The New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture
June 20, 2014
This weekend MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM Friday, June 20, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Tonight: Chase Morrison on eclectic cello. Free.
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PANEL DISCUSSION Sunday, June 22, 1–3 p.m. “Participatory Creativity: A Celebration of Axle Contemporary’s Renga Project.” Poet Jon Davis, with Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman, discuss the year-long project practicing Renga, the Japanese literary artform of a “linked poem.” The poem will be read by its authors, the audience can create a new Renga, and Axle Contemporary will be parked by the museum with a linked drawing. Free.
Coming up IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE Thursday, June 26, 2–3 p.m. Theater Grottesco’s “Consider This” is a sixty-minute romp through the history of Western theater, from Greek tragedy to Commedia dell’Arte, clowning, masks and more. $10 admission/$5 student, at the door.
MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM Friday, June 27, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Linda Larkin and the High Desert Harps. Free.
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ON THE COVER 28 Depth of field Some of the eleven photojournalists whose work is featured in the new book Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment have braved danger to capture the beauty of African wildlife and document the difficulties faced by families in war zones. Less perilous stories focus on the loveliness of urban roof gardens, the desolation of Mount St. Helens, the reindeer herders of northern Europe, and the lustful ambitions of spring-breakers in Cancún. Elizabeth Cheng Krist, National Geographic’s senior photo editor, is an instructor in the new season of Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and offers a free lecture on June 30. On the cover is a leopard photographed by Beverly Joubert in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
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Enjoy a guided tour of the museum’s herb gardens! Make a lavender “wand” and drink lavender lemonade Buy herb & lavender products and wonderful arts & crafts from local farmers and artists! Visit with a “curandera,” or traditional herbalist/healer Enjoy live marimba music from Kumusha both days! Learn about essential oils, aromatherapy, making soap, distilling lavender and more All in the setting of a 200-acre Spanish colonial ranch and living history museum with 34 buildings, agricultural fields, costumed villagers and more. Fun for the whole family!
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Poet Miriam Sagan with her Renga Project stanzas; below, Danny Green’s illustration for Renga Project stanza no. 40, 2013
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Corps exquis writ large The Renga Project, Axle Contemporary’s artists-and-poets collaboration that began on the summer solstice in 2013, culminates in a show inside the venue’s mobile gallery. The project was inspired by an ancient form of Japanese collaborative poetry called renga. Throughout the past year, New Mexico poets were invited to submit stanzas to Axle, which then displayed a different one on a sign in the Railyard each week. Next, local artists were invited to create a drawing to accompany each of the stanzas to be presented. In all, more than a hundred creative talents contributed their words or images. Stanzas were submitted by Britta Andersson, Helena Andolsek, Erin Bad Hand, and others. The exhibition includes work by Terry Allen, Joanne Lefrak, and Rose Simpson. Axle has on view its project book containing reproductions of all the poetry and visuals. There is a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, June 20, for which Axle will be located at the Railyard shade structure near the Santa Fe Farmers Market (1607 Paseo de Peralta). At 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium (107 W. Palace Ave.), Axle presents a group reading of the entire 52-stanza poem (each part’s companion art piece will be projected as it’s read aloud), a renga workshop, a book signing, and a roundtable discussion moderated by Ellen Zieselman, education curator for the museum, and with the participation of Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis and Axle founders Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman. The Renga Project book is available at the signing and can also be purchased online at www.createspace.com/4792247. Axle’s location changes often. For updates, visit www.axleart.com or call 505-670-7612. — Michael Abatemarco
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IN OTHER WORDS book reviews Indians, Alcohol, and the Roads to Taos and Santa Fe by William E. Unrau, University of Kansas Press, 192 pages In 1821, Mexico achieved independence from Spain. Spanish trade tariffs in the northern provinces were removed. On Sept. 1, William Becknell, having ventured from Missouri with equine stock to trade, was warmly welcomed by Gov. Facundo Melgares upon arrival in Santa Fe. Among other developments that year, Missouri became a state. One of its first elected U.S. senators was Thomas Hart Benton. Becknell’s bold New Mexico trading initiative and Benton’s powerful position in the Senate, from which he could champion his belief in national expansion through commerce, set the context for William E. Unrau’s Indians, Alcohol, and the Roads to Taos and Santa Fe. The book explores the importance of the roles of trade, specifically trade in alcohol, and the western routes facilitating that trade. He specifically discusses “alcohol and its impact on Indians along the frontier trails threading through the so-called Indian Country between Missouri and Mexico.” Becknell, dubbed the father of the Santa Fe Trail, was a canny trader who had spearheaded trails in Kansas and Colorado. Traversing what was Indian Country during his first trip to Taos and Santa Fe, Becknell crossed the eastern half of the Louisiana Purchase, an area of the central Great Plains populated by Osage, Kansa, Southern Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Comanche peoples, along with several tribes forcibly relocated from the East. Benton, a frontier lawyer, Jeffersonian, and former aide-de-camp to Gen. Andrew Jackson, also edited the Missouri Enquirer. In the Senate, he became chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. In the first year of his three-decade Senate tenure, he pushed for an amendment to abolish the government’s network of Indian trading posts, enabling the fur trade to expand. Additionally, that amendment would underscore the need for a national road to Taos and Santa Fe. Despite federal statutes incurring fines and imprisonment, distilled alcohol was widely available to the Native population. Unrau focuses on the period after Mexican independence and before the war with Mexico began in 1846. During this time alcohol was regarded as a reputable commodity for trade that yielded an enviable profit margin. Not surprisingly, Indians were induced to accept alcohol in exchange for bison robes. Seldom portrayed, or alluded to, is 19th-century America’s rampant alcoholism. Unrau brings that information to bear on the limits and loopholes in the various legislative efforts to deal with the 16
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prohibition of alcohol in Indian Country. “For God’s sake, for the sake of humanity,” one Indian agent protested, “Exert yourself to have [alcohol] stopped in this country.” Despite occasional objections, the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol flourished. Government enforcement was lax. There were great distances between the sites of infractions and courts of law. Also, juries could be stacked. Because American Fur Company boatmen, traveling through Indian Country, drank so heavily, special permits were issued to allow whiskey for their consumption. Quantities were to be limited to the number of workers, of course, and none of the alcohol should be “sold, bartered, or given to Indians.” These limits were not enforced. Arguing for a similar exception, traders in Santa Fe and Taos stated that their employees hauling freight on overland roads through Indian County should also receive special permits. Supplying the demand were distilleries that proliferated in western Missouri and northern Mexico, as well as Northern New Mexico, with the aptly named “Taos Lightning” a popular commodity. Benton’s campaign for a national overland route to Santa Fe, with a further view to a route to the Pacific Ocean for trade with the Far East, was freighted with his conviction that a national road through Indian Country would increase commerce, foster settlement, and provide Indians with a model for the “cheering progress in the art of civilization.” Absent from Benton’s seemingly noble premise was any consideration of the underlying impact of the European invasion upon the Native civilizations — “a genuine tragedy in the Western Hemisphere.” The elasticity of the Indian Removal and Indian Trade and Intercourse acts, the vagaries of the national economy, and the inexorable impetus of Manifest Destiny further undermined the Missouri senator’s ill-conceived notion. Additionally, Indian reservations were located along or near the national road where alcohol was readily available to travelers and to tribes that received annuities for removal from their traditional homelands. “The payment of so many dollars to so many displaced people, in an unfamiliar but concentrated area, was an alcohol trader’s dream,” Unrau writes. In sum, it was an “unstable dynamic.” Unrau has previously written about the hypocrisy of the efforts of Anglos to legislate against Indians having access to alcohol and about alcohol’s repercussions on them legally, socially, and economically. He should be congratulated for this latest thorough investigation, with its specific contextual focus that clarifies an often misunderstood and misrepresented topic. — Nancy Coggeshall
SUBTEXTS The title poem of Donald Levering’s new collection, The Water Leveling With Us (Red Mountain Press), seeks continuity in our warming world. The timeless shifting of tides — “all the liquid drained from seashores here/fills fjords and coves in distant latitudes/the moon’s means for formulating perfect/equanimity on earth” — continues in the face of “avenging seas” and “villages submerged under cubic/miles of sluggish reservoirs.” He takes a political stance against this backdrop, finding absurdity: “On the other side of the planet/in that poppy growing land/the president wants us to bomb/a mouse is napping.” It’s a place where climate change progresses to the sound of Handel’s Water Music, and young boys line up in a school gym to “donate blood to the giant/who is leaking oil.” Yet beauty persists, in the sound of the words he chooses, the unexpected rhymes, and the promise of silent understanding: “A springtime revolution like shouting tulips/above the ticker scrolling soccer scores/in the lounge where we are reading lips.” The poems in Michael G. Smith’s collection No Small Things (Tres Chicas Books) — rooted in Chinese poetry, Buddhism, and science — embrace that ancient human tradition of putting thoughts into words. One poem, “Contemplating Sex and Electrons, I Sew My Rakusu,” drops the name of poet Cold Mountain, who probably lived in the eighth century. Smith does this against the odds, chronicling a stroke and his recovery (“my brain had a clotting” is a repeated phrase). That he makes strange sense of it all — “My only losses are those/I hold on to” and “Who can recall under what darkness/awakening occurs?” — makes his work all the more joyful. He gives a free reading at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at Teatro Paraguas Studio (3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601). — Bill Kohlhaase
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins, Ecco/HarperCollins, 384 pages Tom Robbins is a child of the imagination. His novels — among them, classics like Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life With Woodpecker, and Skinny Legs and All — are wildly original and bursting with the pure joy of making things up. In Tibetan Peach Pie, his new autobiography — no, no, not an autobiography! — Robbins rejects that term in his opening line, and then tries to put some distance between this book and the term “memoir” as well, although he admits that “it waddles and quacks enough like a memoir to be mistaken for one if the light isn’t right.” What Tibetan Peach Pie (more on the title later) sets out to be is a retelling of stories culled from the author’s life and experiences — arranged more or less in chronological order — going back to his barefoot childhood in Appalachia during the Great Depression, and reaching forward through bouts with education, the military, LSD, art criticism, novels, success, and even a brief gig as king of a tribe of Sumatran cannibals. The stories that inspired this trip down memory lane are ones Robbins has told about himself for years to friends and the many women he’s known — and he was finally persuaded, mostly by some of those women, to put them on paper. Tommy Rotten (his mother’s childhood name for him) began writing seriously at 5, was first published (in his school newspaper) at 7, and never looked back. Until now, of course. So these are stories that have evolved, that have been shaped and honed, in the oral-storytelling tradition, and this book makes you wish you’d heard them that way. Robbins writes beautifully, but there are times when he tries a little too hard to turn a phrase. In works of pure imagination, like his novels, his style suits the material — though, even with these, you sometimes want to say, Whoa, boy! Settle down. But here he’s working within the bounds of memory, recounting things that have actually happened to him. And while most of us can’t help but assume that, in the telling and retelling of these oft-related tales, some facts have been goosed here
and there, the basic ingredients more or less hang on what’s in the larder of his personal experience. Robbins spent a couple of years at Washington and Lee University, where his editor at the campus paper was a sartorial dandy named T. K. Wolfe III, later to burst on the literary scene as Tom Wolfe. An unalloyed admirer of Wolfe’s nonfiction (“one of the most innovative journalists in the history of the craft,” he dubbed him), Robbins is more reserved when it comes to praising his old colleague’s fiction: “Wolfe either doesn’t possess or chooses not to indulge the most precious and effective potion in a novelist’s pharmacopeia:imagination.”Imagination is the holy grail of Robbins’ life and work, and in this memoir it doesn’t have free rein. Still, Robbins has led a hell of a life, and some of the true stories he recounts are things most of us will never experience, even in our wildest dreams. Others are drawn from more commonly relatable exploits, though they’re of course related with uncommon zest and style. A few feel like they’ve been tucked in to please a particular constituency; it’s hard to work up too much enthusiasm for Robbins’ vacation with his son at a Disneyland hotel, ordering room service and pelting the passersby below their balcony with leftovers. Still, it’s a long, strange, and often wonderful journey from Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to Timbuktu; from drinking Mercurochrome to dropping acid, from being brought up Southern Baptist to becoming a denouncer of religion; from having a spiritual experience about Natalie Wood to nearly manifesting Linda Ronstadt at a dinner party; from robbing a bank to being cursed by a witch doctor — and there are plenty of stimulants, adventures, wives and girlfriends, and at long last love, along the way. Of all the stories Robbins tells, the one he holds back is frustrating. Of the meaning of his title, Tibetan Peach Pie, he offers only that it is an old shaggy-dog story, that he put a short version of it in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and that anyone desiring a more complete
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version can write to him (and he gives his address). With the Post Office tottering on shaky legs, and this being a full-service newspaper, I’ll save you a stamp. An American, wandering in a remote area of Tibet and lost, cold, hungry, and half dead, is rescued by an old woman. She nurses him back to life, first feeding him broth and crusts of bread, and then, as the days go by, expanding the menu to include aromatic stews, vegetables, and joints of succulent meat. Finally, his strength and vitality are fully restored, and on the day he is to depart, she prepares for him a magnificent meal, with fabulous local delicacies. To top it all off, he’s treated to the most delicious dessert he has ever put in his mouth: Tibetan peach pie. He returns home with a handkerchief full of peach pits, plants them, and nurtures the growing trees that result, eagerly awaiting the day when he will be able to make his own Tibetan peach pie. But just before his first harvest, the trees are attacked and killed by a swarm of Tibetan fruit flies. Distraught, he travels back to Tibet, and after incredible hardships (fill in and amplify in the shaggy-dog tradition), he makes his way, cold and starving, back to the woman’s house. She again nurses him back to health, and at the parting dinner, she asks him what he’d like for dessert. “Tibetan peach pie!” he exclaims. Wringing her hands, the old woman replies that fruit flies have killed the orchards. There are no peaches to be had. Devastated, the man sits in stunned silence for a long time, absorbing this crushing news. Finally he looks up and says, “OK, I’ll have apple.” This may not be the exact version you’d get from Robbins, but it probably leads to the same place. As he puts it, the story is about “the wisdom of always aiming for the stars, and the greater wisdom of cheerfully accepting failure if you only reach the moon.” Tibetan Peach Pie may fall short of the stars, but it’s a damned satisfying trip to the moon. — Jonathan Richards
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If Alan Lomax made field recordings on another planet, it might sound something like the new Clothesline Revival album, The Greatest Show on Mars. “Oh, won’t you steal up young lady, oh, happy land,” sings a voice that probably sounds familiar to those who know Lomax’s recording of “Southern Journey” from the late ’50s and early ’60s. It’s Bessie Jones from the Georgia Sea Islands Singers, one of Lomax’s greatest discoveries (who I think should have become as big as Leadbelly), singing a children’s game song. There’s some crazy percussion behind her and what sounds like some electronic bass lines. But Jones keeps singing, and a dobro or slide guitar comes in. The percussion gets louder. It’s irresistible, and “O Happy Land” is only the first song on the album. Clothesline Revival isn’t actually a band. It’s the work of musician, producer, former archaeologist, and visionary Conrad Praetzel. What Praetzel does on most of the tracks is take old field recordings by Lomax (made on Earth) and others and build instrumental backdrops around them. He plays all the instruments — guitar, banjo, dobro, bass, percussion, and all sorts of electronic doohickeys. Praetzel is not the first or only one to experiment with such ideas. Moby did it with his album Play a few years back. And there’s a definite kinship with David Byrne and Brian Eno’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981), which built wild dance funk and brooding weirdness around samples of songs, sermons, and political diatribes snatched from shortwave radio broadcasts. In fact, I immediately flashed back to “Help Me Somebody” on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts when I first heard Clothesline Revival’s “Not Have No Spot,” which features a funky little swamp groove backing a radio sermon by an elderly preacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He works himself into a frenzy when he finds some elusive religious truth in comparing modern washing machines to his mama’s old rub board. The song ends with the preacher explaining, “I’m 80 years old, I’m 80 years old, you got to respect me, I’m 80 years old.” The main difference between The Greatest Show on Mars and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Play is that Praetzel’s music is far rootsier, grounded in the soil where Lomax found his unknown heroes of American song. Yes, Clothesline Revival often sounds “otherworldly,” but that other world is hauntingly familiar to earthlings. 18
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Take Praetzel’s “Leather Britches,” which starts out with some Space Invaders electronic beats and pounding synthetic drums. For a second it sounds like it might burst into a full-blown industrial-rock bruiser. But then the banjo comes in. And then we hear the voice of Sidney Hemphill Carter, another titan of the Lomax
What Conrad Praetzel does on most of the tracks is to take old field recordings by Alan Lomax and others and build instrumental backdrops around them. stable (and daughter of Lomax discovery Sid Hemphill). It turns out to be a sweet, gentle song. The source material for “Move Up” is a Lomax recording of gospel singer Ed McNeil (backed by a vocal group of “unidentified men,” which sounds more sinister than it actually is) taped in 1959 in Como, Mississippi. Praetzel’s embellishments are subtle — some guitar and bass. For a while it sounds as if the backup singers might be from a modern gospel group, at least until those pile-driver drums come in.
