Santa Fe Reporter Summer Guide 2017

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DAY TRIPS FOR WEIRDOS

TAKE A HIKE

Pack up your car and hit up the best and weirdest in museums and drives

What would life be like without walking in one direction then turning around and coming back?

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BEAT THE HEAT

You should probably go swimming today

As far as we’re concerned, summer is all the license you need for some patio boozin’

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SUMMER’S COOL

The hottest don’t-miss events of summer

MUSEUM GUIDE

Drawings and paintings and photos, oh my!

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EYE-OPENING

Win at life with openings and galleries and probably wine and cheese

THE SILVER SCREEN

Even if you don’t love nonstop comic book movies, we’ve got the films for you

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FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD

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Billy the Kid is kind of like Anglocentric American history compressed into a single person. Stay with me, now: He was fiercely independent and traveled west on a journey of what some might call righteous battle, what others might call treachery. He was a romantic hero and/or a violent sociopath. Either way, his influence cannot be denied, and everyone you talk to at least knows his name and that he supposedly killed 21 people—one for every year he was alive.

Thanks to To Hell on a Fast Horse by Colorado author Mark Lee Gardner, I have a pet interest in Billy the Kid. I even went so far as to commission a pop art portrait of the outlaw from local artist Shelly Johnson (shelly-johnson.squarespace.com—check her out).

But it was never enough to draw me to Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, the Kid’s final resting place. Until now, that is.

In the Billy the Kid Museum (1435 Sumner Ave., Ft. Sumner, 575-355-2380, billythekidmuseumfort sumner.com) you’ll find an archive of Kid newspaper clippings, interpretive paintings, unauthenticated artifacts (these might have been his chaps—these might have been his cooking pots—these might have been his spurs) and what might be the rifle from his famous photograph. Continue on by following the yellow arrows on the floor, because the real draw here is actually an immense trove of historic and vintage artifacts of everyday life on the New Mexican frontier.

In addition to stuff you won’t see anywhere else (like a taxidermied conjoined twin calf), the museum has become a sort of repository for bits of regional history that might have otherwise been relegated to the yard sale heap. A China cream set that was given as the prize for growing the largest watermelon (no location or year listed); chicken-shaped serving bowls donated by Gloria and Tino of Sudan, Texas; a working turn-of-the-century machine that, when you insert a dime and look through a slot, shows a succession of 15 photos of a bathing beauty on a hobby horse.

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The rooms are stuffed absolutely full of these kinds of curios, including what might be a mastodon skull and a stack of tin cups helpfully labeled “Tin Cups.”

Seasonally, the museum opens daily from 8:30 am-5 pm. Tickets are $3-$5 and kids under 6 are free. The day a friend and I went, longtime employee Tom manned the counter and was one of the friendliest people we’ve ever met. He spouted plenty of trivia and offered us shiny pennies for the penny press if our own were too dull.

Ask for directions to Billy the Kid’s gravesite, just down Billy the Kid Road. At Tom’s recommendation, we also went to the

Bosque Redondo Memorial (3647 Billy the Kid Road, Ft. Sumner, 575-3552573, bosqueredondomemorial.com), right next to the graveyard. Expecting a plaque on the side of the road, we were pleasantly surprised to come upon a beautiful, modern building (opened in 2005), which contains information about the Long Walk and the Bosque Redondo, particularly dark spots on New Mexico’s history. About 10,000 Native people died during the walk and on the site between 1863 and 1868. After an hour or two spent celebrating Manifest Destiny at the museum, this was a place to get groundDARILAND ed. Folks at the memorial were no less friendly—a ranger named Aaron, pleased with the relatively busy Saturday, was happy to take time to explain the memorial and its well-manicured grounds. Its website says it’s $3 to get in, but for some reason it was free on the day we went.

On our way out of town, a cheeseburger, fries and a soda was the $6.50 special at Dariland (1304 Sumner Ave., Ft. Sumner, 575-355-2337), and we stopped to take pictures of creepy abandoned buildings in Vaughn.

From Tijeras to Santa Fe and back, Highway 14 proves a scenic byway, sure—but it also features some of the most colorful characters around. One such legendary former inhabitant of the Turquoise Trail is Ross Ward, who opened the ultra-kitschy Tinkertown Museum (121 Sandia Crest Road, Sandia Park, 505-281-5233, tinkertown.com) in 1983. Ward started creating the intricate folk art treasure trove in 1962, but people wanted to see it so badly he eventually decided to start charging admission. He passed away in 2002, yet his family has carried the torch ever since.

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Round Trip: 320 miles Also Consider: A picnic at Redondo Lake (just follow the signs); weird souvenirs from the Clines Corners truck stop

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Every trip down Highway 14, for us, includes a stop in Madrid. Drop in for lunch at The Hollar (2849 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 471-4821). We love everything chef/owner Josh Novak does, including burgers on a biscuit and tender barbecue specials, but we’re a little married to the chicken and grits with lavender béchamel ($13.50). Pair it with a tall glass of sweet tea ($3.50).

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TINKERTOWN MUSEUM

Antonito. Hang a right at Sandia Crest Road, and about a mile up the hill is Tinkertown.

To say “every inch of Tinkertown is covered in art” would actually be a lie. There might be three or four square feet in the 22-room museum that don’t have some kind of trinket, sign, decoration or painting. Ward started the project in high school as dioramas of Old West towns and circuses with working lights and moving parts, but it evolved into a treehouse-like structure packed floor to ceiling with folk art curios from around the world.

Quotes from the Bible, Mark Twain and Albert Einstein are expertly lettered along the walls.

Coin-operated machines tell fortunes or play music. Many walls are built from stacked green bottles glowing in the light. A miniature mill operates in a courtyard with a calming trickle of water.

