Santa Fe Reporter, December 21, 2022

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Mail letters to PO Box 4910, Santa Fe, NM 87502; or email them to editor@sfreporter. com. Letters (no more than 200 words) should refer to specific articles in the Reporter. Letters will be edited for space and clarity.

DEC. 14:

GUT PUNCH”

UNDONE AT THE SEAMS

Without people who are committed to doing the work of telling the truth, and conveying it well, the seams of our social fabric come undone. It is important that there are journalists, as this story thoughtfully demonstrates. It is even more important that there are good journalists. What a coup, then, for SFR to have Andrew Oxford on staff. Even better for its readers and anybody who cares about New Mexico. Our state was less informed, and its important stories more imperfectly rendered, without him here. I’m sure I’m not alone in looking forward to more good stitching.

TRIPP STELNICKI SANTA FE

MY HEART

Good piece, if heartbreaking, on the lack of local news coverage in New Mexico.

ZOELLNER VIA TWITTER

PULL THE ADS

This has been going on for years—across the country. I’m a reformed journalist from the old school and worked for Gannett back in the ‘80s. Alamogordo has no local newspaper. It’s a [sham]. City government needs to pull its legal ads from Gannett and give them to a weekly. Gannett is killing journalism just as CNN, FOX and MSNBC have.

CHRIS WARD VIA INSTAGRAM @CHRISWARD2017

FOOD, DEC. 7:

“TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE”

INCREDIBLE

Chef Graham is creating an incredible dining experience! The food is some of the best we have had in years. Definitely worth the visit and the inn is quite sweet!

KRISTIN SARGENT-SVETNICKA VIA FACEBOOK

SFR will correct factual errors online and in print. Please let us know if we make a mistake: editor@sfreporter.com or 988-7530.

SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER

—Overheard in a kitchen

—Overheard from a woman talking on the phone in lobby of

Genoveva Chavez Community Center

Send your Overheard in Santa Fe tidbits to: eavesdropper@sfreporter.com

TOM

“He has three implants planted in his forehead, and he has one blue eye.”

“It keeps auto-correcting to ‘Secret Satan.’”

the

MOOSE SPOTTED

NEAR SKI SANTA FE

Man who shot video says: “That thing’ll kill you.” Only if you mess with it, pal.

YOU MOOST BE CRAZY.

FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS A FICKLE MISTRESS, ANALYSTS SAY

Why do these “analysts” have to spoil our state government surplus fun?

FOR SAYING HE CRIMED

Yo, John, we think your phone is ready for pickup at Valentina’s. Grab a torta ilegal while you’re at it!

DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES SUE STATE PRISONS TO GET MEDICATION FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE

And the head of the prison system tells legislators they’ve got “more than enough” oversight as it is.

ENERGY DEPARTMENT UNDOES OPPENHEIMER’S SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOCATION

Any chance the Biden administration has more pressing matters than image-laundering a bomb maker who died in 1967?

CBS SUNDAY MORNING FEATURES SANTA FE

They even spelled chile correctly. It’s a Christmas miracle.

OUTGOING UTILITY REGULATORS ACCUSE PNM OF “ARROGANCE” AS PROPOSED MERGER AWAITS APPROVAL

Good thing we’re getting a whole new bunch of elected regulators to hold them accountable ... oh, wait.

CANNA-LETTER

REST YE MERRY

In other newsletter news (sorry), the Morning Word, like everyone else, is taking a little holiday break. Back on Jan. 3.

TRUMP LAWYER JOHN EASTMAN BLASTS JAN. 6 COMMITTEE

Jan. 5

“What are all these old retired-type folks doing in here on a weekend? They are only supposed to shop on Tuesday or Wednesday.”

—Overheard at Trader Joe’s

Jan. 19

“I don’t know whether or not it’s a cultural difference thing, but I think he thought that he was giving me a compliment by telling me that I’m somewhat fuckable.”

—Overheard leaving Winter Market at El Museo

Feb. 2

“I want to dress up fancy so I can go to the Capitol and celebrate debate and democracy.”

—Overheard at Cake’s Corner Cafe from a man in a three-piece suit

March 9

Woman 1: “It’s so kinetic today.”

Woman 2: “What do you mean?”

Woman 1: “I mean, the air is so kinetic…I hate spring.”

—Overheard at Whole Foods

March 30

“I like your strut. I like your swagger.”

—Overheard from man, sitting on West San Francisco Street holding sign reading “This sucks,” to woman walking by

April 6

“I kind of have a lot of pot already, but I guess you can never have too much.”

—Overheard at the Violet Crown

Sept. 14

“...and those are the Sangría de Cristo Mountains.”

—Overheard in Market Street parking lot on Labor Day from one Texas visitor to another

Oct. 12

What you heard in 2022

Every week, SFR includes tidbits of community-submitted and mostly unattributed conversation. Usually intended to inject levity, sometimes they’re also telling about the season’s vibe. Send yours early and often to eavesdropper@sfreporter.com

April 13

Shopper to jewelry maker after most vendors had left: “Putting in a long day, eh?”

Jeweler to shopper, thoughtfully: “All days are the same length.”

—Overheard at the Palace of the Governors Portal

May 25

“They obviously don’t teach penmanship at St. John’s. This graffiti is illegible!”

—Overheard from woman walking in an eastside arroyo

June 22

“What do you mean you don’t carry Rhododendrons?!”

—Overheard at Agua Fría Nursery

July 13

“I was told you’re not allowed to complain about the rain here.”

—Overheard from tourist or new resident to companion at a Railyard concert

July 20

“That’s what too much yoga will do to a person”

—Overheard in the downtown Starbucks after witnessing a Karen incident

Aug. 10

“We were like, ‘It’s a hacker! The whole world’s going down, bro.’ But it was just a dumb truck or whatever.”

—Overheard from a Southside clerk discussing the July 20 internet outage

Aug. 24

“I don’t, like, shop with money? More, like, with my soul?”

—Overheard from woman in response to companion who asked if she was going to Indian Market

Sept. 7

“I think the hardest thing about finding people to battle is everyone always has excuses like, ‘I’m busy’ or, ‘I don’t want to do this.’”

—Overheard at The Teahouse

Announcer: “The tall green and black balloon is the handle of a screwdriver. When it rises, you’ll see the blade inflate.”

Passerby: “Definitely a giant dildo.”

—Overheard at Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Oct. 19

“Ugh, why didn’t I wear my Fitbit.”

—Overheard from well-dressed fairy in full regalia at the Santa Fe Renn Faire

Nov. 19

“What happened? Where did the thing go?”

—Overheard next to the big box in the center of the Plaza

Nov. 23

Dispatcher: “Can you describe the man who urinated on your bus?”

Driver: “Yes; the front of his pants are wet.”

—Overheard on Santa Fe Trails

Dec. 7

Woman 1: “Did you serve in Vietnam?”

Woman 2: “Vietnam? No, I served in Agua Fría!”

—Overheard at Market Street between two veterans

Send your Overheard in Santa Fe tidbits to: eavesdropper@sfreporter.com

Breaking Opaque

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

The state Legislative Council has partially raised the curtain on how lawmakers investigate harassment and assault by their own amid outrage over the foot-dragging and secrecy surrounding allegations against state Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque.

There’s still more to fix—both in the state’s anti-harassment policy and in the Interim Legislative Ethics Committee’s rules—to make the process more trans parent and accountable, one outgoing lawmaker who shepherded last week’s changes tells SFR. The tweaks include setting deadlines to keep in vestigations moving and disclosure requirements for their outcomes.

Meanwhile, there’s still a high hurdle to clear in state law: what amounts to a gag order on everyone involved in a complaint except for the accused.

Lobbyist and IveySoto accuser Marianna Anaya has sued the Legislature in state District Court, ar guing the statute violates the New Mexico Constitution’s free speech protections. But lawyers for Anaya and lawmakers hit the pause button late last month, filing a joint motion indicating the Legislature may fix the law before the case proceeds in court.

“Petitioner and respondents state that they are informed and believe that a legislative solution to the matters set forth in the [lawsuit] may be achieved and that no action on the [case] should therefore occur until after the 2023 legislative session,” the joint motion reads.

Incoming state Rep. and House Majority

Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, tells SFR she’s drafting legislation to address the confidentiality clause in statute that silenced Anaya. Szczepanski has been in talks about creating a “legislative parallel” to the state’s Judicial Standards Commission down the road. For now, she is looking to unmuzzle those who accuse lawmakers.

“I’m hoping that because the bill is very streamlined, it only addresses this one piece, that it’ll be easy to move through the process,” Szczepanski says. “There’s not going to be a lot of confusion about what it does or doesn’t do, but we’ll see. The legislative process takes a lot of twists and turns, but we just have to fix it.”