“A Mysterious Light” is a monologue about a UFO delivered by a West Virginia man named Howard Miller in front of a dreamy soundscape (with banjo). He was walking in the mud with his dogs after midnight. In 1995 he was interviewed by folklorist and ethnographer Mary Hufford. “It was dark, no moon, no stars, no nothin’,” Miller says. “All at once it was daylight. So I looked up to see what had happened, and there was a light about that big driftin’ — up the hill. And when I looked an’ seen it, it just faded out. And I’d been in the Marines and knew what airplane lights looked like, and it was too big for that. ... There was no noise, no sign of nothing ’cept that one light. … If there is any such thing as a UFO, that’s what that was.” It’s a strange tale that seems worthy of being honored in a Clothesline Revival song. My only quibble is that The Greatest Show on Mars has too many instrumentals. Most of them are good tunes. “Barnum’s Boogie,” for instance, is a fine neo-Canned Heat stomp. In the end, most of those tracks come off as filler or background music. I prefer hearing the strange magic Praetzel makes using those hoary ghost voices of yore. Murph is back: Michael Martin Murphey, one of the original Cosmic Cowboys — and former Taos resident — is playing the James A. Little Theater (New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road) at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. Murphey is the man responsible for hits like “Wildfire,” “Carolina in the Pines,” and “What’s Forever For,” as well as songs that should have been massive hits, including “Geronimo’s Cadillac,” “Cowboy Logic,” and, of course, “Cosmic Cowboy.” He’s the link between The Monkees (the Prefab Four covered Murph’s “What Am I Doing Hanging Around”) and the film Urban Cowboy (his tune “Cherokee Fiddle” was sung by Johnny Lee in that movie). Plus, Murphey is the creator behind one of the greatest overlooked outlaw-song collections ever, 1993’s Cowboy Songs III – Rhymes of the Renegades. Tickets, $29 and $59, are available at www. southwestrootsmusic.org. Once again, Murphey is doing his shows at the Rockin’ 3M Amphitheater — his personal venue in Red River — during July and August. Tickets to these shows, which include a “chuck wagon” dinner catered by Texas Reds Steakhouse, are $58, with discounts available. Visit www.michaelmartinmurphey.com. ◀
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THE NELS CLINE SINGERS Macroscope (Mack Avenue, Cryptogramophone) No need, after a half-dozen voiceless recordings, for the obligatory explanation that The Nels Cline Singers is an instrumental band. Yet a few vocal effects can be heard on Macroscope: wordless long tones the guitarist deploys over 12-string harmonics or an out-and-out outraged cry over electric guitar. The trio — longtime Cline confidant Scott Amendola on percussion, electronic effects, and, on one piece, balloon; and new bassist Trevor Dunn — are joined on select tracks by keyboardist and Cline’s spouse, Yuka C. Honda; percussionists Cyro Baptista and Josh Jones; and electric harpist Zeena Parkins. The sound is big, even when it’s only the threesome, inflated by Cline’s sonic triggers and Amendola’s electronic effects. Even at their most far-out, the tunes offer something to grasp, whether harmonic, rhythmic, or both. And while the music occasionally grooves, rarely does it groove for a song’s duration. “Companion Piece” opens with spare, sweet chords before accelerating on Amendola’s splashy rock beats. The accessible “Red Before Orange” pulses with drums, congas, and heartbeat-like glub-glub, over which Cline applies clean, melodic phrases before switching out to wah-wah-affected electric. “The Wedding Band” sizzles on ray-gun guitar effects and metallic percussive chatter. “Hairy Mother” is all short-circuit, radiotelescope buzz layered over industrial-strength backbeat. Despite its often hard, teeth-chattering edge, there’s much that’s attractive here — only not in the romantic sense. — Bill Kohlhaase INA SIEDLACZEK and HAMBURGER RATSMUSIK Fortuna Scherzosa (Audite) The image of Fortuna — capricious Fate — was a favorite of Baroque artists and composers. This collection of eight obscure works from 17th- and 18th-century Germany invites listeners to ponder the fickleness of posterity. Of the four composers represented, only Georg Philipp Telemann enjoys much currency today, and even he is usually encountered through pieces less engaging than the cantatas offered here. One of them, the title track “Fortuna scherzosa si burla di me” (Playful Fortuna Mocks Me), was uncovered as recently as 1999, in a cache of musical manuscripts that had been spirited to Kiev by Russian soldiers who pillaged it from a German library during World War II. Quirks of fate also account for the obscurity of winning works on the Fortuna theme by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach and Johann Ulich, both of whose musical legacies were largely decimated by fires. A particularly happy survivor is Johann Philipp Krieger’s aria “An die Einsamkeit” (To Solitude), melancholy but soothing. Soprano Ina Siedlaczek is gaining prestige in early-music circles. Her boyish timbre and clipped phrasing may prove an acquired taste, but at her best she connects touchingly with listeners. No such reservations for the accompanying Hamburger Ratsmusik threesome (viola da gamba, theorbo, harpsichord), which is elegantly accomplished. Texts are provided, though no translations, and the printed stanzas don’t always align to what is performed. — James M. Keller
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Singer Clairdee and fluegelhornist Dmitri Matheny aren’t strangers to jazz standards or to each other. Matheny brought his rich, often soulful sound to the upbeat Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler number “I’ve Got the World on a String” that’s included on the vocalist’s recording Destination Moon. Both singer and instrumentalist are known for their warmth, pure tones, and intimate delivery. They collaborate again in a tribute to the Great American Songbook for the Wednesday, June 25, edition of Music on the Hill, held on the athletic field of St. John’s College (1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca) at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.sjc.edu/events-and-programs/ santa-fe/music-on-the-hill-2014. — B.K.
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Thirty-two years ago, France started the national musical holiday Fête de la Musique. The festival, held each June 21, has now spread to more than 700 cities around the world. Make Music Santa Fe is the local event. The Saturday happening runs from 3:30 to around 9:30 p.m. in the Railyard. More than a dozen performers are scheduled, including Lumbre del Sol, Max Manzanares, Hot Honey, Broomdust Caravan, Luke Griffin, and Busy & The Crazy 88. Several vendors will offer food. Visit www.makemusicsantafe.com for details of this free entertainment presented by the Santa Fe Music Alliance. — P.W.
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The Borromeo String Quartet — violinists Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violist Mai Motobuchi, and cellist Yeesun Kim — is celebrated for its energetic, passionate performances of new music and the classical repertoire. The foursome, which has been in residence at the New England Conservatory of Music for more than 20 years, has played with a wide range of performers, including Audra McDonald, Angélique Kidjo, and Branford Marsalis. The group is also known for its innovative use of technology, both in concert and in the classroom. Joining the musicians for the opening program of the Taos School of Music’s summer concert series at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at the Taos Community Auditorium (133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte) are pianist Thomas Sauer and violist Michael Tree. They play music by Haydn, Britten, and Dvoˇrák. Tickets ($20; discounts available) can be purchased at www.taosschoolofmusic.com. The Borromeo returns to the series on July 6. — B.K. PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM
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Bill Bill Kohlhaase Kohlhaase II The The New New Mexican Mexican
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a warm, sunny evening last July, the Mil-Tones, a 10-piece New Orleans-style brass band, assembled on the Plaza bandstand, started getting funky playing gospel and jazz tunes powered by the oompah of the tuba and sousaphone and the bass drumbeat of its leader, Milton J. Villarrubia III. The band looked out over a crowd of dancers and concert-goers dozens deep, standing and clapping to the music. The park benches were filled. Some people sat on the grass; others had brought their own chairs. The end of the number was greeted with whoops and applause. “It was such an honor, being up on the stage in front of a sea of people enjoying the music — getting down,” Villarrubia said, recalling the event. “The idea of our group is to bring our style of music to the people, so it’s great to see a crowd get into it.” Villarrubia’s Mil-Tones are back on the Plaza on Monday, June 23, when the Santa Fe Bandstand kicks off this year’s free summer concert series. (They promise to cover a Led Zeppelin tune arranged for brass band.) What started in 2002 as a handful of weeknight concerts has grown to roughly 100 shows. Although most are held on the Plaza, some take place at the Southside Bandstand location at 3466 Zafarano Drive, near Lowe’s Home Improvement. Mayor Javier Gonzales, who has focused attention on the Plaza with traffic and other proposals, sees the music series as a means of keeping the Plaza vital. “The Plaza is the heartbeat of the city. What allows that beat to be healthy are the people that gather there. Music is the one sure thing that will continue to bring people to that historic area, where for over 400 years our community
has come together.” Who does the mayor plan to see? Latin rock-and-soul band Sol Fire, he said. “I was mostly brought up on their music with the Abeyta family.” The style of music featured since the series began has broadened. The emphasis on Americana during the Bandstand’s first seasons has shifted to include salsa, zydeco, alternative rock, world music, big band and combo jazz, ranchera, rhythm and blues, and even opera. “In the past we used to be a local talent showcase,” said Michael Dellheim, executive director of Outside In, the nonprofit that presents the concerts in conjunction with the City of Santa Fe. “If you were local, we made room for you. Over the years, we’ve tried to raise the quality level. It’s no longer for just the mediocre bar band. You have to do something special. People have come to trust the Bandstand brand. They know the people playing here are of good quality. That means that people who don’t normally prefer a certain kind of music will come to hear it on the Bandstand.” Also new at some of this year’s concerts are food trucks serving dishes tied to the evening’s musical theme.
“Poole” Ball (Aug. 25). Add these to a number of New Mexico musicians and that quality Dellheim spoke of seems less a promise and more a guarantee. Local bands are chosen through auditions. “We look for YouTube clips of live performance rather than ask for CDs,” Dellheim said. “When I’m listening to a CD, I don’t know if I’m hearing you or your producer. Video clips are live currency and an accurate gauge of talent. Even the quality of the video speaks to the band’s professionalism. It doesn’t take a lot of money to make a quality video. And the technology is available to everyone. The quality of the video reflects how much you care about your music. It tells me you’re serious.”
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his year the series offers a number of nationally known names — not the monster-arena performers of pop-rock and country but respected, recognized leaders in their particular genre. These include rootsrock band the Wheeler Brothers (Tuesday, June 24), Americana duo Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis ( July 23), Grammy-winning bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan ( July 29), country-dance band The Derailers (Aug. 6), Americana and progressive bluegrass band the Greencards (Aug. 12), and former Johnny Cash keyboardist Earl
utside In maintains an active schedule, producing some 500 events a year, including workshops. It presents live music in nursing homes, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, and hospital wards. It places a special emphasis on providing programs for incarcerated juveniles and conducts weekly music lessons at the Children’s Treatment Center in Albuquerque. When Outside In founder David Lescht died in 2012, Dellheim wanted to see the organization stay active. “I didn’t know anything about the local arts scene, and David’s death came as something of a shock. I just wanted to offer some triage until something longer-term could happen. Turned out I was the longer term.” Dellheim admitted that other than getting seasonal help when selling sponsorships, he’s pretty much a “one-man show.” At first he was a little
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he Bandstand program’s relationship with the city is important but not guaranteed. Outside In must complete a request for proposal every three years. (It will reapply in 2015.) Acceptance awards Outside In a contract with the city to produce the events. “The contract is worth $50,000, much less than a third of our total budget,” Dellheim said. “We then go out and sell sponsorships ranging anywhere from $1,500 to $5,000 for our events that in large part pay for our programming. We put our schedule together, then present it to local businesses. Certain musical genres appeal to certain sponsors, so we try to provide synergy between the sponsor and the genre.” Dellheim said he sometimes wonders if the Bandstand series might outgrow the Plaza. “There’s some concern that if we became too big, if we became Austin City Limits or something, it would become untenable, and we’d have to go to the Railyard or somewhere else. But we’re the Santa Fe Bandstand. That’s our name. We don’t want to turn it into Bonnaroo or Coachella. I’m kind of biased, but that’s the way it is.” ◀
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leven female photographers who contributed powerful stories to National Geographic magazine in the 21st century are honored in the new book Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment. It’s basically the catalog for the exhibition of the same name, which opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., in October 2013 and hangs at the Levine Center for the Arts’ Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina, through July 20. The show features the work of 99 photographs culled from various assignments as well as a picture of the photojournalists. The exhibition was curated by National Geographic’s senior photo editor, Elizabeth Cheng Krist, who is in Santa Fe at the end of June to teach The Project Workshop, a special offering for the 25th-anniversary season of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. She also offers a free lecture on June 30. Last year, Krist was a juror on one of the workshops’ semiannual photography contests. One juror for the next contest, with water as its theme, is a colleague: Sarah Leen, National Geographic’s director of photography. (The deadline for entries is Sept. 17; see details at www.santafeworkshops.com/contest.) The Women of Vision honorees include Lynsey Addario, who has covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo; Erika Larsen, who lived with the Sami people in the Arctic Circle to tell their story; Kitra Cahana, who shot a celebrated 2011 magazine piece on teenage brains; Beverly Joubert, photographer of African wildlife for 30 years; and the veteran Jodi Cobb, whose portfolio includes stories on slavery, musicians, geisha culture, and the lives of women in Saudi Arabia.
