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ON THE COVER 26 Urban legend Brooklyn-based artist Nicola López’s works are like maps that chart the experience of living in urban landscapes. Her abstract arrangements of girders, beams, columns, and other man-made elements convey enthusiasm for architectural aesthetics and a fascination with the delicacy of structural frameworks. López participates in Under 35: Part III at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art along with Santa Fe artist Nouel Riel and fellow Brooklynite Jack Warren. The show opens on Friday, Jan. 30. On the cover is López’s Monument VI, a 10-color lithograph from 2009.

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Events will be held in the Great Hall, Peterson Student Center, St. John’s College campus at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Lectures and concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call Paul Cooley at 505-984-6408 The Power of a Point: Euclid’s Elements and Steiner’s Geometrical Reflections

Michael Fried, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Friday, January 30

Chef Lane Warner’s Valentine’s Prix-Fixe February 14, 2015

Radical Civility

Alice MacLachlan, York University, Philosophy Friday, February 6

Afternoon Concert: Program to include works by Milan, Scarlatti, Sojo, Sculthorpe and Albeniz Stephen Houser, guitar Sunday, February 8, 3 p.m.

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Dante’s Ulysses*

Gabe Pihas, Saint Mary’s College of California, Integral Program in the Liberal Arts Friday, February 27, 3:15 p.m., Junior Common Room, Peterson Student Center

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The Philosophic Ambition of Bacon’s Novum Organum*

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Tobin Craig, Michigan State University, James Madison College Friday, March 6

Afternoon Concert: Chip Miller, piano

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Is The Lord of the Rings a Great Book?

Richard McCombs, St. John’s College, Santa Fe Wednesday, April 1, 3:15 p.m. Junior Common Room, Peterson Student Center

Char-grilled petite filet mignon King Oscar with bèarnaise/crabmeat and asparagus accompanied by roasted sweet potato polenta

Evening Concert: James Onstad, tenor and Nathan Salazar, piano

The program is a Spring-themed recital featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Schubert and other composers Friday, April 3

Living Well: Aristotle, on Democracy, Equality, and the Politics of Life

Walter Brogan, Villanova University, Philosophy Friday, April 10

An Evening with Azar Nafisi* Annual Worrell Lecture

Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Republic of the Imagination: America in Three Books. Friday, April 17

Dessert: Warm Mexican chocolate streusel served with dark rum crème anglaise and strawberries

When a Body Moves a Body

Howard Fisher, St. John’s College, Santa Fe Wednesday, April 22, 3:15 p.m. Junior Common Room, Peterson Student Center

Shakespeare Sonnets 1-22: A Fully Fashioned Introduction to ‘Shakespeare's Sonnets’*

Richard Levin, University of California, Davis, English Friday, April 24

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James Conant, University of Chicago, English Friday, May 1

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The Fire This Time: A Tribute to James Baldwin with Amy Bloom, Nikky Finney, Randall Kenan and Kevin Young WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY AT 7 PM

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. —James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1924–1987), the great American novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and social critic, is celebrated in an evening of readings by poets and writers Amy Bloom, Nikky Finney, Randall Kenan and Kevin Young. Amy Bloom is the author of three story collections and two novels, including the recent, Lucky Us of which The New York Times said, “She writes sharp, sparsely beautiful scenes that excitingly defy expectation, and part of the pleasure of reading her is simply keeping up with her.” Nikky Finney is the author of four books of poetry and a collection of short stories. Born in South Carolina to activist parents, Finney came of age during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements, noting, “I’ve never been far away from the human-rights struggle black people have been involved with in the South. That has been one of the backdrops of my entire life.” Randall Kenan is the author of the novel A Visitation of Spirits and the story collection Let the Dead Bury Their Dead. His other books include Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century and The Fire This Time, a combination of memoir and essays in which the author asks how far have we come since Baldwin’s pivotal examination of our “racial nightmare” of the 1960s. Kevin Young often ﬁnds meaning and inspiration for his poetry in African American music, particularly the blues. His publications include Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels and his recent poetry collection, Book of Hours, a work of both grief and birth. His book The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate ways African American culture is American culture.

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SALLIE BINGHAM is the author of nearly a dozen plays, a memoir, four novels and three collections of short stories. She is currently working on a biography of Doris Duke to be published in 2015. NATALIE GOLDBERG

is the noted lecturer, teacher and author of 12 books including her best-selling guide for authors Writing Down the Bones which has sold more than 2 million copies.

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JOHN NICHOLS is the author of 20 books

and screenplays. New Mexico has been the setting for most of his books, including the famed New Mexico trilogy: The Milagro Beanﬁeld War, The Magic Journey and The Nirvana Blues.

Open Forum & Workshop Demaris Wehr, Ph.D., Jungian psychotherapist, Martha’s Vineyard with panelists Jacqueline West & Guilford Dudley, Jungian analysts Open Forum: The Psychology of Forgiveness, Even in the Teeth of Genocide

Friday, February 6th 7-9pm $10 2 CEUs or 2 Ethics CEUs or 2 Cultural CEUs Is it possible to move beyond hate, unattainable restitution, and/or dissociation even in the face of genocide? Is authentic forgiveness even a possibility? What would such a process look like? Are there implications for sectarian hatreds and violence in the Middle East? Demaris Wehr, author and Jungian psychotherapist, has written a manuscript for a new book entitled, “Making It Through: Bosnian survivors Telling Stories of Truth.” The book is based on three summers of working for the Dialogue Project of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Bosnia, after which she conducted in-depth interviews with eight Survivors. One of them, a Muslim imam, felt he had to work through to forgiveness, and the speaker will focus on his psychological and spiritual journey. We need to differentiate between “forgiveness” to which people give only lip service and an individual process of owning feelings of hate and aggression in a process leading to forgiveness of oneself and the perpetrators as personal transformation.

Workshop: Learning from Bosnians’ Experience of Genocide: How to Un-earth Meaning from Personal Trauma

Saturday, February 7th 10am-4pm $60 4.5 CEUs or 4.5 Ethics CEUs or 4.5 Cultural CEUs Participants will journey inward toward the shadow lands of buried resentments, old wounds from attacks and neglect, feelings of shame and guilt caused by a person or a collective, along with fantasies of reprisal, restitution, and justice that we have stifled or censored. From this exploration the workshop will move into the psychological and spiritual dimensions of reconciliation and forgiveness, starting with ourselves. Traumas that are unhealed can lead to complexes that define us permanently as “victims,” yet in that complex victim and perpetrator are two sides of the same coin. Work with these inner opposites will be led by the presenter but shared by the experiences of workshop participants. We will also discuss “meaning-making” as an important dimension of letting trauma deepen the soul. Both events take place at Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez, Santa Fe

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Educate Your Ear Concert Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Unfinished Life Oliver Prezant and the SFCO will explore Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, including commentary and musical illustrations, followed by a full performance of the work. Sunday, February 1st, at 2:30 pm St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Ave. Free admission, donations appreciated This concert is sponsored in part by Thornburg Investment Management. The SFCO is funded in part by the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers Tax and this project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts,a division of the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Heather Roan Robbins It’s time to review old habits, familiar defenses, and preconceptions

about people we know and love and release that which no longer fits. We’re paving the way for a new path, but first we need to make room. And if we don’t want to get started on this project, a sudden change of circumstance can encourage us to do so. When one door closes, another eventually opens, but we may spend a few moments in the empty hallway between the two. The next few weeks have fallow moments within the busyness — take the opportunity to rest, catch up, and fill the wells before the very busy spring coming up. Some opportunities we took advantage of before may now begin to bear fruit, so consider reapplying for a job or resubmitting a script. Our hearts may be feeling unusually sensitive and imaginative, but it can be all too easy to get lost as Venus conjuncts intuitive Neptune. To navigate this confusion, let’s use our very best relationship skills. Kindness and the ability to look for things to appreciate in one another foretell happiness and stability in a relationship. Now is the time to practice. This weekend we’re particularly tenderhearted and need to nest under a domestic Cancer moon. Early next week a full moon in Leo brings out our bravado, our enthusiasm, and a tendency to dramatize situations. Midweek our energy levels may run low, but a pragmatic Virgo moon offers an oasis of competence in a meandering few weeks. Friday, Jan. 30: We can talk about work or politics but may have a hard time speaking about personal things as sensitive Venus squares challenging Saturn. Do the right thing, even when others are irritating. Tonight, converse and process information.

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Saturday, Jan. 31: The morning can be delightful if we drift and nest as the Cancer moon trines Venus, but it can be really challenging if we try to force efficiency. Tonight, pursue what comforts and supports core connections. Sunday, Feb. 1: Old ghosts waft through the back of our dreams this morning as the moon opposes Pluto. Acknowledge, and then release, a raft of hopes and fears. Look for imaginative magic in auspices and in emotional or spiritual connections as Venus conjuncts Neptune.

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Monday, Feb. 2: We can look to all animals as symbols and signals on this traditional day for animal augury. The mood is openhearted under a Leo moon. Be self-appreciative — our tender hearts are unusually susceptible to doubt and need that cure. Tuesday, Feb. 3: This full Leo moon calls us to work together — drop the competitive pride and support one another. Easy, natural adjustments can be made to handle recent changes in circumstances. Issues around group leadership can be resolved. Dance and howl under this most sociable moon tonight. Wednesday, Feb. 4: It’s easy to hold other people responsible for our happiness but hard to get out of ourselves and really empathize. We hate to be ignored but resist the spotlight. Later, attention to practical things can help ease interpersonal discomfort under an industrious Virgo moon.

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IN OTHER WORDS book reviews Collected Poems by Mark Strand, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, 544 pages If I were to die now, I would change my name so it might appear that the author of my works were still alive. No I wouldn’t. — Mark Strand, from “The Monument” The obituaries of poets fit a predictable template. Lines from the poet’s own hand addressing death are a must, especially if written in the first person. When poet Mark Strand died at the age of eighty last November, obituary writers had an easy time of it. Strand had written a poem called “My Death” and one called “Not Dying” for the 1970 collection Darker, as well as one titled “My Life,” which states, “I grow into my death.” His obsession with absence and presence — “Wherever I am/I am what is missing” — was mindful of mortality. In “Breath,” breath stands in for life: “if the body is a coffin it is also a closet of breath.” “The Man in Black” (”A man in black,/ black cape and black boots, coming toward me”) from 1968’s Reasons for Moving suggests striding up to this not-so-grim reaper, who shines “like a summer night full of stars,” and offering one’s hand in the hopes it will be refused. Strand predicts “sadness, of course, and confusion” in “My Death.” The timing of Strand’s passing, within weeks of publication of his Collected Poems, seems fortuitous, recalling the old joke that the best career move a poet can make is to die. That’s probably not true and certainly wasn’t necessary in Strand’s case. Strand, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Blizzard of One, was something of a personality as poets go. A generation of English majors in the late 1960s and early ’70s was attracted to his dreamy, Felliniesque images and the ironic, melancholic laments that populated his first four volumes. The work’s soft surrealism and absurd circumstances — a wailing, apologetic postman, a screaming librarian, a fire glimpsed helplessly from a passing train window — jumped from everyday experience to a plain-spoken, existential futility. He could be frustratingly simplistic: “Time tells me what I am. I change and I am the same./I empty myself of my life and my life remains.” And he had a weary reliance on certain visual images — seashores, fog, turning leaves, and above all the moon — that called back to his early childhood on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Yet his work was always entrancing, leaping from misty backdrops into stark confession. Strand personalized the anxieties of the times, a skill that gave every reader something to identify with, as in “When the Vacation Is Over for Good”: It will be strange Knowing at last it couldn’t go on forever, The certain voice telling us over and over That nothing would change, And remembering too, Because by then it will all be done with, the way Things were, and how we had wasted time as though There was nothing to do. 16

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The verse that follows, with its “flash” and “cities like ash,” sends us back to “it couldn’t go on forever” and the Cold War fears of the 1960s. The image of the helpless witness, wasting time, who should have done something, leaves us wondering what that something might be. Strand reached a peak of sorts with Darker, reinforcing his reputation as a somber reflective with a second-person rawness: “Nothing will tell you/where you are./Each moment is a place/you’ve never been” (from “Black Maps”). The poems are set in strange, dreamlike circumstances, tableaux that suggest the visions of Argentine Jorge Luis Borges and Brazilian Carlos Drummond de Andrade, both poets he translated. “The Dreadful Has Already Happened” describes the poet holding a baby above broken glass while a “small band” plays marches. “The Recovery” is about healing: “saw the doctors wave from the deck of a boat/that steamed from the port, their bags open,/their instruments shining like ruins under the moon.” Strange symbols and animal-like behavior succinctly define relationships. “Courtship” is driven by shame and monumental craving. The same force that brings together the couple in “The Marriage” drives them apart: “The wind is strong, he thinks/as he straightens his tie./I like this wind, she says/as she puts on her dress.” Strand’s work came more slowly after 1978’s “The Monument,” a long poem dealing with translation and the immortality of art. For roughly a decade, in the ’80s, he published no poetry at all, instead writing art criticism and children’s stories. Much of what followed, often written as prose poems, was even more absurd. Borges, catching Strand in the bathtub in “Translation,” suggests that Strand should translate himself. That’s what Strand seemed to be doing those last 20 years, putting new words to old ideas, framing them in even more fantastic situations. Blizzard of One changes the tone of the obsessive, windblown images as the past trumps death. Like Dalí’s floppy clocks, time seems to have no shape other than in memory. The poet, always in love with mirrors, rejoices that he still casts a reflection: “It was clear when I left the party/ That though I was over eighty I still had/A beautiful body.” (The poet was in his sixties when this was published.) In “Morning, Noon and Night,” something waits, but he can’t quite make it out: “yesterday I noticed/Something floating in and out of clouds, something like a bird,/But also like a man, black-suited, with his arms outspread.” The moon, Strand’s go-to, still figured in his last book, 2012’s Almost Invisible. Strand’s fatalistic view hadn’t changed. The title suggests his slow erasure but also that what remains is see-through. In “Provisional Eternity,” a woman wonders why the man in bed with her keeps insisting on one more time: “ ‘Because I never want it to end,’ said the man. ‘What/don’t you want to end?’ said the woman. ‘This,’ said the man, ‘this/never wanting it to end.’ ” His favorite image finally fails him. In one of his last poems, “Nocturne of the Poet Who Loved the Moon,” he writes, “I have grown tired of the moon, tired of its look of astonishment,/the blue ice of its gaze, its arrivals and departures, of the way it/gathers lovers and loners under its invisible wings, failing to/distinguish between them.” The moon, it seems, has finally set. — Bill Kohlhaase

SUBTEXTS To life: Renesan’s lecture series The Renesan Institute for Lifelong Learning has been offering classes year-round in Santa Fe on a range of academic topics since 1996, operating first out of the College of Santa Fe and now at St. John’s United Methodist Church (1200 Old Pecos Trail). Classes, day trips, and lectures are taught by a diverse assortment of retired professors, local educators, and professionals with expertise in specific areas. Renesan classes are generally held during the day, so a large number of the participants are retired, but there is no age barrier to attending. The spring series of lectures begins at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, with “Shakespeare: A Clearing in the Woods.” Instructor Stephen Bellon discusses the major elements of Shakespeare’s dramatic writing, including prose, rhythm, and verse forms, to familiarize readers with language that has previously intimidated them. On Feb. 12, Halley Faust talks about the human impulse to assign causes to outcomes in “A Cause Without an Effect: Primary Prevention and Causation,” an example of which is believing that the act of not smoking prevents cancer, or, as Faust explains, “nothing causes nothing.” On Feb. 19, Terry Otten introduces attendees to “William Blake’s Visionary World” by examining biographical and textual references and images in his work. Renesan lectures continue on Thursdays at 1 p.m. through April 16. Admission is $10, and no pre-registration is required. A full schedule of lectures is available at www.ssreg.com/ m/renesan, / as well as information on multisession classes, which this spring include “Contemporary Art: Why Did Art Get Difficult?,” “The Women of Acequia Madre House,” and “Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind.” For information call 505-982-9274. — Jennifer Levin

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Loren Bienvenu I For The New Mexican e always wanted to do a gig in New York. We didn’t think our first one would be at Lincoln Center,” Max Hatt, guitarist of local duo Max Hatt/Edda Glass, told Pasatiempo. The two performed at the famed venue as part of the 2014 NewSong Showcase & Competition in November — and ended up winning the grand prize. Hatt and Glass (who also perform with their bossanova project, Rio) write haunting originals for guitar and voice that combine harmonic complexity with spacious, atmospheric soundscapes and highly narrative lyrics. Their songs evoke both the wind-swept desolation of the American West and, improbably, faint stirrings of Brazil. Perhaps this is why Gar Ragland, director and co-founder of NewSong, said in his citation for the winners that they “often defied categorization, making them arguably the most distinctive finalist act — let alone winner — we’ve ever had.” The competition, now in its 14th year, solicits submissions from songwriters of all genres, with more than 1,000 applications from around the world received last year. “It’s affiliated with NPR Mountain Stage [a weekly West Virginia Public Radio broadcast of live folk, country, and blues performances], so it has more of a creative bent to it,” Glass said, explaining why she was drawn to the competition. “It was really the only contest we entered, and sure enough —” she added, trailing off with a laugh. The duo’s road to success was by no means short. First the musicians submitted a track online as part of the initial regional round, which they won in the Southwest category. After that they sent in a video, and only then were they invited to compete live at Lincoln Center as one of twelve finalists from across the nation 18

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and Canada. As victors they received a comprehensive prize package useful to any working musician — including primarily “really, really cool opportunities,” according to Glass. On the list is a performance on Mountain Stage; a showcase at the Sundance Film Festival’s ASCAP Music Café; a recording session at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, North Carolina; and a date back at Lincoln Center. At the time of the interview, Hatt and Glass were gearing up for their appearance at Sundance. Hosted by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, ASCAP Music Café is an eight-day showcase at the film festival. Max Hatt/Edda Glass performs at 2:40 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. Admission to the café is limited to those with festival credentials (special access to nonfilm events), but Hatt encouraged any Santa Feans attending Sundance to stop by and say hello. “We’re huge film fans to begin with,” Glass said. “A lot of our songs are really cinematic, and the lyrics draw from film images and iconic images from the West — women standing in the doorways, that sort of thing. We just have a natural affinity for that.” She specifically cited Arthur Penn’s Western drama Little Big Man (based on the novel by Thomas Berger) and Jim Jarmusch’s stark black-and-white Western Dead Man as films that inform their music. The latter features a soundtrack by Neil Young, another source of inspiration. “Our philosophy is really that you have all these influences. We don’t try to manage them into one sort of Frankenstein hybrid. We just let what comes out come out. There’s bossa nova, Neil Young, movies, Coltrane, all these different things. If you let them flow they’ll find their own way into your music.” In terms of the compositional process, Hatt’s solo guitar pieces form the groundwork for the duo’s songs.