A spokesman for Senate Republicans did not respond to an inquiry about the caucus’ political appetite for such a change, and a

complainant or respondent, until after a finding of probable cause has been made that a violation has occurred,” it reads. Szczepanski’s bill would strike the word “complainant” from the law.

In Ivey-Soto’s case, the law—not to mention the rules and policies—enabled him to announce in an Albuquerque Journal op-ed that the investigation of Anaya’s complaint had ended with no sanctions against the senator. In short, Ivey-Soto claimed he’d been cleared.

But the same day, SFR obtained a copy of a report by Thomas Hnasko, the independent counsel lawmakers hired for the investigation. Hnasko found probable cause for two violations of the state’s antiharassment policy.

The disclosure prompted calls for change.

Rep. Daymon Ely, D-Corrales, proposed changes to the Ethics Committee’s rules and policy, and lawmakers voted them in 9-7 last week. The journey a future complaint takes will still be a Byzantine labyrinth of bureaucracy, but the stops

report to the Ethics Committee, which in turn must issue a public report within 10 days. If the subcommittee finds probable cause to move forward, the case is referred to the hearing subcommittee, which must schedule a hearing within 45 days.

The Ethics Committee’s investigative subcommittee also now has a policy requiring retention of an attorney with “experience in harassment claims” as a fifth member, ensuring there will not be a tie vote. (It appears a 2-2 deadlock in that subcommittee is what ended the IveySoto matter.)

Ely says he hopes the incoming Legislature will take up more changes to the rules and the policy. He describes his changes as “surgical,” and says limited time meant he had to tackle the obvious fixes.

“I really wanted to fix what I perceived as being the two immediate problems, the tiebreaker and the timing,” he says.

Even under the new rules, subcommittee membership is not inherently public, but Ely says in nearly every outcome, information will be made public, either through a report of no probable cause or through a public hearing.

Last week’s Legislative Council meeting provided a glimpse of potential pushback against Szczepanski’s bill, which she plans to present for the 60-day legislative session that begins Jan. 17.

In voting against Ely’s changes, Republicans insisted a tie-breaking vote would create a partisan process. They seemed more interested in clutching their pearls over how SFR got hold of Hnasko’s report.

“That shouldn’t be hard to investigate,” Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, said. “And yet we’ve decided that we’re going to attack the policy, instead of looking at who actually violated the ethics rules, and leaked out a report that was supposed to

leadership and that Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, “is all in” on updating the statute.

For now, that statute leaves the thick curtain over the process.

“The complainant, the committee and its staff shall not publicly disclose any information relating to the filing or investigation of a complaint, including the identity of the

changes.

The rules now demand a contract investigator complete an investigation within 45 days, though they allow for extensions. The investigative committee then has 15 days to come to a conclusion. If the subcommittee does not find probable cause, it is now required to “immediately close the investigation, dismiss the complaint” and

Should Szczepanski’s proposal fail, the courts will decide on the current law’s constitutionality via Anaya’s lawsuit. The Legislature’s choice for paid, outside representation in that case: Hnasko.

Ely and Raúl Burciaga, director of the Legislative Council Service, say the Santa Fe-based attorney’s involvement in the Ivey-Soto matter has concluded, which means there is no conflict of interest should Anaya’s case proceed.

Lawmakers move toward transparency in harassment investigations and more changes could be on the way

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Remaking the Mayor

BY ANDREW OXFORD oxford@sfreporter.com

Ten years after Santa Fe voters made the role of mayor a full-time gig, residents may get another chance to rework the position’s job description.

A new commission is embarking on the once-a-decade task of proposing changes to the way Santa Fe is governed. Perhaps the biggest question facing the group already is how to better define the city’s top elected job. The last charter review commission in 2014 proposed the sort of “strong mayor” system Santa Fe has today, with the mayor getting a vote on the City Council as well as the power to hire the city manager.

But all of this has left the mayor standing in both the legislative and executive branches of city government. And city councilors want some clarity.

In setting up the new charter review commission, the council tasked commissioners with considering nine issues—three relating directly to the powers of the mayor and council. For example, councilors directed the commission to consider whether the mayor should be more like an administrator rather than a lawmaker, and how to delineate a separation of powers between the mayor and the council.

The nine-member commission will also consider making city councilors full-timers, too. And members will discuss whether “the roles of the mayor, councilors and city manager should be better defined.” Previously,

the mayor only had a tie-breaking vote, for example, but currently votes in all matters.

“It’s one of the areas that is currently evolving in the city based on the prior changes,” City Attorney Erin McSherry told the commission during a hearing Dec. 15, when members discussed the list of issues facing them and tossed out some of their own ideas.

Peter Ives, an ex-city councilor and former candidate for mayor serving on the commission, tells SFR he supported making the role of mayor a full-time job and hasn’t changed his view.

“The city was certainly complex enough as a construct to be worthy of a full-time mayor,” he says. “I’m not aware of any reason, myself, to change that.”

But Ives adds that he wants to further examine the responsibilities of the mayor and the council, such as whether the mayor should be limited to executive decisions—as is the case in Albuquerque and other cities.

“Whether we shift some of that legislative function or create a purely executive function is a question we clearly need to look at,” he says.

The commission will consider other questions. For example, members will rethink the number of council districts and the city’s practice of electing two members per district.

That practice spurred another question for the commission to consider: Each district elects two councilors—one every two years. But a councilor elected the same year as a mayor must choose to forgo re-election on the council to pursue the city’s highest post, a

quandary that councilors elected in off-years do not face. To that end, councilors instructed the commission to consider whether a councilor who has lost a campaign for mayor may remain in office after the inauguration of a new mayor—a move that could level the political playing field between councilors elected in staggered years.

All of this could lead the commission to propose scrapping the practice of electing two members per district, as Commissioner Nancy Long hinted.

“If the recommendation were to have four districts with one councilor and their terms are coterminous with the mayor, it seems like it would solve that problem,” she told commissioners. “We wouldn’t have staggered terms any more and I know people like that but I wonder if there’s some way to deal with that inequity.”

Other items on the commission’s list are likely non-starters. Should the council include an “at-large member”—that is, a councilor elected by the entire city rather than a

particular district? That one likely won’t get far because state law says a city of Santa Fe’s size must elect council members from districts, a rule re-emphasized in a 1980s voting rights case out of Gallup.

Commissioners are also offering their own ideas. Citing a suggestion from a local resident, Ives said at last week’s meeting that the commission should consider rent control, which is prohibited under state law but generating more interest among lawmakers amid the ongoing housing crisis.

And other commissioners want to examine the efficiency of the city’s myriad boards and committees.

The commission is due to recommend changes to the city charter by May 10. Those proposals could, in turn, end up on voters’ ballots in the city’s November election. Voters will also be choosing a municipal judge and one councilor from each district.

And commissioners say they are open to suggestions. The body meets again at 5 pm, Jan. 12 at City Hall.

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Mayor Alan Webber is the city’s first full-time mayor. Santa Fe’s new charter review commission is trying to untangle exactly what that means for him and the City Council.

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In the immortal words of Chaka Khan, “Tell me something good.” Please turn and sing this line to the person nearest to you. We’ll wait. The annual issue featuring “25 Things We Love About Santa Fe Right Now” is just that: good feelings for good times.

We offer these shout-outs about don’t-miss desserts and dinners; destinations for shopping, relaxing and more; plus fun facts about some of our

city’s distinctive features. It’s our last issue of the year, so take your time. SFR will return with its blend of news and culture in print on Jan. 4. Plus, there’s another agenda afoot. Please consider this a gentle reminder about our annual Best of Santa Fe reader poll, which will pop up before you know it. Nominate the things you love at sfreporter.com/bosf starting Feb. 1. Final ballots are live during the month of May.

