because he did manage to get in touch late at night after the rehearsal. He praised director Kenneth McLaughlin, saying the cast and director together made the decision to eschew Cockney accents in favor of characterization that came out without the crutch of tradition. He feels Brecht would be “cheering in his grave” at this production. “The world is in such a shitty place,” he says. “Without trying to press any agenda, just look at the simplest forms of greed and power and poverty. This show will always be relevant. If the audience is preparing to be entertained and entertained only, they’re seeing the wrong show. This show is meant to teach something.”

Slipping out of the Garson Theatre unnoticed, this intruder was left heartened by the tireless talent of the students of SFUAD, rehearsing into the night. Reap the benefits of these fantastic actors while you can.

THE THREEPENNY OPERA 7 pm Fridays and Saturdays, April 21-29; 2 pm Sunday, April 23. $5-$15. Greer Garson Theatre at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6011.

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Building Homes – Building Hope CRYIN’ OUT LOUD IS A JURIED EXHIBITION THAT EXAMINES THE ROLE OF WOMEN’S AND FEMMES’ VOICES AS EXPRESSED IN ART ABOUT POLITICS, ACTIVISM, AND EMOTION. CONSIDERING BOTH THE METAPHORIC AND LITERAL VOICE, CRYIN’ OUT LOUD EXPLORES AND CELEBRATES THE USE OF ART AS A FORM OF SPEAKING UP AND OUT.

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Art provocateur forges his own path to enlightenment

++ FAST-PACED, EASY TO FOLLOW -- MODERN ART—MEH

BY KENDALL MAC i n t e r n @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

Amid the admiration and admonishment of Maurizio Cattelan’s career hides the resolute reality of the artist’s unlikely and unconventional achievements in a manufactured and manipulated world. In filmmaker Maura Axelrod’s debut documentary Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back, audiences see the story of an imaginative and misunderstood protagonist whose eccentric desire for success is realized through socially constructed controversy.

Through feats of escapism and anxiety, Cattelan creates an alternative life for himself in the art world. His works, like taxidermy of a suicidal squirrel, a large marble sculpture of a middle finger and the bust of a half-naked woman as a “trophy wife,” give Cattelan a Banksy-esque bad-boy vibe that art aficionados ache for.

Truth be told, though, most modern art is lost on the masses. For this reason, Cattelan’s well-regarded style breaks traditionally refined and reserved boundaries in the fine arts. Conjuring motifs of failure through humor and cheeky visualization, his artistic choices catapult the inner workings of his mind directly into the lives of the public.

Axelrod captures Cattelan’s mysterious indifference towards his subjects and his fans while throwing in a few twists and turns of her own directorial vision. Through interviews with curators, collectors and con artists, Axelrod uncovers the compelling story of a conceptual artist and, ultimately, the untold stories of what makes him tick. While most artists seek to dedicate themselves solely to the creation of their art, Cat-

telan’s dedication is rather to the success of his art. Through large-scale schemes of escape and disillusionment, Cattelan’s works create a sense of urgency within uncertainty.

Axelrod’s film style creates havoc and cathartic chaos, mimicking Cattelan’s artistic confusion and contemplation . While the documentary does justice to Cattelan’s artistic vision, it might leave audiences uncertain about whether his art is brilliant or bullshit. And maybe that’s the point.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN: BE RIGHT BACK Directed by Axelrod Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 95 min.

QUICKY REVIEWS

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GHOST IN THE SHELL

GHOST IN THE SHELL

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Strap in for yet another blockbuster blunder.

Scarlett Johansson’s (Avengers) latest motion picture dumpster fire, Ghost in the Shell, explores a not-so-distant-future where technology runs the lives of everyone in a racially ambiguous world.

Major Mira Killian, portrayed by Johansson, is created and outfitted with a completely synthetic robotic body but controlled by a human brain. Her soul (the eponymous “ghost”) is trapped inside a cybernetic cage (the eponymous “shell”), rendering her an obedient, emotionless drone subject to her commander’s orders. Throughout the entirety of the film it is apparent that Major truly cannot trust anyone and that you probably should have just gone to see Boss Baby.

Serving as an invisible assassin, fighting machine-gun misogyny with straight bangs and a rebel-without-a-cause attitude, Johansson’s performance does little to create a genuine connection with an audience. This film is actually an awful attempt to subliminally solidify whiteness as an indication of power through flashy graphics and obvious objectification of women. All the lead characters were portrayed by actors perceived to

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be white, living in a fictitious Asian-inspired foggy inferno fighting amongst themselves.