When we visited, Lynn McLane, president of the Turquoise Trail Association, was working the front. She called Tinkertown “the analog Meow Wolf,” saying that the two interactive sensory-overload immersive art installations share a lot of the same visitors. Only this one is a fraction of the cost, and much prettier to get to.

During warmer months, the museum is open daily—this year it closes for the winter on Halloween. Admission is $1.25-$3.75, and that includes a quarter back to operate one of the coin machines.

Be aware that it could be a tough place to navigate if you have mobility issues—as a nod to this, the museum does not charge an entrance fee for anyone in a wheelchair (just good luck getting around).

Round Trip: 103 miles Also Consider: A beer and a pizza at the Lazy Lizard Grill in Cedar Crest; an additional 12-mile (one way) drive up to Sandia Peak for a low-key nature walk ($3 to park)

A few weeks ago I crowdsourced on Facebook for scenic day trips. Not one person suggested Highway 550, and I have no idea why. It winds through what might be the most beautiful landscape in New Mexico (not even kidding). If you have a camera and even an ounce of talent at landscape photography— or even just an iPhone and a love of majestic vistas—get in the car yesterday.

Head down I-25 and hang a right at Bernalillo, go past the Santa Ana Star Center and just keep going.

Outdoorsy types might know it as “the way to Chaco,” but going all the way to Chaco Culture National Historical Park (nps.gov/chcu) is a real commitment at about 180 miles one way from Santa Fe. VALLES CALDERA

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My personal recommendation would be to hit mile marker 41 or so—after that the scenery is still beautiful, just not as breathtaking as miles 1 to 40.

This will get you to around San Ysidro, or where Highway 4 meets 550. You can then turn back and see 550 the other way, or hang a right on Highway 4 and take it up through the Jemez Mountains and come out at Los Alamos, then make your way back to town.

On this drive, there isn’t a ton to do other than just marvel at how ridiculously gorgeous our state is, but that is way more than enough.

Round-trip: 137 miles (to San Ysidro and back); 156 miles (return via Highway 4) Also Consider: The Jemez Historic Site or the Valles Caldera on Highway 4; brunch at The Range Café in Bernalillo (best breakfast potatoes ever)

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We’re often told that the great outdoors make Santa Fe one of the most desirable places on earth in which to live or to visit. But with countless hiking options, how does one even choose? Easy: One doesn’t. One just does them all. Here are a few choices in no particular order to get you started.

TAKE A HIKE

BY ALEX DE VORE

ATALAYA MOUNTAIN HIKING TRAIL Zip over to St. John’s College, where the lower trailhead is at a clearly marked parking lot, and direct your feet up this mountainside for some of the best views in town. From below, you can identify it as the one with the nipple

a little south of the bigger peaks. Added bonus? It’s totally doable even if you’re not much of a hiker, and you can bring your dogs. It’s 3.5 miles one way from the lower trailhead with about an 1,800 foot elevation gain, but you should probably just measure it in smiles, jabronis.

How to get there: Accessible via St. John’s College—or continue on Camino Cruz Blanca to Wilderness Gate Road, then hang a left on the aptly titled Atalaya Hill Road for the upper trailhead if you want to cheat (no judgment).

DALE BALL TRAILS We’re talking 22 scenic miles with all kinds of terrain for your walking/ hiking/biking/dogwrangling pleasure. Make no mistake—this is one of the big boys around here

and beloved by many, if not all, so plan ahead and be prepared to exchange pleasantries with other humans.

straight on until morning.

Or the trailhead. Whichever comes first. Upper Canyon Road works too.

RIO EN MEDIO TRAIL What one might call a “water hike,” this 6-mile trail accompanies a stream and features a mega-beautiful waterfall. At about a half hour outside town, you might have to be a certain

ASPEN VISTA TRAIL Near the Ski Basin, this particular trek puts you right where the aspen action is— namely, one of the largest single living organisms on the planet! Finally, you can be one of those obnoxious

WINSOR TRAIL It doesn’t have to be summer to trek this trail since it’s every bit as pretty with the snow as it is without it. You’ll have options up there in terms of terrain and, while it’s a little long at about 10 miles one-

How to get there: Drive up Palace Avenue until you hit Cerro Gordo and then

type of hiker—but if you’ve got time for a day trip or want to get your feet wet, this is the way to go.

How to get there: Head out Highway 590 to the village of Rio en Medio. There is very limited parking, so

“Let’s go watch the leaves change colors!” people under the beautiful, shady canopy.

How to get there: About half way up Hyde Park Road, you’ll totally see the signs. And the hordes of

way, you can always turn around. It’s well-maintained and good for all to stroll.

Also, there are stream crossings, so … score.

How to get there: Head up Hyde Park Road all the way to the lot at the Ski Basin. Look for the forest

Hot tip: No smokers.

Hot tip: Great for out-oftown friends who need a crash course in our state’s good looks.

maybe go on a Tuesday or something.

Hot tip: A change of clothes or shoes is a good plan, so you can get as wet as you’d like and not be miserable driving home.

people there on a beautiful weekend.

Hot tip: There are enough photos of the aspens to last us all a million lifetimes.

Be present and ditch your phones in the car.

bathroom shack.

Hot tip: Bone up on what mushrooms you can or can’t eat and add some foraging to your trek. But, like, seriously—don’t eat anything unless you’re 100 percent on it. Get a book, maybe.

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Explore the remnants of Pecos Pueblo and the Spanish mission church, follow the Santa Fe Trail, step back in time at the Forked Lightning Ranch, or learn about the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy fishing the Pecos River, hiking, and bird watching.

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If high concept cinematic offerings such as Caddyshack or The Sandlot or Swimfan have taught us anything, it’s that pools rule when the summer sun’s a-blazing. And no matter your budget or timeframe, Santa Fe has options for you. Break out your swimsuits and do those weird handstands from when you were a kid, folks—our pool list is here.