A lifelong student of jazz and bossa, as well as a lover of rock and roll, Hatt said that his compositions “tend to be fairly long narrative, melodic forms.” “That’s true, they don’t tend to be AABA. They are ABCDEFG,” Glass said, referring to a standard song structure in which each A represents a verse and B is the bridge. During the initial creative phases, they work independently, with Glass writing lyrics based on recorded demos of Hatt’s compositions. “We pretty much work separately. I’m a perfectionist. I like to get the lyrics to a certain stage before I want to show them to anyone.” Their piece “Occasional Summer” offers a good example of the way in which Hatt’s syncopated rhythms and bossa-tinged melodics meld with Glass’ narrativeand image-reliant lyrics. Over lush yet subtle guitar work, she sings: “Last March, I was digging in the yard/I found a small painted horse, lost for good and maybe mourned, till now/Like a bottle on the shore, message blurred, but it all returns.” The song’s own message is blurred, in part due to its enigmatic words but also as a result of Glass’ breathy vocals and Hatt’s atmospheric chord voicings. The song is the second track on Max Hatt/Edda Glass, their debut album, which is slated to be released in late February. However, both members conceded that their first recording has been eclipsed by preparations for the next one. “Pat Sansone of Wilco was one of the judges in New York. He is going to produce the EP,” Glass said. Sansone and another Wilco collaborator, drummer Glenn Kotche, will probably perform on the recording. “So it will basically be a quartet record. The whole last month has been spent getting demos done so we can send them out for preproduction. We’ve been under the gun, but we’ve got all the songs done — we’re just fine-tuning some of the arrangements.” The guitarist does not expect any direct overlap between the EP and the duo’s forthcoming record. But both recordings share the trait of being funded by an outside source. The debut resulted from a Myrna Loy Center grant, awarded to the musicians when they were living in Montana, before they relocated to Santa Fe at the beginning of 2014. “Montana is a really deeply beautiful place, and part of that beauty is that it’s very isolating. Some of that is cultural isolation. It has a shaping effect on artists. It’s kind of like an incubation phase. At the end of that we wanted to get out and share our art, so that was the attraction of New Mexico,” Glass explained. Since relocating, Hatt and Glass have performed most frequently as Rio. The bossa nova group, which Glass jokingly referred to as their day job, performs regularly at places like El Mesón and Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen and often incorporates other musicians to round out the sound. These include local mainstays Justin Bransford on bass and Cal Haines on drums. Glass said they both feel gratified to have been embraced within the community, musically and beyond. “We’ve been really warmly received. It’s touching. There’s so much cultural sophistication here and appetite for music and culture.” ◀ Rio next appears at Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen (1512 Pacheco St., 505-795-7383) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 1; no cover.

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TERRELL’S TUNE-UP Steve Terrell Gods and other monsters

A couple of months ago, when I first got my copy of It’s All in Your Head, the latest offering by that “culture jamming” audio prankster collective known as Negativland, I realized that this work, packaged in a copy of the Bible, could offend a lot of people. (A collector’s edition of the album comes in a Koran.) But I didn’t suspect that it could literally be dangerous. However, the murders in Paris of Charlie Hebdo staff members by Islamic extremists outraged by irreverent cartoons reminded me that we live in a world in which satire can get you killed. This makes It’s All in Your Head far more relevant than it was the day I opened it. The project is a rambling exploration of faith, God, organized religions, and how prevailing attitudes toward matters of the spirit affect us all. The first disc bites into Christianity, while the second mostly takes on Islam. Using clips borrowed from television; radio; movies; children’s records; sermons; scientific lectures; comedy routines; the group’s trademark electronic blips, bloops, and squalls; and even a few songs you might recognize (among them the Talking Heads’ “Heaven,” Jefferson Starship’s “Miracles,” and “I’ve Gotta Be Me” by Sammy Davis Jr.), Negativland constructs an aural theme-park ride that’s funny, horrifying, educational, emotional, and mystifying — sometimes all at once. “There is no God!” a man insanely shouts at various points throughout this two-disc extended sound collage. I’m not sure whether this sound clip is from a movie (it reminds me a little of Charlton Heston bellowing “It’s a madhouse!” in the original Planet of the Apes) or if it’s one of the Negativlads yelling. It doesn’t matter. The message is clear. However, a counterpart to that is another sound clip, frequently repeated throughout It’s All in Your Head, in which a different man solemnly says, “Let us have faith.” The voice sounds familiar. I think it might be Richard Nixon. Anyone who has followed Negativland knows where the group stands. In 1987 the band became notorious for a hilarious track called “Christianity Is Stupid,” in which the words of the title are repeated in an out-of-context sound clip by some blustery preacher. This album delves deeper. It could be subtitled All Religions Are Stupid. It’s built around a radio station, It’s All in Your Head FM (“Monotheism, but in stereo”), on the Universal Media Netweb. For most of the first disc, you hear different voices, sometimes interrupted by the imaginary radio staff, presenting religious arguments. On one side are Christian preachers, country singers, and others argu20

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ing against atheism, evolution, same-sex marriage, and so on. On the other side there are anthropologists, scientists, and other critics of religion, basically arguing that Christianity is, well, stupid. The track titled “Alone With Just a Story” features the voice of a man with a British accent (is this the late

Christopher Hitchens?) questioning the entire idea of faith. “It teaches people, especially teaches children, that to believe in something without evidence is a virtue,” he says. “I think children should be taught to seek evidence. … You’re taught if you start to have doubts, then you must pray to overcome those doubts. You’re taught that if somebody comes to you with plausible arguments to the contrary, then that’s probably the devil speaking.” After this, a woman says, “This is really fun because you can make a Jello mold that looks like a brain.” God bless Negativland! But in addition to mocking anti-evolution preachers, Negativland also lampoons pro-evolution scientists in what is probably the funniest part of the album: a Firesign Theatre-like track called “Wildlife Tonight.” This is an original piece — not something sampled from radio or TV — in which goofy scientists shave a chimp to prove that apes are related to humans. (“Don’t worry about Cherry, folks, we have a little skirt and sweater for her.”) The first disc tends to be lighthearted. Poking fun at preachers is a time-honored American comedy tradition, going back before Mark Twain. Even the serious parts seem like overly earnest dorm-room discussions. Negativland is on safe ground here. But at the very end of the disc, there is a blaring tone followed by an announcement of an attack on the United States and a blast of sonic discordance.

At the outset of the next disc, the host announces that the station is under new management. Middle Eastern music and people speaking in Arabic follow. The announcer, in his generic radio voice, says, “You’re listening to It’s All in Your Head FM. We’re all Mohammads now.” And now there are ghostly voices saying “God is perfect” and repeating the word Islam. This is followed by a series of clips of scholarly lectures on the history of Islam, terrorism, and the Crusades. In a track called “Holy War,” we hear the voice of George W. Bush announcing the bombing of Baghdad and the invasion of Iraq and hear some American berserker calling for the bombing of Mecca and other holy places. “This is a holy war,” he says. The most chilling moment of the entire album comes in the middle of a lengthy track called “Push the Button.” Here a woman, purportedly a jihadist (her accent sounds British), explains, “I don’t target women and children in particular. … The way I see it is that the Jews weren’t merciful with my nation. I don’t have anything against Israeli children. But I know there is the possibility that an Israeli child could grow up and one day come to kill my son or my neighbor’s son. Therefore I feel he should be dead now.” And while she is justifying these unspeakable acts, in the background you hear a group of schoolchildren singing a sweet version of the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” (from the Langley Schools Music Project, 1970s recordings of popular songs performed by kids). The major theme of It’s All in Your Head is that blind faith in the god of whatever culture you come from, in conjunction with unblinking obedience to political leaders (a by-product of that unquestioning faith), can only lead to hatred and violence against those who believe otherwise. Not a terribly original thought, though a valid one. The album ends with a message from the radio station, which seems to have returned to its old management. The announcer puts forth the question: “God, natural fact or unnatural fiction? This decision is your head’s to decide. And the next step will be yours to remove your blindfold and take this All in Your Head message out of this building to all of those unable to attend this broadcast.” With “Awesome God,” Rich Mullins’ slick 1988 contemporary gospel song swelling in the background, a listener might envision a righteous, godless army of determined rationalists marching forth with the terrible swift sword of intellect to vanquish the blind and hateful forces of religious fanaticism. What could possibly go wrong? Save your soul at www.negativland.com. ◀

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PASA REVIEWS Santa Fe Pro Musica Lensic Performing Arts Center, Jan. 24

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Capital C that rhymes with T that stands for Tengstrand

Per Tengstrand

n the realm of classical music, Classical music with a capital C — denoting compositions from the second half of the 18th century — sets a standard when it comes to rhetorical logic and balanced discourse. Much of it is technically unencumbered when compared to the virtuosic demands of ensuing centuries, but it makes its own unforgiving demands involving elegant lines and exposed textures. Santa Fe Pro Musica devotes a weekend to Classical repertoire every year during this season, offering two go-rounds of an orchestral program plus a recital by the week’s soloist. This year the organization was thrown for a loop when the scheduled soloist withdrew only a couple of weeks earlier “due to an unexpected situation”

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of phrases and more meticulous highlighting of the differences that separate one idea from the next — in short, a more clearly delineated character. These were solid, honorable performances, but if works by Haydn and Mozart are to be presented specifically in the context of a Classical Weekend, one might reasonably expect that the performance would be crafted with special attention to the niceties of that style. The most satisfying expanse of the concert came in the middle with Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto. While not a work from the Classical period, it draws inspiration from that era. Composed in 1937-1938, it is one of Stravinsky’s so-called neoclassical works. Although it was ostensibly inspired by Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and actually quotes the third of them at its outset, its placement in this concert helpfully underscored the fact that it owes as much or more to Haydn. Here the group’s sonorities were beautifully balanced. Stravinsky’s tricky rhythms kept players and listeners on the edges of their seats, and the audience seemed delightedly swept up in the work’s motoric buoyancy. May I tell a story? Stravinsky called the piece merely Concerto in E-flat. It was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, a socially prominent couple who lived in a mansion named Dumbarton Oaks in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. It sat (and still sits) above the Potomac at a spot that had long been called the Rock of Dumbarton because of its presumed resemblance to Dumbarton Rock in Scotland. The Blisses arranged for Stravinsky’s French acolyte Nadia Boulanger to conduct the premiere at their mansion. Stravinsky was in Europe at the time and was baffled by the telegram he received from them: “Performance Concerto Dumbarton Oaks Worthy of the Work.” The curious name threw him for a loop, and he wrote to his publisher: “It wasn’t Nadia who conducted, for reasons they don’t give me. Illness? Or was she at the last minute afraid of not knowing the work well enough? According to Mrs. Bliss’s cable it was a certain Dumbarton Oaks who conducted.” When the Blisses’ message was explained to him, he was perfectly content that his piece should be named after their house. Not so his publisher, who protested that “in both French and German it sounds like the noises of ducks or frogs.” — James M. Keller

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RANDOM ACTS It’s about time: Radium Girls

When they were first invented for military use in the early 20th century, glow-in-thedark watch faces were made luminous with radium-based paint, applied by female factory workers in plants around the United States. The women were told to keep their camel-hair paintbrush tips sharp by licking them into a point, and because they were assured that the paint was safe, they even used it as nail polish and amused themselves by painting their teeth with it. Unbeknownst to them, chemists who made the paint knew of its dangers and wore protection when handling it. Various women developed anemia, necrosis of the jaw, and bone fractures — all signs of radiation poisoning. Led by Grace Fryer, a group of factory workers spent 10 years battling the manufacturing company, U.S. Radium, in court. The outcome of their case led to a worker’s right to sue an employer if he or she contracts an occupational illness. In 1999 D.W. Gregory wrote Radium Girls, a play about the sensational court case, which is presented by the New Mexico School for the Arts theater department at the James A. Little Theater (New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road) at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, and Saturday, Jan. 31. The production is directed by Deborah Potter. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Visit www.nmschoolforthearts.org/tickets. — Jennifer Levin

Never too late for the blues: Leo “Bud”Welch

If a man plays guitar and there’s no record executive around to hear him, how long will it take for the man to put out his first album? And if he plays both blues and gospel, seeing no spiritual conflict between the two, and supports himself for 35 years as a logger, what does it really mean to say he’s been “discovered” once that album becomes a reality? People in his community were listening all along. Though this could be the plot of an inspirational movie, it’s the real-life story of Leo “Bud” Welch, born in Sabougla, Mississippi, in 1932. Welch started playing guitar when he was twelve, and in January 2014, just before his eighty-second birthday, he released Sabougla Voices with Big Legal Mess Records. He has been touring ever since. He’s the kind of bluesman who attracts a crowd, and his fan base grows with each performance. He plays at Skylight (139 W. San Francisco St., 505-982-0775) on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets for the 21-and-over show cost $17 and are available at www.holdmyticket.com. — J.L.

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Snap, crackle, pop: Susan Abod

A singer, bassist, and founding member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation n Rock Band, a pioneering feminist band of the early 1970s, Susan Abod has gone on to focus on jazz stan ndards and original blues and pop composition ns. The Chicago native performs a selection of these on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Starlight Lounge at The Montecito Saa nta Fe (formerly known as Rainbow Vision; 500 Rodeo Road, 505-428-7777). The show begins at 7 p.m., admission is $2. The versatile Bert Dalton accompanies on piano. — Loren Bienvenu

Mean green reg ggae machine: The Green

The Green was formed by six musicians in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2009. All but the drummer (apparently, he’s got enough responsibility on his hands) are songwriters, and four of them are singers. The Green is currently promoting its third release, Hawai’i ’13, which charted in the top 10 on Billboard’s list of best-selling reggae albums of 2014. The record showcases the different songwriting styles of the band members and reflects their cultural attachment to the place they call home — it opens with a chanted invocation to the ancestors, sung in Hawaiian. The Green performs at Skylight (139 W. San Francisco St., 505-982-0775) at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2. Tickets for the all-ages show cost $16 and are available at www.holdmyticket.com. San Diego-based Through the Roots opens. — L.B.