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Pasa: Have you been to Santa Fe before? Krist: I have. I came once to teach a workshop with a photographer when they were bringing in editorphotographer teams at the Photographic Workshops, and I also took a workshop on audio. Pasa: In Women of Vision, you and Kathryn Keane, the magazine’s vice president of exhibitions, sometimes subverted the original photo editors’ choices, didn’t you? Krist: It was just fun, because the photographers had some images that they loved that their photo editors did not want to use. They’d bring out these secret favorites,
and occasionally one would be good enough that we could include it in the exhibition. One thing we were so excited about was that we got all 11 women to come for a live event at the opening. Some had never met before. Pasa: You’d think they would hang out at the press club or something. Krist: They can be based in Istanbul or London or somewhere in Africa. But I will say that we are one of the few publications in the world that does bring the continued on Page 30
Pasatiempo: This project-oriented course is a new one for Santa Fe Workshops, right? Who will your students be? Elizabeth Cheng Krist: It’s new, but it’s not. It’s basically a course that Sam Abell did for many years. We’re looking for people who have been working on long-term projects, personal projects, or projects for clients, or who have been commissioned, as long as they have some depth. They should have a pretty substantial body of work, and maybe they want some help shaping it or trying to understand how to bring out the heart of the project and streamline it and adapt it for different media. We’re looking for photographers who have a body of work and would like to be able to edit it with our help and guidance, but also with feedback and response from their peers. Above, right, Erika Larsen: tepee-style structures in Sami villages are often used to smoke reindeer meat; right, Jodi Cobb: prostitutes, known as cage girls, display themselves on a Mumbai street Opposite page, top, Carolyn Drake: prayer flags fly over a popular Muslim shrine in the desert bordering Hotan, China; opposite page, bottom; the eleven award-winning female photojournalists, from left, Erika Larsen, Kitra Cahana, Jodi Cobb, Amy Toensing, Carolyn Drake, Beverly Joubert, Stephanie Sinclair, Diane Cook, Lynn Johnson, Maggie Steber, and Lynsey Addario; photo by Mark Thiessen/National Geographic
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Women of Vision, continued from Page 29 photographer in for final edits. Even though we do a lot of editing remotely with screen sharing and Skype and all that, we still like it when the photographer can come present the show to the editor herself. Pasa: Do you work with photographers before and during assignments? Last year, Nathan Benn told me they used to send him out with 300 rolls of Kodachrome or Ektachrome and $10,000 in traveler’s checks, and when he got to the place, he’d have to figure out himself where the story was. Krist: Those were the old days. I remember Chris Johns
said something like that, too. When he went to do his story on the African rift [which resulted in the book Valley of Life: Africa’s Great Rift], they basically sent him out for like six months and said, “OK, bring back a story.” Now we do tons of research before they go. We really try to have a good sense of the story mapped out as far as you can until the person gets there and encounters the reality on the field. You want to give them a strong enough grounding so they know what they’re looking for. Pasa: How did National Geographic weather the digital revolution? Krist: We didn’t really convert here until 2005.
The editors didn’t feel the quality of reproducing digital files was strong enough until that point. Even now, occasionally someone will still shoot mediumformat film. Pasa: What do you look for in a photographer at the magazine? Krist: We have needs for many different kinds of photographers, but, for almost all, you want someone with enough experience in the field that they really understand how to put together a story — how to put together a narrative that not only reveals the information you need, the story arc — but you also want each image to be stunning. These are people who have an incredibly strong visual instinct. If you can convey emotion and show readers something they haven’t seen before, that is very valuable. Pasa: Women of Vision is no doubt inspiring girls to become serious photographers and work for National Geographic. Krist: I hope so, because the proportions are still not equal, and the importance is that if you have more women, you’re more likely to get in-depth coverage on issues like maternal mortality or assault in the military. Pasa: Several of these featured photojournalists have been sent to dangerous places. That former domain of male photographers at the magazine has changed. Krist: That was one thing I thought was a really strong reason for being for the whole exhibition — so that younger women especially could see that women had been so intrepid going not only into combat situations and illegal-slavery sites but places where there were epidemics, subzero temperatures, dangerous animals. Here they are, in some incredibly tough situations, and they were able to do some extraordinary work. ◀
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omposition. Pose. Clothing. Makeup. Expression. These are important elements in portrait photography, but the aspect that often stands out in the best work is the expert use of light. And that demands both a trained eye and a tuned perception. “People talk about composition and shutter speed and the technical stuff, but hardly anybody talks about light,” said photographer Bobbi Lane. “We take seeing for granted, and we don’t really see what’s in front of us. Our brains compensate. We remember how we feel about things, but we’re not being visually acute. I try to teach that to my students and to actually see the light. The camera doesn’t have a memory or emotions or interpretations. You need to be able to see as clearly as your camera does. It’s bringing it to the forefront of your awareness so that you become mentally aware of what the light is doing.” Lane teaches two courses in the new season at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. She leads Portraits With Flash on Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22, and her favorite, Portraits Unplugged, from June 22 to June 27. A busy educator as well as an award-winning commercial photographer, she teaches her own weekend workshops in Boston and also leads sessions for the Maine Media Workshops, the Julia Dean Photo Workshops in Los Angeles, Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai, and the International Center for Photography in New York City. Lane made the switch to digital image-making in 2003, although she is loath to sell her trusty Hasselblad. She is the author of Creative Techniques for Color Photography and Advertising Photography: A Straightforward Guide to a Complex Industry, and in 2012 she came out with a DVD, Posing and Directing With Bobbi Lane. Her clients include Warner Brothers, Samsung, Bose Corporation, and Sekonic Corporation as well as the Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History. At Morro Bay, she shot large-format panoramas of the park’s four major environments — sand dune, estuary, oak forest, and rocky shore — to create giant prints for the museum. Mostly, though, she makes pictures of people on location for editorial, corporate, and advertising accounts as well as for stock-image use. One of the distinctive images in her portfolios is a portrait of a girl in a field of colorful squiggles. “That is done with a portable ring flash. The squiggles are from hanging Christmas lights. I use a long shutter speed and shake the camera during the exposure.” Using that technique, the girl is in clear focus, exposed with the brief, powerful flash of a strobe light. By shaking her camera, Lane creates little, blurred “traces” from the Christmas lights, which were exposed for slightly longer than she was lit by the strobe. Lane is known for this kind of creativity but always emphasizes what she calls “the big three: direction, quality, and depth. If you don’t have the big three matching what your idea is, the photo won’t work. And the lighting is the crucial part. That’s what is going to elevate you from being a good technician to being an insightful artist.” — P.W.
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ach year in June, Center, Santa Fe’s hub for photography, hosts Review Santa Fe, a juried portfolio review for international photographers. In advance of the Review Santa Fe Photo Festival, which starts on Thursday, June 26, Center presents its annual show of award-winning photography, The Curve. The Center for Contemporary Arts exhibition presents photographers who have won awards in a number of categories, including the Project Launch award, given to outstanding work in fine art or documentary photography, and the Project Development award for fine art or documentary works in progress. In addition, The Curve presents Curator’s, Editor’s, and Gallerist’s Choice awards. Leading the pack of photographic works are two documentary series, Project Launch winner Guy Martin’s City of Dreams, a moving portrait of political upheaval in contemporary Turkey, and Project Development winner Adam Reynolds’ Architecture of an Existential Threat, a look inside Israel’s many bomb shelters, most of them extant for decades. Martin’s series is a response to Arab fascination with Turkish soap operas. Text panels explain that Arab viewers see the soaps as a microcosm of Turkish modernity that reflect that nation’s progressive attitudes and culture. But City of Dreams looks at a darker side of Turkish culture that contrasts with the skewed perception her neighboring Arab nations develop through entertainment programming. A series of cityscapes, interiors, and close-ups document the violence and unrest that began in Istanbul in May 2013 as widespread protests against government policies spread throughout Turkey. 32
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On the wall opposite Martin’s work is Reynolds’ series. Many of the bomb shelters he portrays serve dual purposes — as dance halls and parking garages, for instance. Some were designed as underground schoolrooms, complete with desks and supplies. Some are quite small. The shelters seem designed to quickly convert from more mundane purposes to places of protection. Reynolds’ photographs are stark and straightforward shots, mainly of interiors. First-place winner in the Curator’s Choice category is Manjari Sharma’s Darshan Series, chromogenic prints of models serving as the gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, including their associated ritual implements and dress. Other photographers in the Curator’s Choice category are Thomas Jackson (second place), whose
landscape photography has elements of magical realism, and Anne Berry (third place), whose portraits of zoo animals are poignant and heartbreaking. Editor’s Choice winners include Morgan Ashcom’s (first place) What the Living Carry, an uncomfortable series of images that contrast forested landscapes with elements of death and violence. In one photograph, a man carries a bloodstained mattress through a clearing in the woods. Like Martin’s work, Ashcom’s gets under your skin. In second place is Charlie Simokaitis’ dark and moody photographs from a body of work titled With Whom Do I Have the Pleasure? And third place goes to Mateusz Sarello. Sarello’s project began as a documentary series on the Baltic Sea and became, instead, a series of haunting black-and-white photographs about the breakup of a relationship and a return to places and people from the past. The Gallerist’s Choice awards include first-place photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales’ nighttime landscapes and shots of safe houses along the Underground Railroad; Barbara Hazen’s (second place) abstracted monochrome silhouettes; and poetic, dreamlike images by Ryan Zoghlin (third place), who works with various alternative photographic processes such as ambrotypes and cyanotypes. As photographers around the world converge on Santa Fe this month, Center’s exhibit offers a taste of what the organization is all about. As in past Center shows, the photography is eclectic, timely, and affecting. More than a few images remain with you. The Curve runs concurrently with CCA’s exhibits Dear Erin Hart, a multimedia installation by Albuquerque artist Jessamyn Lovell, and Air Force: Aesthetic Experiments in Aviation by Albuquerque artist Lee Montgomery. The exhibitions can be seen for the $5 admission to CCA. — Michael Abatemarco Above, Guy Martin: A woman collapes into her chair after a heated argument, Beykoz, Istanbul, 2013, archival pigment print; below, Jeanine Michna-Bales: Look for the Grey Barn Out Back, 2013, digital chromogenic print
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TEAR COLLECTOR Artist Tomoko Hayashi fashions artwork out of sugar and strangers’ tears
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hether it is to mourn loss or to express longing for a distant loved one, the practice of collecting tears in a bottle is ancient. Common in Roman times, tear bottles came back in vogue in the Victorian era. One artist has incorporated the practice into an art project that involves collecting tears and the stories behind them. Tomoko Hayashi is working on her Tear Mirror project during her residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute. She sees it as a means of generating shared experiences through multiple senses. “I just got this book, The Five Senses by Michel Serres,” Hayashi told Pasatiempo. “This is a book I read in Japanese when I was 18, and this is the main inspiration for what I do right now. Since I’ve read this book, intimacy, the senses, and communication have been my main themes for projects.” Tear Mirror is a multifaceted, interactive venture. Hayashi mails out project materials, including a letter pad and a small tear bottle, to participants, who fill the bottles with tears and keep track of what caused them. Once the bottles and notes are returned, she mixes the tears with agar and sugar and pours the blend into molds made from small crystals to create wearable, edible jewelry. The crys-
talized sweets — minus the tears — are a traditional Japanese candy called kohaku. “The colors for the sweets,” Hayashi said, “correspond to the emotions behind each participant’s story.” Tear Mirror follows from her previous projects, which also engaged the senses. Her art training was in textile design. “I first studied textile design in Kyoto — really traditional fabric dyeing and weaving,” she said. “I moved to London after that and did textile design again for my master’s degree. In London, there are many students and people coming and going all the time and many people in long-distance relationships. I thought it would be a wonderful theme to work on for a while. I started to create textiles that can induce a sense of touch and memory for two people when they are apart. I designed this jewelry that’s enclosed in garments and heat-pressed so it creates this embossed pattern on the surface. You can have this memory of the object close to your skin every day. I don’t believe in permanence of feelings or in relationships; they’re always shifting, changing. So it’s not permanent, this pattern. It fades away day by day.” After Intimacy, the long-distance-relationship project, she worked on a related, tech-driven art installation called Mutsugoto, a collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab Europe that was devoted to expanding human potential through invention. In Mutsugoto, couples who were many miles apart could draw in light on one another’s bodies using a novel tech setup: a ceiling-mounted camera connected to a computer that interpreted the movements of touch-sensitive LED devices worn as rings. “Mutsugoto is a Japanese archaic word meaning ‘whispered conversation between lovers,’ ” the artist said. “Rather than using a generic interface like mobile phones, I wanted to make a special ring with an infrared LED. It can be installed anywhere in the world if there’s internet, a bed, and a ceiling.” Mutsugoto was first installed in 2005 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum as part of an exhibition called Touch Me, but a museum environment was hardly suited to the kind of intimate experience Hayashi was hoping to facilitate between lovers. “We got a grant in Scotland to do this in a more normal, hidden place, like a house. I advertised to find an actual couple in a long-distance relationship to come in and experience it. I got more than a hundred couples to apply. They wrote long letters about how hard it is to have long-distance relationships, when they last met, or how they met up at an airport for two hours. They have these beautiful stories. Building memories together and making something
Tomoko Hayashi, above and right: from the Tear Mirror project, 2013, teardrops and sugar
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together is important in a long-distance relationship, because memories fade away every day, and you start a new life. They can create a moment together. That was kind of the idea.” After returning to Japan in 2010, Hiyashi began working at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory on the campus of the University of Tokyo using high-speed cameras that detect microexpressions — involuntary facial expressions that reveal emotions people often try to conceal. When the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck the Pacific coast of Japan in 2011, it reawakened memories from 16 years earlier, when a devastating earthquake destroyed much of Hayashi’s hometown of Kobe. The experience led her to begin work on Tear Mirror. “Over 6,000 people died in Kobe. My family was lucky. Our house was fine, but all this order in life was gone, because the water and gas didn’t come back for a few months.” In 2011, “All my memories came back, and I was really having a hard time talking to people in Tokyo, and I couldn’t feel safe there. I went back to Kobe to spend time with family and friends. Knowing that we shared this experience in the past made me feel really calm. This project is about tears, but tears are not just about sorrow and sadness. There are many emotions involved. It’s hard to know exactly what someone is feeling.” Anyone who wants to participate in Hayashi’s Tear Mirror project can fill out a form on her website, www.tomokohayashi.com, and she will send the materials to use for collecting tears, no matter what brings them on. ◀