You’ll have to plan ahead to schedule your particular brand of swimming— sometimes it’s kid madness, sometimes it’s laps ’n’ such—but if there’s one thing we know for sure, this pool exists alongside so many sportsy/rec-y activities it would almost be harder to not get in shape.

I mean, we won’t be getting in shape, but you could!

Not just the place for fans of minor league baseball and pagan-esque puppet burnings, Ft. Marcy also has the whole pool situation. This one might be a little more about laps, but there’s a gym all up in there, too, so you might even get healthy. Might.

BICENTENNIAL POOL 1121 Alto St., 955-4779 santafenm.gov/bicentennial_ pool

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This summer-only hotspot is nestled right there in Alto Park, which means you can also probably play tennis, walk your dog or bicycle your way poolside while you’re trying to keep cool and/or occupy your kids.

Even if you’re afraid of the alleged ghost haunting this place, the saline pool with a bar attached totally makes up for it. Throw in super-sweet outdoor areas and one of our very favorite indoor drinking spots in town and you’ve got a recipe for success.

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Just hearing the brand Four Seasons conjures luxury ideals, and when it comes to these-here day passes and their access to spa amenities including hot tubs and yoga, you’ll get much more than a pool experience … assuming you’ve got the cash.

For those who took a look around and thought, “I like a rec center, but only of a certain size,” here comes Salvador Perez, the most decommissioned-trainadjacent pool our town has to offer. Do them laps or try water aerobics—the choice is yours.

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ADELITA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT 3136 Cerrillos Road, 474-4897 Opens at 8 am

Open since 1988, a trip to this longstanding authentic Mexican restaurant for lunch is a getaway in itself. The staff is super friendly and they serve a housemade ice-cold Clamato beer (as in, beer mixed with tomato juice and clam broth) that has a lovely tang ($6.95), and a massive house margarita ($6).

COYOTE CANTINA 132 W Water St., 983-1615 Opens at 11:30 am

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COWGIRL 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Opens at 11:30 am

If you’re looking for an early festive vibe, this is your place.

The C-Girl patio seems perpetually packed in the summer, and they feature frequent live Americana, country and blues acts. It’s the kind of place you have a crazy cocktail mashup of two things normally served separately, like a beer with a frozen margarita crammed in, otherwise known as the Lava Lamp ($6.50), made with the house frozen marg and a pint of Lagunitas Pilsner (or a pint of pineapple cider if you’re in an island mood).

Santa Fe’s flat roofs beg for rooftop bars, and when you find a good one (they’re more rare than you’d think) you end up frequenting it. The seasonal bar atop Coyote Café is such a place. With an ideal bird’s-eye view of the streets below, the

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Something about sipping a boozy beverage with the sun high in the sky immediately catapults one into a vacation state of mind.

If you need a mental break or an hour’s worth of staycation, spending some daylight with your favorite drink is a good way to get there. Remember to drink water, though—we’re at, like, a million feet in altitude here. Plus, you can’t get booze before 11 am on Sundays, so schedule that liquid brunch a little later.

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people-watching is almost as eyecatching as the cocktails, which come in an impressive array of colors. They offer spicy twists on classics like the Norteño Margarita ($11) made with Hatch green chile-infused tequila. Bring a sunhat or some SPF with you— the mountain sun can bake this patio.

DEL CHARRO 101 W Alameda St., 954-0320 Opens at 11:30 am

Looking for a quick guacamole and margarita? This is your spot.

Spend $3.50 on the chips and dip and the rest of your $10 bill and meter change on the house margarita ($7), made with fresh lime juice. It comes in a shaker that basically fits two drinks’ worth.

That’s what it feels like to indulge in a little slice of summer.

more gentle on the palate than the normal stuff. Ever-changing specials are usually priced around $11, and in our last few visits we tried a lavender gin sour, which was impressively Instagrammable thanks in part to a single blueberry the bartender muddled in the drink and a tiny heart of lavender floating on top. We also tried the sandia cooler, made with fresh watermelon juice and gin, which was refreshing and light enough that one could enjoy two.

HQ SANTA FE 411 W Water St., 988-8042 Opens at 2 pm

HQ pours healthy flutes of Gruet and tops ‘em off with OJ (yeah, it’s Simply, not fresh-squeezed, but it’s real) or magenta prickly pear juice. On Sundays they’re half off. They also serve Bloody Maria micheladas ($8), made with a locally produced green chile spicy mixer concoction, a 12-ounce beer, lemon or lime and a salted rim.

PLAZA CAFÉ SOUTHSIDE 3466 Zafarano Drive, 424-0755 Opens at 8 am

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Stop in the Southside location of the downtown staple for a cocktail before you see a summer blockbuster across the parking lot at the Regal Cinema. If you’re trying to make a matinee, the citrus bloody mary ($11) is a good choice, since it’s like an acceptable daytime drink, or whatever. You could always be that person drinking a classic martini ($11) at 11:30 am. The Plaza also has La Cumbre, Marble and Santa Fe Brewing Co. beer options on tap.

GRUET SANTA FE TASTING ROOM 210 Don Gaspar Ave., 989-9463 Opens at 11 am

It’s never too early for a sip of something sparkling and this tasting room serves a variety of the local winery’s bubbly. They have a dog-friendly outdoor patio with both shady and sunny seats and, if you want to feel extrafancy, order a fizzy cocktail, like the Brut Blossom ($11), which comes with hibiscus syrup and a candied flower. Or stick with the classic mimosa ($11) with freshsqueezed orange juice. Alas, if only it were bottomless.