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2009 that depicts the ruins of a highway overpass. Its columnar structures recall monuments of the past, such as Greek and Roman ruins, as much as those of the present, in this sense imbuing them with a certain dignity. Her Infrastructure, another lithograph, conveys enthusiasm for the aesthetics of architectural constructs. “In some ways I’m drawn to structures because there’s a delicacy to the laying out of the underlying forms,” she told Pasatiempo. There’s a contrast at work in the compositions: lines delineating skeletal, architectural shapes crisscross with more solid, colored beams bent at crazy angles. And a darker side to her interest in structural components is hinted at in titles such as Bits of Aftermath and Shadowland, both names of series represented in the show. The latter suggests a place of dreams, a psychic landscape. Her works can be seen as the products of an organic or natural response to living in an urban domain. People learn to negotiate such worlds and to survive. “I’m really looking at the visual landscape as a record of our humanity,” López said. “I’m interested in looking at how these two environments, the urban and organic, resonate with one another.” Similarly, Nouel Riel’s mixed-media works suggest experiential rather than actual landscapes. After Waiting has nothing overtly representational in it, but the ragged division between the upper and lower portions of the painting, rendered in contrasting black and white, suggests a cold winter sky above the treeline of a dark forest. Images from her series Manufactured Intimacy: For Relationships on the Go are photographic scans on handmade paper that have a painterly feel. Here, landscape is indicated through

anatomical close-ups. The focus is soft, like the sands of the desert under the semidarkness of a moonlit sky, a terrain in microcosm. The scan of a female breast takes on several visual associations, not the least of which is a moon during a lunar eclipse. There’s an intimate aspect to this series: Body parts such as a lover’s cheek or forearm evoke the gentle feeling of a dream in the night. But the series title strikes an oddly less romantic tone, perhaps indicating distance between lovers and fading memories. Though the scans are in color, the hues are muted. The featureless blue-gray backgrounds and the pale flesh tones lend the works a funereal pall, like the otherworldly paintings of El Greco. Jack Warren’s mixed-media paintings are more gestural than either López’s works or Riel’s, although he also incorporates figurative and representational imagery, albeit in an abstract manner. There’s cohesion in his odd jumble of forms, where imperfect, broad lines sweep and loop throughout the compositions in both angular and curvilinear brushstrokes. The figurative aspects are often unrefined but are rendered in enough detail to be recognizable. As they interact with nonpictorial forms and patterns, such as circles and spirals, they become not the subject of the paintings but mere elements of a greater whole, their symbolic power diluted or transfigured to evoke new associations. Enhancing this effect is Warren’s use of collage, made of pages from magazines and books. Overlayers interact with underlayers in a dynamic and vibrantly colored psychedelic mix but suggest nothing specific. Some works, like his Don Juan Peyote Party,

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or the third incarnation of Zane Bennett’s Under 35 exhibition series, the focus is narrowed from past shows to include works by only three gallery artists, providing easier opportunities to draw comparisons among them. The correspondences are visual as well as thematic. Brooklyn-based Nicola López and Jack Warren and Santa Fe-based Nouel Riel create conceptual rather than literal representations of landscapes. López’s works are possibly the most explicitly representational in the exhibition. Her pieces include visual elements evocative of urban topography, such as columns, girders, and pylons, but they are not representations of structures in geographic locales. Rather, they are imaginative visual responses to the experience of living in built environments. For those who grew up in a place where nature is just a few steps outside the door (López was raised in Santa Fe), the experience of living in a constructed environment, such as a major urban center or inner city, might seem daunting or even damaging to the spirit and soul. But in this technological age, in which devices mediate even the most basic interactions between people, most transport is by machine, and climate can be controlled by the touch of a button, the very idea of nature gets redefined. López’s works on paper are sprawling jumbles reminiscent of cityscapes and are informed by humanmade elements from the real world, although these components are arranged in abstract, linear configurations. Her works are not a commentary, although some may appear, at first glance, to represent broken, dystopian worlds — particularly her Monument VI, a 10-color lithograph done at Tamarind Institute in

Left, Nicola López: Infrastructure + 1, 2012, five-color lithograph Below, Jack Warren: Don Juan Peyote Party, mixed media on paper Bottom, Nouel Riel: Manufactured Intimacy: For Relationships on the Go (Part 4), 2013, photographic scan Opposite page, left to right, Nicola López: Shadowland 1, 2009 ink, watercolor, graphite, molding paste, photolithograph, and collage on paper Bits of Aftermath 3, 2011, graphite, charcoal, ink, and gouache on paper Shadowland 3, 2009, ink, watercolor, graphite, molding paste, photolithograph, and collage on paper

bear a resemblance to the landscape-oriented art of Australian Aboriginals, though less uniform in structure and less specific in meaning. The comparison would seem a stretch were it not for the fact that one of the works on exhibit is called Manga Dreamtime. That and the reference to Carlos Castaneda’s adventures in the title Don Juan Peyote Party make you wonder if Warren hasn’t got a mystical bent. But the associations come merely through resemblances, unless you invest the works, in all their ambiguity, with meanings of your own. ◀

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very year, it seems, galleries in Santa Fe either close up shop in one of the city’s four main areas where art venues and studios are concentrated — downtown, the Railyard, Second Street, and Canyon Road — or move from one place to another. It would be shortsighted to think that the economic collapse of 2008 hasn’t had an impact on the changing landscape of the art market, even if for a time we were insulated from its effects. A core group of dedicated artists has responded to the challenge of finding representation in a difficult market by sponsoring, sometimes at their own expense, pop-up shows at alternative venues. What sets them apart? Usually it’s a level of community involvement that reflects the growing dynamic of support between artists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and business owners. There’s pride in this dynamic and recognition that Santa Fe really is the City Different. “State of the Arts” is a column that addresses the changing artistic landscape in Santa Fe and what it means for struggling, emerging, and established artists and their representatives. If you have an opinion on the subject and wish to weigh in, I want to hear from you (mabatemarco@sfnewmexican.com). There are big changes ahead for the city, and attention is now fixed on the most unusual of neighborhoods, where a growing movement in support of Santa Fe’s underrepresented artists has taken root. I am talking about the Siler District, the area around Siler Road, on the south side of town, an industrial neighborhood where for years artists have taken advantage of cheap rents: some for living, others for studio work, some for both. The big news on this front is the upcoming establishment of Meow Wolf’s new art complex in the space formerly occupied by Silva Lanes bowling alley on Rufina Circle. Earlier this month, it was announced that local author George R.R. Martin was partnering with the collaborative of young artists to take over the 33,000-square-foot building. “George is covering $2.7 million worth of renovations — that’s roof and HVAC and electric and redoing the parking lot and building all these internal walls,” Meow Wolf spokesman Vince Kadlubek told Pasatiempo. What sets the planned venue apart from other local institutions that feature contemporary art is that it is large enough to host revolving exhibits, permanent exhibits, artist studios, and educational facilities. That might sound a bit like what a museum offers, but it won’t be like any other museum in town. “It will be something great for the youth of Santa Fe, the kids,” Martin told Pasatiempo. It should be a tourist attraction, an additional thing to do for people visiting Santa Fe, and something really innovative

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What sets the planned venue apart is that it is large enough to host revolving exhibits, permanent exhibits, artist studios, and educational facilities. that employs a lot of artists in a very creative way. It’s a gigantic space with plenty of parking, which is a good thing to have. I know because I have the Cocteau, which has no parking, so I’ve seen the other side of it, too.” If you recall Meow Wolf ’s well-received Due Return, a large-scale installation that premiered at the Center for Contemporary Arts in 2011, then be prepared. The new space is large enough to fit nine Due Returns, and the group plans to make full use of it by offering 19 affordable artist studios, an artist work space, and a learning center that will be home to ARTsmart, a nonprofit that teaches art, literacy, and life skills to children through visual expression. “The learning center is a 2,000-square-foot space with the offices, so that in and of itself is a big thing,” Kadlubek said. There will also be a gift shop for the sale of merchandise from local artisans and a project space for casual programming separate from the main exhibition. Studio artists can utilize the space for collaborative projects. The learning center will also give children a chance to interact with artists and permanent exhibitions. The space’s first permanent show, House of Eternal Return, takes up a massive 20,000 square feet. “We

have a team of about 50 artists, programmers, and designers working on this right now. Just as the Due Return was a ship that had a fictional past, we’re wrapping storytelling into this even more heavily,” Kadlubek said. When visitors enter the exhibit they will come to the front lawn of a large Victorian house. “The crux of it is that something has occurred in this house that has created portals to other dimensions — just like every kid’s dream.” Inside the house, secret passageways lead to a number of strange worlds. You can crawl through a fireplace, for instance, and emerge into a massive cave system, or you open a refrigerator door and a tunnel leads you to another fully conceived world. There will be bridges connecting one area to another and a shantytown that can double as a music and performance venue. But that’s not all. Delineated spaces on the ground and second floors can be used for immersive multimedia art installations tied to the concept of the main exhibit but made by individual artists. “We’ll use digital technologies, iPhone apps, and touch screens, so even though you’ll have separate artists doing things in separate spaces, it’s not going to be fragmented.” All of this is a few months away from being realized. Renovations begin in March. Meow Wolf won’t be in the space before April and doesn’t expect to open to the public until August at the earliest. “We have a lot of work ahead of us,” Martin said. “The building has been sitting derelict for six or seven years, so it’s not a turnkey kind of thing. Marshall Thompson and his crew at Constructive Assets are going in there to bring the building up to code and repairing the things that need repairing.” Meow Wolf’s initiative bodes well for the upand-coming art district, but it isn’t the only major project in the works in the area. There is also a proposal to turn the old solid-waste treatment site on Siler Road into working studios and affordable housing

Above, rendering of the David Loughridge Learning Center at Meow Wolf’s art complex Left, Caity Kennedy’s rendering of Portals Bermuda Opposite page, rendering of the art complex’s exterior mural Images courtesy Meow Wolf

for artists, a proposal that, if adopted by the city, could be years away from completion. However, New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing has already partnered with Creative Santa Fe, which has a contract with the city to assess project development. Artists have also begun turning industrial work spaces into venues for contemporary art. Foundry owner-turned-gallerist Dwight Hackett was among the first to do so when he opened Dwight Hackett Projects (no longer doing public exhibitions) on All Trades Road. Now, Michael Freed’s studio on Trades West Road, off Siler,

doubles as Offroad Productions, a space for quarterly curated shows. “It takes way too much time for me to produce four shows a year,” Freed said, “so I asked people I know that have a good curatorial eye to do three of the shows. They’re bringing in artists I might not know about.” Offroad’s latest exhibit, I Want to Believe (maybe), was curated by local artist Erika Wanenmacher. Previous shows have been curated by ArtBeat’s Kathryn M. Davis, artist Jennifer Joseph, and Cyndi Conn, Creative Santa Fe’s executive director.

Freed uses only 20 percent of sales to cover expenses such as security, a bartender, catering, and a special event license. Another 20 percent goes to pay the curators. These are lower percentages than most galleries take. “I don’t really care if I make money on this. It’s about this void developing in the art world that’s happening everywhere from coast to coast. The average gallery used to have some allowance for up-and-coming artists and unproven artists. It’s all going away.” Freed has embraced the term SiDi, short for Siler District, in recognition of the neighborhood’s growing artistic vibe. Offroad’s shows are a chance to view imaginative art, and at this early stage it looks like the recent endeavors in the district will facilitate this effort on a grander scale. “I think it’s all playing into this idea of redefining spaces,” Freed said. “The way it looks to me is that the art that’s not in the gallery arena is the art that’s gravitating this way.” All of this is a potential boon, not just for artists already living and working in the area but also for young artists and residents, for whom the historic gallery districts are too exclusive and high-end. ◀ PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM

The Shangri-Las Lost Horizon, adventure classic, not rated, Jean Cocteau Cinema, 3.5 chiles

Paradise found: top, Jane Wyatt and Ronald Colman; middle, John Howard, Colman, and Edward Everett Horton; bottom, Colman and Sam Jaffe

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In 1937, Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon was the most expensive motion picture ever made. Its authorized $1.25 million outlay from Columbia Pictures had already taken it where no movie budget had gone before, and cost overruns brought the final tally well above the $2 million mark. In those days, that was real money. And this was even shooting in black and white, in a movie world increasingly infatuated with Technicolor. The reason for that Spartan touch seems to have been Capra’s need to use stock footage of the Himalayas, which was available only in black and white. Seeing Lost Horizon now, in a version brought back to lustrous life in a Sony digital restoration, that decision born of necessity seems a blessing. The photography by Joseph Walker is luminous, the sets rival those from the heyday of D.W. Griffith, and the purity of image seems perfectly captured in the monochromatic idiom. Reviews were mixed, but The New York Times hailed the movie as one of the year’s best, “a grand adventure film, magnificently staged, beautifully photographed, and capitally played.” That judgment largely holds up today. If you’ve seen Lost Horizon over the years on television, watch it again. Chances are you saw it at a low ebb in its fortunes. This is a movie that has lived through adventures as exciting and harrowing as its plot. Its first cut ran six hours, and Columbia considered releasing it in two parts. That idea was discarded, and Lost Horizon had its initial

test screening at three and a half hours. More parings were made, scenes were reshot, and the film eventually opened with a running time of 132 minutes. The final cut had been taken out of the hands of Oscar-winning director Capra and subjected to the personal tender mercies of studio head Harry Cohn. Over years and rereleases, more trims were made, and Lost Horizon bottomed out in the early ’50s with an hour-and-a-half version chopped and channeled to soften the effects of some of its utopian ideas on an America spooked by Communism and an industry terrified by McCarthy and HUAC. Those ideas were adapted from British author James Hilton’s 1933 novel of the same name by screenwriter Robert Riskin, a man with strong liberal leanings (which were balanced by director Capra’s Republican conservatism). They spoke of a world ravaged by greed, violence, and a lust for power, and they posited a refuge, an enchanted place lost in a hidden valley deep in the Himalayas, a place untouched by the world’s madness, where peace ruled and people lived and worked together in love and harmony. The place was called Shangri-La. In the ’70s, the American Film Institute set out to restore Lost Horizon to its original release form. The negative had deteriorated, and a worldwide search for prints turned up copies in varying stages of dereliction that contained some, but not all, of the missing footage. Then a complete soundtrack turned up, all 132 minutes of the movie. After bits of footage from the gathered 16mm prints were pieced together, only seven minutes of the picture were unaccounted for. In the final restoration, those seven minutes were filled in with stills and publicity shots, edited to

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maintain the story being played behind them on the audio. The original six-hour and three-anda-half-hour versions will never again see the light of a projector, but at least Cohn’s bastardized final cut has made its way back. The film’s plot in a nutshell has the protagonist, a British diplomat and rising political star named Robert Conway (Ronald Colman), organizing the chaotic evacuation of “white people” from a revolution-torn Chinese city. (Riskin has the sensitive Conway muse about the fate of the poor Chinese left behind for slaughter.) The Westerners are to be flown to Shanghai, but Conway’s small plane is hijacked and ultimately crashes in a remote section of the Himalayas. His party consists of himself, his impetuous younger brother, George (John Howard), a scalawag (Thomas Mitchell), a prissy paleontologist (Edward Everett Horton), and a cynical, consumptive hooker (Isabel Jewell). They are found by a group from the nearby lamasery of Shangri-La, led by an elderly Chinese monk named Chang (the decidedly non-Asian H.B. Warner), and escorted to safety. Shangri-La is everything the outside world is not. With “civilization” threatening its own destruction, the lamasery has built a paradise in this magical valley, and most of these motley castaways find themselves uninterested in returning to the “real world.” Conway is ushered into the presence of the High Lama (Sam Jaffe), who explains the premonition that led him to establish this retreat: “This vision was so vivid and so moving that I determined to gather together all things of beauty and culture that I could and preserve them here against the doom toward which the world is rushing.” More I cannot reveal without risking spoilers. But the story’s heart resonates today in a world in which the latest estimates show that by next year, the top 1 percent will control a full half of the world’s wealth, where greed pushes the planet’s temperatures beyond the safe zone, where terrorism and war are now permanent conditions, and where racism and intolerance find fertile ground and flourish. In a year that has seen a fresh light shone on the values and oratory of Martin Luther King Jr. by the film Selma, Lost Horizon comes along to remind us, in somewhat more fanciful but still thoughtful terms, of the fragile but enduring human desire for compassion, love, and peace. — Jonathan Richards