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MOVING IMAGES film reviews Unnatural selection Jonathan Richards I For The New Mexican The Galápagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, The Screen, documentary, not rated, some Spanish with subtitles, 2.5 chiles The year was 1929. With Hitler rising in Germany, war already in the winds, and economic meltdown lurking over the horizon of a materialism-crazed society, it seemed like a good time to quit Western civilization and head for the “world’s end,” as explorer and biologist William Beebe called the Galápagos Islands. Friedrich Ritter, a successful doctor in Germany, and his mistress Dore Strauch, a patient he had treated for multiple sclerosis, had read Beebe’s work, and they decided to throw over spouses and throw off fetters and set sail for the ends of the Earth. They left in July, and in mid-September were set ashore on Floreana, a tiny island in the Galápagos archipelago off the Ecuadorian coast, a fly speck in the Pacific with no human inhabitants. Ritter was a brilliant, humorless devotee of Nietzsche who spent much of the time he was not seeing to the needs of shelter and food in writing, reading, and sternly working to improve the mind of his lover. Strauch, for her part, notes in her extensive journaling that she could use a little more love and affection along with all the improvement. (Her journal entries are read by Cate Blanchett, Ritter’s by Thomas
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Fantasy island: Dore Strauch and Friedrich Ritter
Kretschmann, with Sebastian Koch, Diane Kruger, and Connie Nielsen picking up later arrivals.) It wasn’t long before there was trouble in paradise. Inspired by German newspaper accounts that filtered back home of “the Adam and Eve of the Galápagos,” another German, Heinz Wittmer, arrived with his young son and pregnant wife, Margret, seeking a Swiss Family Robinson existence. Ritter and Strauch were not cordial and directed them to the other side of the island. But the secret was out, and the neighborhood went to hell in a handbasket with the arrival of the selfstyled Baroness von Wagner, who claimed to be related to composers Wagner and Liszt. The lusty baroness arrived with two strapping lovers, Robert Philippson and Rudolf Lorenz, and her treasured copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray and announced her intention to build a luxury tourist resort, Hacienda Paradiso. Full of bosom, teeth, and ego, the baroness brought the fulminate to the already simmering mercury of Floreana. If we think our pop culture is lurid today, look at the pulp magazines of the early ’30s, with their soft-porn covers of “The Insatiable Baroness” wielding a whip. The captain of a ship that put in periodically at the island became entranced with her and shot a silent melodrama featuring the baroness as a pirate queen, a bandana around her head and breasts swinging beneath transparent gauze, cackling gleefully as she shoots at unwary intruders. So the scene was set for potential deviltry in paradise. And it wasn’t long before Satan came to Eden, to quote the title of Strauch’s memoir. A couple of the principals disappeared without a trace, another died of food poisoning, and the flimsy accounts offered by the survivors for what happened would not stand up in traffic court. One of the players who beats a hasty retreat finds his karmic reward soon after, and there is a grisly bit of
footage illustrating the wages of his sin. The mysteries of Floreana have never been solved, and though everybody on the islands has an opinion, the secrets are buried with the characters who scowl, laugh, and flicker on the screen in black-and-white footage from more than three-quarters of a century ago. The ingredients of The Galápagos Affair are delicious, but the recipe is unconscionably padded to fill a bulky couple of hours, when what really holds your interest unfolds in the last 40 minutes or so. There are a lot of talking-head interviews with descendants of American and European settlers from nearby islands who have nothing to do with the business at hand. It gets so you can’t tell the players without a scorecard, and you half expect Fletcher Christian and Robinson Crusoe to come running down the beach pursued by the Lord of the Flies. The documentary makes use of a treasure trove of photographs and home movies (in addition to the one starring the baroness), although you’re never sure who shot it all, and it can be disconcerting to see footage of Ritter and Strauch hacking away at a banana tree when theoretically they are the only human beings on the island. The wild creatures that make the Galápagos Islands a staple on bucket lists are in ample evidence throughout the film. A naturalist interviewed near the start of the film talks about the “curse of the giant tortoise,” revealing that the huge creatures that inhabit the Galápagos are said to be able to recognize through their scaly, hooded eyes the character and intentions of visitors who set foot on the islands; if they perceive evil, these long-lived reptiles can lay a curse. Maybe that’s what happened. Or maybe it’s simply that, as Goethe is quoted here, “You cannot leave civilization without being punished.” ◀
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MOVING IMAGES film reviews Pugnacious polymath Jonathan Richards I For The New Mexican Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, Center for Contemporary Arts, documentary, not rated, 3.5 chiles There’s a bit of hagiography at work in Nicholas Wrathall’s documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, but its subject stands up to the treatment. Born to privilege, Vidal — one of the towering literary figures and social critics of the 20th century — comes across as sometimes bitter, often contemptuous, brilliantly witty, generally cynical about America’s power structure, yet with a burning, unquenchable idealism when it comes to social justice. In one memorable clip, he laments that in America the top 5 percent control 20 percent of the nation’s riches, while the bottom 20 percent command only 5 percent. With our current awareness of the economic gourmandise of the top 1 percent, Vidal’s outrage is a reminder that everything is relative and that we are headed into territories unimaginable even a generation or two ago. Vidal published his first book, Williwaw, a war novel written on sick leave from his World War II military service, at 21. The City and the Pillar, a novel published in 1948, contains straightforward descriptions of homosexuality and landed him on the “do not touch” list of mainstream papers like The New York Times for a long time after. He ruffled plenty of other feathers as well. His famous television encounters
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A touch of class consciousness: Gore Vidal
with conservative commentator William F. Buckley during the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and macho novelist Norman Mailer on the Dick Cavett Show nearly came to on-air blows. Vidal was frankly and scathingly disparaging of the class system in the United States, observing that the ruling class, from which he alleged he had “escaped,” was populated almost entirely by people who thought alike, and he leveled the same charge at the political system, pointing out that there were not two parties,
only two branches of the corporate party. He admired John F. Kennedy as a man and as a close friend but was appalled at his presidency, and he vowed to “never again be taken in by anybody’s charm.” Vidal, the scion of a couple of powerful families, was enough of a political creature himself to run for office unsuccessfully) a few times. Vidal wrote novels, essays, plays, and movies. Of his time in Hollywood, he quotes William Faulkner, advising, “Don’t take it seriously; if you need the money, go ahead and do it.” For the latter part of his life he wrote and lived in a villa atop a cliff in Ravello, Italy, a perch so breathtakingly spectacular that you cannot imagine ever leaving it. He did, though, at the end of his life, after the death of his beloved companion Howard Austen and after his own advancing infirmities made staying impossible. Vidal knew everyone, went everywhere, and for well over half a century remained a supremely visible and audible public figure, railing at hypocrisy and inequality while engaging in some of it himself. Wrathall doesn’t shy away from some of the positions that made his subject so controversial, including Vidal’s assessment that America “had it coming” on 9/11, having earned the enmity of much of the world with the high-handed, empire-driven arrogance of its international behavior as the country shifted gears in the generation after World War II. Vidal denies the allegation of his erstwhile friend Christopher Hitchens that he claimed the Bush-Cheney administration knew about the attack in advance (“They weren’t smart enough”), though Vidal does suggest that may have been true of Franklin Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor. Wrathall’s documentary gives us highlights of the life of this remarkable, controversial, supremely articulate, and never boring American literary lion, and he leaves us wanting more. ◀
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Letting off punk steam: Liv LeMoyne, Mira Barkhammar, and Mira Grosin
Jennifer Levin | For The New Mexican We Are the Best! not rated, 102 minutes, in Swedish with English subtitles, The Screen, 3.5 chiles It’s Stockholm 1982, and even though the older teenagers in their lives keep declaring that punk is dead, best friends Bobo (played by Mira Barkhammar) and Klara (Mira Grosin) have chopped off their hair, adopted combat boots and oversized sweaters as their uniform, and — soon after the film begins — decided to start a band. Their initial lack of instruments, or ability to play them, is not a deterrent. They bang on things, shouting, “Hate the sport! Hate the sport!” Their first — and only — song is inspired by their loathing of gym class. Bobo lives with her lovelorn, party-girl mother. Klara has a large, supportive family but, at 13, would rather not interact with her parents. At school, they convince another girl, Hedvig (Liv LeMoyne), to join their band because she knows how to play the guitar — athough they have some misgivings, because she is known to be Christian and uptight. So they set about educating and transforming her. Together, the girls talk back to adults, create scenes in public by singing and horsing around, and generally behave just like every baby punk ever. In their minds, they will never grow old. Sixteen seems to be beyond the age of trust for them. As much as the movie is about punk — and the girls listen to plenty of vintage Swedish hardcore — it is also about the girls’ friendships and the power dynamics that emerge. Klara is more popular with the boys than Bobo is, but Bobo is smarter. Hedvig can’t stand drama and isn’t shy about shutting her new friends down when they bicker. They are a united front against those who call them ugly — for having short hair — or call them a “girl band.” “We’re a punk band, not a girl band,” they insist. They are also called communists, but they take pride in that. We Are the Best! is sweet and unpretentious without being cloying and is as accurate a depiction of being a 13-year-old punker as anyone has made. The performances are so natural that the movie often feels unscripted. So many teen films, at least those made in the United States, are too glossy and bubbly for viewers of any age to relate to. The teen films that aspire to be more “indie” are often absurdly cynical and dark, overly concerned with surface-level edginess. We Are the Best! shows the reality: you can be part of the counterculture and still experience joy. ◀
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the Tony Award-winning musical, the film details the rise to fame of Frankie Valli ( John Lloyd Young) and his three bandmates. Christopher Walken co-stars. Rated R. 134 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC The Auteurs, a series of classic films presented by St. John’s College Film Institute, continues with Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 movie about the trial of Jeanne d’Arc (Maria Falconetti) for heresy and the attempts to force her to recant her claims of religious visions. Not rated. 114 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) PERFORMANCE AT THE SCREEN The series of high-definition screenings resumes with a Richard Eyre’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata, from London’s Royal Opera House. Renée Fleming stars. 11 a.m. Sunday, June 22, only. Not rated. 190 minutes, plus two intermissions. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed)
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opening this week THE DOUBLE Simon James ( Jesse Eisenberg), buried in a bland, bureaucratic job where he is unable to win the attentions of Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), is so unremarkable that the security guard at work routinely asks him to produce his ID. One day, James Simon (also Jesse Eisenberg), Simon’s outgoing doppelgänger, shows up at the office and turns Simon’s world upside down. This isn’t an unusual plot, but The Double is made fresh by director Richard Ayoade (Submarine), who uncorks a visual gag reel loaded with bright colors, unusual sets, and inventive camerawork reminiscent of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. The result is forgettable, but it’s fun while it lasts. Rated R. 93 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) See review, Page 39. THE GALÁPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN In 1929, a German doctor and his patient/mistress left the comforts and trials of civilization and set sail for the ends of the Earth: Floreana, a tiny uninhabited island in the Galápagos. Like a contemporary Adam and Eve, they carved out their own Eden. But it wasn’t long before others invaded their paradise, and as the island’s 42
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population swelled to five, six, and then nine with the arrival of a lusty adventuress and her two lovers, the stage was set for mischief. The ingredients of this long-ago real-life murder mystery are delicious, but the recipe is padded to fill a bulky couple of hours, when what really holds your interest unfolds in the last 40 minutes or so. Not rated. 120 minutes. In English Spanish with subtitles. The Screen, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) See review, Page 36.
THE ROVER The Australian Outback is no stranger to dystopian stories set in the future (see the Mad Max series) but the latest one, from director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), has a more brutal, realistic edge. Guy Pearce plays a loner named Eric, who is the victim of a car robbery. He and the abandoned brother of one of the robbers (Robert Pattinson) set off to find the men that done them wrong. Rated R. 102 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: HENRY IV PART 1 From Stratford-upon-Avon comes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the history play that focuses on the friendship between Prince Hal (Jasper Britton) and the comic Sir John Falstaff (Antony Sher). Not rated. 165 minutes, plus one interval. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed)
GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA There’s a bit of hagiography at work in Nicholas Wrathall’s documentary about Gore Vidal, but its subject stands up to the treatment. Born to privilege and one of the towering literary figures and social critics of the 20th century, Vidal comes across as sometimes bitter, often contemptuous, brilliantly witty, generally cynical about America’s power structure, yet with a burning, unquenchable idealism when it comes to social justice. The film gives us highlights of the life of this remarkable, controversial, supremely articulate, and never boring American literary lion, and Wrathall leaves us wanting more. Not rated. 83 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richard) See review, Page 38.
THE SACRAMENT With The House of the Devil, director Ti West became one of the stars of contemporary indie horror. His latest film uses the “found footage” approach to tell a story of two reporters for Vice magazine who enter a cult’s compound and uncover much more than just a puff piece when they rile the creepily charismatic leader (Gene Jones). Despite cheating a bit on the cinéma vérité conceit with a horror score and more cameras than can be accounted for, West delivers the goods — particularly in the film’s extended setup. West appears at the 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Friday, June 20, screenings. Rated R. 95 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker)
JERSEY BOYS Director Clint Eastwood dabbles in the musical biopic for the first time since 1988’s Bird, this time telling the story of The Four Seasons. Based on
THINK LIKE A MAN TOO The heroes and heroines of 2010’s Think Like a Man (including Kevin Hart, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, and many
more) return for this sequel, which takes them all to Las Vegas, where mischief goes down at bachelor and bachelorette parties. Can the men and women get their romantic acts together in time for the big wedding? Rated PG-13. 106 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) WE ARE THE BEST! This film is sweet and unpretentious and an accurate depiction of being a 13-year-old punkrocker in Sweden or anywhere else. Best friends Bobo (Mira Barkhammar) and Klara (Mira Grosin) form a band, recruiting and transforming a Christian guitar player along the way. The girls are goofy and convincing as they bicker, meet boys, and express progressive political convictions. Natural performances make the movie feel unscripted. Not rated. 102 minutes. In Swedish with subtitles. The Screen, Santa Fe. ( Jennifer Levin) See review, Page 40.