You can still pick up an actual newspaper on the street

corner

You pass them every day and probably don’t pay too much attention unless a headline grabs you. But these boxes are a vanishing breed in American

cities. You won’t see many when you’re walking around cities like Phoenix or Denver, where the local newspapers have been gutted by faroff corporate owners who have all but given up on selling actual newspapers. (Or even in Washington DC, where a physical copy of the famed Post is hard to come by.) Santa Fe, on the other hand, is that rare town where you can still easily find two daily newspapers and an alt weekly sitting on street corners and outside shops. The dailies remain locally owned and boast reporting staffs bigger than chainowned newspapers in many larger cities. Each has its own politics. Love these papers or hate them, each little newspaper box is a small monument to the local residents who wake up every morning interested in reading about their community. Even the vandalism is a reminder that people really do live here and have something to say. (Andrew Oxford)

Littleglobe TV

During the height of the pandemic, it seemed as though everyone was creating online content. We’re here for it. And especially for Littleglobe TV, which released its 11th episode this month. Co-founders Katy Gross and Chris Jonas, who is also executive director, are piloting fun and relevant work with lots of other local artists and collaborators in the mix. Don’t miss shorts from participants in the Neighborhood Historian/ Community Storytellers program that trained people in video recording, interviewing and other skills. Their documentaries tug on the heartstrings, including a portrait of Santa Fe Trails bus driver Ed Montoya, by Doug Conwell, and the tale of a Vietnamese woman who now calls Santa Fe home, by Terry Ngo. Plus, the episode features mini-docs about important local orgs, including The Food Depot food bank and The Sky Center for youth suicide prevention. And there are 10 more episodes where that came from. Watch them all on YouTube. (Julie Ann Grimm)

La Lecheria serves coffee after

5 pm

Hi, Santa Fe, it’s me—your neighborhood coffee fan. I’ve talked it over with a number of writers, artists, foodies, friends and night owls, and we all agree that if there were a local coffee shop open in the evenings where one could hang and get stuff done, we’d probably all be there pretty often. Especially in the summer. Especially

The Capitol art collection helps make the Roundhouse feel like our house

A state Capitol building should not just be an office for the politicians who work there. It should tell a story about a state and its people. Our Capitol tells New Mexico’s story through an expansive art collection that conveys the state’s beauty, creativity and diversity far better than a bunch of monuments to famous men possibly could. Managed by the Capitol Art Foundation, the entire collection includes nearly 500 works, from pottery to paintings, carvings and photographs. It’s easy to make a spiral through

Hangouts at the Santa Fe Brewing Company HQ

when facing a deadline. Especially just because. For now, our best hope is Joel Coleman’s La Lecheria (500 Market St., (505) 428-0077) ice cream shop in the Railyard, which serves up coffee and more ‘til 9 pm on weekdays, 10 pm on the weekends. Sure, you can get your popular flavors and rotating experiments like green chile and corn, but you can also pick up a hot cup of mud developed just for Coleman from the folks at Java Joe’s. That’s two layers of local support, killer treats and a caffeine boost for those who can’t bring themselves to be in bed by 8 pm. You’ll get friendly service, too, and a few tables at which to hang. Catch us coffee fanatics there in the summer months, though, when plein air seating is the norm and we need a little boost before SFR’s Best of Santa Fe party, some free show or, honestly, just because. And don’t get us wrong, we love all our local shops. It’s just...Lecheria has the nighttime edge.

(Alex De Vore)

the round building and see all the works dispersed throughout the Capitol’s public hallways, but don’t forget the annex on the north end. It may be the best free museum in town. And for those who spend a lot of time at the Roundhouse, “Buffalo”—a mixed-media work by Holly Hughes made of various trash —can be a lodestar when navigating the building, in addition to a crowd pleaser for field trips. (AO)

Not all New Mexicans love IPAs. Hell, not all New Mexicans love beer. But most of us have an unwavering pride for our state. Many probably remember the first time they spotted a can of Santa Fe Brewing Company’s Happy Camper, emblazoned only with the noble Zia symbol covering nearly the entire vessel. OG Santa Feans can probably also recall all the iterations of Santa Fe Brewing’s HQ over the years. The company’s flagship location (37 Fireplace Lane, (505) 424-3333) is now a full-fledged hangout, equipped with a grub spot with tortas and birria tacos; a gift shop full of swag; and a spacious outdoor area that features a giant chess set and cornhole. The next several months may not provide many days for lounging outside, but inside is a sizable list of beer options ranging from hoppy with high ABV to more mellow flavor profiles with manageable potency levels. Not a fan of the taste of barley and hops? The Co. has you covered with a variety of seltzers, ciders and, thanks to a change in the state’s liquor laws, bonafide cocktails. (Andy Lyman)

ANDY LYMAN

The comedy scene is a-sploding

Last summer, Santa Fe’s CloudTop Comedy Festival returned after a triumphant inaugural lineup in 2019 and then a pause for COVID-19 doldrums. “I had this dream to put on a fest for a long time,” festival founder Jessica Baxter told SFR in the lead up to the return, and then a million comics basically kicked everyone’s asses for a full weekend. That is but one piece of the puzzle, however, because the fact is, Santa Fe now has access to standup comedy in a way we haven’t since the ’90s. Stalwart decentralized troupes like Wayward Comedy preside over open mics and touring acts while upand-coming Indigenous funny people like Ricardo Caté and Kory Herrera take the stage on the reg. Celebrated Norteño comic Carlos Medina will even have taped his first-ever special by the time you read this, and that’s not counting pop-up events at various restaurants, bars and clubs in Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and Albuquerque. Come to think of it, Santa Fe might never have had it so good when it comes to the yuks. (ADV)

Cafecito’s croissants

The empanadas are worth the trip but don’t overlook the croissants, described by more than one well-traveled source (and our own critic) as the best they’ve ever

Local artists and craftspeople make feel-good shopping a breeze

If you happened by Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery for 2022’s annual String of Lights market, you’ve seen what New Mexico artists, makers, craftspeople and so forth can do. Same goes for Second Street Brewery’s semi-annual Nightmare on Rufina Street Halloween cover band show. Ditto the Farmers Market Pavilion-based market from the Vital Spaces nonprofit; the one at Wise Fool with the Alas de Agua Art Collective; ZineFest, Sticker Fest; bric-a-brac at the Santa Fe Woman’s Club; the Institute for American Indian Arts; the Santa Fe Community College...we could go on. What these events all have in common is a

chile

Let’s say you thought you had enough chile in the freezer, but your fall stew and enchiladas regimen has already depleted your stash. Fear not. We love the new packaged chile sauces from Plaza Cafe and Plaza Cafe Southside.

tasted. This restaurant (922 Shoofly St., (505) 310-0089) opened at The Trailhead in the Baca Street Railyard in 2019 and we’re glad it’s surviving the pandemic, as it is offering something a little different. The menu blends the food of its owners’ roots in Argentina, Armenia and Italy. Stop in for a cup of coffee or make a night of it with dinner and enjoy a space that blends indoor and outdoor, designed by Serquis and Associates. But again, we cannot emphasize this enough: Do not forget about breakfast and the croissants. (AO)

commitment to showcasing locally made goods. Can’t afford an original piece from such-and-such artist? Maybe they’re selling prints at some market. Want stationery with a handmade twist? Yeah, we got that. When fall rolls around, the markets pop off, and supporting local brands like Matron Design, Opuntia, Indigo Baby, Tia Coco Chocolates, Astral Weaves and so, so many more feels right. Your giftees will thank you, too. (ADV)

Leonardo Razatos, son of Plaza Cafe founders Dan (Dionysus) Razatos and Beneranda Saiz, told SFR earlier this year that the ventures he now owns with his husband Juliano launched the to-go sauces with “fresh taste” in mind. Grabbing a 16 oz. ($9.95), ready-to-cook plastic bottle from the restaurants means you’re on your way to whipping up your own dish at home. (We’ve recently dumped one on top of a pork roast in the crockpot, for example.) Keep a bottle each of red and green on hand, as they’re fridge-stable for up to four months and a big step up from the white tub of frozen Bueno. Plus, enjoy vintage diner-style everything on the shopping trip. Why not a milkshake, too? (JAG)

ALEX DE VORE

It’s never been easier to cook with authentic

Drive-thru cannabis spots

Drive-thrus are kind of a hallmark of lazy-ass Americans, but have you ever tried a drive-thru…for weed? It’s a game changer, especially for those who have a hell of a time getting in and out of their rides for their much needed medicine. Luckily, Santa Fe has two different options to grab your cannabis from the seat of your car. The building that houses Kure (3365 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-4507) was formerly a drive-thru coffee shop and was also, briefly, a drivethru sushi joint. There is a walk-up window if you have some detailed questions about what they’ve got in stock, but you’ll want to place your order ahead of time if you’re driving in order to keep things moving. R. Greenleaf, (403 W. Cordova Road, (505) 962-2161), gets a solid A for effort. This dispensary has a drive-up window, too, but only when enough staff are working. New Mexicans of a certain age will remember how widespread drivethru liquor stores once were and how we collectively decided that was a terrible idea. So, hey, let’s all agree to wait until we get to where we’re going before consuming so we don’t ruin it for everyone. (AL)

The community shows up in times of crisis

It was a tough year, 2022, for Santa Fe’s creative community. In March, we lost artist/ security guard/fried chicken

The New Mexico Supreme Court building

This isn’t a commentary on the court itself, in case you were hoping for a big mess o’ politics in our annual list of things we love about Santa Fe. But the building that houses the justices, the state Court of Appeals, a badass law library and a collection of the coolest books (more on those in a sec) we’ve ever seen? Yep. We’re all in. Commissioned in 1934 and completed three years later, it’s the only structure in New Mexico built through the Works Progress Administration still being used for its original purpose. The Supreme Court Courtroom is a wonder: WPA artisans hand-carved every piece of wood therein, and they fashioned the chandeliers, too. Those flourishes are still around, as is the original cork floor. “Over the years,