Equipped with shiny robotic ladyparts and a bad haircut, ScarJo fights robotic geishas with spider legs, oily-faced club owners and of course, like all great mysterious leading ladies, her inner demons. Johansson, who was clearly conjuring her character’s brooding and monotone demeanor from The L Word’s Shane, gives audiences little

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to work with in an already-confusing storyline.

Director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) has created a new and improved manic pixie robot dream girl who does little to distract from the racist and overly sexualized adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s 1989 manga of the same name. Just start there instead. (Kendall Mac) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 107 min.

First she tried to ruin Ghost World for everyone and now this!

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INTERGALACTIC BATTLE ROYALE

-- NO UGLY ASTRONAUTS

Director Daniel Espinosa’s (Safe House) new science-fiction thriller, Life, follows six absurdly attractive astronauts attempting to control a celestial lifeform. After recovering dirt samples from Mars, the team discovers a rapidly evolving single-cell organism unlike any intergalactic inhabitant ever seen. The malevolent Martian begins to fight back against its captors with gnarly open-mouth kisses and floating spacecraft bloodshed. This film’s ever-evolving extraterrestrial assassin will surely make you glad you’re seated safely on Earth, maybe for the first time since election night.

Before you write off this film as a shiny new imitation of Ridley Scott’s creation spawned by money-hungry Hollywood executives, don’t let the pretty-faced playboys, Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), stifle an otherwise intense and entertaining movie; the acting is surprisingly impressive, the effects are outstanding and the sound cues will surely have you on the edge of your seat screaming, “Kill it with Fire!”

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THE EXHIBIT FEATURES CARTOONIST RICARDO CATÉ FROM KEWA (SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO), NEW MEXICO. ILLUSTRATOR RICARDO CATÉ SHOWS THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF GROWING UP IN A NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY POKING FUN AT THE SIMPLE INTERPRETATIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE AMUSING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NATIVE PEOPLE AND THE DOMINANT CULTURE. RICARDO’S VIEWPOINTS ARE ENTERTAINING AND KEEP THE READER SMILING.

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RESTAURANTS

Dine out at any of these locations on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 and 25% of your bill goes to support Kitchen Angels Breakfast, Lunch & Second Street Brewery at the Dinner!

The Teahouse 992-0972

Breakfast & Lunch Tecolote Café 988-1362

Lunch & Dinner Andiamo!

995-9595

Dr. Field Goods

(no reservations)

Izanami

982-9304

La Boca

982-3433

Piccolino Italian Restaurant

(no reservations)

Café Pasqual’s

La Fogata Grill

Railyard

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Loyal Hound

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

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The Beast, who never once gives his real name and doesn’t correct anyone when they call him such, tears Belle from her ailing father, falsely imprisons her, uses threats of violence and withholds food to convince her he’s “not like most guys,” only to triumphantly win her over with his extensive collection of leather-bound books.

Modern romance.

While the introduction of new songs, bright colors and subtle hints of Lafou’s queerness (portrayed by Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad) were distracting from the ragtag bunch of feeble fellas this film has to offer, Belle’s line rang true that “there must be more than this provincial life.”

Perhaps maybe a plot point that doesn’t center around the alienation or objectification of women who make their own choices? Just a suggestion.

Running a nearly unbearable two hoursplus, this film has all the fun-loving problematic characters we know and love from the original animated version. However, the best review for this film is probably a vague “ehhhh” noise and a noncommittal wiggly hand gesture. (KM) Regal, Violet Crown, PG, 129 min.

Rejected titles for sci-fi/horror flick Life included Space-to-Pus and Squids of Mars. storyline and similar shock elements of precursor sci-fi flicks, these inspirations further Life’s excellence rather than mangle its predecessors’ iconic, suspenseful style. Similar to the Xenomorph in Alien, this creature, lovingly referred to as Calvin, grows into a murderous squid-like desperado throughout the film, proving one of Life’s more horrifying lessons: Don’t screw with aliens.