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‘Nuff said. The Big Tesuque Margarita ($12) isn’t cheap, but the pour is heavy and the juice is freshly squeezed. To be honest, we aren’t really sure what the secret is, but they’re unbeatable. Their green chile cheese fries are delectable, too.

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Summer’s

BY ALEX DE VORE

Are you paying attention? Good. Because we’re T minus zero seconds until Santa Fe kicks into hyperdrive and the goings-on escalate from depressing beers in empty bars to almost too much to handle.

It can be confusing. It can be scary. It can be … done. Indeed, we are here to help with this nifty guide to don’t-miss events for all types of people from the party-monstering-est party monster to the monocle-sporting-est stuffy weirdo among you.

Plan well, and go forth.

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duo El Ten Eleven is scheduled to perform for free on June 10 this year, alongside some crazy video installation, so you’ll probably have to go every night. Pop by currentsnewmedia.org for more info.

June 3 Somebody get AMP Concerts a present, because this free show with the legendary rock trio Meat Puppets is so hot, you’ll swear you’re someplace in a lake of fire rather than the Railyard. Boom—Meat Puppets jokes. Anyway, it’s been years since they last came to town, and you’ll wanna see this. I mean, they’re basically the only good thing to ever come from Arizona.

FANTASE DOME FEST June 17 Who among us hasn’t looked at a geodesic

CURRENTS NEW MEDIA YES! This might be our favorite event of the year, thanks in part to much of it being free. Of course, there’s all the incredible multimedia (and often interactive) art from around the world, the music and the hangin’out in the Railyard/El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, which we also love.

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dome from time to time and thought, “Not. Good.

Enough!”? Yeah, domes are cooler with video projects projected all up in them, and this annual fest that goes down in DeVargas Park—that also totally has ice cream and bands and skateboarding—lives up to this premise every damn year. Check out creativesantafe.org/ initiative-fantase.html to learn more.

SANTA FE BANDSTAND July 5-Aug. 25 One guy named Michael Delheim puts this entire summertime fest together each year through nonprofit organization Outside In, which seeks to bring music to the

incarcerated and the homebound. With nearly 100 performances from almost all genres (sorry, death metal fans) taking over the Plaza, there’s something for everyone.

Direct your computers and/or phones to santafebandstand.org for up-to-date information.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET July 14-16 Legend has it the very best folk art vendors from all those folky countries everyone loves have never come together on such a grand scale as this celebration on Museum Hill! And while that might not be true (I mean, c’mon, who knows about every single folk art market on

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WHEREIN WE NARROW DOWN SANTA FE’S SUMMERTIME PARTYING OPTIONS TO A FEW CHOICE EVENTS the planet?), this one’s a biggie and Santa Fe loves it. Stock up, buy a one-ofa-kind piece or even just peruse the fantastically creative wares. It’s cool and we love it. Head to folkartalliance.org to start planning.

TRADITIONAL SPANISH MARKET July 24-30 At one of the biggest events of the year, Spanish art, music and food explodes into an amalgam of awesome on and around the Plaza.

You just know they’ll have killer food vendors and gorgeous traditional and contemporary creations in countless styles and mediums, too (we like the stuff the kids make). Think about what

retablos or paintings you might like to own before you visit spanishcolonial.org.

SFR’S BEST OF SANTA FE 2017 PARTY No big, just the largest collection of local favorites as voted on

by SFR readers plus the glorious return of The Gluey Brothers in the Railyard. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Type sfreporter.com into your browser now.

CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC MARKET July 29 and 30 These artists shirk tradition in favor of going absolutely bonkers in more mediums than one could shake a stick at. What?!

Sold! So many details exist and are readily findable by directing your mouse toward contemporaryhispa nicmarketinc.com.

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July 28 we kind of deserve it, too. You know it’s in the Railyard (like almost everything suddenly) and you know there’s more info to be found at wearetheseedsart.com.

SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET August 19 and 20 Literally hundreds upon hundreds of vendors take over the Plaza and surrounding streets to showcase their wares in countless mediums and from countless schools of artistic thought. Ever wanted to pick up a contemporary painting and a traditional sculpture in the same day? Now you can. All the good news is at swaia.org.

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September 1

Sadly, the Indigenous Fine Art Market is no more, but in its place comes We Are the Seeds, another glorious threeday art-a-thon organized by former IFAM and Indian Market people—all of whom are badass women. This is the Indigenous art market they deserve and, frankly,

Now that Zozo is back on Friday after years of toiling on a dumb Thursday, meet us at second base at Fort Marcy and revel in this bizarre pagan ritual meant to cleanse everyone’s doom and gloom. We’re not saying you should smoke weed and get trashed, but we

won’t be surprised if you do. Plot your revenge at burnzozobra.com.

SANTA FE PRIDE September 15-17 We know there’s still a long way to go, but hot damn do we love hitting the Plaza with our LGBTQ+ comrades for live music, vendor booths, food trucks and the common and very human understanding that someone’s sexuality is absolutely not our place to police, threaten or otherwise malign. Plus, you’re gonna see some outfits, child. Swing by santafehra.org for more.

AHA FESTIVAL OF PROGRESSIVE ARTS September 17 The After Hours Alliance boasts one of the largest and most anticipated arts and music fests around with dozens of artists booths and two music stages spanning the whole Railyard. This year’s fest is spread out across a few months, but this particular jam remains a stellar one day affair. Get the sweet lowdown at ahafestival.com.

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Museum Guide

BY MARIA EGOLF-ROMERO Museums are ocular feasts, stunning spaces filled with art, pieces of history and glimpses into the creative future. In Santa Fe, museums sit atop hills and near the Plaza, and each has special offerings for summer.