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here is a scene in Salvo, Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s 2013 slow-burn crime drama, in which the two protagonists, holed up in an abandoned factory surround by gunmen, do what any respectable Italians might: They sit down to eat. Fittingly, this year’s New Mexico Italian Film & Culture Festival is as much about food as it is about movies. Eleven films screen during the festival (three in Santa Fe and eight in Albuquerque), which also features music, art, Italian dishes, and a silent auction. Extending over 11 days, the festival, a benefit for the University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital, starts at the Jean Cocteau Cinema on Thursday, Feb. 5, with a wine and food reception and a screening of Gabriele Salvatores’ Happy Family. Salvatores is known for 1991’s Mediterraneo, which took home an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Happy Family, which premiered in 2010, tells the story of Milanese screenwriter Ezio (Fabio De Luigi), at home in his room, attempting to write about the families of two young lovers who come together to share an important meal. As he writes, the characters come to life around him, offering advice — and demanding larger roles in the film. The film has drawn stylistic comparisons to the movies of American director Wes Anderson, but according to the festival’s director-in-residence, Luca Ceccarelli, any comparisons are likely tongue-in-cheek. “Salvatores is one of the great Italian filmmakers of our

time,” he told Pasatiempo. He’s playing us consistently, so if it is à la Wes Anderson, I wonder to what degree he’s making fun of the auteur approach to filmmaking. He breaks a lot of rules.” Ceccarelli was an aspiring filmmaker when, in 1999, he worked at the Palace Restaurant, formerly owned by Lino Pertusini, who is now honorary consul of the Italian consulate of Los Angeles, supporter of the festival, and owner of Santa Fe’s Osteria d’Assisi and Pizzeria da Lino. “Lino’s watched my ambition grow and grow, and when they put this festival together they invited me in to be a part of it.” Ceccarelli’s fantasy thriller Eve Angelic was named Best New Mexico-Made Short at the 2014 Santa Fe Film Festival, and he runs The Director’s Edge, an online service for filmmakers who want to improve their process and vision. Ceccarelli introduces each of the films in Santa Fe. “I love the idea of opening films with a brief consideration of things you may have not thought about before,” he said. The festival, now in its eighth year, has been active in Albuquerque but added Santa Fe only last year in recognition of the city’s growing ItalianAmerican community. “There have been lots of [Italian-American] groups emerging, whether they’re language groups or culinary groups or even just socials. So it’s really nice that they come together and want to bring the aspect of filmmaking, which has always been a big voice, a big part of Italian creativity,” Ceccarelli said. The festival’s biggest draw is Salvo, which screens on the second night. Set in Sicily, the film has the mobster Salvo (Saleh Bakri) in pursuit of would-be assassins after he and his boss are ambushed. Salvo tracks down the man who put the hit out on them and waits inside his home, where he encounters Rita, the man’s blind sister. After killing the mobster, Salvo kidnaps Rita (Sara Serraiocco), whose blindness fades as the story progresses. Salvo also undergoes his own change, moving from abductor to protector. “Salvo is particularly interesting because it’s like no Mafia film I’ve ever seen in Italy or in the United States,” Ceccarelli said. “The culture of Mafia gets sensationalized continually by the media here. Mafia films play a big part in Italian television. It’s a constant voice in the culture. It’s a constant concern. I’ve grown up with a lot of Mafia films, and what they do in Italy is more about being on the inside trying to fight it. The film meanders through the aftermath that unfolds after a hit. You’re brought very close to it, and it’s all about perception.” After the screening, viewers can dine at participating local restaurants, which will donate a portion of their proceeds to the children’s hospital. The Santa Fe screenings wrap up on Saturday, Feb. 7, with director Giacomo Campiotti’s 2013 coming-of-age film Bianca Come il Latte, Rossa Come il Sangue (White Like Milk, Red Like Blood). The film tells the story of Leo (Filippo Scicchitano), who has fallen for beautiful red-haired Beatrice (Gaia Weiss). After learning that Beatrice is dying of leukemia, Leo, consumed by love, begins to experience the world in contrasts represented by the colors white, for loss and emptiness, and red, for life and passion. The screening is followed by a silent auction and benefit dinner at Osteria d’Assisi prepared by chef Cristian Pontiggia. Albuquerque events begin on Sunday, Feb. 8. “One thing I’d say about all the films is that there’s a passion that comes through that’s quite unique to Italian culture. I hope people come out to watch these jewels,” Ceccarelli said. ◀

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Spitting images Mr. Turner, biography, rated R, Regal DeVargas, 3.5 chiles If Joseph Mallord William Turner had lived and painted in Elizabethan England, we would very likely today be embroiled in controversy over whether his canvases were executed by the Earl of Oxford, Sir Walter Raleigh, or Mary, Queen of Scots. Like England’s greatest playwright, its greatest painter was a commoner, and if there are people who have trouble with Hamlet issuing from the quill of a glover’s son from Stratford-upon-Avon, think how they’d have choked on Mr. Turner. He was a child of the streets, the cockney son of a London barber, raised in the gutters and licentious sprawl of Covent Garden, which in his day had the cultural and moral standing of Times Square in the 1960s. Happily, by Turner’s time, which dawned in the last quarter of the 18th century and extended to the midpoint of the 19th, records were somewhat better kept. His career was a long, distinguished, and productive one, and there’s no gainsaying the identity of the man who painted The Fighting Temeraire. Mike Leigh may not have the stature of Shakespeare or Turner, but he is certainly one of England’s greatest filmmakers, whether the establishment likes it or not. And apparently it doesn’t. Mr. Turner was snubbed at the BAFTA nominations this year and at the Oscars as well, raising eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic. The most difficult snub to digest is the exclusion of Timothy Spall’s performance from both of those awards lists. Spall won the Best Actor award at Cannes and has been pocketing critics’ awards all over the map, but he was shut out of these two establishment parties. Spall is a force of nature as Turner. He lurches, he shuffles, he galumphs, he snarls and grunts and growls — he seems at times more bear than man, and then more pig than bear. That comparison is under-

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lined by Leigh, who juxtaposes scenes of Turner’s barber father, William (Paul Jesson), shaving a pig’s head for the dinner table and then giving his son a shave with the same razor. The movie spans the last quarter century of Turner’s life, when he was already well established at the top of the artistic heap. The movie opens with a luminous shot of the Dutch countryside, a nod to the Netherlands’ artistic legacy. The shot follows a couple of gossiping peasant women until it discovers a squat, top-hatted figure standing on a hill in a field, furiously sketching a windmill as a setting sun bathes the landscape in a warm yellow glow. It’s our introduction to Turner and to the glorious, Turneresque wonder of Dick Pope’s cinematography, which does honor to the subject and his vision of light. Leigh constructs his movies in his own idiosyncratic way, putting his casts through lengthy improvisations and independent study before beginning to arrive at a script. Spall spent a couple of years immersing himself in Turner’s work and learning to paint and draw. Then there were months of rehearsals as well as extensive period research, involving everyone from the director and his research team to the actors and probably the best boy. As a result, the movie feels impeccable in its details of time and place. There’s not a great deal of story. Scenes are splashed on the screen the way Turner late in his career spit paint at the canvas, capturing light and impressions of sky and land and sea. The young Queen Victoria (Sinead Matthews), touring the Royal Academy, pauses in front of a Turner and pronounces it “a vile yellow mess.” She didn’t even get to see the erotica. Nor do we. Turner’s great champion, the seminal art critic John Ruskin (played amusingly here by Joshua McGuire),

was scandalized when after Turner’s death he discovered a vast trove of sketches and watercolors of pudenda and other racy tidbits. Ruskin claimed to have burned them to preserve the artist’s reputation, although the number that have since surfaced suggest that he did not. The movie Turner is seen sketching in a whorehouse, but the scene is relatively chaste. It is followed, however, by one in which he shoves his compliant housemaid Hannah (a terrific Dorothy Atkinson) up against a cupboard, hoists her skirts, and ruts like a wart hog. Then, as she turns to him with hangdog adoration, he lumbers off, grunting. Not, perhaps, the nicest of men. He is coldly dismissive of a former mistress (Ruth Sheen) and his daughters by her. But he shows a sensitive and compassionate side as well, forgiving a loan to an impoverished colleague, Benjamin Haydon (Martin Savage), and raising a tune-challenged voice at the piano as the daughter of a patron plays a Purcell air. And late in life he develops a warm, loving relationship with his last mistress, Mrs. Booth (Marion Bailey), a plump, comfortable widow in whose Margate house he lets a room on his painting trips there. “You are a woman of profound beauty,” he tells her, and there is a profound beauty in the way their relationship unfolds on screen. He leads a kind of double life with her, separate from his London existence, under an alias. She knows little of painting and for a while has no idea who this “Mr. Mallord” is. When they first meet, she welcomes him to Margate: “The first place in England the sun do reach in the morning,” she says. On his deathbed, Turner’s final words were “The sun is God.” — Jonathan Richards

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As with several other people who rose to global fame through the Star Trek franchise, Patrick Stewart — the former Captain Jean-Luc Picard — is so warmly loved that he’ll stay firmly in the public consciousness whether he acts again or not. Just like Star Trek’s George Takei, he has remained in minds and hearts through the internet, where he has birthed viral videos by doing things such as tweaking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and speaking out against domestic violence. Stewart has stayed so visible that it’s easy to overlook the fact that aside from voice work and his other major role — Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films — he hasn’t actually appeared in many movies or TV programs. (He has, however, remained somewhat of a fixture on the London stage.) Match reminds indie-film audiences of how powerful an actor he is, as he cashes in on his warmth to embody Tobi, a comfortably flamboyant Juilliard dance instructor. The story begins when a married couple (Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard) enters Tobi’s life to interview him for a dissertation. It quickly becomes apparent — through a plot twist that the audience will sniff out well before the reveal — that they have ulterior motives. The results of that twist will send all three crashing in different directions, as deeper and deeper secrets begin to surface. Writer and director Stephen Belber based the film on his 2004 play (for which Frank Langella earned a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Tobi), and many of the tics of the theater remain, for better or worse. Match is primarily set in one modest location, the characters drastically overshare, and the actors showcase a wide variation of emotion in jarring ups and downs — sometimes within the same minute. A more cinematic touch would have been nice. Nonetheless, Belber’s keen eye for life’s internal struggles remains. Match is a profound study of three people who all lack something in their lives and can’t quite fill those voids with one another. All three actors are strong, even if Lillard’s more volatile moments don’t quite strike the right chord. The story blends overly predictable events with genuine surprises. By the end, the biggest surprise might be how moved you feel. Much of this effect comes down to Stewart, who invests his whole body in the performance, showcases impeccable timing, and weaves a wonderful tapestry of pathos and humor. He shows great empathy for the character and imbues him with incredible humanity. Perhaps it is because we know Stewart so well that he makes us feel as if we know Tobi from the minute we see him. — Robert Ker

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running time of 132 minutes, but over the years it was trimmed down to a choppy hour and a half. It has now been restored to its original length, with stills standing in for irretrievable footage. It’s a utopian story of a place free from greed and violence, a place called Shangri-La, a word that’s become part of our language. Back in the 1930s The New York Times hailed Capra’s black-and-white epic as one of the year’s best. Though the film creaks a bit in places, that judgment largely holds up today. Not rated. 132 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) See Screen Gems, Page 32.

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opening this week BLACK OR WHITE Kevin Costner plays a man who helped raise his biracial granddaughter from a young age after his daughter died. When the granddaughter’s father, a drug addict, and her paternal grandmother enter the picture, a custody battle ensues that divides both generation and race. Rated PG-13. 121 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) BLACK SEA A submarine captain ( Jude Law) takes a crew of shady misfits into the deep to plunder a sunken Nazi vessel full of gold. Once they get there, some of them realize that the fewer men there are in the crew, the fewer ways the bounty is split. Rated R. 115 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) DOROTHEA LANGE: GRAB A HUNK OF LIGHTNING This documentary about the American photographer, screens as a fundraiser for CCA. Filmmaker Dyanna Taylor, Dorothea Lange’s granddaughter, and Elizabeth Partridge, Lange’s biographer, discuss the film afterward. Not rated. 120 minutes. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, only. Tickets are $50. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) THE FOXY MERKINS Lisa Haas and Jackie Monahan co-wrote (with director Madeleine Olnek) and star in this buddy comedy about two lesbian prostitutes 42

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who travel the country and get into shenanigans. Not rated. 81 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) HAPPY FAMILY Academy Award winning director Gabriele Salvatores’ comedy, part of the New Mexico Italian & Film Culture Festival, is a quirky look at the process of writing a screenplay. Ezio (Fabio De Luigi) is trying to finish a story about two families whose paths collide when their children decide to marry. He writes himself into the story, but as his characters come to life, he is faced with a chorus of voices vying for bigger parts in his screenplay and plaguing him with advice. Fans of Wes Anderson will enjoy the visual look and whimsical story, but after a while the commentaries directed at the audience grow thin. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, only. Not rated. 90 minutes. In Italian with subtitles. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. (Michael Abatemarco) THE LOFT If you feel there aren’t enough movies about rascally, privileged men and severely abused women, then this is the flick for you. A group of dudes go in on a high-rise apartment for their affairs, and when one mistress ends up murdered, it kicks off a whodunit. Karl Urban and James Marsden star. Rated R. 108 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) LOST HORIZON In 1937, Frank Capra’s film of James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon was the most expensive motion picture ever made. It was released with a

MATCH Patrick Stewart plays Tobi, a Juilliard dance instructor who is visited by a married couple (Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard). They claim to be interviewing him for a dissertation but have ulterior motives. Writer and director Stephen Belber based the film on his 2004 play, and many tics of the theater remain — some awkwardly so. The story weaves overly predictable moments with genuine surprises. By the end, the biggest surprise might be how moved you feel — mostly thanks to Stewart’s endearing performance. Rated R. 90 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) See review, Page 40. THE MET LIVE IN HD: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Vittorio Grigolo stars in this staging of Jacques Offenbach’s opera, which is broadcast live from the Met. Hibla Gerzmava and Thomas Hampson co-star. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) A MOST VIOLENT YEAR The year is 1981, and it’s in the record books as the most violent in New York City’s history. Writer/director J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost) locates this wintry tale in the NY fuel oil business, where upwardly mobile Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is trying to build his company while hewing as close as the traffic will allow to a code of honor and decency. The challenges are considerable. Among them are a prying district attorney (Selma’s David Oyelowo), mobbed-up business rivals, and Abel’s sexy, amoral, tough-asnails wife, Anna ( Jessica Chastain), from whose father Abel bought the business. Chandor taps into the vein of Sidney Lumet’s streetwise New York films, and Isaac and Chastain, former classmates at Juilliard, give an acting seminar. This is a classic morality tale with no easy answers but a lot of great questions. Rated R. 125 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) MR. TURNER Mike Leigh’s portrait of J.M.W. Turner is a warts-and-all impression of England’s greatest painter, constructed using the director’s trademark process of endless improvisation, discussions with his actors to

develop a script, and months of rehearsal. The result is a movie that is illuminating, beautifully performed, unimpeachably researched, and shot with an inspired Turneresque beauty by cinematographer Dick Pope. At the head of the class is Timothy Spall, who plays Turner as a shuffling, grunting, inarticulate cockney whose eye and hand are nevertheless touched with divine light. The film is perhaps a little long at two and a half hours, but that’s how long it takes. Rated R. 150 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) See review, Page 38. PROJECT ALMANAC Some young people build a time machine and decide to make up for all their regrets in life. When that works, they decide to make themselves rich. They apparently didn’t take time to brush up on their sci-fi, however, because if they had, they would know that messing with the time-space continuum births terrible consequences. Oops. Rated PG-13. 106 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) SONG OF THE SEA In this hand-drawn animated feature by Tomm Moore, little Saoirse grows up picked on by her older brother, Ben, who misses their mother, a mythical selkie who died in childbirth. When Saoirse, who has never spoken, develops an undeniable affinity for the water at age six, her still-grieving but well-intentioned father allows the children’s meddling grandmother to take them from their home in a lighthouse to live in Dublin, and it is up to Ben to lead his sister back to her birthright. Rated PG. 93 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jennifer Levin) See review, Page 39. 2015 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS — ANIMATION This year, the animated short films nominated for Academy Awards are so brief they had to add some extra films to fill out the running time. Fortunately, the best one (The Dam Keeper) is the longest, at 18 minutes. Disney’s Feast, which ran before Big Hero 6, is another gem, but otherwise it’s a forgettable crop. In English and various other languages with subtitles. Not rated. 82 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) 2015 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS — DOCUMENTARY The slate of short documentaries runs long and looks at death and mortality more this year than in others. They address terminal illness, infant breathing disorders, veteran hotlines, and slaughterhouse workers — but this is typically the strongest of the short-film programs and is always worth a look if you love the format. In English and various other languages with subtitles. Not rated. 155 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed)