The mid-level venue making

easier for a variety of acts to perform

side hustle champ Shontez Morris. In July, Meow Wolf co-founder Matt King died. By October, we added Facing the Fearbeast creator Tigre Mashaal-Lively (pictured) to that list and, just last month, Santa Fe musician and artist Mikey Rae. This isn’t counting, however, many other deaths due to COVID-19, old age, suicide and so on, but it’s the response to these highprofile deaths that hit us right in the feels. The community showed up—and we mean in droves, from dance parties and solemn memorials to private gatherings, live music events, ceremonies and more. No one is saying it’s easy to face down loss after loss, but in the space our community holds for each other in their wake, we found true and loving magic. (ADV)

damage to the flooring has occurred from women’s high heel marks,” quips the court’s website. The courthouse on Don Gaspar was listed in 2002 on the National Register of Historic Places. (That took way too long.) And those cool books? Yeah, they are several bound volumes of the Roll of Attorneys at Law, the state’s effort to have all who enter the legal profession here commit their names and places of residence to paper. The volumes date to the 1870s. (Jeff Proctor)

You may consider this entry a love letter to Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery (2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 308-3808), which has, in its relatively short lifespan, become quite the bastion for touring acts, local acts and more genres than you could shake a stick at. Did you know Bob Mould, Quasi and Jon Spencer have all taken the stage at Tumbleroot in recent memory? That you can catch metal shows with Street Tombs, punk shows with The Illegal Aliens and country shows with the likes of John Moreland? These are the kind of events that would make the folks behind the old Club Luna—which occupied the space in years past—proud; a reminder that Santa Fe can still pack ‘em in when the event is right. Shows from The Decibel Foundry, AMP Concerts and the Outstanding Citizens Collective hip-hop group come at a constant flow; the food pop-ups aren’t bad, either, and the beers and spirits really hit the spot. We’re begging you, Santa Fe—keep this place alive. (ADV)

ALEX DE VORE

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Getting geared up for the outdoors got easier

If you haven’t spent time cruising the De Vargas Center lately, you’ll be surprised the next time you do. Now the mall boasts two stores that are part of the TJ Maxx family: HomeGoods, which is very sparkly and full of something others refer to as “decor,” and Sierra, a discount outdoor retailer that, despite the store’s relatively recent opening in October, is already very popular with Santa Feans who thrive on fresh air. Make no mistake, this should not replace the high-quality gear to be found at adjacent local stops in the same mall, such as The Reel Life, The Outdoorsman or On Your Feet, for big purchases. But for a new backpacking first-aid kit, freeze-dried meal, base layer in any size and material, or home fitness equipment replacement object, this could be your spot. Plus, there’s a whole section of dog stuff and scented candles. (We don’t make the rules.) If you’re vibing in the opposite direction of the mall, and you don’t mind limited shopping hours, Atalaya Outfitters Upcycled Gear has also joined the Santa Fe outdoor stuff scene. The business that moved from online only to its storefront (142 Daniel St., (505) 819-3615) this year is only open a few days a week, but also by appointment. Check atalayaoutfitters.com for the most current schedule, and consider consigning your gently worn gear if you’re moving on. (JAG)

in the air

Something

As radio becomes increasingly centralized and corporatized, Santa Fe remains home to perhaps an unusual number of local DJs. The city is unusually rich in newspapers and chock full of local radio stations. KSWV-810 AM continues to blast out classic New Mexican music and oldies and serves as the sort of public square radio stations can and should be—a muststop for politicians and local leaders. KSFR-101.1 FM still broadcasts City Council meetings live and is home to a solid cohort of local genre-busting DJs. Hutton Broadcasting has several

Southside’s

historic as heck, too

You can’t walk two blocks downtown without encountering a bronze plaque (or several) from the National Register of Historic Places. But this year, the organization

stations, and KMRD-96.9 FM is also pumping out an eclectic mix of music from Madrid. Meanwhile, KUNM89.9 FM delivers NPR news and music but also airs projects like Overnight Dreamform that remind us that public radio should not just be headlines, but a place for exploring audio as an art form. (AO)

offered well-deserved love to Santa Fe’s Southside. In December, all 500 acres of El Rancho de Las Golondrinas’ La Cienega-based living history museum were added to the list, joining the Agua Fría Schoolhouse Site in the underrepresented south-ofSiler section. Let’s be honest, those sparser area listings hint there’s more Southside history that still needs honoring, but it’s exciting to see the process start. And Las Golondrinas is one of those magical Santa Fe places that reminds us that past and present are more intimately connected than we realize (post-jousting Renn Faire Poki Takos, anyone?)—and that history isn’t just for the Canyon Road crowd, if you know what we mean. (Siena Sofia Bergt)

proven to be great friends

If you caught our recent cover story on newspaper giant Gannett slashing newsrooms across New Mexico, you likely know that journalism is vital to community health. You might also know COVID-19 was a scary time for businesses, especially those as tiny as ours. But something amazing happened during those early pandemic days, and is still happening now, as we speak: Our friends turned up. Through SFR’s Friends of the Reporter program— which technically started before the pandemic, but became so much more—countless Santa Feans (and non-locals) stepped up to donate on a recurring basis (or even just once, which, frankly, is plenty). Community members from local organizations started writing us love letters, too, explaining how they perceive us—and we’ve low key kinda been crying since they started back in 2019. Anyway, we’re not trying to toot our horns over here—more like we’re trying to express how much it means that you’ve helped keep us alive through good times and bad. To quote the bard Bryan Adams, everything we do, we do it for you. And we couldn’t do it without you, either. Dang, we love you nerds! (ADV)

Ojo Santa Fe for an in-town getaway

Communal hot-tub soaking was in short supply there for a while in Santa Fe with Ten Thousand Waves limiting its social tub to lodging guests, then recently branching into community soaking by reservation only. Never fear, spontaneous stripping down and sweating it out with complete strangers in a serene setting is back with the newest iteration of Ojo Santa Fe (242 Los Pinos Road, (877) 977-8212). You might know this La Cienega spot as Sunrise Springs, but it’s been seven years since the partners who own Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa purchased the 70-plus acres and began renovating. We love that day passes now run from 10 am to 10 pm on Monday through Thursday for $45. The long day allows for a real sense of a break, and the three separate soaking areas with lots of groomed and growing open spaces between give it a distinct resort vibe—even if you are driving home later to finish the laundry. We’re also consistently amused by the curation of the gift shop, especially the Pendleton print yoga mats ($65) that we know have gone back East on many a first-class flight. Kudos to Ojo Santa Fe for making it work for locals, even if we don’t buy that mat. (JAG)

The catfish plate at Harry’s Roadhouse

OK, let’s get one thing straight right up front: I am from the South. Kentucky, to be precise and, though one of my favorite humans insists that means I’m from the Midwest—plus, you know, the whole Mason-Dixon Line thing—I am, indeed, a South-

Tenacious neighborhood advocates

Santa Fe, fair or not, has a NIMBY reputation. Attend any public meeting and you’ll likely hear impassioned voices advocating for open space preservation or pushing back against huge solar projects, and those voices are among the many special things about Santa Fe. Advocates may not always be successful, but their efforts are evidence of dedicated and committed residents. Santa Fe has more than 100 homeowners associations, which might sound like a bad thing to some. But when the city suggests connecting two sections of Richards Avenue, they better be prepared to deal with the Vista Del

New Mexican pots are getting a New York City spotlight

erner by birth. Many of my culinary proclivities track with this immutable fact. So imagine my years of suffering in New Mexico as I searched for a proper catfish dish; now imagine my delight on discovering just such a thing at Harry’s Roadhouse (96B Old Las Vegas Hwy. (505) 989-4629). The filets have never been anything but flaky and perfectly breaded, and they do a thing with the tartar sauce I’d heretofore not encountered anywhere on Earth. And the sides? Deeply flavored and spicily nuanced collard greens, plus a little hint of New Mexico with some green chile infused into the cheesegrits. Yes, please. And in case you aren’t buying my Southern bona fides, former SFR staff writer Katherine Lewin, a Florida native (no one’s gonna quibble with her credentials) is a huge fan of this dish, too. We hit up Harry’s every chance we got in the before-times. Get a silver coin margarita, too—they bring the extras in the mixing cup. (JP)

Prado Homeowners Association. The Tiempo Lindo Homeowners Association has been front and center in challenging a housing development on South Meadows Road and calling out Santa Fe County for quietly selling off a plot of former open space land. Agreeing with these community advocates is not necessary to see that they truly care about the world around them and don’t take things lying down. (AL)

As a wee New Mexican in the early aughts, many of my best childhood memories of art took place in the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Here, Now and Always exhibit. There was just something about walking through that dark tunnel and hearing the sound of running water that made the work inside feel meaningful in a way I was too young to understand. And 2022 has been a pretty fantastic year to be a MIAC fan. Not only did we get the unveiling of Here, Now and Always’ long-awaited rebirth; we also saw the museum’s Grounded in Clay exhibit, produced in partnership with the School for Advanced Research, catch the attention of the country’s most famous museum. The Native-curated exhibition is heading to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art next summer, and this particular potteryhead couldn’t be prouder. (SSB)