From photographs of Syria in the early 1900s to Chinese quilts, there’s no shortage of the medium and millennia represented this season. Here are some of the best.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261, golondrinas.org The name means “the ranch of the swallows,” and the historic property sits just outside town along the Camino Real (a former trade route between Mexico City and Santa Fe), which has been active for over 300 years. Today it hosts festivals and family-friendly activities throughout the summer. This year kicks off with the Spring and Fiber Fest (Saturday and Sunday June 3 and 4) which includes live sheep-shearing, carding and weaving using traditional methods. The Herb and Lavender Festival (Saturday and Sunday June 17 and 18) brings vendors with artisan soaps, lotions and edibles.

Sip local wines later in the summer at the 24th Annual Santa Fe Wine Festival (Saturday and Sunday July 1 and 2). The 10th Annual ¡Viva México! Fiesta (Saturday and Sunday July 22 and 23) brings mariachis, multiple live performances

by Norteño troubadours Lone Piñon, lucha libre fights and Mexican dance performances.

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Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 okeeffemuseum.org Smooth, soft white walls aren’t cluttered by O’Keeffe’s works. Instead, viewers are allowed to take in each painting by itself.

The permanent collection includes examples from throughout O’Keeffe’s career, including her fabled flowers, skulls and desert landscapes. See their special exhibit featuring works from early in O’Keeffe’s career, when she attended the University of Virginia.

O’Keeffe at the University of Virginia, 1912-1914 features scenes from around the college campus and, even in this early development phase, you can see her style coming through. The special exhibit is on view through Oct. 28.

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 iaia.edu/iaia-museum-ofcontemporary-native-arts Currently, MOCNA’s installations include a sitespecific mural painted on the spot by Muscogee Creek/

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Citizen Band Potawatomi artist Daniel McCoy titled “The Ceaseless Quest for Utopia” (through the end of the year) and, in the next few months, patrons can view the show Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art (July 9-Jan. 2018).

The group exhibit features contemporary artists who incorporate elements of traditional fiber arts into their works, reviving and interpreting the ancient medium, and features pieces from Kelly Church, Melissa Cody, Tania Willard and more. Don’t miss the reception on Aug. 17.

Take another look at desert landscapes and their potential with Desert ArtLAB, founded by artists April Bojorquez and Matthew Garcia, who’ve created an installation-meets-land art piece in Southern Colorado for Ecologies of Resistance (May 19-Jan. 28). In transforming a piece of dry land into thriving desert ecology, the collective hopes to change perceptions about what is possible in the desert.

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1269 miaclab.org You’ll find a variety of contemporary Indigenous works in the museum’s summer exhibits, I-Witness Culture: Frank Buffalo Hyde (Through Jan. 7, 2018) and Into the Future: Culture Power in

Native American Art (July 2016-Oct. 22).

Buffalo Hyde documents current events with his humorous and honest narrative works, which draw from pop culture and activism. Into The Future presents comics by Native artists who include elements of Indigenous mythology in their original stories, and reinterpret characters like Pac-Man and Curious George.

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 internationalfolkart.org As its name suggests, this museum presents wonderful examples of folk art from around the world, such as tramp art, a fairly obscure style that transforms containers—like cigar boxes and fruit crates—into intricately carved treasures.

See examples in the exhibit No Idle Hands: The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art (through Sept. 16, 2018). Or visit rarely viewed Chinese quilts popping with vibrant colors and rich textiles in Quilts of Southwest China (July 9-Jan. 21, 2018).

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 spanishcolonial.org Photographs of one of the most influential female

artists in history, and the selfie queen of all time, Frida Kahlo, dominate this summer in Mirror, Mirror: Photographs of Frida Kahlo, through Oct. 29. Over 50 images from gallerist Spencer Throckmorton’s famous collection are featured, and the exhibit has thus far traveled to places like the National Portrait Museum in London. Kahlo’s life is shown in a series of moments, the artist developing and carving her iconic image throughout the years.

New Mexico Museum of Art

New Mexico History Museum

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113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 nmhistorymuseum.org Life in New Mexico has a laid-back, mañana vibe.

Some hate it, some love it, and it will probably never change. In the 1960s and ’70s, that chill-yetprogressive vibe was part of a counterculutre movement.

In Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest (through Feb. 11, 2018), curators Meredith Davidson and Jack Loeffler present images of youth culture in the Land of Enchantment during those times. A companion book with the same title delves even further into the past with 17 essays written by New Mexicans who contributed to the movement.

107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org Drawing is one of the most immediately accessible forms of expression, and Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now (through Sept. 17) shows examples of the medium by greats like Picasso, Cézanne, da Vinci and more, flown in from the British Museum in London.

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As home to some of the oldest places in human civilization, see the photographs in Syria: Cultural Patrimony Under Threat (June 23-Dec 31) highlight sites in the Middle Eastern country between the years of 1899 and 1909. Much of what was photographed has since been destroyed during decades of turmoil and war, and this exhibit, presented in collaboration with nonprofit Curators Without Borders, hopes to bring awareness to the everlasting toll human conflict takes upon our earth and history.

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 wheelwright.org Before Benjamin Franklins, glass beads served as a common form of currency, and the exhibit Beads: A Universe of Meaning (through April 15, 2018) is filled with beautiful examples of the detailed art.

See moccasins circa 1870, purses from the ’30s and much more.

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Drawing represents art as its root, the fundamental starting point for creation in both the arts and sciences for painting, sculpting, engineering, design and architecture. Art of the Draw Santa Fe is a multifaceted celebration of exhibitions and events featuring bold and provocative perspectives on drawing.

May 27–September 17, 2017

New Mexico Museum of Art Ongoing

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum

Drawings by the Artist

Santa Fe Desert Chorale July 7, 2017–December 31, 2018

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Action Abstraction Redefined

The eighth movement of Francis Poulenc's Figure Humaine, dedicated to Pablo Picasso, gives name to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale's program Liberté: Music of Resistance and Revolution.