2015 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS — LIVE ACTION This year’s Oscar race includes a satisfying mix of live-action shorts, from the lighthearted (Boogaloo and Graham, about two Irish boys and their young chicks) to the inventive (Butter Lamp, which shows a Tibetan photographer’s portrait work through nifty techniques) to the heartbreaking (The Phone Call, about a call that a woman at a crisis-center hotline receives). The other two, about a young Afghani woman in Switzerland and a quirky Israeli woman, are also thoughtful and skillfully crafted. In English and various other languages with subtitles. Not rated. 114 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker)

now in theaters AMERICAN SNIPER Clint Eastwood’s most commercially successful movie, this is far from his best artistically. Based on the memoir by Chris Kyle (played by Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper), the most prolific sniper in American military history. Eastwood handles the action scenes powerfully but doesn’t thread them together with the kind of nuanced storytelling he’s capable of, and he leaves some loose ends dangling. The home-front scenes of Kyle with his wife (Sienna Miller) and family become a bore. Cooper is excellent as a man increasingly addicted to combat and with no other thought than to protect his own. “It’s your call, Chris,” his superiors keep telling him as he lines human targets up in his sights, and he never makes a wrong one. But Eastwood has. Rated R. 132 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. ( Jonathan Richards) BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) In Alejandro González Iñárritu’s backsatire, Michael stage Keaton dazzles with his brilliant of movie dissection a star, in artistic eclipse since he sold his soul to play a masked comic-book superhero, looking for redemption on the Broadway stage. Aided by a terrific supporting cast that includes Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Emma Stone and shot by the great Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman, a nominee for best picture, crackles with wit, fantasy, and penetrating insights about show business, cultural relevance, and the modern world. The film received a total of nine Oscar nominations, including ones for Iñárritu and Keaton. Rated R. 119 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) BOYHOOD Richard Linklater’s extraordinary achievement (and recipient of six Oscar nominations,

including best picture and best director) has been to take one boy, a six-year-old named Ellar Coltrane, and shoot him for a few days every year for a dozen years. Linklater wrote each screenplay segment based on talks with his cast, which includes Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as the boy’s parents. We watch as Mason grows up and makes it safely through boyhood’s adventures and discoveries, arriving on the brink of young adulthood as the movie ends. Rated R. 165 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) THE BOY NEXT DOOR Jennifer Lopez plays a high school teacher who takes up an ill-advised affair with the teenage boy who moves in next door (in J-Lo’s defense, he’s played by Ryan Guzman, who is 27 years old). The attraction proves fatal when he develops an unhealthy obsession with her. Rated R. 91 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) CAKE Very little is sweet about this wellmeaning but flawed indie. A conspicuously deglammed Jennifer Aniston plays Claire, a pill-popping woman with physical and emotional scars, a swanky house, and no friends. When the ghost of Nina (Anna Kendrick), a woman from her support group who has killed herself, starts appearing, Claire begins to consider suicide. Aniston’s performance is subtle, strong, and even occasionally funny, and the film trots out some interesting supporting players — Chris Messina as Claire’s estranged husband, Sam Worthington as Nina’s widower, and Adriana Barraza as Claire’s kind, loyal housekeeper, who drives her to Tijuana when she runs out of pain meds. It falls flat, though, by trying to thrust sentimentality and profundity down your throat. Rated R. 102 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Laurel Gladden) CITIZENFOUR This documentary should be required viewing, whichever side of the Edward Snowden patriot/ bias traitor you fall on. Laura Poitras, the director by contacted Snowden to break his story, presents only one side here, but it’s a compelling brief that asks what constitutional freedoms we’re willing to surrender for security. Poitras pads her film with some sleepy footage of Snowden sitting in his hotel room, but there’s plenty of meat. Rated R. 114 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) DYING TO KNOW Gay Dillingham’s profound, uplifting documentary takes us on a journey to that border no fence can keep us from crossing. Our guides are those two irrepressible icons of drugs and enlightenment, continued on Page 44 PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM

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former Harvard professors Timothy Leary and Ram Dass. Local figures are among those interviewed, and there’s a nicely unobtrusive narration voiced by Robert Redford. Not rated. 99 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards)

dealer and scoundrel who travels to America to locate a stolen painting and finds himself in a Pink Pantherlike caper. Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor co-star. Rated R. 106 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed)

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES The story of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) concludes with a battle that makes this film feel like the third act of the previous movie rather than a stand-alone feature in its own right. Dwarves, elves, orcs, men, trolls, goblins, wizards, eagles, giant worms, and one hobbit collide in one big melee. It’s impressive but exhausting — which at this point is true of Peter Jackson’s entire foray into Middle Earth. Rated PG-13. 144 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker)

PADDINGTON The famous stuffed bear brings his toggle coat and red hat to the big screen, starring in a comedic caper in which he arrives in London, is taken in by a family (headed by Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville), and attempts to escape a nasty taxidermist (Nicole Kidman). Paul King directs with charm and inventiveness, and the humor is a near-perfect mix of cartoony silliness for the children and wryly British wit for the adults. A bit too much of the former evaporates in the second half, which may get too dark and scary for smaller kids, but overall, it’s a delight. Rated PG. 95 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker)

THE IMITATION GAME This very entertaining movie, an Oscar nominee for best picture, could have been a lot more. Morten Tyldum (nominee for best director) has taken the engrossing story of Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch, a nominee for best actor), the British war hero, computer pioneer, and homosexual martyr, and fit it into the familiar confines of a biopic stocked with Movie Moments, which never convince us that things really happened the way the film depicts them. Rated PG-13. 114 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. ( Jonathan Richards) INTO THE WOODS Stephen Sondheim’s musical about psychological self-discovery gets Disneyfied (though tastefully) under Rob Marshall’s smart, sensitive direction. Top-drawer performances, with better singing than you might anticipate, come from Meryl Streep (Witch), a supporting-actress Oscar nominee; Johnny Depp (Wolf); Anna Kendrick (Cinderella); and others. The score and dialogue remain largely intact, making this a must-see for Sondheimites. Rated PG. 124 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. ( James M. Keller) MORTDECAI Johnny Depp tackles his first broad comedy in some time, growing out a carefully waxed mustache and playing Charles Mortdecai, a British art

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SELMA Half a century ago, the civil rights attack on Jim Crow in this country was just coming to a boil under the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One of the watersheds of that movement was a massive protest march bound from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, 54 miles away, in support of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That undertaking is the centerpiece and focus of this uneven but powerful film (an Oscar nominee for best picture) from director Ava DuVernay. David Oyelowo gives us an MLK in whom quiet, deeply religious social convictions triumph over human doubts and weaknesses. Rated PG-13. 127 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) STRANGE MAGIC George Lucas conceived and produced this animated comedy about a goblin (voiced by Alan Cumming) who seeks to destroy all the primrose petals required to make love potions — until, of course, he falls in love. At that point he must compete with an elf (Elijah Kelley) to find them. Gary Rydstrom directs. Rated PG. 99 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) TAKEN 3 When the small action film Taken was unceremoniously released in 2008, it was difficult to imagine that there would someday be two sequels. People keep taking stuff from Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills, so he must keep getting very cross with them. This time around, he’s framed for his wife’s murder and has to clear his name while getting revenge. Rated PG-13. 109 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING A film about Stephen Hawking ought to be bursting with ideas. What director James Marsh has come up with is a watchable but

conventionally structured romantic biopic. An Oscar nominee for best picture, its secret weapon is Eddie Redmayne (nominee for best actor), who is brilliant in his transformation into the Hawking we know, body confined to a wheelchair, voice produced by a machine. Costar Felicity Jones is a nominee for best actress. Rated PG-13. 123 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) THE WEDDING RINGER Kevin Hart plays Jimmy Callahan, a guy who makes himself available — for a fee — as a best man for grooms to be who don’t have many friends. Josh Gad plays a guy who doesn’t have any friends whatsoever, so he invents a whole wedding party that needs to be filled out by Callahan’s friends. Maybe they even become actual friends. Rated R. 101 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) WHIPLASH Miles Teller plays teenage jazz drummer Andrew Neiman, whose dreams of becoming one of the greats hinge on surviving elite music instructor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons, nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor), the sort of teacher who’s more likely to throw a chair at his student’s head than say “please” when requesting a drumroll. An Oscar nominee for best picture, this indie-drama by Damien Chazelle compellingly explores the ways in which the power dynamics of a mentoring relationship can turn a teacher’s obsession into a student’s compulsion. Rated R. 107 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Loren Bienvenu) WILD In 1995, inexperienced hiker and camper Cheryl Strayed strapped on a backpack and covered 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. In this moving, ruggedly beautiful adaptation of her memoir — starring Reese Witherspoon (Oscar nominee for best actress) — director Jean-Marc Vallée captures scenery and settings with deft camerawork, and the storytelling is honest, vivid, and nonjudgmental, if sometimes a bit too on the nose. Rated R. 115 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Laurel Gladden)

other screenings Jean Cocteau Cinema, 505-466-5528 Art of Flying, West Side Story (1961). Regal Stadium 14, 505-424-0799 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. Opens Thursday, Feb. 5: Jupiter Ascending (screens in 3-D and 2-D), Seventh Son (screens in 3-D and 2-D), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (screens in 3-D and 2-D). ◀

WHAT’S SHOWING Call theaters or check websites to confirm screening times. CCA CINEMATHEQUE AND SCREENING ROOM 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338, www.ccasantafe.org Boyhood (R) Fri. to Sun. 11:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Citizenfour (R) Fri. to Sun. 2:45 p.m. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning (NR) Sun. 2 p.m. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (NR) Fri. and Sat. 2 p.m., 5:15 p.m. Sun. 5:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4 p.m. Match (R) Fri. to Sun. 8:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Song of the Sea (PG) Fri. and Sat. 12 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 5:15 p.m. JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA 418 Montezuma Avenue, 505-466-5528, www.jeancocteaucinema.com Art of Flying Mon. 7 p.m. The Foxy Merkins (NR) Fri. 8:40 p.m. Sat. 4:40 p.m., 8:40 p.m. Sun. 4:40 p.m. Tue. to Thurs. 8:40 p.m. Happy Family (NR) Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Lost Horizon (NR) Fri. 6:40 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 2:40 p.m., 6:40 p.m. Tue. and Wed. 6:40 p.m. Thurs. 3 p.m. West Side Story (NR) Fri. 3 p.m. Wed. 3 p.m. REGAL DEVARGAS 562 N. Guadalupe St., 505-988-2775, www.fandango.com Birdman (R) Fri. and Sat. 12 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 6 p.m., 9:15 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 6 p.m. Cake (R) Fri. and Sat. 3:40 p.m., 9:10 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 3:40 p.m. The Imitation Game (PG-13) Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m. A Most Violent Year (R) Fri. and Sat. 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Mr.Turner (R) Fri. and Sat. 11:50 a.m., 3 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 11:50 a.m., 3 p.m., 6:15 p.m. TheTheory of Everything (PG-13) Fri. to Thurs. 12:45 p.m., 6:05 p.m. Whiplash (R) Fri. and Sat. 3:20 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 3:20 p.m. Wild (R) Fri. to Thurs. 12:15 p.m., 6:40 p.m. REGAL STADIUM 14 3474 Zafarano Drive, 505-424-6296, www.fandango.com American Sniper (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Black Sea (R) Fri. to Sun. 1:05 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 10:20 p.m. Black or White (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 1:15 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 10:15 p.m. The Boy Next Door (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:25 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:10 p.m. The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 3:50 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Into the Woods (PG) Fri. to Sun. 1:35 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:35 p.m. Jupiter Ascending 3D (PG-13) Thurs. 7 p.m., 10:05 p.m. Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) Thurs. 10:15 p.m. The Loft (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:30 p.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:35 p.m., 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mortdecai (R) Fri. to Sun. 1:10 p.m., 7:15 p.m. Night at the Museum: Secret of theTomb (PG) Fri. to Sun. 12 p.m., 10:30 p.m.

Paddington (PG) Fri. to Sun. 12:35 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10 p.m. Project Almanac (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12:05 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Selma (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12:40 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10 p.m. Seventh Son 3D (PG-13) Thurs. 7:10 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Seventh Son (PG-13) Thurs. 9 p.m., 10 p.m. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 3D (NR) Thurs. 9 p.m., 10:10 p.m. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (NR) Thurs. 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Strange Magic (PG) Fri. to Sun. 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10 p.m. Taken 3 (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 2:35 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 7:55 p.m., 10:35 p.m. The Wedding Ringer (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:20 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.

THE SCREEN Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 505-473-6494, www.thescreensf.com 2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation (NR) Fri.1:30 p.m., 6 p.m. Sat. 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sun. 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. Mon. 1:15 p.m., 5:40 p.m. Tue. 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Wed. 1:15 p.m., 5:40 p.m. Thur. 3 p.m. 2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary (NR) Sun. andThur.7:30 p.m. 2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action (NR) Fri. 3:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat. 12:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Sun. 12:30 p.m., 5 p.m. Mon. 3:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Tue.12:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Wed. 3:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Thur. 12:30 p.m., 5 p.m. MITCHELL DREAMCATCHER CINEMA (ESPAÑOLA) 15 N.M. 106 (intersection with U.S. 84/285), 505-753-0087, www.dreamcatcher10.com American Sniper (R) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8 p.m., 10 p.m. Sat. 1:45 p.m., 2:10 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8 p.m., 10 p.m. Sun. 1:45 p.m., 2:10 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m. The Boy Next Door (R) Fri. 4:50 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sat. 2:30 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. 2:30 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:35 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:50 p.m., 7:35 p.m. The Imitation Game (PG-13) Fri. 4:25 p.m., 6:55 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Sat. 1:55 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 6:55 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Sun. 1:55 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 6:55 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:25 p.m., 6:55 p.m. The Loft (R) Fri. 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sat. 2:15 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sun. 2:15 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Mortdecai (R) Fri. 4:45 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sat. 2:10 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. 2:10 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:45 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Paddington (PG) Fri. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sat. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Project Almanac (PG-13) Fri. 4:50 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sat. 2:25 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. 2:25 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:50 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Strange Magic (PG) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Taken 3 (PG-13) Fri. and Sat. 9:35 p.m. The Wedding Ringer (R) Fri. 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sat. 2:20 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:20 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Alex Heard I For The New Mexican

Guac, stock, and barrel If you’ve been to a movie at Regal Stadium 14, you

El Milagro 3482 Zafarano Drive, 505-474-2888 Mondays-Saturdays 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Sundays noon to 8:00 p.m. Vegetarian options Takeout available Handicapped accessible Noise level: quiet Beer, wine & sangria Credit cards, no checks

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The Short Order One of several restaurants clustered near the Regal Stadium 14 cinema, El Milagro offers a sizable menu of comfort foods associated with New Mexico and Mexico along with anywhere-in-America favorites like chicken-breast sandwiches and hamburgers. The quality is uneven, typified by mediocre cheeses, green chile, and shredded chicken. If you’re looking for quick refreshment after a movie, you can probably score with the right appetizer and a beverage. If you’re looking for a full-on meal, this isn’t a dependable choice. Recommended: beef taquitos.