now in theaters BELLE A double portrait painted in 1779 shows two aristocratic young Englishwomen, one dark-skinned and one fair-skinned. From that source and the few discoverable facts about its subjects, director Amma Asante built an intriguing story about Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). She was the illegitimate daughter of British naval officer Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) and a slave. The historical Lord Mansfield ruled on several important cases involving slavery, one of which figures centrally in the plot of this film. Its smartness and intricacy are unfortunately undercut by an occasional reliance on convention. The cast is excellent, and the luminous Mbatha-Raw is a real discovery. Rated PG. 104 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) BLENDED Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who charmed audiences in The Wedding Singer, reunite for this comedy. They play single parents who, despite loathing each other, take their kids on a vacation to Africa. Rated PG-13. 117 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) CHEF This movie is the latest offering from writer-director Jon Favreau (Elf). Favreau plays Carl Casper, an L.A. chef with a successful restaurant and a failed marriage. Carl gets into a war of words with a critic (Oliver Platt); loses his job; and with the help of his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara), her ex (Robert Downey Jr.), and an
amiable line cook ( John Leguizamo) heads to Miami with his son (Emjay Anthony), hoping to start over. Chef is part “food porn,” part tale of self-discovery, part father-son bonding story, and part road-trip movie — with nary a conflict or villain in sight. It will remind you to appreciate the simple things in life, and you may never make a grilled cheese sandwich the same way again. Rated R. 114 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Laurel Gladden) CITIZEN KOCH Tia Lessin and Carl Deal have made a decent, but not exceptional, movie of the “blood boiler” genre — documentaries calculated to rile you up. After dallying with the Supreme Court and the impact of a single change on that bench (Samuel Alito in for Sandra Day O’Connor) on the Citizens United ruling, the filmmakers set up shop in Wisconsin, amid the political bloodbath that pitted Republican Gov. Scott Walker against labor unions. This movie shouldn’t have been called Citizen Koch, though — that title leads you to expect a level of insight into the Koch brothers that the film doesn’t begin to deliver. But it will still make your blood boil. Not rated. 90 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) THE DANCE OF REALITY Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature film in more than two decades is an autobiographical account of his relationship with his father, Jaime, a Communist living on the coast of Chile. Jodorowsky peoples his film with an assortment of archetypal figures and symbolic events. His narrative is a dreamlike story told through unforgettable visuals, hampered only by self-indulgent interjections by the aged director. Not rated. 130 minutes. In Spanish with subtitles. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Michael Abatemarco) EDGE OF TOMORROW It’s Groundhog Day meets a sci-fi D-Day in this flick, in which a soldier (Tom Cruise) repeatedly relives the same day — on which the Earth loses a major battle against hordes of invading aliens — until he develops the skills necessary to change the outcome. The action is strong, but the effects, particularly of the aliens, seem overcooked. Cruise handles the gravity and levity, and a tough-as-nails Emily Blunt proves her action-movie mettle. It’s hard to frown on an original sci-fi concept during a summer full of superheroes and adaptations, but with flaws in the first and third acts, Edge of Tomorrow doesn’t quite succeed. Rated PG-13. 113 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Teenage romance films often involve a girl wearing a prom dress and a boy
wearing a sweet pair of shades. This one is much different: the girl (Shailene Woodley) wears an oxygen tank and the boy (Ansel Elgort) a prosthetic leg; she is dying, and they meet in a cancer-support group. This film is based on a beloved book that readers insist isn’t nearly as depressing as it sounds. Rated PG-13. 125 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) GODZILLA The original 1954 Godzilla is harrowing in part because it sprung from the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This slick update nods to the recent Fukushima disaster, which should be fertile ground for both allegory and terror. Sadly, though, after a promising start referencing Close Encounters of the Third Kind and grounding the action with a superb Bryan Cranston, it slips into militarism. Director Gareth Edwards shows a knack for suspense, scale, and cool imagery, all of which are important traits in a Godzilla film. He is let down by Max Borenstein’s bloated, wobbly script and a color palette that looks like vomit. Rated PG-13. 123 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL It is truly a joy to witness the work of Wes Anderson, who devotes such attention to his creative vision that he crafts his own singular world. Here, he tells a tale of an Eastern European hotel manager (Ralph Fiennes) who is willed a priceless painting by a former lover (Tilda Swinton). This angers a relative (Adrien Brody), who feels he should be the true heir. Anderson adds suspense worthy of Hitchcock or Carol Reed to his impeccably designed “dollhouse” aesthetic. Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Jude Law, and Harvey Keitel co-star. Rated R. 100 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 In this sequel to the much-loved 2010 animated adventure, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless — his wonderful, expressive, doglike dragon — return to explore the vast horizons of their Viking kingdom. They come into trouble in the form of would-be world-conqueror Drago (Djimon Hounsou), which leads to enough action to bloat the running time. The animation is spectacular, however, and Cate Blanchett (as Hiccup’s mother) helps flesh out one of the strongest female characters in a nonFrozen animated film in years. Rated PG. 102 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. Screens in 2-D only at DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) continued on Page 44
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IDA Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski’s stark black-and-white film follows Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska), a young novice in 1960s Poland about to take her vows to become a nun. Anna meets her only surviving relative, a former judge known as “Red Wanda” (Agata Kulesza). She informs Anna, raised as an orphan, that her real name is Ida Lebenstein and that she was born Jewish. Anna and Wanda begin an investigation to discover the fates of Anna’s family during World War II. Pawlikowski takes a heavy-handed approach in this beautifully shot film. It offers no new insights into the horrors of war, and the shocking revelations Anna uncovers are almost expected. Rated PG-13. 80 minutes. In Polish with subtitles. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Michael Abatemarco) THE IMMIGRANT This sepia-toned drama takes place in 1920s New York City, where two Polish women, Ewa and Magda (Marion Cotillard and Angela Sarafyan), arrive at Ellis Island. They are separated, and the desperate Ewa is forced to become a prostitute. But a mysterious magician ( Jeremy Renner) may be able to help her. Rated R. 120 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) LOCKE Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is driving from Birmingham to London on a matter of honor and responsibility. He has left a construction site where he is the supervisor for a massive concrete pour. He must deal over the phone with his superiors, his underlings, and his family as his life falls apart. For virtually the entire movie we are with him inside his BMW. No other character appears on screen. Does that get tedious? Not for a moment. Hardy holds us riveted as he keeps his cool on the phone and erupts with emotion when he’s off it or talking to the imagined presence of his father, a man whose irresponsibility shaped the man Locke has become. Written and directed by Steven Knight and shot in eight nights on a budget of less than $2 million, the film is a testament to imagination and talent. Rated R. 85 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) MALEFICENT In Disney’s latest take on “Sleeping Beauty,” Angelina Jolie dresses up as the villainous Maleficent from the 1959 animated film to show us
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what makes the evil queen tick. It turns out she has been misunderstood all these years. Rated PG. 97 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. Screens in 2-D only at DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) MILLION DOLLAR ARM In this feel-good sports pic from Disney, Jon Hamm uses his charm to make people believe in themselves. He plays a sports agent who brings two Indian cricket players to America to pitch in the big leagues. Based on a true story. Alan Arkin co-stars. Rated PG. 120 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST Imagine taking the farting-around-the-campfire scene from Blazing Saddles and expanding it into a feature, and you’ll get some idea of what this swampy Western comedy is all about. Co-producer, director, co-writer, and actor Seth MacFarlane is the sheep farmer trying to win back his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) and best a notorious gunman (Liam Neeson) in a film full of toilet humor and sexist and homophobic jokes. The critics hate it, but some people did laugh — sometimes — during a recent screening in Santa Fe. The film was shot in New Mexico, but the state will survive the indignity. Rated R. 116 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Robert Nott) NEIGHBORS Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play a married couple with a new baby and a new house. Everything is idyllic until a fraternity moves in next door. When the couple calls the police, the frat boys, led by one unruly chap (Zac Efron), wage a war of pranks on the couple. Schlubby man-child Rogen and handsome youngster Efron have more chemistry than Rogen and Byrne do, and the clumsy penis and pot gags lead to an ending that doesn’t feel earned. But the movie has laughs, is slightly deeper than you might expect, and passes so effortlessly that it’s over before you can chant, “Toga! Toga!” Rated R. 97 minutes. DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) PARTICLE FEVER Director Mark Levinson filmed events at the Large Hadron Collider as they unfolded during the most expensive scientific experiment to date — scientists from more than 100 nations sought to prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs boson, a theorized elementary particle that would help explain how matter is given mass. The discovery of the Higgs boson is a dramatic and entertaining story that opens wide the door on a mystery of the universe that has been perplexing scientists since the 1960s, and it will leave you fascinated. Not rated. 99 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Michael Abatemarco)
22 JUMP STREET You know it’s summer at the cinema when you get a sequel to an adaptation of a 1980s TV show. But this may have more going for it than just a cash-in: 2012’s 21 Jump Street was an underrated comedy, and filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are fresh off the massive success of The Lego Movie. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum return as the undercover-cop odd couple, who have moved on from pretending to be high-school students to trying to blend in with the college crowd. Rated R. 112 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) WORDS AND PICTURES Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche play a writer and a painter, respectively, who are at low points in their careers and working as college professors. They dislike each other at first, and engage their students in a competition to determine if words or pictures are more important. No doubt the two heroes will be writing love letters and drawing little hearts on them by the film’s end. Rated PG-13. 111 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST The cast of the original X-Men trilogy meets the cast of X-Men: First Class, thanks to the wonders of time travel. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) leaves a nightmare future and returns to the 1970s to prevent the destruction of mutantkind. The script is tight and handled with resourcefulness by returning X-filmmaker Bryan Singer (director of the first two installments), who stages solid action, plenty of “wow” moments, and impressive set pieces. The film also has heart, which can be attributed to work by the strongest cast to ever don spandex for a superhero flick. Rated PG-13. 132 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker)
other screenings Center for Contemporary Arts, 505-982-1338 Santa Fe Opera presents The Last Emperor Jean Cocteau Cinema, 505-466-5528 Cat Ballou (1965), Currents Ex-Docs Short Film Program, The Great Flood, Pink Flamingos (1972). Regal Stadium 14, 505-424-6296 The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather II (1974), Transformers: Age of Extinction (screens in 3-D and 2-D). ◀
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1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338, www.ccasantafe.org Citizen Koch (NR) Fri. to Tue. 4:15 p.m. Wed. and Thurs. 4:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m. The Dance of Reality (NR) Fri. 8:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 8 p.m. Gore Vidal:The United States of Amnesia (NR)
Fri. 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 2 p.m., 6:45 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Ida (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12:15 p.m., 3:45 p.m. Mon. 3:45 p.m., 8 p.m. Tue. 3:45 p.m. Wed. and Thurs. 3:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m. The Last Emperor (PG-13) Tue. 7 p.m. Particle Fever (NR) Fri. 1:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 1:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. The Passion of Joan of Arc (NR) Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. Mon. 5:30 p.m. The Sacrament (R) Fri. 7 p.m., 9:15 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 8:45 p.m. JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA
418 Montezuma Avenue, 505-466-5528 Cat Ballou (NR) Fri. 2:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sat. 6:30 p.m. Wed. 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Thurs. 4 p.m. Currents Experimental Docs (NR) Thurs. 8 p.m. The Double (R) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. Sat. 8:30 p.m. Sun. 4:30 p.m. Wed. 4 p.m. Thurs. 2 p.m., 6 p.m. The Great Flood (NR) Wed. 8 p.m. Pink Flamingos (NC-17) Fri. and Sat. 11 p.m. Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part 1 (NR) Sat. 3 p.m. Sun. 1 p.m. Tue. 7 p.m. REGAL DEVARGAS
562 N. Guadalupe St., 505-988-2775, www.fandango.com Belle (PG) Fri. and Sat. 1:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Chef (R) Fri. and Sat. 1:10 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1:10 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m. The Grand Budapest Hotel (R) Fri. and Sat. 1:50 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1:50 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:35 p.m. The Immigrant (R) Fri. and Sat. 3:50 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 3:50 p.m. Million Dollar Arm (PG) Fri. to Thurs. 1 p.m., 7 p.m. The Rover (R) Fri. and Sat. 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Words and Pictures (PG-13) Fri. and Sat. 1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m. REGAL STADIUM 14
3474 Zafarano Drive, 505-424-6296, www.fandango.com 22 Jump Street (R) Fri. to Wed. 11:20 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:50 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 9:50 p.m., 10:20 p.m. Blended (PG-13) Fri. to Wed. 11 a.m. Edge ofTomorrow (PG-13) Fri. to Wed. 11:35 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 10:30 p.m. The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13) Fri. to Wed. 1 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10 p.m. The Godfather (R) Sun. 2:10 p.m. Wed. 2 p.m. The Godfather, Part II (R) Sun. 7 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m. Godzilla (PG-13) Fri. to Wed. 11:20 a.m., 2:10 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:55 p.m., 10:40 p.m. How toTrain Your Dragon 2 (PG) Fri. to Wed. 11:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 2 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:50 p.m., 10 p.m. How toTrain Your Dragon 2 3D (PG) Fri. to Wed. 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
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2:30 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:10 p.m. Sun. 11:40 a.m., 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:10 p.m. Mon. and Tue. 11:40 a.m., 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:10 p.m. Wed. 11:40 a.m., 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:10 p.m. Maleficent 3D (PG) Fri. and Sat. 2:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:05 p.m. Mon. and Tue. 2:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Wed. 2:05 p.m. A Million Ways to Die in the West (R) Fri. and Sat. 1:40 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Sun. 7:40 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Mon. and Tue. 1:40 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Wed. 7:40 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Think Like A Man Too (PG-13) Mon. to Wed. 11 a.m., 1:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Transformers:Age of Extinction (PG-13) Thurs. 9 p.m., 9:45 p.m., 10:15 p.m. Transformers:Age of Extinction 3D (PG-13) Thurs. 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10 p.m. X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) Fri. to Wed. 1:35 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:35 p.m. THE SCREEN
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (NR) Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 5:10 p.m. LaTraviata: Royal Opera House (NR) Sun. 11 a.m. Locke (R) Sat. and Sun. 5:45 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 1 p.m. We Are the Best! (NR) Fri. 3:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 3:30 p.m., 7:35 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 3 p.m., 7:35 p.m.
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15 N.M. 106 (intersection with U.S. 84/285), 505-753-0087, www.dreamcatcher10.com 22 Jump Street (R) Fri. 4:50 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sat. 2:20 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. 2:20 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:50 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13) Fri. 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sat. 2:15 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. 2:15 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:55 p.m., 7:25 p.m. The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sat. 1:50 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sun. 1:50 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Godzilla (PG-13) Fri. 4:40 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10 p.m. Sat. 1:55 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10 p.m. Sun. 1:55 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:40 p.m., 7:15 p.m. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Sat. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Jersey Boys (R) Fri. and Sat. 4:15 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 4:15 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Maleficent (PG) Fri. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Sat. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:35 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. Neighbors (R) Fri. 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sat. 2:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. 2:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Think Like A Man Too (PG-13) Fri. 4:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sat. 2:10 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sun. 2:10 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m. X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) Fri. 6:50 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sat. 2:25 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:25 p.m., 6:50 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 6:50 p.m.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW EDITOR’S NOTE: From time to time, Pasatiempo updates readers about its restaurantrating policy. In each week’s review, we strive to deliver a clear snapshot of a restaurant and all of its fortes and flaws.Whether we’re reviewing a white-tablecloth establishment or a taco truck, the same rating system applies. A hot-dog stand shouldn’t receive a lower rating just because it’s a hot-dog stand. We take the reviewing process very seriously. Each restaurant is visited a minimum of two times by a reviewer and at least one guest at Pasatiempo’s expense. The reviewer must not identify him- or herself as a critic at any time and never accepts complimentary food or drink. The effect a review can have on a restaurant is not taken lightly — people’s livelihoods are involved. But our primary obligation is to you, the reader and diner. Our chile-rating system represents the subjective reviewer’s opinion of an establishment’s food, service, ambience, and value. Four chiles has for many years been the best possible rating, but after careful consideration, we are expanding this scale to allow for more nuance in our ratings. Here’s a guide to the chiles and what they mean: 5 = flawless 2 1/2 = average 4 1/2 = extraordinary 2 = fair 4 = excellent 1 1/2 = questionable 3 1/2 = very good 1 = poor 3 = good Il Vicino 321 W. San Francisco St., 505-986-8700, www.ilvicino.com Lunch & dinner 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays Counter service Takeout available Vegetarian options Handicapped accessible Patio dining in season Noise level: moderate Beer & wine Credit cards, no checks
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Laurel Gladden I For The New Mexican
Good pizzas make good neighbors The first Il Vicino opened in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill in the early 1990s. In the ensuing years, the restaurant has expanded to a minor empire of nine locations, including outposts in Kansas and Colorado. The Santa Fe branch is in a charming courtyard, where paths meander amid pretty but not overly lush landscaping and a few pieces of sculpture. It’s walking distance from a lot of neighborhoods and downtown destinations, which makes the name Il Vicino — “the neighbor” — seem particularly apropos. The interior is colorful and artful, though in a somewhat dated way. The yellow walls, dark tabletops, and black leather bancos and seat cushions lend it the ambience of an upscale food court. Crammed between the restaurant and the adjacent building is a sweet little patio with a decorative iron gate and beds where flowers and herbs grow. Part of this breezeway is tented and includes a fountain; while this is probably nice in slightly cooler weather, on warmer days the space just feels steamy. Il Vicino offers a brief selection of red and white wines and microbrewed beers. The brewery has taken home a medal or two from Denver’s Great American Beer Festival and has more than once earned first place in the annual New Mexico IPA challenge. The Pigtail Pilsner is light and refreshing — ideal for a warm summer evening — and while the Wet Mountain IPA had a robust hoppy flavor, pints on more than one visit were disappointingly underchilled. You order at the counter just inside the door. Carry your number to the table of your choice, and a server will deliver your food and drink. If you want additional dishes or dessert, you don’t have to return to the counter and wait in line; simply ask one of the friendly, if sometimes harried-looking, staff members who occasionally stop by. Il Vicino’s pizza crust doesn’t have the tug and chew you’d expect from, say, a New York-style pie, but this is Italian style. The pies are small and not overly cheesy, and the crust is thin, bubbled on the edges, tender, sweet, and chewable. Ingredients are fresh and full flavored, and they’re neither heaped on excessively nor stingily applied. The margherita is usually a good yardstick when you’re judging a pizzeria. Il Vicino’s is mild and mellow, a nice balance of marinara and mozzarella strewn with a chiffonade of basil. The campagnola is less intense than it sounds, the mushrooms providing earthy balance for the mildly spicy sausage, which is applied in welcome moderation. Fresh oregano adds just a touch of meadowy herbaceousness. Not for the faint of heart, the pizza bianca is one of the most powerfully flavored “white” pizzas I’ve had, thanks largely to the spicy chile-infused oil that serves as its sauce. It gives the pie a surprising kick, while rich Gorgonzola and piney rosemary add a pungent aromatic layer; goat cheese offers a mellow, milky tang; portobello mushrooms ground things with umami; and the sparingly applied capocollo provides a mouth-puckering saltiness. Thick emerald-spinach leaves, glossy from a generous anointing of mild dressing, make a hearty, filling salad when
tossed with thin ringlets of pungent red onion, crumbles of Gorgonzola, slippery strips of roasted bright-red peppers, and a sprinkling of pine nuts. The Caesar is about what you’d expect, introduced by the dressing’s heady rush of garlic. The romaine was fresh and crisp, with a cluster of salty anchovies hidden amid it. But the crunchy “croutons,” made from toasted super-thin slices of focaccia, may have been my favorite part, and I generally dislike croutons. Given that it’s a sandwich in a pizza shop, the “hero” piadina was a surprising star of our meal. The thin flatbread was like a large bread envelope overstuffed with hard salami, capocollo, mozzarella, provolone, peperoncini, red onion, tomatoes, and lightly dressed romaine. It could (and probably should) feed two people easily and well. I spent a little while parsing the vegetarian calzone. Though the manila-brown pocket was stuffed with fresh spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, Kalamata olives, mozzarella, and goat cheese, the crust had nary a soggy spot. Perhaps the kitchen accomplishes this with a restrained dose of cheese — just a nugget or layer here and there to provide pleasant creaminess. Much like the piadina, the calzone is incredibly generous and enough to feed you twice. If by some miracle you’re still hungry, try the tiramisu. An airy layer of super-rich and creamy mascarpone serves as the very best and sweetest grout for layers of soft sponge cake surprisingly not sodden with espresso or booze. It’s not easy to finish this hunk of dessert, but that’s OK. I’m sure your neighbor would be happy to help. ◀
Dinner for three at Il Vicino: Large spinach salad ................................................$ 8.95 “Hero” piadina ........................................................$ 9.75 Campagnola pizza ..................................................$ 9.75 Margherita pizza .....................................................$ 7.50 Pint, Pigtail Pilsner .................................................$ 4.50 Pint, Wet Mountain IPA .........................................$ 5.00 Pint, Slow Down Brown ale ....................................$ 5.00 TOTAL ....................................................................$ 50.45 (before tax and tip) Dinner for two, another visit: Large Caesar salad ..................................................$ 7.95 Bianca pizza ............................................................$ 9.75 Calzone vegetariano ...............................................$ 9.50 Pint, Wet Mountain IPA .........................................$ 5.00 Glass, Gnarly Head Zinfandel ................................$ 6.50 Tiramisu .................................................................$ 5.25 Two coffees .............................................................$ 5.00 TOTAL ....................................................................$ 48.95 (before tax and tip)
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IN CONCERT Music at the Museum Local musicians perform on the patio and in the galleries weekly on Fridays through June 27; this week: Chase Morrison, eclectic cello, 5:30 p.m., New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., no charge, 505-476-5072.