August 1 & 11, 2017 Performances in Santa Fe August 5, 2017 Performance in Albuquerque

nmculture.org/artofthedraw Clockwise from top left: Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Diagonal, 1919, charcoal on paper, 24 X × 18 ¾ in., Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift of The Burnett Foundation, image © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. ◆ Melchior Lorck, Tortoise and view of a walled, coastal town, 1555, charcoal, heightened with white on blue paper. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. ◆ Pablo Picasso, Profil sculptural de Marie-Thérèse, 1933, etching, 12 ½ × 9 in., 020369, courtesy of LewAllen Galleries. ◆ George Burdeau (Blackfeet), Beast Series, 1964, mixed media, watercolor on paper, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.

Eye-Opening

BY ERIC KILLELEA

Santa Fe has an eclectic roster of visual art galleries that are constantly opening locally and internationally renowned works, and you could easily spend a lifetime exploring them. Good thing we’re here to guide you through the summer.

June 9

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338, ccasantafe.org The CCA opens The Cassavetes Project, a Steve Reisch piece featuring 27 behind-thescenes photographs of the pre-production of Three Plays of Love and Hate. In 1981, Reisch met director John Cassavetes in the lobby of Hollywood’s Center Theater and received six months of unlimited access to a cast that included Gena Rowlands, Jon Voight and Peter Falk.

June 23 5. GALLERY 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700, 257-8417, 5pointgallery.com Curator Max Baseman, one of the youngest gallery owners in the City Different, presents “stunning work” from artists Michael Diaz and Tom Miller.

Texas-bred Diaz showcases his 2D exhibit focusing on reductive and minimal drawings, as New Mexican Miller reveals Set to Topple and Equivalent Architecture, an installation expected to split the warehouse-style gallery with tiered, painted cinder blocks challenging our understanding of how structures shape surroundings.

July 15

Known Subverts, a group exhibition that “questions, critiques, mocks, parodies, confronts, or otherwise challenges societal, systemic, and institutional norms.”

July 18 POP GALLERY 125 Lincoln Ave., 820-0788 popsantafe.com Arizona-based fine artist Daniel Martin Diaz explores the arcane mysteries of life and science through illustration. In Eternal Universe, his esoteric, mechanical representations of anatomy question how we “use or misuse technology” and how our actions alter the future of humanity.

July 21 7 ARTS 125 Lincoln Ave., Suite 110, 437-1107 Encaustic artist and photographer Angel Wynn aims to generate awareness for Adelita: Women Soldiers of the Mexican Revolution. The term “Adelita” represents female warriors who “followed their husbands and lovers to war” during 1910 and 1920 on US soil. They cooked and nursed wounds and never hesitated to brandish guns and shoot when they had to.

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fer Joseph and Chris Collins utilize the ART.i.factory space inside the consignment clothier to open Taking Back Orange, a nationwide attempt to reappropriate the color after the hue has become a meme or a euphemism for Trump’s fake-tanned aura.

August 18 FORM & CONCEPT 435 South Guadalupe St., 982-8111 formandconcept.center Broken Boxes features over 40 visual artists, filmmakers, sound artists, performance artists and community organizers. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibition includes work from Indigenous activists, queer artists, female-identifying artists and artists of color who “challenge current traditions of existence in an oppressive society.”

September 15 OWEN CONTEMPORARY 225 Canyon Road, 820-0807 owencontemporary.com The fine art gallery displays a series of works from Albuquerque-based artist

Kevin Tolman, whose earthhued abstract expressionist paintings and collages on canvas evoke the landscapes of his frequent visits to the Cromeleque dos Almendres in the Alentejo region of Portugal.

September 15 MEYER GALLERY 225 Canyon Road, Ste. 14, 983-1434 meyergalleries.com The classically inspired showing presents works from Fatima Ronquillo, a Philippines-born and Santa Fe-based artist whose playful paintings offer summertime romantics surreal portraits of cupids and young bacchus, not to mention nuns with flower crowns.

September 28 FREEFORM ART SPACE 3012 Cielo Court, 692-9249 freeformartspace.com Niomi Fawn of Curate Santa Fe opens The Only Way Out is Through, a varied and intellectually stimulating show including New Mexican painters Jared Weiss, Tim Reed, Cyrus McCray and Todd White.

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Engage in a long-held summertime tradition: sitting silently in the dark

The studios seem to save their biggest projects for summer, and we can’t blame them. Theaters are a great way to stay cool, and maybe even enjoy and adult beverage with that tub of popcorn. Here are the summer flicks we’re most excited to see.

June

WONDER WOMAN

JUNE 2, PG-13 Don’t let the garbage marketing campaign fool you—Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman was about the best part of

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The Silver Screen

BY ALEX DE VORE

Batman vs. Superman and we’re expecting this will be a fun romp at the very least. Gadot plays Diana Prince, an Amazon princess who is good at kicking ass and presumably encounters a conflict of some kind.

ALL EYEZ ON ME JUNE 16, R Finally! A biopic about the legendary Tupac Shakur who, as we know, spent time in prison, loved his momma and wound up at the center of the East/West rap feud. Newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. will take on the role of Shakur and we have even higher hopes than we did for that stellar NWA movie.

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July

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

JULY 7, PG-13 We’re wary of the rash of comic book films, but by finally casting properly with young actor Tom Holland (who you may recall in the totally rad Captain America: Civil War movie from last year), Spidey might be back on track. Plus, Michael Keaton plays the villain, and that’s just cool.

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES JULY 14, PG-13 Never have we been more excited to have been wrong about a franchise, and with actor/motion capture

genius Andy Serkis returning as the supersmart ape Caesar, we’re expecting some pretty fantastic footage of apes riding horses while firing machine guns at the bad guy, this time played by Woody Harrelson.