Ratings range from 1 to 5 chiles, including half chiles. This reflects the reviewer’s experience with regard to food and drink, atmosphere, service, and value. 5 = flawless 4 1/2 = extraordinary 4 = excellent 3 1/2 = very good 3 = good 2 1/2 = average 2 = fair 1 1/2 = questionable 1 = poor

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know that several restaurants line the parking lots north and west of the entrance, positioned to reel people in as they walk from vehicle to movie and back again. One of them, El Milagro, sits catty-corner from the Santa Fe Capitol Grill and next door to Cleopatra’s Café. El Milagro is unapologetically no-frills, a small place (just over a dozen tables) that skips any fancy touches or pretentious dishes. The restaurant’s big menu combines New Mexico and Mexican standards with Anywhere USA staples like chicken-breast sandwiches, smothered pork chops, and 10 different hamburgers. A sign out front promises the “best burgers in town.” Tempted by such claims, should you give El Milagro a try? Sure, but be aware that most of the offerings here are pretty ordinary, including those burgers. Like many Santa Fe restaurants that specialize in Northern New Mexico cuisine, El Milagro keeps its prices low — but sometimes at a clear cost to what winds up on your plate. The bulk of what we tried during two visits suffered from a double whammy of mediocre ingredients and uninspired preparation. There’s nothing wrong with simple comfort food, and when it’s done right, there are few things I like more. But too often at El Milagro, what you get is heavy and dull. During a lunch visit, we started with chips and queso, a humble appetizer that can be superb in the right chef’s hands. A friend who came along justifiably boasts about a queso recipe he picked up years ago at a cooking class: It contains 15 ingredients, including three kinds of cheese, two kinds of chile, and a splash of tequila. I wouldn’t expect El Milagro to attempt all that — it wouldn’t be cost-effective — but the thin queso they serve is definitely below par. It’s the color of Velveeta, and it’s barely livened up by the few flecks of zingless green chile thrown in. We were happier with the beef taquitos — corn tortillas rolled tightly around a spicy minced-beef mixture and then fried — which were hot, savory, and satisfying. The price was good, too — five for $6.95 — and if you order these and a beverage as a quick snack, you’ll probably go away happy. El Milagro serves beer, wine, and sangria but no spirits. The wine and beer choices are all big brands like Woodbridge, Budweiser, Coors, Tecate, and Pacifico, but that’s OK. With this kind of food, light beers are a good, refreshing fit. El Milagro also serves soft drinks, iced tea, coffee, and a commercial brand of lemonade. The rest of our lunch was a mixed bag, typified by the combo plate, which came with a chile relleno and a chicken chalupa. The limp chile in the relleno tasted like a green bell pepper. It was socked away inside a heavy fried coating that, as often happens with this dish, was

soggy. A good chalupa uses a boat-shaped fried tortilla that has some thickness and heft to it. This one featured a thin, basket-shaped taco shell, and the chicken inside was bright-white breast meat that had very little flavor. My friend ordered chicken and guacamole tacos and was pleased. The guac was good, and there was plenty of it. Our second trip, for dinner, started with a setback: We arrived 10 minutes before closing time and were told that the restaurant had closed early. Why? The hostess said things had been slow, so they just decided to shut down. Our appeals for mercy were fruitless. We went back two nights later, with time to spare, and kicked things off with a chicken quesadilla. The flour tortilla was crispy and good, but the chicken and cheese inside were the same so-so stuff I’d had in my chalupa, and the red salsa that came with it was too mild to register. Next I tried what I assume is the flagship hamburger here: the Milagro Burger, which comes with green chile, bacon, and both Swiss and American cheeses. It wasn’t the best burger in town, but it wasn’t bad. The beef tasted fresh, and the cheeses bonded with the bun in a nicely sloppy way. The green chile, as before, was weak, and the bacon on top was dry. Bottom line? El Milagro is a reasonable bet for a snack and a drink, but as a full-meal destination, it needs to improve its game. ◀

Lunch for two at El Milagro: Tortilla chips with queso ................................. $ 4.95 Beef taquitos .................................................... $ 6.95 Milagro combination with chicken chalupa and chile relleno......................................... $ 9.50 Chicken and guacamole tacos......................... $ 9.25 Two iced teas ................................................... $ 5.50 TOTAL............................................................. $36.15 (before tax and tip) Dinner for three, another visit: Chicken quesadilla .......................................... $ 8.95 8-ounce Milagro burger................................... $12.00 Enchilada trio.................................................. $10.95 Chicken and guacamole tacos......................... $ 9.25 Sangria............................................................. $ 6.00 Modelo Especial .............................................. $ 4.50 TOTAL............................................................. $51.65 (before tax and tip)

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Governing Board Election

7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Room 503 505-986-6280 Position 1: Linda Siegle (incumbent, unopposed) Position 2: Pablo Sedillo (incumbent, unopposed) Position 4: Jack Sullivan, Xubi Wilson For a list of polling locations, visit santafecountynm.gov/clerk. More information can be found at www.sfcc.edu/about_SFCC/governing_board.

Southwestern Sleepers Lecture Series: Sleep Hygiene and CPAP Intro 5:30 p.m., Room 433

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Give Kids a Smile Day

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room 454 505-428-1258 Free dental screenings, limited treatment, education, food and goodies. Open to all ages.

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SFCC Day at the Legislature 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., State Capitol Building 505-428-1266 Student shadowing of a NM Legislator.

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SFCC Governing Board Meeting

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

January 30-February 5, 2015

CALENDAR COMPILED BY PAMELA BEACH

FRIDAY 1/30 Gallery and Museum Openings Atrium Gallery — Marion Center for Photographic Arts

Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr., 505-473-6341 To Hear Through the Eyes, digital prints by John Paul Caponigro, reception 5-7 p.m., through May 15.

David Richard Gallery

544 S. Guadalupe St., 505-983-9555 Stephen Davis: Domestic Interiors; Margaret Fitzgerald: Water's Edge; reception 5-7 p.m., through Feb. 21.

Drury Plaza Hotel

228 E. Palace Ave. Tim Kenney Paints Ski Santa Fe, impressionist landscapes, reception 5-7 p.m., call 505-333-8354 for information.

El Zaguán

545 Canyon Rd., 505-983-2567 Thalassa: Water Into Wine Into Water, cyanotype solar-print installation by Carolyn Riman, reception 5-8 p.m., through Feb. 25.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Modernism Made in New Mexico, exhibit including paintings by O'Keeffe, Thomas Moran, Raymond Jonson, and Jozef Bakos, through April.

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta, 505-988-3250 Color Play: Primacy of Color in Contemporary Art, including works by Emily Mason, Ronnie Landfield, and Dan Christensen; Legacy of Landscape, silver-gelatin prints by photographer Steven Williams; reception 5-7 p.m., through Feb. 22.

Photo-eye Gallery

541 S. Guadalupe St., 505-988-5159 Group show of works by gallery photographers, reception 5-7 p.m., through March 14.

Student Gallery — Marion Center for Photographic Arts

Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr., 505-473-6341 Monte del Sol Charter School student exhibit, reception 5-7 p.m., through Feb. 20.

Zane Bennett Contemporary Art

435 S. Guadalupe St., 505-982-8111 Under 35: Part III, works by Nicola López, Nouel Riel, and Jack Warren, reception 5-7 p.m., through Feb. 20. (See story, Page 26)

Final weekend for the Santa Fe Playhouse production of The Madwoman of Chaillot; pictured left to right: Yann Lussiez, Giuseppe Quinn, and Karen Leigh.

Classical Music TGIF recital

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave. Performance Santa Fe EPIK student artists, 5:30-6 p.m., donations accepted, 505-982-8544, Ext. 16.

In Concert Leo "Bud" Welch

Skylight Veteran blues guitarist, Alex Maryol opens, 7:30 p.m., $17 in advance at holdmyticket.com.

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Playhouse presents Jean Giraudoux's 1943 satire, 7:30 p.m., $20, discounts available, 505-988-4262, brownpapertickets.com, final weekend.

Mariela in the Desert

Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie A lyrical play by Karen Zacarías, 7:30 p.m., $17, discounts available, teatroparaguas.org, 505-424-1601, final weekend.

Radium Girls

Events The Interactive Dome

Institute of American Indian Art, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd. New-media presentations by students and faculty members, including Robert Drummond, Ethan Bach, and Felicia Nez; a piece by Santa Fe video pioneers Woody Vasulka and Steina Vasulka, and a performance by UNM assistant theater and dance professor Kristen Loree, 7-9 p.m., no charge, 505-424-2300.

Nightlife

(See Page 51 for addresses) Pachanga! Latin club: DJ Aztech Sol spinning cumbia, bachata, and merengue, 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m., call for cover.

Theater/Dance

James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Rd. New Mexico School for the Arts Theater Department presents D.W. Gregory's historical drama, 7 p.m., $10, discounts available, nmschoolforthearts.org, Saturday encore.

Grace and the Grail

Outdoors

Three Faces of Jazz, with guest guitarist Tony Cesarano, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover.

Singer/songwriter's night

Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St. Jono Manson, Jeff Finlin, and Jaime Michaels trade songs, 7:30 p.m., $20 at the door, gigsantafe.com.

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia Staged reading of Liz Randol's screenplay, 7 p.m., $5-$10 donation at the door.

Arrowhead Ruins tour

Pecos National Historic Park, NM 63, 505-757-7241 Guided one-mile hike to an off-trail site, 1:30 p.m., entrance fee $3, tour $2, call for details, open daily; visit nps.gov/pecos.

Blue Rooster

¡Chispa! at El Mesón Cowgirl BBQ

juke-joint, honky-tonk, biker-bar band Broomdust Caravan, 8:30 p.m.-close; no cover.

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Books/Talks Opera Breakfast lecture

Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 Tom Franks discusses Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, 9:30 a.m., part of a series held in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD season, $5 at the door.

Outdoors Winter hike

Cerrillos Hills State Park, about 16 miles south of Santa Fe off NM 14, 505-474-0196 Learn about the natural and cultural history of the area, 10 a.m.-noon, $5 per vehicle. Meet at the main parking lot a half mile north of the village on NM 59.

Nightlife

(See Page 51 for addresses)

Blue Rooster

Trash Disco, with DJ Oona, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., call for cover.

¡Chispa! at El Mesón Atrium Gallery at Marion Center for Photographic Arts shows digital prints by John Paul Caponigro, 1600 St. Michael's Dr.

The Den

Ladies' Night, with DJ Luna spinning dance beats, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Duel Brewing

Indie-rock band What the What, 7-10 p.m., no cover.

El Farol

Funk and soul band The Gruve, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

El Paseo Bar & Grill

DJ-driven dance beats, 9:30 p.m.-close, no cover.

Junction

Dance band Chango, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover.

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

R & B/soul/classic-rock band Moondogs, 8 p.m.-close, no cover.

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa

Turquoise Trail

R & B/funk/gospel band Numethods 505, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., call for cover.

Tiny’s

Singer/songwriter Mike Montiel, 5:30-8 p.m.; Little Leroy & His Pack of Lies, dance band, 8:30 p.m.-close; no cover.

Vanessie

Piano bar: Doug Montgomery, 6 p.m., Bob Finnie, 8 p.m., call for cover.

SATURDAY 1/31 Gallery and Museum Openings Flying Cow Gallery

Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta Dragonfly Art Studio biannual student showcase (ages 5-14), reception 4-6 p.m., through Feb. 25.

Nacha Mendez & Friends, 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover.

Opera in HD

Mine Shaft Tavern

The Lensic Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., $22-$28, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Open-mic, hosted by Glen Neff, 7 p.m., no cover.

Montecito Starlight Lounge

Vocalist Susan Abod and pianist Bert Dalton, jazz, blues, and pop selections, 7-9 p.m., call for cover.

Omira Bar & Grill

Friday night jazz, with saxophonist/vocalist Brian Wingard, 6-9 p.m., no cover.

Palace Restaurant & Saloon

Don Boaz & Sal, 4:30-7:30 p.m., no cover.

Pranzo Italian Grill

Geist Cabaret, with pianist David Geist, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.

Second Street Brewery

Busy & The Crazy 88, hipster pop, 6 p.m., no cover.

Second Street Brewery at the Railyard Di & The Guys, folk/gospel, 7 p.m., no cover.

Shadeh

DJ Chil, electro mixes, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., call for cover.

Skylight

Reggae Dancehall Fridays, with Brotherhood Sound System, 8 p.m.-close, in the Skylab; The Alchemy party, with DJs Dynamite Sol and Protege, 9 p.m.-close; call for cover.

Swiss Bistro

Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 7-10 p.m., no cover.

The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD

In Concert Songs for a Midwinter's Evening Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez, 505-983-5022 Celtic, classical, and Latin jazz, 7 p.m., $15 at the door.

Theater/Dance The Madwoman of Chaillot

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Playhouse presents Jean Giraudoux's 1943 satire, 7:30 p.m., $20, discounts available, 505-988-4262, final weekend.

Mariela in the Desert

Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie A lyrical play by Karen Zacarías, 7:30 p.m., $17, discounts available, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org, final weekend.

Radium Girls

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Bert Dalton Brazil Project, Brazilian jazz, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover.

Cowgirl BBQ

Blues/Americana singer/songwriter Jim Almand, 1-4 p.m.; local musician Joe West and Santa Fe Revue, theatrical rock and folk; 8:30 p.m.-close; no cover.

Duel Brewing

Connie Long's country-rock jam band, 7-10 p.m., no cover.

El Farol

Flamenco dinner show, 6:30 p.m.; rock 'n' roll band Funaddix, 9 p.m.-close; call for cover.

El Paseo Bar & Grill

DJ-driven dance beats, 9:30 p.m.-close, no cover.

Evangelo's

Classic-rock band The Jakes, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., call for cover.

Second Street Brewery at the Railyard Watermelon Mountain Jug Band, 7-10 p.m., no cover.

Shadeh

DJ Cut, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., call for cover.

Skylight

The Lulz Comedy Show, with Curt Fletcher, Genevieve García de Müller, and Zach Reinert, 8 p.m.; Alchemy Party 2.0, with Djs Dynamite Sol and JuiceBox, 9 p.m.; call for cover, 21+.

Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen

Saturdays with John Serkin on Hawaiian slack-key guitar, 6-8 p.m., no cover.

Tiny’s

Showcase karaoke, with Nanci and Cyndy, 8:30 p.m.-close, no cover.

Upper Crust Pizza

Local singer/songwriter Dana Smith, 6-9 p.m., no cover.

Vanessie

Piano bar: Doug Montgomery, 6 p.m., Bob Finnie, 8 p.m., call for cover.

SUNDAY 2/1 Gallery and Museum Openings Contemporary Tapestry Gallery

835 W. San Mateo Rd., 505-231-5904 Three-dimensional tapestries by Kristin Carlsen Rowley, reception 3-5 p.m., through Feb. 21.

Downtown Subscription

376 Garcia St., 505-983-3085 Digital photographs by Deanne Richards, through February.

Tybie Davis Satin Gallery

Santa Fe Public Library, Main Branch, 145 Washington Ave., 505-955-6781 Paper and Clay Revisited, prints by Mary Gray McGee and pottery by Lois Stouffer, reception 3-4:45 p.m., through February.

Iconik Coffee Roasters

Gypsy-jazz ensemble The Laser Cats, 11:30 a.m., no cover, weekly.

2/1

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

R & B/soul/classic-rock band Moondogs, 8 p.m.-close, no cover.

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa

Sierra Club Sangre de Cristo outings

Guitarist Pat Malone's jazz trio, featuring vocalist Whitney Carroll Malone and bassist Jon Gagan, 6-9 p.m., no cover.

Low ‘n’ Slow Lowrider Bar at Hotel Chimayó de Santa Fe Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.

Theater/Dance

Mine Shaft Tavern

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Bluegrass band Dandelion Liberation Front, 3 p.m., on the patio; Cali Shaw Band, indie Americana, 7 p.m.; call for cover.

Molly's Kitchen & Lounge

Mesa@Molly's monthly get-down; Brian Mayhall and DJ Feathericci, 10 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Playhouse presents Jean Giraudoux's 1943 satire, 2 p.m., $20, discounts available, 505-988-4262, brownpapertickets.com.

Mariela in the Desert

Omira Bar & Grill

Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie A lyrical play by Karen Zacarías, 2 p.m., $17, discounts available, teatroparaguas.org, 505-424-1601.

Palace Restaurant & Saloon

Books/Talks

Jazz saxophonist/vocalist Brian Wingard, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Bluegrass band Railyard Reunion, 4:30-7:30 p.m., no cover.

Pranzo Italian Grill

Pianist David Geist and vocalist Julie Trujillo, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.

Second Street Brewery

New Orleans-style funk and soul band Pollo Frito, 6-9 p.m., no cover.

Journey Santa Fe Presents

Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 The State of Wilderness in New Mexico, with Mark Allison, executive director of New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, 11 a.m.

Sierra Club hikes

Locations TBA Strenuous trek (snowshoes required), two or three dogs ok, contact Tobin Oruch, tobin.oruch@yahoo.com, 505-690-6253; moderate cross-country skiing outing, contact Alan Shapiro, nm5s@yahoo.com; visit riograndesierraclub.org for updated postings, free and open to the public.

Events Israeli dance

Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd. Traditional folk dances; 8-10 p.m. weekly, $5 suggested donation, santafe.israeli.dance.com.

Nightlife

Cowgirl BBQ

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

Cowgirl BBQ

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

Tiny’s

El Farol

Palace Restaurant & Saloon

(See addresses at right) Karaoke, with Michele Leidig, 9 p.m., no cover. Rock band J.J. and The Hooligans, 8:30 p.m.-close, call for cover.

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

Local country artist Bill Hearne, 7:30 p.m., no cover.

Tone and Company Band, local musicians are welcome to jam, 8:30 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen

Rio; bossa-nova duo Max Hatt and Edda Glass, 11 a.m., no cover. (See story, Page 18)

Vanessie

Pianist Doug Montgomery, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.

MONDAY 2/2 In Concert

TUESDAY 2/3 Black Canyon trail, off Hyde Park Rd. Full-moon snowshoe hike on an easy three-mile loop, 4 p.m., contact Marcia Skillman, marciaskillman@hotmail.com, 505-699-3008, visit riograndesierraclub.org for updated postings, free and open to the public.

Events Calligraphy, Handwriting, and the Gift of a Valentine

Santa Fe Public Library La Farge Branch, 1730 Llano St., 505-955-4862 Card-making workshop led by calligrapher Sheri Bishop, 5:30-7:30 p.m., no charge, call to register, all supplies provided.