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Friday, June 20 GALLERY/MUSEUM OPENINGS Axle Contemporary Mobile gallery, 505-670-7612 or 505-670-5854. The Renga Project, exhibit of 52 drawings linked to the 52 stanzas written for the public-art project by New Mexico poets over the past year, reception 5-7, next to the Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion. Chalk Farm Gallery 729 Canyon Rd., 505-983-7125. Magic Square, paintings by Lukas Kandl, reception 6-8 p.m., through July. David Rothermel Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., Suite 102, 575-642-4981. Poetic Principles, abstract paintings by the gallerist, reception 5-8 p.m., through July 2. Hunter Kirkland Contemporary 200-B Canyon Rd., 505-984-2111. Wilderness Within, pastel and oil paintings by Rick Stevens, reception 5-7 p.m., through July 6. Jane Hamilton Fine Art 200 Canyon Rd., 520-465-2655. June Rhythms, stone sculpture by Merlin Cohen and oil paintings by Linda Leslie, reception 5-7 p.m., through June. Karan Ruhlen Gallery 225 Canyon Rd., 505-820-0807. Twentieth-anniversary group show, reception 5-7 p.m., through June. La Tienda Exhibit Space 7 Caliente Rd., Eldorado, 505-428-0024. Elements, exhibit of contemporary mixed-media fiber art, reception 4-7 p.m., through July 18. Liquid Outpost Coffeehouse & Art Space Inn at Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-983-6503. Monk Series, mixed media on wood by Sheila Mahoney Keefe, reception 4 p.m.
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Meyer East Gallery shows landscapes by David Jonason, 225 Canyon Rd.
Meyer East Gallery 225 Canyon Rd., 505-983-1657. High Desert Meditation, paintings by David Jonason, reception 5-7 p.m., through July 3. New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Rd., 505-795-7570. Golden Paths, acrylic and gold leaf paintings by Edwina Milner, reception 5-7 p.m., through July 7. Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Rd., 505-988-3888. Flow + Drift, new paintings by Nina Tichava, reception 5-7 p.m., through July 6. Phil Space 1410 Second St., 505-983-7945. Catch and Release, works by Aram Larsen and Rebecca Seary, reception 6-8 p.m., through June 27. Pippin Contemporary Gallery 200 Canyon Rd., 505-795-7476. Paintings by Sandra Duran Wilson, reception 5-7 p.m. Santa Fe Art Collector 217 Galisteo, 505-988-5545. Of Trees and Flowers, new works by Isabelle Dupuy, reception 5-7 p.m.
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Santa Fe Gallery 223 E. Palace Ave., 505-983-6429. Jewelry by Jules Barth and James Faks, reception 5-8 p.m. Studio Broyles 821 Canyon Rd., 505-699-9689. Liam Daly: New works in Clay, reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tansey Contemporary 652 Canyon Rd., 505-995-8513. Power Objects, hand-blown glass sculptures by Noel Hart, reception 5-7 p.m., through July 15. CLASSICAL MUSIC NM 430 The Baroque ensemble presents an exploration of chamber music for oboe and strings, performed on period instruments, 7:30 p.m., San Miguel Mission Church, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, $15 suggested donation, 505-440-9531. TGIF recital Santa Fe Eternal Summer String Orchestra plays music of Barber, Mozart, and Vivaldi,
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EVENTS 65th Rodeo de Santa Fe Rodeo contests, carnival midway, food booths, and beer garden, 6:30 p.m., gates open at 5 p.m., Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds, 3237 Rodeo Rd., $10-$37 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, for more information visit rodeodesantafe.org or call 505-471-4300, concludes Saturday. The Light Surgeons: Super Everything The London-based media-production company presents its live cinema performance, part of the Currents 2014 new media festival, 8 p.m., the Lensic, $15-$25, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. Pink Boot Breast Cancer Fundraiser Rodeo de Santa Fe hosts the event; meet-andgreet with rodeo performers, behind-the-chutes tour, and silent and live auctions, 3:30 p.m., under the VIP tent, 3237 Rodeo Rd., $30, 505-920-8444. Tiny’s Weekend of Renewal Celebrate the restaurant’s new look with Terry True and Sweet Sister on the patio and The Jakes on the main stage, plus artwork by Coad Miller, festivities begin at 5:30 p.m., Soutwest corner of St. Francis Dr. and Cerrillos Rd. in the Pen Road Shopping Center, 505-983-9817. Ti West The horror-genre filmmaker introduces The Sacrament, followed by a Q & A with Jacques Paisner of the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 7 p.m., Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, fundraiser for SFIFF, $15 includes a drink ticket, ccasantafe.org. NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa Jazz guitarist Pat Malone, 6-9 p.m., no cover. ¡Chispa! at El Mesón Arlen Asher and Three Faces of Jazz, 7:30 p.m., no cover. El Farol The Gruve, rock and R & B, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover. Junction Rock cover band Chango, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover.
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La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Night Train, blues, 8-11 p.m., no cover. La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa Pat Malone Jazz Trio, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Palace Restaurant & Saloon Vanilla Pop, 10 p.m., call for cover. Pranzo Italian Grill Pianist David Geist, 6-9 p.m., call for cover. Second Street Brewery Cloacas, mountain ghost orchestra, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Second Street Brewery at the Railyard Pollo Frito, New Orleans jazz and funk, 7-10 p.m., no cover. Shadeh DJ Dynamixx, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., no cover. Swiss Bakery Pastries and Bistro Troubadour Gerry Carthy, 7-10 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianists Doug Montgomery (6-8 p.m.) and Bob Finnie (8-11 p.m.), call for cover.
del Sol, Busy & The Crazy 88, and Hot Honey, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Railyard Plaza, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, all ages, no charge. Michael Martin Murphey Country singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m., James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Rd., $29 and $59, brownpapertickets.com. THEATER/DANCE Follies: The Concert Version opening night Santa Fe REP presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical, 7:30 p.m., Warehouse 21, $25, discounts available, 505-629-6517, sfrep.org, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through June 29.
GALLERY/MUSEUM OPENINGS Allan Houser Art Park Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, 505-983-1777. Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Allan Houser’s birth, 5-7 p.m. Nedra Matteucci Galleries 1075 Paseo de Peralta, 505-982-4631. Dawn to Dusk, landscapes by Chris Morel, reception 2-4 p.m., through July 12.
BOOKS/TALKS New Mexico Museum of Art book sale Books about art, architecture, photography, and the Southwest, plus art, postcards, and posters; fundraiser for the museum, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072. Good Bugs: Attracting and Sustaining Beneficial Insects Learn to create habitat for predatory/parasitic insects (for biological pest control) and for native bees and other pollinators, 2 p.m., Cerrillos Hills State Park Visitor Center, 37 Main St., approximately 16 miles south of Santa Fe off NM 14, 505-474-0196. Turquoise-buying seminar Garrick Beck of Natural Stones in Santa Fe tells you what to look for before you buy. 1-3 p.m., Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, by museum admission, 505-476-1269.
IN CONCERT Make Music Santa Fe 2014 Performers include Broomdust Caravan, Lumbre
EVENTS Digital Dome Screenings Immersive and interactive works, part of the Currents 2014
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new media festival, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd., shuttles make hourly trips between El Museo Cultural (555 Camino de la Familia) and IAIA beginning at 2:45 p.m., no charge, currrentsnewmedia.org. Herb and Lavender Fair Garden tours, vendors, lectures, and hands-on activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., $8 at the gate, discounts available, golondrinas.org, continues Sunday. Johnson Street Experience Neighborhood party with food from area restaurants, taiko drumming, art-making demonstrations, juggling, and music, noon5 p.m., Johnson St., between Grant Ave. and Guadalupe St., behind the Eldorado Hotel. Santa Fe Pride 2014 Pride on the Plaza kick-off parade runs along Old Santa Fe Trail from the state capitol to the Plaza at 11 a.m., entertainment follows; Ladies’ Pride Dance, 8 p.m. Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., $10 cover, for more information visit santafehra.org. 65th Rodeo de Santa Fe Rodeo contests, carnival midway, food booths, and beer garden, 6:30 p.m., gates open at 5 p.m., Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds, 3237 Rodeo Rd., $10-$37 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, for more information visit rodeodesantafe.org or call 505-471-4300. NIGHTLIFE (See addresses below) ¡Chispa! at El Mesón Andy Kingston Quartet, rock-tinged jazz and standards, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover. El Farol Sean Healen Band, rock and roll, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Lodge Lounge at The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N. St. Francis Dr., 505-992-5800 Low ’n’ Slow Lowrider Bar at Hotel Chimayó de Santa Fe 125 Washington Ave., 505-988-4900 The Matador 116 W. San Francisco St. Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM 14, Madrid, 505-473-0743 Museum Hill Café 710 Camino Lejo, Milner Plaza, 505-984-8900 Music Room at Garrett’s Desert Inn 311 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-982-1851 Omira Bar & Grill 1005 St. Francis Dr., 505-780-5483 Palace Restaurant & Saloon 142 W. Palace Ave., 505-428-0690 Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 505-984-2645 Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W. Marcy St., 505-955-6705 Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill 37 Fire Place, solofsantafe.com Second Street Brewer y 1814 Second St., 505-982-3030
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Graceful Resonance in This Distant Land A talk and a reading by the Navajo Nation’s first poet laureate, Luci Tapahanso, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, Peterson Student Center, St. John’s College, 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca, 505-670-2339.
Mine Shaft Tavern The Jakes, classic rock, 8 p.m.-midnight, no cover. La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Night Train, blues, 8-11 p.m., no cover. ▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶
Second Street Brewer y at the Railyard 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-3278 Shadeh Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S. 84/285, 505-455-5555 Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen 1512-B Pacheco St., 505-795-7383 Swiss Bakery Pastries and Bistro 401 S. Guadalupe St., 505-988-5500 Taberna La Boca 125 Lincoln Ave., 505-988-7102 Tiny’s 1005 St. Francis Drive, Suite 117, 505-983-9817 The Underground at Evangelo’s 200 W. San Francisco St. Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-982-0000 Vanessie 434 W. San Francisco St., 505-982-9966 Veterans of Foreign Wars 370 Montezuma Ave., 505-984-2691 Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-4423 Zia Dinner 326 S. Guadalupe St., 505-988-7008
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La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa Pat Malone Jazz Trio, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Pranzo Italian Grill Pianist David Geist and vocalist Leslie Livingston, 6-9 p.m., call for cover. Tiny’s Showcase karaoke with Nanci and Cyndy, 8:30 p.m.-close, no cover. Second Street Brewery Steve Guthrie, folk, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Shadeh VJ Dany, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., no cover. Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen John Serkin on Hawaiian slack-key guitar, 6 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianists Doug Montgomery (6-8 p.m.) and Bob Finnie (8-11 p.m.), call for cover.
BOOKS/TALKS Santa Fe Photographic Workshops Instructor presentations by Paul Mobley, Arthur Meyerson, and Bobbi Lane, 8-9:30 p.m., Santa Fe Prep auditorium, 1101 Camino de Cruz Blanca, 505-983-1400, Ext. 111. (See story, Page 28) Southwest Seminars lecture The series continues with Pueblos and Valles Caldera, with Matthew J. Liebmann, 6 p.m., Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, $12 at the door, southwestseminars.org, 505-466-2775. NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Bill Hearne Trio, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. Upper Crust Pizza Troubadour Gerry Carthy, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianist Doug Montgomery, 6:30-10:30 p.m., call for cover.
22 Sunday IN CONCERT Jackie Greene with Cereus Bright Roots rock and blues, 6:30 p.m., Railyard Plaza, no charge for the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza concert series.
24 Tuesday IN CONCERT Playing for Change Band Peace Through Music tour, 7:30 p.m. Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill, $29 in advance, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234. Santa Fe Bandstand Local Americana band Hot Honey, 6-7 p.m.; Austin-based rock/folk quintet the Wheeler Brothers, 7:15-8:45 p.m., the Plaza, no charge, visit santafebandstand.org for the summer series schedule. (See story, Page 24)
THEATER/DANCE Follies: The Concert Version Santa Fe REP presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical, 4 p.m. Warehouse 21, $25, discounts available, 505-629-6517, sfrep.org, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through June 29. BOOKS/TALKS Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos Second lecture in the five-part series Perspectives and Meanings: Turquoise from Prehistory to the Present, 2-4 p.m. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, by museum admission, 505-476-1269. Journey Santa Fe Esha Chiocchio presents a climate-adaptation plan for Santa Fe, 11 a.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226. Michael G. Smith The author reads poems from his book No Small Things, 5 p.m., Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie, michaelgsmithpoetry.com. The Renga Project: Artists and Poets Axle Contemporary brings to a close its public-art project with readings, a roundtable discussion, book signings, and a renga-writing workshop, 1-3 p.m., St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., axleart.com. EVENTS Digital Dome Screenings Immersive and interactive works, part of Currents 2014 new media festival, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd., shuttles make hourly trips between El Museo Cultural (555 Camino de la Familia) and IAIA beginning at 2:45 p.m., currrentsnewmedia.org, no charge. Herb and Lavender Fair Garden tours, vendors, hands-on activities, and lectures, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., $8 at the gate, discounts available, golondrinas.org. Santa Fe Living Treasures Ceremony Honoring Norma McCallan, Erik Jensen Mason, and Ken Mayers, 2 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe, 107 W. Barcelona Rd., santafelivingtreasures.org.