Espinosa does pick up extra credit for including underappreciated international stars like Hiroyuki Sanada (Game of Chance), Rebecca Ferguson (The Girl on the Train), Olga Dihovichnaya (Twilight Portrait) and Ariyon Bakare (The Dark Knight), rather than center on the survival of one character. Yet, by the end of the film, Hugh Derry (played by Bakare) will probably go down in movie history as the worst fictional astroscientist. Turns out, when you are emotionally invested in more than one character, it makes the inevitable internalization of “Who’s going to make it out alive?!” even more unbearable. The last five minutes of the movie alone make the film worth the down payment necessary for popcorn and a small soda. (KM) Regal, Violet Crown, R, 103 min.

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Is your masculinity feeling fragile? Fear not, delicate dudes, for the fraternity of frivolous bros in Disney’s newest live-action movie-musical has enough beefcakes and bestiality for audiences of all ages.

Director Bill Condon’s (Dreamgirls, Kinsey) adaptation of the 1991 animated film of the same name illustrates the story of a cursed narcissistic prince (Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey) and a thoughtful, young woman (Emma Watson) who inevitably falls in love despite the meager machismo and brutish advances of resident asshole Gaston (Luke Evans from Fast & Furious 6). With the help of his house staff, Lumière (Trainspotting’s Ewan McGregor), Cogsworth (Lord of the Rings’ Ian McKellen) and Mrs. Potts (Love Actually’s Emma Thompson), the Beast is able to prove he’s worthy of Belle’s love through manipulation and coercion. Spoiler alert: The two lead characters inevitably fall in love and Gaston is the winner of the No Belle Prize.

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The most recent Hollywood take on the giant ape himself, King Kong, should have left us with a monstrous hunger for more. Instead, it feels like a souped-up version of Honey I Shrunk the Kids meets the third or fourth Jurassic Park all set to the soundtrack of Good Morning, Vietnam.

Knowing this movie was heavier on the action than the plot, and wanting the throat-shaking sounds and sights to feel even closer, we went to a 3D showing and don’t regret it. Seeing Kong bat choppers out of the air and smash them together in a fiery explosion was pretty badass, and we were entertained by not just Kong but the surprising other monsters that emerge from the forbidden jungle, splendid in its CGI majesty.

Yet, part of what made the flick promising was the thought of seeing Samuel L Jackson take on the biggest gorilla this side of the galaxy and John Goodman as a government monster-chaser.

Whether it’s the silly script or their shallow characters, neither leaves a remarkable impression.

The story is not supposed to be complicated, but did it have to be so predictable? Did the filmmakers have to write in one more female journalist (Brie Larson, Rampart) who seems to have brought too few clothes for a jungle mission? Why on earth didn’t she put her hair in ponytail while she tried to take pictures from the open door of the ‘Nam helicopter? And, oh no, why does she go from detesting to flirting with the ex-military expedition leaders in a matter of minutes? Wait for it: Why is she looking so lovingly into Kong’s terrifying red eyes?

These and more questions are sure to get non-answers as it seems all but certain there will be a sequel. Maybe even more than one. Plus, do yourself a favor and get your $11 out of the deal by staying through to final scene at the end of the credits. (Julie Ann Grimm) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 120 min.

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Hugh Jackman also played Jean Valjean and Les Mis was definitely better than Logan.

Hugh Jackman in the latest—and they promise us, sorta, the last—Wolverine movie. But then you realize that Logan is getting old, only he’s not going to go quietly into that good night.

While this is really the bajillionth in a series of long, sometimes-overproduced and complicated tales in the X-Men franchise, it’s true that you don’t really need a lot of backstory to follow along. Wolverine is tired. He coughs and limps.

He works as a chauffeur and carries businessmen and bachelorette parties in a limo around a city that resembles El Paso. But like a lot of those battling the marching of time (read: all of us), he’s got some bigger fights ahead.

It’s not just ol’ Wolvie who’s aging, but also Professor X (Patrick Stewart). Once the teacher/ savior/organizer for mutants, now it’s X who needs protecting. But what happens when a man whose brain can stop time develops dementia?

It’s what one character says is “degenerative brain disease in the world’s most dangerous brain.”

This, and so much more, is on Wolverine’s scarred-yet-still-shapely shoulders. Although “new mutants” were supposed to be a thing of the past, a child with killer instincts and familiar metallic claws arrives in need of saving.

After that, maybe their fights have less in common with our fights. Rated R for violence, there’s a ton of gore in the story—no shortage of decapitations, impalements and claws through the head, eyes, neck and every other bloody part you can think of. Yet somehow when a little girl (a great performance, BTW, from a mostly otherwise silent Dafne Keen) lets out a grunt as she delivers it, you’re rooting for her along with the familiar man with the muscles. He’s old. But he’s still got it. (JAG) Regal, Violet Crown, R, 137 min.