Nightlife

(See addresses at right)

Art of Flying

¡Chispa! at El Mesón

Breakfast With O'Keeffe

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

Jean Cocteau Cinema Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. Songwriting duo David Costanza and Anne Speroni, 7-9 p.m., $12, two for $20, jeancocteaucinema.com. Cowgirl BBQ Blues/Americana singer/songwriter Jim Almand, The Green 8 p.m., no cover. Skylight El Farol Hawaii-based reggae band, Through the Canyon Road Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m., no cover. Roots opens, 7:30 p.m., $16 in advance at holdmyticket.com. Evangelo’s Fat Tuesday, with Les Gens Bruyants, Books/Talks Cajun-style tunes, 7 p.m.-close, call for cover. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Education Annex, 123 Grant Ave. Cody Hartley, director of curatorial affairs, leads a behind-the-scenes look at how exhibits come together and offers a preview of upcoming projects, 9 a.m., $15 includes museum admission, register online at okeeffemuseum.org.

Santa Fe Botanical Garden Winter Lecture Series

Santa Fe Woman's Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail Botanical Gardens of Oahu, Hawaii, with Michael Pulman, 2-3 p.m., $10 at the door, santafebotanicalgarden.org.

Southwest Seminars lecture

Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta Slingstones & Thundersticks: Coronado's Deadly Siege and the Tiguex War in the Río Grande Valley, with Matt Schmader, 6 p.m., $12 at the door, 505-466-2775, southwestseminars.org.

Events Swing dance

Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd. Weekly all-ages informal swing dance; lesson 7-8 p.m., dance 8-10 p.m., dance $3, lesson and dance $8, 505-473-0955.

Guitarist/vocalist Gary Vigil, 5:30-8 p.m., no cover.

The Underground at Evangelo’s

Take Over Wednesdays, with DJ Doer spinning hip-hop, 7 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Check with venues

Pianist Bob Finnie, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.

Sierra Club hike

Evangelo’s

Pantry Restaurant

Vanessie

Outdoors

Nacha Mendez & Company, 7 p.m., call for cover.

DJ Oona, trash disco, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Electric-jam night with Nick Wymett, 9 p.m.-close, no cover.

Metal band Weapönizer, 7 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Cowgirl BBQ El Farol

Blues band Night Train, 7:30 p.m., no cover.

Guitarist Ramon Bermudez, 6-8 p.m., no cover.

The Underground at Evangelo's

(See addresses at right) Americana band The Santa Fe Revue, noon-3 p.m.; Danny the Harp, 6 p.m.-close; no cover.

Todd Tijerina Duo, blues, 8 p.m., no cover.

Local country artist Bill Hearne, 7:30 p.m., no cover.

The Matador

DJ Pariredog, vintage vinyl, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover.

Swiss Bistro

Multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., no cover.

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

Jazz guitarist Pat Malone, 6-8 p.m., no cover.

Tiny’s

Open-mic night with Randy Mulkey, 7 p.m., no cover.

The Underground at Evangelo's

Latin Tuesdays, with DJ AdLib and The Sabrosura Sound System, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Vanessie

Pianist Bob Finnie, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.

WEDNESDAY 2/4 Nightlife

(See addresses at right)

¡Chispa! at El Mesón

for updates and sp ecial events

Bishop’s Lodge Ra nch Resort & Spa 1297 Bishops Lodg Museum Hill Café e Rd., 505-983-6377 710 Camino Lejo, Mi Blue Rooster lner Plaza, 505-984-8900 101 W. Marcy St., 50 5-206-2318 Odd Fellows Hall Burro Alley Café 1125 Cerrillos Rd., 207 W. San Francisc 505-473-0955 o St., 505-982-0601 Omira Bar & Grill Café Café 1005 St. Francis Dr 500 Sandoval St., 50 ., 505-780-5483 5-466-1391 Pa lace Restaurant & ¡Chispa! at El Mesó Saloon n 142 W. Palace Ave., 213 Washington Av 505-428-0690 e., 505-983-6756 Pantry Restaurant Cowgirl BBQ 1820 Cerrillos Rd., 319 S. Guadalupe St. 505-986-0022 , 505-982-2565 Pranzo Italian Grill The Den 540 Montezuma Av 132 W. Water St., 50 e., 505-984-26455 5-983-1615 Santa Fe Bar & Grill Duel Brewing 187 Paseo de Peral 1228 Parkway Dr., ta, DeVargas Cente 505-474-5301 r, 505-982-3033 Eldorado Hotel & Spa Sa nta Fe Community 309 W. San Francisc Convention o St., 505-988-4455 Center El Farol 20 1 W. Marcy St., 505-955 808 Canyon Rd., 50 -6705 5-983-9912 Santa Fe Sol Stage El Paseo Bar & Grill & Grill 37 Fire Place, solofsan 208 Galisteo St., 50 tafe.com 5-992-2848 San Q Sushi South Evangelo’s 3470 Zafarano Dr., 200 W. San Francisc 505-438-6222 o St., 505-982-9014 Second Street Brew Gig Performance Sp er ac 1814 Second St., 50 y 1808 Second St., gig e 5-982-3030 santafe.com Second Street Brew Hilton Santa Fe er 1607 Paseo de Peral y at the Railyard 100 Sandoval St., 50 ta, 505-989-3278 5-988-2811 Shadeh Hotel Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder Re 1501 Paseo de Peral sort & Casino, ta, 505-982-1200 30 Buffalo Thunde r Trail, 877-848-6337 Iconik Coffee Roas ters Skylight 1600 Lena St., 505-4 28-0996 139 W. San Francisc o St., 505-982-0775 Jean Cocteau Cinem a Sweetwater Harve 418 Montezuma Av st Kitchen e., 505-466-5528 1512-B Pacheco St. , 505-795-7383 Junction Swiss Bistro 530 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-988-7222 401 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-988-5500 La Boca Taberna La Boca 72 W. Marcy St., 50 5-982-3433 125 Lincoln Ave., 50 5-988-7102 La Casa Sena Cant ina TerraCotta Wine Bis 125 E. Palace Ave., tro 505-988-9232 304 Johnson St., 50 5-989-1166 La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Tiny’s 100 E. San Francisc o St., 505-982-5511 1005 St. Francis Dr ive, Suite 117, La Posada de Sant 505-983-9817 a Fe Resort and Sp a 330 E. Palace Ave., 505-986-0000 Turquoise Trail Lensic Performing Buffalo Thunder Re Arts Center sort & Casino, 211 W. San Francisc 30 Buffalo Thunde o St., 505-988-1234 r Trail, 877-848-6337 The Lodge at Sant The Underground a Fe at Evangelo’s 750 N. St. Francis Dr 200 W. San Francisc ., 505-992-5800 o St. The Matador Upper Crust Pizza 116 W. San Francisc 329 Old Santa Fe Tra o St. il, 505-982-0000 Mine Shaft Tavern Vanessie 2846 NM 14, Madr 434 W. San Francisc id, 505-473-0743 o St., 505-982-9966 Molly's Kitchen & Warehouse 21 Lounge 1611 Calle Lorca, 50 1614 Paseo de Peral 5-983-7577 ta, 505-989-4423 Montecito Starlight Lounge 500 Rodeo Rd., 505-4 28-7777

C L U B S, R O O M S, V E N UES

Outdoors

Flamenco guitarist Joaquin Gallegos, 7-9 p.m., no cover.

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Leo "Bud" Welch

Santa Fe Botanical Garden volunteers

Taos

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

The Cooperage, 7220 Lomas Blvd. N.E. Stuart L. Udall Center for Museum Resources, second floor, 725 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Veteran blues guitarist, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, $17 in advance, $22 day of show, holdmyticket.com. Free training: Tuesday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 21: history of SFBG and ecosystems; Wednesday and Peñasco Saturday, Feb. 4 and 7: botany, botanical names, and water issues in New Mexico; Thursday and Candelaria Day Saturday, Feb. 5 and March 7: SFBG plants and Picuris Pueblo, 201 Pueblo Rd. grounds tour; Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 and Feast-day celebration; dances and food, March 21: policies and procedures; all sessions all day Monday, Feb. 2, 505-587-2519. begin at 8:30 a.m., call 505-471-9103 to register.

Third Annual Art of Wine! fundraiser

Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 Wine tasting, art auction, hors d'oeuvres, 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, $30 in advance, harwoodmuseum.org/artofwine. Albuquerque's 516 Arts shows work by sculptor Emi Ozawa in its group show From the Ground Up: Design Here + Now, 516 Central Ave., S.W.

THURSDAY 2/5

The Matador

In Concert

DJ Inky Ink, soul/punk/ska, 8:30 p.m., no cover.

Dan Hicks and the Hotlicks

Skylight

Skylight Folk/jazz, 7:30 p.m., $24, preferred seating $34, holdmyticket.com.

Books/Talks Renesan Institute for Lifelong Learning lecture

St. John's United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail The spring series begins with Shakespeare: A Clearing in the Woods, Stephen Bellon familiarizes readers with Shakespeare's dramatic writing, including prose, rhythm, verse forms, and song, 1-3 p.m., $10, renesan@newmexico.com, 505-982-9274. (See Subtexts, Page 16)

Events New Mexico Italian Film & Culture Festival

Jean Cocteau Cinema The eighth annual event benefiting UNM Children's Hospital opens with a cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by a screening of Gabriele Salvatores' 2010 comedy Happy Family; reception and film $30, film only $10, the festival continues nightly through Saturday, Feb. 7, master pass $135, jeancocteaucinema.com. (See story, Page 36)

Nightlife

(See Page 51 for addresses)

Blue Rooster

Electronic Expressions, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., call for cover.

¡Chispa! at El Mesón

Jazz duo pianist Bert Dalton and bassist Milo Jaramillo, 7-9 p.m., no cover.

Cowgirl BBQ

Local folk singer/songwriter Eryn Bent, 8 p.m., no cover.

Latin Night, with DJ Dany, 9 p.m., call for cover.

Swiss Bistro

Guitar duo Wes & Mito, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.

Taberna La Boca

Nacha Mendez, 7-9 p.m., no cover.

Tiny's

Grateful Dead tribute band Detroit Lightning, 9 p.m.-close, no cover.

The Underground at Evangelo's

Indie-rock artist The March Divide, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

Vanessie

Pianist Bob Finnie, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.

OUT OF TOWN Albuquerque 516 Arts

516 Central Ave. S.W., 505-242-1445 From the Ground Up: Design Here + Now, exhibit showcasing contemporary Albuquerque artists, reception 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, through April 11. Opening-night dance performance 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.; satellite pop-up installation by architect Bruce Davis, 6-8 p.m., Central Features, 109 Fifth St. S.W., centralfeatures.com.

Richard Levy Gallery

514 Central Ave. S.W., 505-766-9888 Strata, mixed-media pieces by architect Antoine Predock, reception 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, through March 13.

New Mexico School for the Arts: Fifth Annual Winter Dances

El Farol

Hiland Theater, 4800 Central Ave. S.E. Contemporary choreography and classical ballet, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, donations accepted at the door.

Evangelo’s

Chatter Sunday

Guitarras con Sabor, Gipsy Kings-style rhythms, 8 p.m., no cover. Thursdays with Little Leroy & His Pack of Lies, dance band, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.

La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda

Blues band Night Train, 7:30 p.m., no cover.

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa Pat Malone Jazz Trio, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.

The Lodge at Santa Fe

Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 7-9:30 p.m., call for cover.

The Kosmos, 1715 Fifth St. N.W. Octet recital: music of Haydn and Shostakovich, 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 1, $15, discounts available, chatterabq.org.

Chatter Cabaret

Hotel Andaluz, 125 Second St. N.W. Violinist David Felberg, cellist Joel Becktel, and pianist Carla McElhaney play music of Ravel, Anthiel, and Kernis, 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, $25 in advance at chatterabq.org.

PASATIEMPO I January 30-February 5, 2015

Join the Teen Volunteer Program and help in the visitor services department and in the museum; must be 15 or older; for more information call 505-989-8359, Ext. 115; applications available online at santafechildrensmuseum.org.

PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

Filmmakers/Performers

Artists/Designers/Photographers

Open to filmmakers worldwide; films must be seven to ten minutes long and made with a smart device, any genre; top ten submissions showcased at Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, May 31-June 7, first place awarded $500, final submission deadline Friday, Feb. 20, view guidelines and submit films online at abqfilmexperience.com.

American Institute of Architects' Canstruction design and build competition Open call for design teams to create structures made entirely from canned goods (to benefit The Food Depot) for a Saturday, April 11 exhibit held at Santa Fe Place Mall; winners announced in five categories; winning structures entered in an international competition; for guidelines visit santafe.canstruction.org/design-teams, entry form and fee ($100) due Monday, Feb. 16.

Center: International calls for entry

Local nonprofit organization; The Choice Awards and Project Development; Sunday, Feb. 1, deadline; applications available online at visitcenter.org.

Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts

Get Smart (phone) Filmmaking Contest

UNDER 21

Zero Waste Bioparks

Warehouse 21 A discussion on the creation of a comprehensive resource-recovery park in Santa Fe; presented by Pristina Natural, 5-8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, no charge.

Nominations sought for living New Mexico artists working in any discipline; individuals who consistently make significant or distinguished contributions to the arts in the state; and businesses, nonprofits, or foundations involved in supporting the arts; nominations may be mailed or brought no later than Friday, March 27, to New Mexico Arts, Suite 270, 407 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501; 505-827-6490, 800-879-4278; forms available online at www.nmarts.org.

Ferguson Action

Community

W21 workshops

Communities in Schools New Mexico

Tutors sought for local students at all grade levels; math and literacy support needed in particular; training provided; contact Cynthia Torcasso, 505-954-1880, ctorcasso@cisnm.org.

Fight Illiteracy

Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe will train individuals willing to help adults learn to read, write, and speak English; details available online at lvsf.org or call 505-428-1353.

Flower Angels

Help out weekly as a Flower Angel for Presbyterian Medical Services Hospice Center; contact Mary Ann Andrews for information, 505-988-2211.

Friends of Folk Art: The Haute Flea

Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Accepting tax-deductable donations of gently used folk art between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday-Wednesday, April 24-29, to auction off at the museum fundraiser; for information call 505-476-1201.

Many Mothers

Help new mothers and families, raise funds, plan events, become a board member, and more; requirements and details available online at manymothers.org.

Black Box Theater, Warehouse 21 Join W21 and United World College for a presentation by the movement's activists, artists, and poets, 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, no charge.

Society for Creative Anachronism Warehouse 21 Learn about the Middle Ages, 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays, no charge.

Warehouse 21 Break dancing 5-7 p.m. weekly Thursdays and Fridays, no charge; silkscreen printing 5-7 p.m. Thursdays, $20.

PASA KIDS

Garden Sprouts

Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 725 Camino Lejo Storytelling and hands-on activities for children ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult, 9-10 a.m. weekly on Fridays as weather allows, $5 suggested donation, no charge for ages 11 and under, visit santafebotanicalgarden.com for updates.

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-989-8359 2:30-4:30 p.m. weekly on Fridays, all ages open art studio; 10:30-11:30 a.m. weekly on Wednesdays, bilingual preschool stories, songs, and games, by museum admission.

Books and Babies

Santa Fe Public Library branches Led by singer/storytellers Michael and Lisa; children must be accompanied by an adult, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Main Branch, 145 Washington Ave., 505-955-6783; 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, La Farge Branch, 1730 Llano St., 505-955-4863; 10:45 a.m. Thursdays, Southside Branch, 6599 Jaguar Dr., 505-955-2828. ◀

UPCOMING EVENTS MUSIC

Santa Fe Community Orchestra

St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. The series of open-rehearsal readings of new works by New Mexico composers continues 6-7:30 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 6 and March 20; donations welcome, 505-466-4879, sfco.org.

Santa Fe Pro Musica: Szymanowski String Quartet

St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. Music of Mozart, Haydn, Dvořák, and Szymanowski, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, $10-$65; followed by 5:30 p.m. dinner with the quartet (limited seating), 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, dinner reservations required, call 505-988-4640.

Serenata of Santa Fe

First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. Common Tones, music of Barber, Dvořák, and Kenji Bunch, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, $15-$30, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, discounted tickets for students and children ages 5 and under available at the door only.

Notes on Music: Jean Sibelius

United Church of Santa Fe, 1804 Arroyo Chamiso Rd. Celebrating the Finnish composer's 150th birthday; lecture by Joseph Illick, with musical illustrations, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, $25, performancesantafe.org.

Todd Snider

The Lensic Satirical folk singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, $22-$42, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Dan Bern

Gig Performance Space Singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, $22 in advance, $25 at the door, gigsantafe.com.

James David Christie

First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. Organ recital: music of Bach, Scheidemann, Schildt, and Salvatore, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, donations welcome, 505-982-8544, Ext. 16.

New Mexico Bach Society and Chatter

Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. The ensembles perform Bach's Coffee Cantata, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, performers include tenor Andre Garcia-Nuthmann, cellist James Holland, violinist David Felberg, and flutist Linda Marianiello, $28.50, discounts available, holdmyticket.com, visit nmperformingartssociety.org for details.