DUNKIRK JULY 21, R Christopher Nolan finally steps out of the Batman shadow for what looks like quite the harrowing WWII movie.

Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy join forces in this one, and Harry “One Direction” Styles makes an appearance as well.

That’s funny, but we bet Dunkirk will be anything but.

WONDER WOMAN

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS JULY 21, PG-13 Did you love The Fifth Element? Do you continue to love

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

director Luc Besson?

Good start. In this sci-fi epic, a young peacekeeper winds up in a straight-crazy city that is home to thousands of alien species, and early

trailers look absolutely stunning. Don’t miss!

August

THE DARK TOWER AUGUST 4, R Stephen King’s apocalyptic Westernesque saga finally hits the big screen with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey taking the lead. Nikolaj Arcel (who wrote the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy) directs, and we’re betting some heads will explode.

Fingers crossed.

POLAROID

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

AUGUST 25 Some kid finds a Polaroid camera that seemingly means death for anyone whose

photo is taken. Ruh-roh!

Sounds spooky, or like an even more analog version of The Ring. We promise you’ve never heard of anyone in this movie, but we like to get spooked at summer movies.

September UNLOCKED SEPTEMBER 1, R Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) joins Orlando Bloom (who we totally forgot existed) in this CIAguy-gets-wrapped-upin-biological-attack-inLondon tale. Michael Douglas is in this bad boy, too, as is John Malkovich. We bet there will be lots of screaming.

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PANCAKES ON THE PLAZA

BY ALEX DE VORE

Poor, silly Colorado. You keep trying to compete with our chile situation, but we’ve got news for you: We’ve already forgotten more about chile than you’ll ever know! And really, that’s just the tip of the iceberg (we’re talking lettuce here). See, Santa Fe is home to so many top-notch eateries and food events, it’s almost hard to contain, enjoy or rank them all properly.

We scoured the town for some specific highlights, both one-off and ongoing, just for you—so start eating.

7 am Tuesday July 4. $8-$30.Santa Fe Plaza This year marks the 42nd year of this event which serves up about a bazillion pancakes to benefit local nonprofits such as Youth Shelters and Family Services, The Sky Center, St. Elizabeth Shelter and many more.

And all you have to do is eat and brave the crowds. The website is pancakesontheplaza.com.

Year-round With seven chocolatey stops, this particular tour is like a dream for those suffering from a sweet tooth. Visit local chocolatiers like Cacao Santa Fe, Kakawa Chocolate House, Señor Murphy Candymaker and more. Get the lowdown by searching “chocolate trail” at santafe.org.

MARGARITA TRAIL TACO WARS 6 pm Friday June 2. $20.

Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy St., 955-6200

cultural horizons, and this year’s festivities include an exciting visitorvoted contest element. Get the full schedule at artfeast.org.

SANTA FE OPERA PREVIEW DINNERS Select dates July 1-Aug 26. $66.

Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 The Santa Fe Opera may be better known for its tailgaters, but if you don’t feel like bringing your own food but do

GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER SMACKDOWN Friday Sept. 8 Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 Chefs representing restaurants and food trucks from all over the state bring their own twists to the New Mexican classic alongside local beers and live entertainment. Who will win? That’s up to the food-celeb judges. Who will eat the most? Probably us. We tried every single one last year. Check ediblesmackdown.com for deets.

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THE CHOCOLATE TRAIL

When restaurants like Derailed, Santacafé, Boxcar and Eloisa come together for a friendly game of who-hasthe-best taco, everybody wins. Part of this year’s Cocktails & Culture Festival, you’ll also have the chance to get your Margarita Trail passport, which is a pretty great excuse to drink margaritas basically everywhere. Learn more at nmcocktailculture.com/margarita-trailtaco-wars

EDIBLE ART TOUR 5-8 pm Friday June 9 and Saturday June 10. $35. Various locations Scads of galleries and eateries come together to celebrate art and food and the art of food for this year’s EAT from ARTSmart New Mexico. Restaurants are paired with artsy spaces so patrons might gnosh while expanding their

PANCAKES ON THE PLAZA

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Jackalope glass artist Ira Lujan can totally help you blow.

Summer School

Take a break and learn something new

STORY + PHOTOS BY GWYNETH DOLAND

Summer is the perfect season in Santa Fe for trying something you’ve always wanted to do but never had the time or the motivation to learn. There are a lot of cool people in Santa Fe who do cool stuff and are willing to show us how. So I signed up for stint in self-assigned summer school and here’s what I discovered.

THE GLASSBLOWING EXPERIENCE Glassblowing is the kind of thing you see at a ren faire and you’re like, “Oh man, that’s pretty cool! I kinda wish I were that guy, minus the laced-front leather pants!”

But it is shockingly easy to do, with help.

Playing with 2,400-degree goo would be super scary if it weren’t for the careful guidance of people who make sure a) you don’t set yourself on fire and b) you go home with work that looks amazing. For $175, you get an hour of time with an instructor in the studio, enough to make three or four little objects. It costs the same whether it’s just you or a group of three.

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Prairie Dog Glass is that brightly colored atelier at Jackalope (you know—behind the prairie dog enclosure?) where you can buy all sorts of glass yard art, Christmas ornaments, drinking glasses and other objects. The classes are just a part of what it offers. The day I came in, the shop was manned by Ira Lujan who, like the other staffers, is a glass artist who works at the shop partially in exchange for access to the equipment; this spring Lujan had a solo show at the Institute of American Indian Arts, presenting contemporary work that plays on traditional forms and themes.