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YouthWorks bakes dangerously good biscochitos

By the time this newspaper hits your hands, the pre-order period for the Christmas holiday version of YouthWorks’ Social Justice Kitchen will be over. But this is a good time to follow YouthWorks on social media or sign up for the nonprofit’s email list so you don’t miss the next bake sale. We’ve eaten YouthWorks catering at city events and private ones and we’ve never been disappointed. Plus, the crew came to our Best of Santa Fe party in the Railyard and gifted everyone with free brownies, outta sight pulled pork and other goodies last summer. But our last-minute decision to supplement the pumpkin pie scene with a dozen biscochitos from YouthWorks at Thanksgiving led us to surprise and delight everyone who tried them—the cookies have the perfect flaky blend of sweetness that melts in the mouth. What’s more to love is that the bakers are learning culinary skills and raising cash for the nonprofit’s mission. (JAG)

Southside Branch Library

What’s better than a good book? A free good book. That’s why libraries are the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, or as the kids say, the GOAT. The list of reasons to visit the Southside Branch on Jaguar Drive includes a giant kids’ room with cool little reading nooks; a couple of spacious reading rooms; and a whole dang shelf devoted to jigsaw puzzles you don’t even have to check out. (They just ask you to bring them back when you’re done.) Also find a seed library where you can snag the annual of your choice to drop in your home garden. If all goes as planned, you’ll have some seeds of

Shiny, new look for a good old train

You know the train park. No, not the one with train tracks next to it in the Railyard—the train park. Map-readers and historybuff types know the place as Salvador Perez Park, and this

your own to bring back. The branch boasts shelves full of Spanish-language books, lots of windows with some pretty fantastic views and plenty of seating to take in said views, or you know, read a book.

Don’t sweat it if you don’t have a library card. The staff is super friendly and will get you set up before you can say Dewey Decimal System. (AL)

fall its most prominent feature received a facelift. The Old Santa Fe Association “adopted” the train, then cleaned up the site and hired local company Xtreme Painting to apply a fresh coat of rust-resistant paint. Volunteers restored the hand-lettering and painted the trim in time for a bell-ringing ceremony in November. It’s like a whole new train! Only it’s a pretty old one, truth be told. We mentioned earlier how much Santa Fe loves history. This is just another example: Our city Parks Division plopped this machine—built in 1944 for the Atchinson, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad—on the edge of the park to preserve it for future generations whose cars will fold up into little briefcases when they walk into their floating offices. (JAG)

The commute from Albuquerque

Remember when I said I was from the South? Well, I’ve lived in Albuquerque—or, “that hellscape you call a city,” per SFR Editor and Publisher Julie Ann Grimm—since 2002. And as SFR’s news editor, that means I am a commuter, typically rolling up Interstate 25 two or three times a week to make the newspaper y’all love so well. It’s a fascinating 60 miles, and it’s never gotten old for me. Watching the landscape change between Bernalillo and Santo Domingo Pueblo; that moment when the Sangre de Cristos appear; the 10-degree temperature drop from my place to the newsroom (OK, OK, that one’s not as great in the wintertime). Each of these things is precious to me. And the drive back can knock your socks off via sunsets and vistas if it’s taken at the proper time of day. Also, I’ve had a wild time in recent months with vehicle repairs, which has given me occasion to carpool with Andy Lyman, one of my best friends whom we hired in September as a staff writer. With four-plus hours in the car each week, Andy and I have deepened our friendship, solved the world’s problems and hatched conspiracies to continue assaulting the powerful in the pages of SFR. Winning! (JP)

ANDY LYMAN

Ice, Ice, Bubbe

Skating might not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing the Jewish Festival of Lights. But to Rabbi Berel Levertov of the Santa Fe Jewish Center, the connection is elemental and symbolic. “Fire and ice? It’s a natural fusion,” Levertov says with a laugh.

After all, Hanukkah is a Jew’s best chance to celebrate all things wintry while looking forward to the promise of coming warmth. Now in its 20th year, Chanukah on Ice takes the ancient story of Hebraic revolt into the rink. With a human-sized menorah allowing attendees to recreate the miracle of the Maccabees’ long-lasting lights, the event lets little ones participate in traditions they may or may not be familiar with while simultaneously having what Levertov refers to as “meaningful fun.”

And it’s clear this emphasis on enjoyment extends to the organizers. Asked whether there’s a rotating group of skating rabbis responsible for lighting the menorah from year to year, Levertov replies, “No, I don’t like to give it up! I always want to do it myself.” But he does have some competition for the role: “Rabbi Levi is a professional ice skater, so…”

When participants need to refuel themselves, they’ll be treated to latkes and sufganiyot—a special kind of deep-fried jelly donut perfected over more than 1,000 years of recipe tweaking.

“The miracle happened with oil, which lasted eight days instead of one, so we eat oily foods,” Levertov explains. “With latkes and sufganiyot, you get the sweet and the salty.”

The rink will also feature plenty of Hanukkahspecific tunes to skate to (although this particular Jew can only think of the Adam Sandler song when imagining what that might entail). But ultimately, the real draw is that this is a program run by and for local families.

“My wife Devorah is the organizer. I just skate and slip,” Levertov confesses. But then again, isn’t that what being Jewish is all about? “We fall—and we get back up again.” With that said, every goy and boy is more than welcome to join and enjoy, regardless of religion. (Siena Sofia Bergt)

CHANUKAH ON ICE

4pm Thursday, Dec. 22. Free admission $3 skate rental. Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 W Rodeo Road, (505) 983-2000

PERFORMANCE

HEAVENLY HARP

What’s more holiday than the strains of a real harp, golden in color and heavenly in tone?

The Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Winter Festival concerts feature guest musician Emily Levin of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as the group performs Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols.” Levin’s delicate touch on the harp and the precise musical direction of Joshua Haberman makes the performance of the 1942 composition breathtaking. Plus, the concert’s other repertoire includes some lively Conrad Susa numbers; your “Oh, Holy Night” fix, with bass soloist Harrison Hintzsche; and, as is the tradition of the group, a version of “Oh Magnum Mysterium,” this year from composer Wayne Oquin, a faculty member at The Juilliard School. Just two performances remain! (Julie Ann Grimm)

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Winter Festival, A Ceremony of Carols: 7:30 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 21 and Thursday, Dec. 22. $20-$100. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place, desertchorale.org

EVENT WED/21

SHOW AND TELL

If you read our 25 Things list, you already know we’re big Museum of Indian Arts and Culture fans around here. But the MIAC staff are particularly badass—and their behindthe-scenes artistry doesn’t always get time in the limelight. Luckily for us, curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) and assistant curator Lillia McEnaney are holding office hours in the lobby to check out any jewelry pieces, weavings, pottery, etc., that you’d like to bring. While you’re there, you can take a peek at those new exhibits we’re raving about; but the chance to re-contextualize beloved pieces with their knowledge sounds pretty special. (SSB) Let’s Take a Look at MIAC: Noon-2 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 21. Free. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1269

BLACK-AND-WHITE BOUQUETS

After the sensory overload of the holidays, there’s something so satisfying about the combination of monochromatic palette and unexpected texture on display in James Ware Pitts’ latest series. Taken across a 35-year period and utilizing archival inks alongside a variety of analogue film formats, each is printed on paper made entirely from cotton rags. By limiting his subject matter to floral still lifes, Pitts foregrounds the impact of that material—letting the ghost of the paper’s previous form show through the ink. This Friday is the last opportunity to see the show before it ends—and doesn’t the day before New Year’s seem like the perfect time for something soothing? (SSB)

Fifteen Flowers (closing reception): 4-6 pm, Friday Dec. 30. Free. Iconik Coffee Roasters, 1600 Lena St. palaceavenuearts.com

FILM FRI/30

UNICORN HUNTING

Between the cold weather, extended family time and inherent seasonal nostalgia, a lot of y’all are likely reaching for the comfort of animated movies. Allow us to nudge you toward the Jean Cocteau’s screening and Q&A for the 1982 animated classic, The Last Unicorn Even if you don’t already have fond memories of the film, its unique visual style (animation was handled by the same team that went on to work with Miyazaki on Nausicaä, giving it a distinctive mix of Eastern and Western influences) will win you over. And with producer Michael Chase Walker on hand to answer any questions about its creation—hint: Ask about George Harrison’s involvement—this screening is worth leaving your pajamas for. (SSB)

The Last Unicorn Screening and Q&A: 7 pm, Friday, Dec. 30. $15. Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

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Please, God, Just End It Already!