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The camera moves along the ancient streets of Istanbul, following a particularly adorable orange cat. Diners at streetside cafés hand over treats.

Passersby respectfully step around her. Nearby, a clever striped fellow scales a three-story building to visit a human friend in her apartment. At an outdoor flea market across town, young and old cats alike sleep amongst the wares. The camera pans along the port and cranes up over the gorgeous Golden Horn, revealing the massive labyrinth of a city. This is Kedi, a new documentary on the street cats of Istanbul from director Ceyda Torun, and it is awe-inspiring.

We follow the seemingly ordinary lives of

various cats who live throughout the sprawling Turkish metropolis on the sea. From a rather polite comrade who haunts a deli patio (but is never so rude as to go inside), a beat-up old tabby who rules her perceived turf with an iron paw, a portside puffer who keeps the mouse population under control and beyond, the brief windows into the lives of cats come together to prove one thing: Cats are beloved in Istanbul.

Through this, Kedi sneakily becomes perhaps more about the humans in the cats’ lives rather than the opposite. A sailor, for instance, who once lost everything but was saved by a cat who led him to a hidden cache of money, spends his days roaming the port feeding feral kittens with a bottle. Elsewhere, a baker forms an unlikely alliance with a cat who unwittingly gives his life meaning beyond his work. In a nearby home packed to the rafters with countless strays, two women cook for and feed dozens of street cats daily.

Even those who aren’t in love with these fascinating creatures will find a captivating human story here. And rather than linger on the more cutesy aspects of felines, Kedi instead proves an inspiring treatise on the enriching aspects of animals and a satisfying glimpse into the beauty of the city itself. (Alex De Vore) Center for Contemporary Arts, Violet Crown, NR, 80 min.

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TIERRA NUEVA COUNSELING CENTER - We offer low cost, sliding scale ($25 per session) counseling and art therapy services for adults and children ages 3 and up. These services are provided by student therapists from Southwestern College. They are supervised by licensed counselors. We do not take insurance at this time.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) After George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States, he had to move from his home in Virginia to New York City, which at the time was the center of the American government. But there was a problem: He didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay for his long-distance relocation, so he was forced to scrape up a loan. Fortunately, he was resourceful and persistent in doing so. The money arrived in time for him to attend his own inauguration. I urge you to be like Washington in the coming weeks, Aries. Do whatever’s necessary to get the funds you need to finance your life’s next chapter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A friend told me about a trick used by his grandmother, a farmer. When her brooding hens stopped laying eggs, she would put them in pillowcases that she then hung from a clothesline in a stiff breeze. After the hens got blown around for a while, she returned them to their cozy digs. The experience didn’t hurt them, and she swore it put them back on track with their egg-laying. I’m not comfortable with this strategy. It’s too extreme for an animal-lover like myself.

(And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with recalcitrant hens.) But maybe it’s an apt metaphor or poetic prod for your use right now. What could you do to stimulate your own creative production?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Fantasize about sipping pear nectar and listening to cello music and inhaling the aroma of musky amber and caressing velvet, cashmere, and silk. Imagine how it would feel to be healed by inspiring memories and sweet awakenings and shimmering delights and delicious epiphanies. I expect experiences like these to be extra available in the coming weeks. But they won’t necessarily come to you freely and easily. You will have to expend effort to ensure they actually occur. So be alert for them. Seek them out. Track them down.

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exercise will be a good warm-up for your other assignment, which is to upgrade your intimacy skills.

How might you do that? Hone and refine your abilities to get close to people. Listen deeper, collaborate stronger, compromise smarter, and give more. Do you GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Contagion may work in your favor, but it could also undermine you. On the one have any other ideas? hand, your enthusiasm is likely to ripple out and inspire SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “If I had nine hours to people whose help you could use. On the other hand, chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my you might be more sensitive than usual to the obnoxax,” said Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s most ious vibes of manipulators. But now that I’ve revealed productive presidents. I know you Sagittarians are this useful tip, let’s hope you will be able to maximize more renowned for your bold, improvisational actions the positive kind of contagion and neutralize the nega- than your careful planning and strategic preparation, tive. Here’s one suggestion that may help: Visualize but I think the coming weeks will be a time when you yourself to be surrounded by a golden force field that can and should adopt Lincoln’s approach. The readier projects your good ideas far and wide even as it preyou are, the freer you’ll be to apply your skills vents the disagreeable stuff from leaking in. effectively and wield your power precisely.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) A reader named Kris X sent CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Zoologists say that canme a rebuke. “You’re not a guru or a shaman,” he nibalizing offspring is common in the animal kingdom, sneered. “Your horoscopes are too filled with the slipeven among species that care tenderly for their young. pery stench of poetry to be useful for spiritual seekers.” So when critters eat their kids, it’s definitely “natural.”