But Lujan is also a patient, reassuring teacher who definitely monitored where the hot molten glass was going, but quickly handed me the blowpipe and let me take over. He had me rolling the glob in colored chips and guiding it into the glowing-hot glory hole (that’s what it’s called) to melt the color into the glass. He propped the pipe on a table and had me blow into it to inflate the glowing glob, then pointed me to a bench where I sat and rolled the pipe as he manipulated it with ancient-looking tools. Then he passed me the tools and let me use them.

The idea of glassblowing is simple, but the execution requires strong lungs, steady hands and a carefully controlled fear of third-degree burns. I had chosen a small fluted bowl from the glassblowing menu, which also includes things like long-stemmed flowers, globeshaped paperweights and translucent chile peppers.

The menu says it takes about 25 minutes to make and that’s probably about what it actually took, although I stayed and pestered Lujan for a while afterwards.

He told me some people want to make objects that include the ashes of a loved one. It sounds kind of gruesome, but there’s something lovely about getting family together and using some of Dad’s ashes to make a series of Christmas ornaments or glass hearts that each person could take home. I immediately thought of our creaky 13-year-old cat Vizsla. Wouldn’t paperweights in the shape of delicious cat poops memorialize her perfectly? I might be back to Prairie Dog after the old girl goes.

Prairie Dog Glass Glassblowing Experience: $175 (total) per hour for up to 3 people Jackalope, 2820 Cerrillos Road, 216-1699 facebook.com/pdogglass Open 9 am-6 pm daily

TRACING THE ROOTS OF CHOCOLATE Over at Cacao, owner Melanie Boudar says many visitors who do her two-hour Food of the Gods chocolate immersion workshop also do glassblowing while they’re here. Why not act like a tourist in your own town? Boudar is a passionate chocolatier whose vast knowledge of the history of chocolate is deeply engaging, and by the end of this two-hour class, you’ll know more than you expected about the plant, the process and the finished product.

You may have heard of Cacao, a new-ish place in the Siler-Rufina district. The shop is in the front of the building, where Boudar’s gorgeous handmade chocolate jewels glisten in a refrigerated glass showcase.

Wooden shelves are lined with exotic single-origin bars and other drool-inducing chocolate porn made

by Cacao and other artisan producers. Three days a week Boudar leads a group through the shop, back into the high-ceilinged production area for the class (there are also shorter factory tours for $10 on Saturdays, coffee workshops once a month and other events less frequently).

We sat as Boudar went through the history of cacao, where the plant grows, how the weird pods grow straight off the tree’s trunk like bizarre orange parasites. I was just vaguely pondering how Santa Fe is connected to chocolate when she got to the part about the clay vessels lined with chocolate residue that were discovered at Chaco Canyon. I was just hiking in Chaco recently and thought about the bird feathers and other finds archaeologists have unearthed there that clearly link this outpost in Northern New Mexico with other cultures hundreds or

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thousands of miles south into the tropics. Of course they had chocolate. Cool.

Boudar delivers a huge amount of information during the two hours, but it’s also a hands-on experience—and don’t worry, it involves eating plenty of chocolate. We got to open bags of beans and smell them, revealing a breadth of variation I hadn’t imagined. Some smelled just like chocolate pudding. (In fact, the whole place smelled like chocolate pudding the whole time I was there, which delightful yet almost overwhelming). We roasted some beans in a portable roaster and crushed them using a handcranked contraption. Then we took turns mashing the nibs in a heavy stone molcajete, the kind you use to make guacamole. She added cane sugar, cinnamon, allspice and vanilla.

Boudar added hot water to our mashed mess and frothed it with a molinillo (that’s a turned-wood whisk), then poured it into tiny ceramic mugs that on another day might have held tequila shots. It was slightly sweet, yes, but the flavor exploded! It was super intense, revelatory, transformative.

She then guided us through a tasting of craft chocolates, some hers and some made by others.

Why would anyone drink Swiss Miss? How could anyone eat a Hershey bar? What pale, saccharine imitations of this food of the gods!

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FUN WITH DEAD BUGS The last thing I signed up for was an all-day lesson in how to dye wool with dead bugs. Oh, did you not know that carmine red dye comes from the crushed exoskeletons of an insect called cochineal that lives on cactus? Yes. And it’s back in fashion, even for food and cosmetics because it is, oddly, not toxic.

Are you not dyeing with dead bugs? That’s no way to be.

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DISCOVER

This yarn’s color is acheived through natural means.

Cochineal (co-chuh-KNEEL), which lends its name as well as gives its body to the dye, is an incredibly intense, effective dye that was popular among the Aztec and Maya. It was quickly adopted

by Spanish colonialists and applied to the wool of the sheep they brought with them. You can see its characteristic tones from colcha embroidery to Navajo blankets.

I’m already big into knitting, but I’d never done any dyeing until I stumbled on the schedule of classes at this mecca of fiber nerddom in Española. It’s a yarn shop specializing in local churro wool and native dye ingredients; a weaving studio where you can walk in and immediately start working on a rug; and a community education center where you can learn how to make lace, knit a hat, piece a quilt, felt a bag or, yes, dye wool with dead bugs.

The workshop I signed up for, “24 Colors From One Dye Pot,” was taught by a traveling teacher, Diana Armes Wallace. She showed us how, by dipping yarn in one kind of pre-dye bath (maybe containing alum or tin), then in a bubbling pot of cochineal, and then into a post-dye bath, and varying the order of those dunks, we could achieve 24 different shades, from mauve to blood red to deep purple.

We carefully measured colored powders, pulverized bugs in a coffee grinder and stirred bubbling cauldrons. And, like magic, the yarns took on colors and then changed, again and again. We each came home 24 tiny skeins of yarn, each labeled with a code for the precise recipe we’d used to make it. The whole thing felt like witchcraft. And it was awesome.

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