Let’s close out 2022

Remember back in 2019 when we all made jokes about how horrible everything was? Oh, how little we knew about hardship at the time. Things, it seems, got better for a time, but we’ve still contended with sickness and loss and blah blah blah—it’s just time for the dang year to end already. But how best to auld lang syne it up through midnight in Santa Fe?

If it’s earlier fun you seek, Joe Illick and the NYE Orchestra play twice at the Lensic (1 pm and 5 pm. $5-$80. 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234), and we’re talkin’ Gershwin tunes and orchestral classics. Or say you’re looking for something with the young ones? The Santa Fe Children’s Museum hosts the Noon Year’s Eve Party (11 am-1 pm. Free. 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8539), complete with a balloon drop.

Once we get into the evening hours, howev-

er, things get a little more party-ish, including La Emi’s Winter Flamenco Series (7:30 pm, $25-$115, The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N St. Francis Drive, (505) 992-5800), NYE with Joe West (8:30 pm. Free. Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 472-0734) and the Carousel: NYE event at Meow Wolf (10 pm. $50-$80. 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 3956369). Don’t forget the city’s celebration on the Plaza (63 Lincoln Ave.) starts at 8 pm, too, and is great for families.

For our money, though, the best bang for your buck might be the New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball at Altar Spirits ( 7 pm. Free. 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 919-8596). Not only will you get sets from DJs Kaleido, Luz Skylarker and Audio Buddha, you’ll help the kickass local distillery ring in its first birthday in masquerade style. See you all in 2023! (Alex De Vore)

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GROUP ART SHOW

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No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

Photo survey of cemeteries. During events or by appt., free

ANDREW FISHER: ILLUMINATIONS

LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Gilded tapestries. 10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

ART FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Seriousness and whimsy. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun, free

BRONZE AND CERAMICS BY ROBERT BRUBAKER

art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road (505) 629-2332

Anthropomorphic sculptures. 10 am-4 pm, free

CAMILLE HOFFMAN: MOTHERLANDS

form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Transmuted landscapes. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

CATHERINE EATON SKINNER: EARTH AT OUR BACKS

Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681 Encaustic painting and beyond. 11 am-5 pm, Tue-Sat, free

DENNIS MIRANDA: THE MASK

NEVER LIES

LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Engravings meet caricature.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

DERET ROBERTS: IN CIRCLES

Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 557-9574

The eternal struggle between light and shadow.

11 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat; Noon-5 pm, Sun, free

EARTH’S

OTHER

Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Print works exploring earth and otherworldliness.

Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sun, free

ENCHANTED LAND

Cafe Pasqual’s Gallery

103 E Water St., Second Floor (505) 983-9340

Carved figures, photos, watercolors and more.

10 am-5 pm, free

FIFTEEN FLOWERS

Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996

Grayscale still lifes on cotton from photographer James Ware Pitts.

7:30 am-5 pm, free

GALLERY CLOSING SHOW

Ward Russell Photography 102 W San Francisco St. (505) 995-0041

Celebrating the end of 14 years of exhibitions.

1-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

GERD J. KUNDE:

NEW MEXICO

CAPTURING

Alberto Zalma Art Shop 407 S Guadalupe St. (505) 670-5179

NM in analogue black and white.

11 am-7 pm, Tues-Sat, free

GIFTED HOLIDAY POP-UP

GEORGIA ELECTRA

825 Early St., Ste. D (505) 231-0354

Bronze, jewelry and beyond. 10 am-4 pm, Sat-Sun, free

GUADALUPE

FEATURE:

STREET

DEVOTIONAL ART

Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St. (505) 954-9902

Icons from Nicolas Otero. 10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri; 9 am-5 pm, Sat, free

Explore the intricacies of small puzzles at PRESENT | EVOKE Group Artist Exhibition, opening this week at EVOKE Contemporary.

INTERPLAY

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Immersive digital art. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free

JARED WEISS

Ellsworth Gallery 215 E Palace Ave (505) 989-7900

Strange moments in the desert. 10 am-5 pm, free

JERRY UELSMANN

Scheinbaum and Russek

812 Camino Acoma (505) 988-5116

Honoring the late surrealist. By appt., free

LIVING DESERT: NEW WORK

BY SEAN HUDSON

Smoke the Moon 616 Canyon Road smokethemoon.com

Landscapes as geometric color gradients. 12-4 pm, Thurs-Sun, free

MAX COLE

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Paintings and works on paper. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free MEGAN BENT form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Disabled reflections on COVID. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

MICHAEL & SANDY KADISAK

Wild Hearts Gallery 221 B Highway 165, Placitas (505) 867-2450

Ceramics inspired by nature. 10 am-4 pm, Tue-Fri; 10 am-2 pm, Sat-Sun, free

NEAL AMBROSE-SMITH

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road (505) 992-0711

Icons meet geometric patterns. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

ONE-OF-A-KIND II

Obscura Gallery 1405 Paseo de Peralta (505) 577-6708

Unique photo-based artworks. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

OUTRIDERS: LEGACY OF THE BLACK COWBOY

Harwood Museum of Art 238 Ledoux St., Taos (575) 758-9826

Drovers with African heritage.

11 am-5 pm, free

PAINTINGS IN CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER AND ART HISTORY

GVG Contemporary 1368 Rufina Circle (505) 982-1494

Non-objective and narrative art. Noon-4 pm, Fri-Sat, free REGALOS

Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

A juried show of local artists. 10 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat, free

RITES OF PASSAGE: RAVEN|BLACKWOLF|WHITE BUFFALO

FaraHNHeight Fine Art 54 E San Francisco St., #4 (575) 751-4278

Indigenous fine art group show. 11 am-6 pm, Fri-Mon, free

ROBERTO CARDINALE

Patina Gallery 131 W Palace Ave. (505) 986-3432

Sculpting Breuer’s architecture. 11 am-5 pm, free

SANDRO GEBERT

Gebert Contemporary 558 Canyon Road (505) 992-1100

Contemporary 2D mixed media.

10 am-5 pm, free

SHARING THE PROCESS

ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320

Artist/audience relationships.

10 am-5 pm, free

SHIRIN NESHAT

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

NM Pics with Farsi calligraphy.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free

SMALL WORKS GROUP SHOW

Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art 702 Canyon Road (505) 986-1156

Giftably-sized pieces. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat; Noon-5 pm, Sun, free

SOLO EXHIBITION: JHENNA QUINN LEWIS

Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Road (505) 424-9463

Jhenna Quinn Lewis explores quiet, intimate interiors on canvas.

10 am-5 pm, free

A SPOON TO DARK MATTER

Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART

Gender, identity and sexuality.

10 am-5 pm, free

THE THREE OF US Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Paintings and photographs.

10 am-8 pm, Tues-Thurs; 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sat, free

TONY VACCARO

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

Monroe Gallery of Photography 112 Don Gaspar Ave. (505) 992-0800

A 100th birthday celebration. 10 am-5 pm, free

UNDER A ROCK, ALONG THE SHORE

form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Landscape and the body. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free WENDY FAY & MARY OLSON El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016

A two-woman show. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

WINTER GROUP SHOW: THE EDGES

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road (505) 992-0711

Polly Barton, Renate Aller, Daniel Brice and more.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

WINTER RHAPSODY | A GROUP EXHIBITION

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S Guadalupe St. (505) 989-8688

Pops of color illuminate stark geometry.

10 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Fri; 10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

WINTER SHOW

G2 Gallery 702 Canyon Road (505) 982-1212

Martinelli, Hiramatsu and more. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

WED/21

BOOKS/LECTURES

SAR ARTISTS LIVE ON INSTAGRAM

Online

Instagram.com/ schoolforadvancedresearch Joseph Aguilar discusses his archaeological work. 6 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 ‘Tis the season for stamping.

6:15 pm, $25-$45

HOLIDAY FLAMENCO

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Compañia Chuscales brings you its most seasonal stylings. 7 pm, $20-25

EVENTS

ALL THINGS YARN

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Work on knitting-type projects with other fiber enthusiasts.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

A chance to expose young ones to new language sounds. 10-10:30 am, free CONTINUED

BY LAYLA ASHER

DOES SIZE MATTER?

Whether it be dick size, pants size, bra size or even a size queen, size seems to be continuously on the minds of my readers. In a world where most things are defined as too big or too small, though, can I really blame them? Nope. But I sure hope I can give these readers a gentle nudge toward knowing which issues are real and which we’ve been sold as collective truths that are—you guessed it—bullshit.

I am a plus-sized woman, and my partner is very thin. I feel especially uncomfortable with it when we have sex. He says he loves my body, but I can’t help feeling like he’d love it more if I were thin. Am I wrong?

-TOO

AARON DIEHL TRIO and

Jason Marsalis

BIG TO LOVE

As a fellow plus-sized woman, TBTL, I can genuinely appreciate how you feel. Our thin-obsessed society has no doubt drilled the message into your head that you must lose weight to be loved. I’m sure you’ve met a man or two along the way as well who fetishized your body and/or wanted to fuck you in private and not claim you in public. Lord knows I have.