Here’s my response: “Thank you, sir! I don’t consider But I trust that in the coming weeks, you won’t devour myself a guru or shaman, either. It’s not my mission to your own children. Nor, I hope, will you engage in any be an all-knowing authority who hands down foolproof behavior that metaphorically resembles such an act. I advice. Rather, I’m an apprentice to the Muse of suspect that you may be at a low ebb in your relationCuriosity. I like to wrestle with useful, beautiful paradox- ship with some creation or handiwork or influence that es. My goal is to be a joyful rebel stirring up benevolent you generated out of love. But please don’t abolish it, trouble, to be a cheerleader for the creative imaginadissolve it, or abandon it. Just the opposite, in fact: tion.” So now I ask you, my fellow Cancerian: How do Intensify your efforts to nurture it. you avoid getting trapped in molds that people pressure you to fit inside? Are you skilled at being yourself even if AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your astrological house of communication will be the scene of substantial clamor that’s different from what’s expected of you? What are the soulful roles you choose to embody despite the fact and ruckus in the coming weeks. A bit of the hubbub will be flashy but empty. But much of it should be pretty that almost no one understands them? Now is a good interesting, and some of it will even be useful. To get the time to meditate on these matters.. best possible results, be patient and objective rather LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In the coming weeks, there will than jumpy and reactive. Try to find the deep codes burbe helpers whose actions will nudge you—sometimes ied inside the mixed messages. Discern the hidden inadvertently—toward a higher level of professionalism. meanings lurking within the tall tales and reckless gosYou will find it natural to wield more power and you will sip. If you can deal calmly with the turbulent flow, you be more effective in offering your unique gifts. Now will give your social circle a valuable gift. maybe you imagine you have already been performing PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The best oracular advice at the peak of your ability, but I bet you will discover— you’ll get in the coming days probably won’t arise from with a mix of alarm and excitement—that you can become even more excellent. Be greater, Leo! Do better! your dreams or an astrological reading or a session with a psychic, but rather by way of seemingly random sigLive stronger! (P.S.: As you ascend to this new level of nals, like an overheard conversation or a sign on the side competence, I advise you to be humbly aware of your of a bus or a scrap of paper you find lying on the ground. weaknesses and immaturities. As your clout rises, you And I bet the most useful relationship guidance you can’t afford to indulge in self-delusions.) receive won’t be from an expert, but maybe from a blog VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) I love to see you Virgos flirt you stumble upon or a barista at a café or one of your with the uncharted and the uncanny and the old journal entries. Be alert for other ways this theme is indescribable. I get thrills and chills whenever I watch operating, as well. The usual sources may not have useyour fine mind trying to make sense of the fabulous and ful info about their specialties. Your assignment is to the foreign and the unfathomable. What other sign can gather up accidental inspiration and unlikely teachings. cozy up to exotic wonders and explore forbidden zones Homework: At least 30 percent of everything you and I with as much no-nonsense pragmatism as you? If anyone can capture greased lightning in a bottle or get a know is more than half-wrong. Are you brave enough to hold of magic beans that actually work, you can. admit it? Describe your ignorance. FreeWillastrology.com.

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STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk By: Corrine Onate Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Maria Montoya Petitioner, Pro Se STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF Maria Josefita Romero Case No.: D-101-CV-2017-00932 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Maria Josefita Romero will apply to the HONORABLE FRANCIS J. MATHEW, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:15 p.m. on the 12th day of May, 2017 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Maria Josefita Romero to Josie Romero.

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Case No.: D-101-CV-201700884 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, the Petitioner Jose Ramon Roberto Valdez will apply to the Honorable Raymond Ortiz, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex at Santa Fe, New Mexico at 8:30 a.m. on the 19th day of May, 2017 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Jose Ramon Roberto Valdez to Raymond R Valdez.

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