Santa Fe Music Collective jazz concerts

Museum Hill Café, 710 Camino Lejo 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13: the series continues with drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath joining pianist Bert Dalton and bassist Andy Zadrozny; 7 p.m. Friday, March 6: singer Sheila Jordon and bassist Cameron Brown; $25, santafemusiccollective.org, 505-983-6820.

Winger

Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail Veteran hard-rock band, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, $20 in advance, discounts available, tickets.com.

Susan Graham

The Lensic Music of Schumann and Mahler, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, tickets begin at $27, student discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Tweedy American Jem

La Tienda Performance Space, 7 Caliente Rd., Eldorado Acoustic Americana trio, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, $55 includes three-course dinner and champagne, 505-670-8604 or triojem@outlook.com.

Eric Bibb

The Lensic Blues guitarist, 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, $15-$30, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

KiMo Theater, 423 Central Ave. N.W., Albuquerque Canadian Cree singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, $15-$45 in advance, 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com.

Lucinda Williams

The Lensic Blues and country singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, $46-$74, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Fabulous Thunderbirds

Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail Blues/rock band, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, $25 in advance, discounts available, tickets.com.

Santa Fe Symphony

The Lensic A Shakespeare-inspired tribute with works by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, and Corigliano, with guest conductor Sarah Hicks, 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, $11-$72, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale

Cristo Rey Church, 1120 Canyon Rd. Dancing the Mystery, works by Brahms, Duruflé, Eric Whitacre, and Abbie Betinis, set to vocals inspired by Sufi poets, 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, $25-$50 in advance at 505-988-2282 or online at desertchoral.tix.com.

András Schiff

The Lensic Acoustic duo songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) and percussionist Spencer Tweedy, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 505-988-1234.

HAPPENINGS

Playwrights Workshop

Santa Fe Playhouse Workshops, 3205-B Richards Lane Writing the Ten-Minute Play, led by Leslie Harrell Dillen, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7-8, $65, for reservations email leslie.dillen@comcast.net.

Cancer Foundation for New Mexico's Tenth Annual Sweetheart Auction

The Lensic Singer/songwriter, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Dinner and dessert buffet, open wine bar, and vacation raffle, 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, $75, 505-955-7931, Ext. 1, cffnm.org.

Santa Fe Reads

Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Lensic Veteran punk-rock band, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, $34-$54, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

THEATER/DANCE

Confessions of a Mexpatriate

Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205-B Calle Marie Raul Garza's one-man play performed by Mical Trejo, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6-8, $15, discounts available, 505-424-1601 or teatroparaguas@gmail.com.

Kimberly Akimbo

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Playhouse presents David Lindsay-Abaire's 2000 dramedy, Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 12-March 1, 505-988-4262.

Annapurna

The Lensic Fusion Theatre Company presents Sharr White's two-hander dramedy, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, $15-$35, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Stratford Festival HD

The Screen, Santa Fe University of Art & Design Sunday, March 1: the theater company presents King Lear; Sunday, April 12: King John; Sunday, May 24: Antony and Cleopatra, all screenings begin at 11:15 a.m., stratfordfestivalhd.com.

Playwrights Forum

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. An original full-length work directed by Cristina Duarte, Thursday-Sunday, March 12-22.

James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Rd. Readings and discussions with authors Sallie Bingham, Natalie Goldberg, Anne Hillerman, John Nichols, and Valerie Plame, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, $15, 505-428-1353.

Lannan Foundation events

The Lensic 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11: The Fire This Time, a tribute to James Baldwin, with Nikky Finney, Randall Kenan, and Kevin Young; 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4: the Readings & Conversations series continues with Irish author Kevin Barry and editor Ethan Nosowsky; $6, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary Valentine's Day Party

3749-A NM 14, 505-471-5366. Held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, sanctuary tour 1:30 p.m., refreshments served, donations welcome.

ARTsmart New Mexico: ARTfeast Art of Living fundraisers

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere, featuring dancing, heavy appetizers, and silent and live auctions; also, showcasing work of fashion designer Patricia Michaels, 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, Peters Projects, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, $75 in advance; Step Up to the Plate, gourmet dinner and auction, doors open at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, $175 in advance; tickets available online at artfeast.org.

The Lensic The pianist performs late works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, $13.50-$100, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Lyle Lovett & The Acoustic Group

The Lensic Country singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, $69-$94, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Robert Cray Band

The Lensic Blues guitarist, 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, $39-$54, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. Soprano Christina Martos, baritone Carlos Archuleta, and pianist Debra Ayers, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, music of Verdi, Argento, and Cole Porter, $34 in advance and at the door, student discounts available, holdmyticket.com or 505-866-1251.

Leni Stern African Trio

Gig Performance Space Jazz guitarist, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, $20 at the door, gigsantafe.com.

Szymanowski String Quartet performs at St. Francis Auditorium on Feb. 8.

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Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

108 Cathedral Place, 505-983-1777 Star Wallowing Bull: Mechanistic Renderings, paintings and drawings • Dark Light: The Ceramics of Christine Nofchissey McHorse • Chris Pappan: Account Past Due, Ledger Art and Beyond, drawings and paintings • War Department, group show of works from the museum collection depicting armed conflicts spanning 500 years • Mihio Manus: Heavy Volume, Small Spaces, music-scene-themed photographs; all exhibits run through July. Closed Tuesdays; iaia.edu/museum.

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1250 Courage and Compassion: Native Women Sculpting Women, group show, through Oct. 19 • Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser, five monumental works by the late Chiricahua Apache sculptor displayed outdoors; accompanied by works of other sculptors, including Houser’s sons Bob Haozous and Philip Mangas Haozous, plus works by Doug Hyde, Estella Loretto, and Robert Shorty; through May • Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning, highlights from the museum’s collection of jewelry • The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery, traditional and contemporary works • Here, Now, and Always, artifacts from the museum collection. Closed Mondays; indianartsandculture.org.

Museum of International Folk Art

706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience • Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico, early-20th-century carvings, through Feb. 15 • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, international collection of toys and folk art. Closed Mondays; internationalfolkart.org.

Katsukawa Shunshô: Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Aroka Genda Teruikado, circa 1777, UNM Museum permanent collection, Albuquerque.

AT THE GALLERIES

Collected Works Bookstore

202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 Paintings From the Silk Road, work by Sandra Place, through Feb. 15, 15 percent of proceeds benefits Doctors Without Borders.

Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery

Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St., 505-955-6705 End of Days, group show, including works by Pilar Agoyo, Frank Buffalo Hyde, Joel Nakamura, and Bunny Tobias, through Saturday, Jan. 31.

Santa Fe Clay

545 Camino de la Familia, 505-984-1122 Six Under Thirty-Six, group ceramic show, through Feb. 21.

MUSEUMS & ART SPACES Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Art Collision & Repair Shop, interactive installation curated by Susan Begy and Kathryn M Davis, Muñoz Waxman Main Gallery • Undress, multimedia installation by Paula Wilson, Spector Ripps Project Space; through Sunday, Feb. 1. Open ThursdaysSundays; ccasantafe.org.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Modernism Made in New Mexico, includes paintings by O'Keeffe, Thomas Moran, Raymond Jonson, and Jozef Bakos, opening Friday, Jan. 30, through April • Georgia O'Keeffe: Ghost Ranch Views, paintings from the 1930s and 1940s, through March 22; okeeffemuseum.org; open daily.

Museum of Spanish of Colonial Art

750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-2226 Guadalupe, images of Our Lady of Guadalupe from the museum collection; Boxed In, contemporary artisan-made boxes from the collection, through May • Secrets of the Symbols: The Hidden Language of Spanish Colonial Art • San Ysidro/St. Isidore the Farmer, bultos, retablos, straw appliqué, and paintings on tin • Recent Acquisitions, colonial and 19th-century Mexican art, sculpture, and furniture; also, work by young Spanish Market artists • The Delgado Room, late-colonial-period re-creation; spanishcolonial.org; closed Mondays.

New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors

113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200 Toys and Games: A New Mexico Childhood, through Sunday, Feb. 1 • Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy, ephemera from the museum collection and photos from POG photo archives • Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards From Holidays Past, holiday cards by Baumann and other artists spanning the years 1918-1970 • Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World, rare Spanish colonial paintings • Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography; exhibits up through March 29 • Water Over Mountain, Channing Huser’s photographic installation • Telling New Mexico: Stories From Then and Now, core exhibit • Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, the archaeological and historical roots of Santa Fe. Closed Mondays; nmhistorymuseum.org.

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072 Alcove Shows 1917-1927, works from the permanent collection, through Feb. 22 • New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History, including works by E. Irving Couse, T.C. Cannon, and Agnes Martin, through Feb. 22 • Hunting + Gathering: New Additions to the Museum Collection, recently acquired works

PASATIEMPO I January 30-February 5, 2015

by Ansel Adams, Gustave Baumann, and others, through March 29 • Spotlight on Gustave Baumann, works from the museum’s collection, through 2015 • Focus on Photography exhibits: Tales From a Darkroom, tools of the photography trade, through April 19 • North to South: Photographs by Edward Ranney, landscape studies, through April 19 • Photo Lab, interactive exhibit explaining the processes used to make color and platinumpalladium prints from the collection, through July 26. Closed Mondays; nmartmuseum.org.

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Pablita Velarde Museum of Indian Women in the Arts

1350 Central Ave., 505-667-4444 Saul Hertz: A Pioneer in the Use of Radioactive Isotopes, collection of handwritten data charts, personal letters, published papers, newspaper articles, and photographs from the late doctor's estate, through Saturday, Jan. 31 • Environmental Research and Monitoring, an interactive exhibit on how to preserve archaeological sites, local wildlife, and fragile ecosystems. Core exhibits on the history of Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project as well as over 40 interactive exhibits; lanl.gov/museum; open daily.

213 Cathedral Place, 505-988-8900 Out of the Ordinary, retrospective exhibit of paintings by Velarde. Closed Mondays; pvmiwa.org.

Poeh Cultural Center and Museum

78 Cities of Gold Rd., 505-455-3334 The Why, group show of works by Native artists • Nah Poeh Meng, 1,600-square-foot installation highlighting the works of Pueblo artists and Pueblo history; poehcenter.org; also, ongoing sculpture exhibits in the Tower Gallery, 505-455-3037; closed weekends; roxanneswentzell.net.

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 SITE Lab 6: Kukuu/Kitchen, collaborative sculpture by sculptor Marcel Pinas and local students, through Feb. 15. Open Thursdays-Sundays; sitesantafe.org.

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Adorn-aments, small works for the holidays, group show including pieces by Dennis Esquival, Liz Wallace, and Nathan Youngblood • works by Diné photographer Will Wilson, through April 19. Core exhibits include historic and contemporary Native American art. Open daily; wheelwright.org.

Albuquerque Albuquerque Museum

2000 Mountain Rd. N.W., 505-243-7255 Everybody’s Neighbor: Vivian Vance, family memorabilia and the museum’s photo archives of the former Albuquerque resident, through Sunday, Feb. 1 • Arte en la Charrería: The Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian Culture, examples of craftsmanship and design distinctive to the charro; cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum; Closed Mondays.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

2401 12th St. N.W., 866-855-7902 Our Land, Our Culture, Our Story, historical overview of the Pueblo world, and contemporary artwork and craftsmanship of each of the 19 pueblos; indianpueblo.org; open daily; weekend Native dances.

National Hispanic Cultural Center

1701 Fourth St. S.W., 505-604-6896 AfroBrazil: Art and Identities, three-tiered exhibit of lithographs from Tamarind Institute, photographs and dressed figures by Paulo Lima, and ephemera representing popular cultural goods sold by Brazilian street vendors, through mid-August • ¡Papel! Pico, Rico y Chico, group show of works in the traditional art of papel picado (cut paper), through Saturday, Jan. 31. Closed Mondays; nationalhispaniccenter.org.

Bond House Museum and Misión Museum y Convento

706 Bond St., 505-747-8535 Historic and cultural objects exhibited in the home of railroad entrepreneur Frank Bond (1863-1945). Call for hours; plazadeespanola.com.

Los Alamos Bradbury Science Museum

Los Alamos Historical Museum

1050 Bathtub Row, 505-662-4493 Tradition and Change in Córdova, New Mexico: The 1939 Photographs of Berlyn Brixner & the López Family of Wood Carvers. Core exhibits on area geology, homesteaders, and the Manhattan Project. Housed in the Guest Cottage of the Los Alamos Ranch School. Open daily; losalamoshistory.org.

Pajarito Environmental Education Center

3540 Orange St., 505-662-0460 Exhibits of flora and fauna of the Pajarito Plateau; also, butterfly and xeric gardens; pajaritoeec.org; closed Sundays and Mondays.

Pecos Pecos National Historic Park

NM 63, 505-757-7241 Exhibits portraying the history of the Pecos Valley, including ruins, traces of the Santa Fe Trail, and artifacts from the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. Open daily; nps.gov/pecos.

Taos E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum

222 Ledoux St., 575-758-0505 Hacienda art from the Blumenschein family collection, European and Spanish colonial antiques. Open daily; taoshistoricmuseums.org.

Harwood Museum of Art

238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 Rotating display of selected works by Taos modernists spanning the 1920s through recent years • santos, classic and contemporary retablos, bultos, and mid- to late-19th-century tin work, furniture, and sculpture • paintings by Agnes Martin; harwoodmuseum.org; closed Mondays.

La Hacienda de los Martinez

708 Hacienda Way, 575-758-1000 One of the few Northern New Mexico-style, Spanish colonial “great houses” remaining in the American Southwest. Built in 1804 by Severino Martinez; taoshistoricmuseums.org; open daily.

Millicent Rogers Museum

1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., 575-758-2462 Looking at Taos Pueblo: Albert Martinez, Juan Mirabal, and Albert Lujan, paintings • Fred Harvey and the Making of the American West, objects UNM Art Museum drawn from the Harvey family, through Saturday, 1 University of New Mexico, 505-277-4001 Jan. 31. Historical collections of Native American David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape jewelry and paintings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, and the Apocalyptic Sublime, photographs by Maisel; and sculpture; and contemporary jewelry. Closed Beautiful Disintegrating Obstinate Horror Drawing Mondays; millicentrogers.org. and Other Recent Acquisitions and Selections Taos Art Museum at Fechin House From the UNM Art Museum’s Permanent Collection; The Gift, woodcut prints by John Tatschl (1906-1982). 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 Open Tuesday-Saturday; unmartmuseum.org. Housed in the studio and home that artist Nicolai Fechin built for his family between 1927 and 1933; taosartmuseum.org; closed Mondays.

Pard Morrison: Lightbreaker 20014, fired pigment on aluminum James Kelly Contemporary, 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1601 Some Ghost, an exhibit of sculpture by Pard Morrison, continues through March 21. Morrrison’s works — flat objects that can be hung on the wall — give the illusion of depth and dimensionality. In the pieces, hard edges and an assortment of colors delineate the rectangular forms so that some of them appear closer to the viewer while others seem to recede — an effect that challenges perspective.

Tim Kenney: Aspen Breath 2015, oil on canvas Palace Avenue Arts, Drury Plaza Hotel, 228 E. Palace Ave., 505-333-8354 Impressionist painter Tim Kenney works on his plein-air paintings at Ski Santa Fe, between the ticket office and the quad chairlift, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. The event, organized by Palace Avenue Arts, includes a chance to win a lift ticket and a night’s stay at the Drury Plaza Hotel. A reception follows the event at 5 p.m. at the Drury, where the completed works and other paintings by Kenney will be on view.

Ernie Button: Aberlour 107 2009, inkjet print Photo-eye Gallery, 541 S. Guadalupe St., 505-988-51522 Photo-eye’s Group Show is a selection of works by the gallery’s artists that showcases the diversity of their styles and techniques. Included in the exhib bit are Nick Brandt’s striking black-and-white portraits of African wildlife; Mitch Dobrowner’s dramatic storm pictures; and abstract photographs from Ernie Buutton’s Vanishing Spirits series. The show opens with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, Jan. 30.

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Steven Williams: Special 2014, gelatin silver print LewAllen Galleries, 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 505-988-3250 Legacy of Landscape is an exhibit of Steven Williams’ black-and-white photographs of Southwestern and Midwestern countrysides. Williams’ interest is in landscapes where human traces remain. The show opens on Friday, Jan. 30, with a 5 p.m. reception.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico/Out Back of Marie’s II 1930, oil on canvas mounted to board Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s Modernism Made in New Mexico exhibit shows works by 15 New Mexico modernists, including John Marin, Thomas Hart Benton, and Georgia O’Keeffe. “Though far from influential art centers like New York City, the sense of place found in this region dramatically changed the look of American art,” Robert Kret, the museum’s director, said. The show opens on Friday, Jan. 30; there is no reception. Entrance is by museum admission.

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