This stuff doesn’t just disappear, sadly. It lives inside of you. Is it any wonder you find it hard to believe someone when they say they love your body when the vast majority of media seemingly only celebrates the thin? But I want you to ask yourself, is this your issue?

The collective so-called truth into which we’ve all unfortunately bought is that size difference in romantic relationships is somehow weird or uncommon. Next time you go downtown in Santa Fe—or better yet, in a big city—I want you to look around and take note of the couples you pass on the street. Does the narrative hold up? Sometimes we get so wrapped up in what we think is true, we don’t notice how the world around us is constantly refuting our preconceived notions.

I also want you to run, not walk, to follow Alicia Mccarvell (@aliciamccarvell) on Instagram. She and her fit-as-amotherfucking-fiddle husband post and speak about size discrepancies regularly, and although they are in a beautiful and loving place now, it was a long, hard road with plenty of bumps along the way that I think will truly resonate with you.

For now, maybe if it feels impossible to love yourself, but this man loves you and your body, let him help you. How much better would it be to let him show you

what he loves, especially during sex, than resigning yourself to the idea he’d love your body more if it were smaller? I want you to open yourself up to the possibility that this is not true. And in case the Lizzos of the world haven’t made it clear, plus-sized women are some of the most desired and sought-after women. Carry that energy with you. I know it’s incredibly difficult and comes with its own discomfort, but the way I see it, time will pass anyway, why not spend it working toward revolution?

I want to get a cock rating, but I think I’m small compared to most. Should I do it, or will it make me feel worse about myself?

DO I EVEN RATE?

For those who haven’t dabbled in or heard of the term, cock ratings are a relatively new phenomenon happening in the online sex work sphere. In short, so to speak, one party sends a dick pic to a sex worker who, in turn, describes what they think about said dick. According to online creator space SinParty.com, “a dick rating is where a sex worker tells a man exactly what she thinks about his penis… It usually comes in the form of a rating out of 10, plus a critique based on a range of characteristics.”

As a side note, this is very genderconforming way to put it. In reality, anyone with a dick can get a rating; anyone getting paid can give one. Make sense? Good!

As for you, DIER, I actually think you should get multiple cock ratings. After having sex for the last two decades, I can confidently say there is no “most” to compare yourself to in terms of size—yet another universally accepted truth that is anything but. This is why a cock rating is so great—it’s not just about size so much as it’s about the whole shebang. You will absolutely receive positive feedback in some form, which it sounds like your heart and dick might need right now.

For the rest of you wanting to see where your pipe lies on a scale of 1-10, check out your favorite online sex work communities. Pro tip, though? Most content creators who give cock ratings will include that info in their bios, so make sure you’re in the right place before you hit the subscribe button.

So then...does size really matter? Seems that for most of my readers, what might help most is a little bit more self-love, compassion and acceptance. One size does not fit all, and that’s what makes us all beautiful. I’m sorry the world has told you differently for so long.

Layla Asher is a local sex worker on a mission to spread radical self love to her community and the world. Want to ask your local sex worker their expert opinion on something? Let’s start a sex positive conversation that keeps respect and confidentiality at the forefront and judgment a thing of the past. Submit questions to thenakedlayla@ gmail.com and include an alias that protects your anonymity.

Presented through the generosity of The John Aaron Lewis Legacy Project Season Sponsors: Ann Murphy Daily and William W. Daily; Leah Gordon

music of the modern jazz quartet Thursday, January 19 I 7:30 pm I Lensic Performing Arts Center

Hear the music of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet reinterpreted by musical visionary Aaron Diehl (piano) and bandmates Jason Marsalis (vibraphone), Aaron Kimmel (drums), and David Wong (bass).

FUN BREAK!

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 Winter chilling for kids. 12-4 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

UK-style pub quiz. 8-10 pm, free

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MIAC

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1250 Staff share their favorite pieces. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 12-2 pm, free

LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

See Will Schuster's Christmas cards. 10 am-1 pm, free

POLAR EXPRESS READING

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

A bilingual version of the classic. 4-5 pm, free

SANTA FE HOMELESS

PERSONS' MEMORIAL VIGIL

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 417 Agua Fría St. (505) 983-8868 Honor homeless friends and neighbors lost in 2022. 3:30 pm, free

TEEN LOUNGE

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Art supplies and snacks on offer. 1:30-3:30 pm, free

TWO STEP TUESDAYS

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 303-3808

An opportunity to boogie. 7-9 pm, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Weekly theme: solstice stories. 10:30-11:30 am, free

WINTER SOLSTICE

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Crafting hour for preschoolers. 10:30 am, free

YOUTH CHESS CLUB

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Get some Queen's Gambit skills. 5:45-7:45 pm, free

MUSIC

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis 131 Cathedral Pl. (505) 988–2282

The Desert Chorale presents Britten’s iconic work. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 7:30 pm, $10-$100

DR. HALL Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Cowgirl's back at it with the Americana. 4-6 pm, free

HALF BROKE HORSES

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Honky tonk and country. 7 pm, free

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Bring your own instruments to join the jam. 6-9 pm, free KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St. (505) 988-7222

Classic karaoke options. Pretty self-explanatory. 10 pm, free

PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS JESSICA VOSK: GOLDEN NIGHTS & HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

The beloved Broadway star celebrates the season. 7:30-9:30 pm, free SABINE COLLEEN El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Haunting psych folk. 8-10 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Partitas 3 in E Major, 2 in D Minor and Sonata 1 in G Minor. 7 pm, $33-$103

THEATER

2023 GENERAL AUDITIONS

Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Go to santafeplayhouse.org for info about what to prepare. 11 am-3 pm, free

WORKSHOP

GET A CNC PLASMA CUTTER BADGE

Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502

Make robots cut metal for you. Part of a two-day class. 10 am-2 pm, $180

WINTER BREAK CAMP

Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

Little ones learn trapeze, stilt walking, juggling, acrobatics and more.

9 am-3:30 pm, $325

THU/22

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Get clacking. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

CHANUKAH ON ICE

Genoveva Chavez Community Center 3221 W Rodeo Road (505) 955-4000

Skate to light the menorah. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 4-6 pm, free admission, $3 rentals

FUN BREAK!

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Winter break relaxation. 12-2 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952

Compete for bar cash and more. 7-9 pm, free

GINGERBREAD HOUSE CRAFT WORKSHOP

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Messy, but adorable. 3-5 pm, free

PAJAMA STORYTIME

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Cozy family storytime. 6:30-7:30 pm, free

SEEDS AND SPROUTS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359 Horno-fresh biscochitos. 10 am-1 pm, free

FILM

'90S MOVIE NIGHTS

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Home Alone and free treats.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

GREMLINS

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

The beloved horror-comedy. 6 pm, 9pm, $13-$26

FOOD

SUSHI POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Seafood fresh off the plane. 4-8 pm, free

MUSIC

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis 131 Cathedral Pl. (505) 988–2282

The Desert Chorale presents Britten’s iconic work. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 7:30 pm, $10-$100

ALEX MURZYN QUARTET

Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Murzyn and fellow jazz fiends. 6-9 pm, free

BOB MAUS Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Blues, soul and more. 6-9 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL

St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Sonatas 2 in A Minor, 3 in C Major and Partita 1 in B Minor. 7 pm, $33-$103

TERRY DIERS

Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Singer/songwriter. 4-6 pm, free

THEATER

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD

Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Amphibian friendship. 7:30 pm, $30-$75

WORKSHOP

COMMUNITY MEDITATION

Circle Round Boutique 4486 Corrales Road, Corrales (505) 897-7004

Discuss favorite ways to meditate.

5:30-7 pm, free

HANDS ON ART-MAKING Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Children’s craft workshop. 3:30-4:30 pm, free

LAMRIM DISCUSSION AND MEDITATION

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road, (505) 490-6152 Exploring enlightenment. 5:30-6:30 pm, free

SHADOW PUPPETRY WITH REVELY ROTHSCHILD Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

But like, what if everything we see is just shadow puppets on a cave wall, man?