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EVENTS International folk dances Weekly on Tuesdays, lessons 7 p.m., dance 8 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd., $5 donation at the door, 505-501-5081 or 505-466-2920.
Monroe Gallery of Photography shows work by Bill Eppridge (1938-2013), 112 Don Gaspar Ave.
NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) El Farol Chanteuse Nacha Mendez, 7:30 p.m., call for cover. Evangelo’s Tone and Company jam band, 8:30-11:30 p.m., call for cover. Mine Shaft Tavern Anthony Leon, alternative country, 3-7 p.m., no cover. Second Street Brewery at the Railyard Santa Fe Revue, Americana, 1-4 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianist Doug Montgomery, 6:30-10:30 p.m., call for cover.
23 Monday IN CONCERT 12th annual Santa Fe Bandstand opening night The Mil-Tones, New Orleansstyle second-line brass band, 6-7 p.m.; Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, 7:15-8:45 p.m., the Plaza, no charge, visit santafebandstand.org for the summer series schedule. (See story, Page 24)
Joaquin Gallegos Flamenco guitarist and guests, 7 p.m., John Cocteau Cinema, $15, 505-466-5528. THEATER/DANCE Santa Fe Opera Backstage Tours Behind-the-scenes tours including production and front-of-house areas are offered daily through Aug. 22, 9 a.m., Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Dr., $10; seniors $8; no charge for ages 22 and under, 505-986-5900. Swing dance Weekly all-ages informal swing dance, lessons 7-8 p.m., dance 8-10 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd., dance $3, lesson and dance $8, 505-473-0955.
OUTDOORS
Los Alamos hikes Four-week program hosted by Los Alamos’ Pajarito Environmental Education Center, 6-8 p.m. every Monday in June, 3540 Orange St., $8 per session, $20 for all four, call 505-662-0460 to register, pajaritoeec.org.
BOOKS/TALKS Graceful Resonance in This Distant Land Talk and reading by Navajo Nation poet laureate, Luci Tapahonso, 7 p.m., Peterson Student Center, St. John’s College, 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca, 505-670-2339. Poetry Selections from Georgia O’Keeffe’s Book Room The Reader’s Club discusses D.H. Lawrence’s “Pansies,” Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems, and Allen Ginsberg’s Mostly Sitting Haiku, 10-11:30 a.m., Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1039. Self-Publishing Possibilities: City of Santa Fe Arts Commission training workshop Free series for Santa Fe artists; Jerry Wellman and Matthew Chase-Daniel of Axle Contemporary lead this session, 6-7 p.m., Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St., contact Rod Lambert, 505-955-6705, rdlambert@santafenm.gov. NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) ¡Chispa! at El Mesón Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30-11 p.m., call for cover. El Farol Canyon Road Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m., call for cover. La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Bill Hearne Trio, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. Tiny’s Singer/songwriter open-mic, 7-10 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianists Doug Montgomery (6-8 p.m.) and Bob Finnie (8-11 p.m.), call for cover.
25 Wednesday IN CONCERT Chris Robinson Brotherhood Blues-rock band, 7 p.m. Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill, $25 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. Music on the Hill 2014 St. John’s College’s annual free outdoor concert series continues with the Dmitri Matheny Group with vocalist Clairdee, a salute to the Great American Songbook, 6-8 p.m., 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca, continues Wednesdays through July 23, 505-984-6000. Santa Fe Bandstand Salsa night: Baracutanga, 6-7 p.m.; Son Como Son, 7:15-8:45 p.m., the Plaza, no charge, visit santafebandstand.org for the summer series schedule. (See story, Page 24) THEATER/DANCE Santa Fe Story Spinners Short-form improvisational-theater workshop, 7:30 p.m., Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, $5, 505-424-1601. BOOKS/TALKS Alzheimer’s Poetry Project People living with dementia will create and perform poems, 10:30-11:30 a.m., New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave., no charge, email gary@ alzpoetry.com for reservations. Brown Bag lecture Artist and IAIA professor Alex Peña discusses his work, noon-1 p.m., second-floor conference room, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, no charge, bring your lunch, 505-983-8900. The Valley of Lamentation Professor João Biehl discusses the Mucker War, a conflict that shattered the German settlements of southern Brazil in the 19th century, noon, School for Advanced Research boardroom, no charge, 505-954-7200. NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) ¡Chispa! at El Mesón Chuscales, classic and contemporary flamenco guitar, 7-9 p.m., no cover. El Farol Guitarist/singer John Kurzweg, 8:30 p.m., no cover. La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Bert Dalton, Latin/swing, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. Palace Restaurant and Saloon Trash disco with DJ Oona, 8:30 p.m., no cover. Tiny’s Electric jam, hosted by Nick Wimett, 9 p.m.-midnight, no cover. Vanessie Pianist Bob Finnie, 6:30-9:30 p.m., call for cover.
26 Thursday IN CONCERT Santa Fe Bandstand Candace Bellamy, Austinbased soul/R & B singer, 6-7 p.m.; Americana folk trio Honey House, 7:15-8:45 p.m., the Plaza, no charge, visit santafebandstand.org for the summer series schedule. (See story, Page 24) THEATER/DANCE Consider This Theater Grottesco’s 60-minute romp through the history of theater, 2 p.m., St. Francis
Campbell Martin, Barbara Bentree, Wendy S. Barker, and Andreas Tischauser (left to rigtht) perform in the Santa Fe REP presentation Follies: The Concert Version, opening Saturday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m., Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta.
Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., $10, $5 students, 505-474-8400, theatergrottesco.org. Follies: The Concert Version Santa Fe REP presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical, 7:30 p.m., Warehouse 21, $25, discounts available, 505-629-6517, sfrep.org, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through June 29. EVENTS Traditional Spanish Market Masters Award for Lifetime Achievement Premarket festivities begin with an announcement of the recipient, 5-9 p.m., San Francisco Street Bar and Grill, 50 E. San Francisco St., 20 percent of food and drink proceeds benefit the market, spanishcolonial.org, 505-982-2226. NIGHTLIFE (See Page 49 for addresses) ¡Chispa! at El Mesón Pianist John Rangel with special guests, 7-9 p.m., no cover. El Farol Guitarras con Sabor, Gypsy Kings-style rhythms, 8 p.m., no cover. La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Bert Dalton, Latin/swing, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa Pat Malone Jazz Trio, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Palace Restaurant and Saloon Limelight karaoke, 10 p.m., no cover. Second Street Brewery Boris and the Saltlicks, alternative country, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Shadeh DJ Oona, retro rewind, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., no cover. Tiny’s The Gunsels, Cajun surf rock, 8:30 p.m.-midnight, no cover.
Upper Crust Pizza Dana Smith performs country-tinged folk, 6-9 p.m., no cover. Vanessie Pianist Bob Finnie, 6:30-9:30 p.m., call for cover.
▶ Elsewhere ALBUQUERQUE
Events/Performances
Chatter Sunday Baroque ensemble NM 430 performs on period instruments, followed by a reading by poet Maggie Evans, 10:30 a.m., Sunday, June 22, The Kosmos, 1715 Fifth St. N.W., $15 at the door, discounts available, chatterabq.org. Keshet Dance Company Choreographers Showcase Works by local choreographers with styles ranging from contemporary to Ballet Afrique, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21-22, Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave. N.E., $15 in advance and at the door, brownpapertickets.com, discounts available. King Laz Santa Fe actress Susana Guillaume’s one-woman show, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 22, Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth St. N.W., $15, 505-898-9222, adobetheater.org. Privatizing the Commons Panel discussion in the Water Crisis in the West: Thinking Like a Watershed series, 7-10 p.m. Thursday, June 26, Kimo Theatre, 421 Central Ave. N.W., no charge, nmhum.org. 19th Annual Summer Thursday Jazz Nights at the Outpost Double bill with singer/songwriter Tracey Whitney and her ensemble, Sid Fendley on piano, Colin Deuble on bass, and Larry McClure on drums and Tierra Sonikete, with Santa Fe trumpeter
J.Q. Whitcomb, guitarist/vocalist Joaquin Gallegos, and Asher Barreras on bass and palmas, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale Blvd. S.E., $15 in advance and at the door, students $10, outpostspace.org, 505-268-0044.
Galleries/Museums
National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum 1701 Fourth St. S.W., 505-246-2261. ¡Papel! Pico, Rico y Chico, group show of works in the traditional art of papel picado (cut paper), reception 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 20, no charge. SCA Contemporary Art 524 Haines N.W., 505-228-3749. Adaptations: An Exhibition About Survival, group show by artists with serious illnesses, reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 20, through Aug. 22.
CHIMAYÓ
Chimayó Car and Art Tour Visit galleries and see rods, lowriders, and classic cars, Saturday, June 21, maps available at Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante on tour day, chimayo.org. Rancho de Chimayó 50th Anniversary Kick-off and Cookbook Launch Meet owner Florence Jaramillo and Cheryl and Bill Jamison, authors of The Rancho de Chimayó Cookbook, music by Mariachi Buenaventura, 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21, call 505-351-4444 to make lunch or dinner reservations.
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Authors Speak Series Tom Harmer discusses his book A Walk Around the Horizon: Discovering New Mexico’s Mountains of the Four Directions, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., 505-662-8254. ▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶
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Santa Fe Humane Society and Animal Shelter Dogs need individuals to take them on daily walks; all shifts available, call Katherine at 505-983-4309, Ext. 128.
▶ Under 21 Summer Jam 2014 Hip-hop concert including Yung Gims, Ben Davis, Mr. Chuco, and Big T, 7 p.m., Friday, June 20, Warehouse 21, $5 at the door, 505-989-4423, .
▶ Pasa Kids
Soul and R & B singer/songwriter Candace Bellamy performs at the Santa Fe Bandstand Thursday, June 26.
Gordon’s Summer Concerts David Luning Band, Americana and rock, 7 p.m. Friday, June 20, Ashley Pond, gordonssummerconcerts.com, no charge.
MADRID
NM 430 The Baroque ensemble performs on period instruments, 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, Johnsons of Madrid, 2843 NM 14, $20 suggested donation, 505-471-1054.
TAOS
Taos School of Music The 52nd season opens with the Borromeo String Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22; Taos Community Auditorium, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, concerts continue into August at various venues, $20, discounts available, season tickets $80, taosschoolofmusic.com. Amigos Bravos: Because Water Matters The nonprofit organization celebrates 26 years of protecting and restoring New Mexico waterways with a screening of Bill Haney’s documentary The Last Mountain, followed by a Skype conversation between community organizer Maria Gunnoe of Boone County, West Virginia, and Amigos Bravos director Brian Shields, 7 p.m., doors open at 6:15 p.m., Philip Bareiss Gallery, 15 NM 150, amigosbravos.org, 575-758-3874, no charge.
▶ People who need people Artists
23rd Annual National Pastel Paintings Exhibition Prospectus and details for the Nov. 1-30 show held at Albuquerque’s Expo New Mexico are available online at pastelsnm.org.
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Fiestas de Cerrillos Artists, craftspeople, and nonprofits may sign up to participate in the market held Sept. 20; contact Sandy Young for details, 505-438-2885, sandy@dirtdauberstoneware.com. Fourth Annual National Juried Encaustic Wax Exhibit Artists 18 years and older may enter up to three images for the Oct. 4-Nov. 2 exhibit held at the Encaustic Art Institute in Cerrillos; application deadline Monday, Aug. 4; award details and applications available online at juriedartservices.com. Indigenous Fine Art Market/IFAM Booths available for the inaugural market held at the Railyard Aug. 21-23; booth fees due by June 20; application forms available online at indigefam.org/artist. Pecos Studio Art Tour Artists are invited to join the annual tour held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28; call 505-670-7045 for information, entry deadline is July 31. Santa Fe Photographic Workshops 25th-Anniversary Photography Contest Photographers age 18 and over can enter works on the theme of water in one or more categories: landscape, portrait, documentary, abstract; early submission deadline July 1, final deadline September 17, see santafeworkshops.com for guidelines and fees. SITE Santa Fe Spread 5.0 Grant applications sought from New Mexico studio artists interested in participating in SITE’s recurring public dinners, designed to generate financial support for artistic innovation; all disciplines considered; application period continues to Sunday, July 6; details available online at spreadsantafe.com/apply; no phone calls, please. Tear Mirror art project Santa Fe Art Institute artist-in-residence Tomoko Hayashi invites individuals to share written personal stories behind their tears,
as well as their actual tears to be made into jewelry; call 505-424-5050 for more information, tomokohayashi.com. (See story, Page 34) Zozobra poster and T-shirt design contest The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe welcomes submissions in all mediums; 1920s depictions of Zozobra preferred; visit burnzozobra.com/artist for entry forms and details; entries must be received by Monday, June 16; email Raymond Sandoval for more information: burnhim@burnzozobra.com.
Filmmakers/Performers/Writers
New Mexico Dance Coalition Student Scholarships 2014 Two scholarship awards distributed in time for fall tuition; available to residents ages 8 and up; application forms and guidelines available online at nmdancecoalition.org; apply by Friday, Aug. 15.
Volunteers
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. Food for Santa Fe The nonprofit needs help packing and distributing groceries at 6 and 8 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 505-471-1187 or 505-603-6600. Hospice Center Assist in the office entering data for the volunteer program for a limited number of hours either weekly or biweekly; basic computer skills required; call Mary Ann at 505-988-2211. Many Mothers Assist new mothers and families, raise funds, plan events, become a board member, and more; requirements and details available online at manymothers.org; call 505-466-3715 for information or to schedule an interview. St. Elizabeth Shelter Help with meal preparation at residential facilities and emergency shelters; other duties also available; contact Rosario, 505-982-6611, Ext. 108, volunteer@steshelter.org.’
Garden Sprouts Storytelling and hands-on activities for ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult; 10-11 a.m., Santa Fe Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Rd., meet in the Railyard Community Room, $5 suggested donation, 505-316-3596. Santa Fe Children’s Museum Fridays: 10:30-11:30 a.m., Preschool Prime Time, literacy and reading programs designed for children 5 and younger, 2:30-4:30 p.m., open art studio, led by local artists; Wednesdays: 10:30-11 a.m., Wee Wednesday, a bilingual preschool program with storytelling, songs, and games; 1050 Old Pecos Trail, by museum admission, 505-982-8359. Santa Fe Public Library summer programs 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, June 20: use solar telescopes and enjoy an educational program set up by the Albuquerque Astronomical Society (taas.org), Oliver La Farge Branch, 1730 Llano St. Listen to singer/storyteller Sean Etigson, Friday, June 20, Oliver La Farge Branch, 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 21, Main Branch, 145 Washington Ave., 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Southside Branch, 6599 Jaguar Dr., 2:30-3:30 p.m., visit santafelibrary.org for more information on these free events. Vista Grande Public Library story time Stories and activities held 11-11:45 p.m., 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado, 505-466-7323. 65th Rodeo de Santa Fe Rodeo contests, carnival midway, food booths, and beer garden, 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 20-21, gates open at 5 p.m., Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds, 3237 Rodeo Rd., $10-$37 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, for more information visit rodeodesantafe.org or call 505-471-4300. Herb and Lavender Fair Garden tours, vendors, lectures, and hands-on activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., $8 at the gate, discounts available, golondrinas.org. Story Time at Bee Hive Kids Books For all ages, 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 328 Montezuma Ave., no charge, 505-780-8051. Johnson Street Experience Neighborhood party with food from area restaurants, taiko drumming, art-making demonstrations, juggling, and music, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, Johnson St., behind the Eldorado Hotel. Follies: The Concert Version Santa Fe REP presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Thursday, June 21 and 26, 4 p.m. Sunday, June 22, Warehouse 21, $25, discounts available, 505-629-6517, sfrep.org, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through June 29. ◀
In the wings MUSIC Santa Fe Opera 2014 Festival Season The season opens with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen and includes the American premiere of Dr. Sun Yat-sen by Huang Ruo, as well as Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol, June 27-Aug. 23, schedule of community events available online, Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Dr., 505-986-5900, santafeopera.org. Michael Anthony L.A.-based jazz guitarist, joined by Michael Glynn on bass and Cal Haines on drums, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 28, call 505-989-1088 or 505-930-7001 for details, tickets, and venue directions, $35. The Old 97s Alternative-country band, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 29, Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill, $20 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. The Soulshine Tour Michael Franti and Spearhead, SOJA, Brett Dennen, and Trevor Hall, 6 p.m. Saturday, July 5, Downs of Santa Fe, 27475 W. Frontage Rd., $44 and $61, kids $12, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234, and holdmyticket.com. Little Tybee Folk/rock band, 8 p.m. Monday, July 7, Gig Performance Space, 1808-H Second St., $20, gigsantafe.com. Ninth Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival July 11-27 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe; Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project, Jack DeJohnette Trio, Claudia Villela Quartet, Henry Butler with Steven Bernstein & The Hot 9, visit newmexicojazzfestival.org for schedule. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival July 20 marks the beginning of the 42nd season; performers include the Dover Quartet, the Orion String Quartet, pianist Inon Barnatan, and violinist William Preucil, schedule available online at santafechambermusic.com. Ray Lamontagne Singer/songwriter, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, with Belle Brigade, The Downs of Santa Fe, $40 and $62, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. Hayes Carll and His Band Singer/songwriter, 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 15, Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill, $17, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234. Avett Brothers North Carolina-based folk-pop duo, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Dr., $35-$55 in advance, ticketmaster.com, $40-$60 day of show.
UPCOMING EVENTS HAPPENINGS
Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival Concert series including Mozart’s Requiem with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and a program of pop and jazz favorites with Voasis, July 10-August 17, desertchorale.org. Flamenco’s Next Generation Youth flamenco group from the María Benítez Institute for Spanish Arts, 2 p.m. Sundays, July 13-Aug. 24, Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., institutespanisharts.org. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Raise the Barre benefit for the ballet, 6 p.m. Monday, July 14, Las Campanas Clubhouse, 132 Clubhouse Dr., $250, aspensantafeballet. com, 505-983-5591. Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe Dance ensemble, 8 p.m. July 18, July 27, Aug. 3, and Aug. 9, the Lensic, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234.
Mr. Z’s 1920 New Mexico Speakeasy An event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Kiwanis Club’s acquisition of the rights to Zozobra; taco and tequila tasting; costumes encouraged; 6 p.m. Saturday, June 28, former Borders Books space, 500 Montezuma Ave., Sanbusco Center, $20 in advance, available online at holdmyticket.com, 21+. Party in Black & White Celebrating anniversaries for photography organizations Center (20th), Santa Fe Photographic Workshops (25th), and Center for Contemporary Arts (35th); hors d’oeuvres and wine, auction, and raffle, 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, June 28, Muñoz Waxman main gallery, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, $45, 505-982-1338. Santa Fe Wine Festival 21st annual affair; tastings, food, music, and arts & crafts, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 5-6, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, $13, discounts available, 505-471-2261. ART Santa Fe 2014 International contemporary art expo running Thursday-Sunday, July 10-13; opening-night gala vernissage July 10; fair hours 11 a.m.6 p.m. July 11-13, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, vernissage $100; VIP pass $125, daily tickets for the fair $10, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
THEATER/DANCE
Wise Fool New Mexico Twelfth annual Bust circus workshop performance, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 27-28, Wise Fool New Mexico, 2778-D Agua Fria St., $10-$15 sliding scale, wisefoolnewmexico.org. Antonio Granjero and EntreFlamenco Flamenco dance troupe, with Estefania Ramirez, 8 p.m. nightly from July 2 through August, María Benítez Cabaret, The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., $25-$45, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. Good People Ironweed Productions presents David Lindsay-Abaire’s drama, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, July 10-27, Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., $15, discounts available, 505-988-4262.
Antonio Granjero and EntreFlamenco perform nightly from July 2 through August at María Benítez Cabaret, The Lodge at Santa Fe.
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market More than 150 master folk artists from more than 50 countries, July 11-13, Museum Hill, 505-992-7600, folkartmarket.org. Santa Fe Greek Festival Food, music, dancing, and beer and wine; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, Pavilion Room, Eldorado Hotel & Spa, $3, ages 12 and under no charge. SITElines.2014: Unsettled Landscapes SITE Santa Fe’s biennial focusing on contemporary art of the Americas; ticketed opening-weekend programming (July 17-19, at various venues): preview exhibit and cocktail party; gala dinner; performances by artist Pablo Helguera; curator’s introduction; artists’ panel discussion; tickets available online at sitesantafe.org, or call 505-989-1199. Behind Adobe Walls Home and Garden Tour 75th annual bus tour of private residences and gardens, sponsored by the Santa Fe Garden Club, 12:15-4:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 22 and July 29, buses depart from Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, $75 per tour, $22 optional lunch, thesantafegardenclub.org, 505-989-1875. ¡Viva la Cultura! Hispanic cultural festival running Tuesday, July 22, through Saturday, July 26; including performances by Cipriano Vigil y la Familia Vigil and Nosotros, a Spanish Market preview, lunch and dinner events, and film screenings; hosted by the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, call 505-982-2226, Ext. 109, for advance tickets. Fifth Annual Objects of Art Santa Fe Contemporary, ethnic, and antique objects, including sculpture, jewelry, furniture, and books, ticketed preview 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 ($50, benefits New Mexico PBS), show runs 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 15-17, $10 run of show in advance, $13 at the door, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, objectsofartsantafe.com. Antique American Indian Art Show Santa Fe Presenting works from national galleries; preview party 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19; show 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 20-21, preview party and Institute of American Indian Arts benefit $50 in advance and at the door, show tickets $10 run of show in advance, $13 at the door, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, tickets available online at antiqueindianartshow.com. 39th Annual Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian Benefit Auction Preview of silent and live auction items 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, Collector’s Table 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, followed by live auction preview and live auction; catered lunch available, 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636, wheelwright.org. Indigenous Fine Art Market More than 400 Native artists are slated to participate in this inaugural market held at the Santa Fe Railyard Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 21-23; events include a kickoff Glow Dance Party, youth programming, and film screenings, indigefam.org. 93rd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market Launch party Thursday, Aug. 21; sneak preview Friday, Aug. 22; live auction dinner and gala Saturday, Aug. 23; market held on the Plaza Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23; swaia.org, 505-983-5220.
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Pueblo world, and contemporary artwork and craftsmanship of each of the 19 pueblos. Weekend Native dance performances; indianpueblo.org. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology UNM campus, 1 University Blvd. N.E., 505-277-4405. The museum’s collection includes individual archaeological, ethnological, archival, photographic, and skeletal items; maxwellmuseum.unm.edu; closed Sundays and Mondays. National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 Fourth St. S.W., 505-604-6896. ¡Papel! Pico, Rico y Chico, group show of works in the traditional art of papel picado (cut paper), reception 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 20. Closed Mondays; nationalhispaniccenter.org. UNM Art Museum 1 University of New Mexico Blvd., 505-277-4001. Oscar Muñoz: Biografías, video works; Luz Restirada, Latin American photography from the museum collection, through July 26. Closed Sundays and Mondays; unmartmuseum.org.
Andrew Smith Gallery 122 Grant Ave., 505-984-1234. Love and Other Reasons … to Love, tableau photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin, through Saturday, June 21. David Richard Gallery 544 S. Guadalupe St., 505-983-9555. Heads Up, mixed-media work by Judy Chicago, through July 26. Jean Cocteau Cinema Gallery 418 Montezuma Ave., 505-466-5528. Work by illustrator Jae Drumond, through July 13. Turner Carroll Gallery 725 Canyon Rd., 505-986-9800. Lined, new work by Kate Petley, through June 29.
MUSEUMS & ART SPACES SANTA FE
Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338. The Curve, Center’s annual show of awardwinning photography (see review, Page 32) • Dear Erin Hart, multimedia exhibit by Jessamyn Lovell • Air Force: Aesthetic Experiments in Aviation, works on paper created via remote-controlled airplane; exhibits through Aug. 10. Open Thursdays-Sundays; ccasantafe.org. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000. Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawaii Pictures • Abiquiú Views; through Sept. 17. Open daily; okeeffemuseum.org. Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 505-983-1777. We Hold These Truths, contemporary paper baskets by Shan Goshorn • Brandywine Workshop Collection, works by indigenous artists donated to the Philadelphia facility, through July • Articulations in Print, group show • Bon à Tirer, prints from the permanent collection • Native American Short Films, continuous loop of five films from Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program; all exhibits up through July. Closed Tuesdays; iaia.edu/museum. Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1269. Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning, highlights from the museum’s collection of jewelry • Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry, vintage and contemporary photographs, through January 2015 • The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery, traditional and contemporary works • Here, Now, and Always, artifacts from the museum collection. Open daily; indianartsandculture.org. Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200. Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico, early 20th-century carvings, through Feb. 15, 2015 • Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan, exhibition of Japanese kites, through July 27 • New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, international collection of toys and folk art • Brasil and Arte Popular, pieces from the museum’s collection, through Aug. 10. Closed Mondays; internationalfolkart.org. Museum of Spanish Colonial Art 750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-2226. San Ysidro/St. Isidore the Farmer, bultos, retablos, straw appliqué, and paintings on tin • Recent Acquisitions, colonial and
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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
Gustave Baumann (1881-1971): Rain, on exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art
19th-century Mexican art, sculpture, and furniture; also, work by young Spanish Market artists • The Delgado Room, late-colonialperiod re-creation; spanishcolonial.org; open daily through Sept. 1. New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors 113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200. Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, through March 29, 2015 • Transformed by New Mexico, work by photographer Donald Woodman, through Oct. 12 • 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; nmhistorymuseum.org; open daily through Oct. 7. New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072. Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014, focusing on public and personal projects, through Oct. 12 • Southwestern Allure: The Art of the Santa Fe Art Colony, including early 20th-century paintings by George Bellows, Andrew Dasburg, Marsden Hartley, and Cady Wells, through July 27 • Focus on Photography, rotating exhibits • Beneath Our Feet, photographs by Joan Myers • Grounded, landscapes from the museum collection • Photo Lab, interactive exhibit explaining the processes used to make color and platinum-palladium prints from the collection, through March 2015 • New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History, including works by E. Irving Couse, T.C. Cannon, and Agnes Martin, through 2015 • Spotlight on Gustave Baumann, works from the museum’s collection, through 2015. Open daily through Oct. 7; nmartmuseum.org.
Pablita Velarde Museum of Indian Women in the Arts 213 Cathedral Place, 505-988-8900. For the Love of It, group show of pottery, including works by Maria Martinez, Joy Navasie, and Margaret Tafoya, through June 29. Closed Mondays; pvmiwa.org. Poeh Cultural Center and Museum 78 Cities of Gold Rd., 505-455-3334. Nah Poeh Meng, 1,600-square-foot installation highlighting the works of Pueblo artists and Pueblo history. Closed Saturdays and Sundays; poehcenter.org. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636. Works by Diné photographer Will Wilson, through April 19, 2015. Core exhibits include contemporary and historic Native American art. Open daily; wheelwright.org.
ALBUQUERQUE
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History 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 January 2015 • Arte en la Charrería: The Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian Culture, more than 150 examples of craftsmanship and design distinctive to the charro; cabq. gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/ general-museum-information; closed Mondays. Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico 616 Central Ave. S.W., 505-247-0606. Exhibits on overcoming intolerance and prejudice. Closed Sundays and Mondays; nmholocaustmuseum.org. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 2401 12th St. N.W., 866-855-7902. Our Land, Our Culture, Our Story, historical overview of the
Bradbury Science Museum 1350 Central Ave., 505-667-4444. Information on the history of Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project as well as over 40 interactive exhibits. Open daily; lanl.gov/museum. Los Alamos Historical Museum 1050 Bathtub Row, 505-662-4493. 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; herbarium, live amphibians, and butterfly and xeric gardens. Closed Sundays and Mondays; pajaritoeec.org.
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. Highlights From the Gus Foster Collection, contemporary works, through Sept. 7. Open daily through October; harwoodmuseum.org. La Hacienda de los Martinez 708 Hacienda Way, 575-758-1000. One of the few Northern New Mexico-style, Spanishcolonial “great houses” remaining in the American Southwest. Built in 1804 by Severino Martinez. Open daily; taoshistoricmuseums.org. Millicent Rogers Museum 1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., 575-758-2462. Historical collections of Native American jewelry, ceramics, and paintings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, and sculpture; and contemporary jewelry. Open daily through October; millicentrogers.org. Taos Art Museum at Fechin House 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690. Intimate and International: The Art of Nicolai Fechin, paintings and drawings, through Sept. 21. Housed in the studio and home that artist Nicolai Fechin built for his family between 1927 and 1933. Closed Mondays; taosartmuseum.org.
EXHIBITIONISM
A peek at what’s showing around town
Noel Hart: Pale Headed Rosella, 2014, blown glass. Noel Hart’s richly colored blown-glass sculpture is based on different species of birds, including those that are endangered. Many are native to New South Wales, Australia, where the artist lives. His acid-etched works in glass have a painterly quality. Power Objects, an exhibit of his sculpture, opens at Tansey Contemporary (652 Canyon Road) with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, June 20. Call 505-995-8513.
McCreery Jordan: Intrepid, 2014, clay. Raven-ous, the inaugural show at local artist McCreery Jordan’s new gallery, continues through July 13. The exhibit includes sculpture and paintings of ravens. Jordan works in acrylics, ceramics, bronze, and mixed media. McCreery Jordan Fine Art is at 924 Paseo de Peralta, Unit 2. Call 505-501-0415.
Edwina Milner: Golden Paths, 2014, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas. New Concept Gallery (610 Canyon Road) presents Golden Paths, an exhibition of acrylic and gold-leaf paintings by Edwina Milner. This is her first show in Santa Fe. There is an opening reception at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 20. Call 505-795-7570.
Liam Daly: Untitled, 2014, ceramic. Liam Daly: New Work in Clay opens at Studio Broyles (821 Canyon Road) on Friday, June 20, for one night only. Daly sculpts curvilinear, amorphous shapes in clay that bear a resemblance to organic forms. There is a reception at 5:30 p.m. Call 505-699-9689.
Sheila Mahoney Keefe: Monk Series 7, 2010, mixed media on wood. Sheila Mahoney Keefe’s work is rooted in Catholicism and spirituality. Her Monk Series, on view at Liquid Outpost Coffeehouse & Art Space at the Inn at Loretto (211 Old Santa Fe Trail), contains elements of abstraction and figuration. There is a 4 p.m. opening reception on Friday, June 20. Call 505-983-6503.
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