5:30-7 pm, free

YOGA FOR KIDS

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Children must be accompanied by an adult. 10:30 am, free

FRI/23

ART OPENINGS

GALLERY CLOSING SHOW (ARTIST RECEPTION)

Ward Russell Photography

102 W San Francisco St. (505) 995-0041

Wrapping 14 years of exhibits. 5-8 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Christmassy castanets. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Learn new language sounds. 10-10:30 am, free

EVENTS

EL MUSEO MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

Art and antiques. 10 am-4 pm, free

FINE ART FRIDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Make wreaths as a family. 2-4 pm, free

TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

Bishop's Lodge 1297 Bishops Lodge Road (888) 741-0480

Lighting the farolito tree. 5 pm, free

FILM

GREMLINS

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Don’t feed them after midnight. 6 pm, 9 pm, $13-$26

MUSIC

BILL PALMER

The Mineshaft Tavern and Cantina 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Singer/songwriter. 5 pm, free BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

For fans of Steve Winwood. 6-9 pm, free

FELIX Y LOS GATOS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

NM Americana. New Mexicana? 8-11 pm, free

ROBERT FOX TRIO Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

We're told the jazz will be hot. 6-9 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL

St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Brandenburg Concerto 5, etc. 7 pm, $33-$103

TRAVIS BREGIER AND DAVID BEATTY

First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544

Carols for baritone and piano. 5:30 pm, free

THEATER

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Performance Space at La Tienda 7 Caliente Road, Eldorado (505) 465-9214

A costumed, staged reading. 7 pm, $15

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD

Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Just friends? Really? 11 am, 2 pm, $30-$75

SAT/24

ART OPENINGS

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

In the West Casitas, north of the water tower (505) 983-4098

Weekly outdoor art market. 9 am-2 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO:

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Toe-tapping and tapas. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Improving language acquisition. 10-10:30 am, free

EL MUSEO MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

Art and antiques. 8 am-4 pm, free

MEET CORNELIUS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

SF's most famous cornsnake. 1-2 pm, free

SCIENCE SATURDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Explore colorful marbles. 2-4 pm, free

FILM

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

You’d be watching it anyway. 6 pm, 8 pm, $13-$26

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Inn & Spa at Loretto

211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531

Blues, soul and maybe carols? 6-9 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Hear the presidential pianist. 5:30-8:30 pm, free

MONSOON

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Southwest brass band. 1-3 pm, free

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ROBERT FOX TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

We're told the jazz will be hot. 6-9 pm, free

RON ROUGEAU

Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712

Acoustic tunes from the '60s and '70s. 5:30-7:30 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL

St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major and the Coffee Cantata. 7 pm, $33-$103

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

Arias, duets, trios and quartets by apprentices from the Santa Fe Opera. 5 pm, $25-$92

WORKSHOP

HOW TO BE COMPASSIONATE: A HANDBOOK FOR CREATING INNER PEACE AND A HAPPIER

WORLD Thubten Norbu Ling

Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road, (505) 490-6152

The Dalai Lama's beloved book as a guide to overcoming anger and selfishness—the primary obstacles to happiness. 7-8:30 pm, free

SUN/25

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO:

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Take a break from relatives to watch Antonio Granjero and company.

6:15 pm, $25-$45

FILM

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

You'd be watching it anyway. 6 pm, 8 pm, $13-$26

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St. (505) 982-5511 Americana and roots. 7-9 pm, free

THEATER

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Art on Barcelona (Unitarian Universalist Church) 107 W Barcelona, (505) 982-9674 A costumed, staged reading. 1 pm, $15

MON/26

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

With Estefania Ramirez, Juan José Alba Marcial and more. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800

The local flamenco star returns. 7:30 pm, $25-$115

SANTA FE SWING

Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road (505) 690-4165

Old-fashioned swing. 7 pm, $3-$8

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Americana and roots. 4-6 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Local piano legend. 6-9 pm, free

WORKSHOP

LAMRIM DISCUSSION AND MEDITATION

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road, (505) 490-6152 Meditate on enlightenment. 5:30-6:30 pm, free

WINTER BREAK CAMP

Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588 Little ones learn trapeze, etc. 9 am-3:30 pm, $325

TUE/27

BOOKS/LECTURES

SENSORY STORYTIME

Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Engaging kids through movement, play and more. Ideal for those with autism and sensory processing disorders. 3:15 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Stupendous stamping. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800

The castanet mistress returns. 7:30 pm, $25-$115

EVENTS

AFTER SCHOOL ART

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Themed art sessions for kids. 3:30-4:30 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Santa Fe Brewing Company

35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333 UK-style pub quiz. 7-9 pm, free

HO! FOR A HAT! STORYTIME AND CRAFT

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Kindergarten preparation through stories and art. 10:30-11:30 am, free

JULESWORKS FOLLIES: PART I Online

bit.ly/3PDWARW Think vaudeville, but virtual. 5 pm, free

MUSIC

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

He played piano for the 1989 inauguration, for cryin’ out loud! 6-8 pm, free

GERRY CARTHY

Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Traditional Irish ditties from the County Mayo-born musician. 4-6 pm, free

THEATER

LAST STOP COMEDY NIGHT

Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

Join local comics for fresh jokes and brews. 7:30 pm, free

WORKSHOP

PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE MAGICAL PRACTICE OF TAKING AND GIVING

Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive (505) 292-5293

Holiday high expectations are stressful and bring disappointment. Practice caring about others with Buddha’s teaching. 6-7:30 pm, $10

WED/28

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO: CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Dinner and dramatic dance. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800 What a year for flamenco, huh? 7:30 pm, $25-$115

EVENTS

ALL THINGS YARN

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Work on knitting-type projects with other fiber-inclined folks.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Tots learn new language sounds. 10-10:30 am, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

UK-style pub quiz. 8-10 pm, free

POLAR STORYTIME AND CRAFT

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Kindergarten preparation through stories and art. 10:30-11:30 am, free

TEEN LOUNGE

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Art supplies and snacks on offer.

1:30-3:30 pm, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Play centered around weekly themes: this time it’s sledding. 10:30-11:30 am, free

YOUTH CHESS CLUB

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Get some Queen's Gambit skills. 5:45-7:45 pm, free

MUSIC

BACH EXPLORATION

St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

A journey through Bach’s music. 10 am, free

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Bring your own instruments. 6-9 pm, free

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES

El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Acoustic storytelling songs. 8-10:30 pm, free

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St. (505) 988-7222

Classic karaoke options. 10 pm, free

MAX GOMEZ

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Local guitarist with a love for Johnny Cash. 5 pm, 8pm, $35-$45

RAY MATTHEW Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Gentle guitar-plucking. 4-6 pm, free

WORKSHOP

GET A METALSHOP MIG

WELDING BADGE

Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502

Learn to weld while making an ornamental steel table. Part of a two-day class.

12-4 pm, $180

WINTER LECTURE SERIES

January 24th, 6:00–7:00 pm Ron Duncan Hart New Mexico’s Hidden Jewish Heritage February 28th, 6:00–7:00 pm

THE CALENDAR

THU/29

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO:

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Stamping stars hit the stage. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800

We’ve run out of castanet puns. 7:30 pm, $25-$115

EVENTS

FOOD! STORYTIME AND CRAFT

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Kindergarten preparation through storytime. 10:30-11:30 am, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952

UK-style pub quiz. 7-9 pm, free

OPEN MIC WITH STEPHEN

The Mineshaft 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

The microphone is your oyster. 6 pm, free

PAJAMA STORYTIME

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Cozy storytime for families. 6:30-7:30 pm, free

SEEDS AND SPROUTS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Create a birdhouse. 10:30-11:30 am, free

WAYWARD COMEDY: A VERY SKETCHY COMEDY

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

They’ll roast your nuts. 7 pm, $15-$40

FOOD

SUSHI POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Seafood fresh off the plane. 4-8 pm, free

MUSIC

ALEX MURZYN QUARTET

Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Murzyn and fellow jazz fiends. 6-9 pm, free

BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455 Blues and soul. 6-9 pm, free

CHRIS AND ALMA

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Cowgirl Americana. 4-6 pm, free

ROBERT WILSON

Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712

Singer/songwriter. 5:30 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Brandenburg Concertos 3, 4 and 6—and more.

7 pm, $33-$103

WHAT THE WHAT JAZZ TRIO

Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338

New compositions and more. 3 pm, $20

WORKSHOP

LAMRIM DISCUSSION AND MEDITATION

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road (505) 490-6152

Meditate on enlightenment. 5:30-6:30 pm, free

SLOW YOGA

Circle Round Boutique 4486 Corrales Road, Corrales (505) 897-7004

Gentle yoga for folks who want to move in a relaxed setting. 4-5 pm, 5:30-6:30 pm, $5

WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Circle Round Boutique 4486 Corrales Road, Corrales (505) 897-7004

Writers can read work aloud. 5:30 pm, free

YOGA FOR KIDS

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Children must be accompanied. 10:30 am, free

FRI/30

ART OPENINGS

FIFTEEN FLOWERS (CLOSING RECEPTION)

Iconik Coffee Roasters

1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996

Grayscale still lifes on cotton. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 4-6 pm, free

PRESENT | GROUP ARTIST

EXHIBITION (OPENING)

Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St. (505) 995-9902

Vast impact, small packages. 10 am-5 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO:

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Stamps. Claps. The works. 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800

Dancing in the new year. 7:30 pm, $25-$115

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 Music and song expose young ones to new language sounds. 10-10:30 am, free

FINE ART FRIDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Queen Bee Music leads a class. 2-4 pm, free

JULESWORKS FOLLIES: PART II Online bit.ly/3PDWARW

Continuing the end-of-year extravaganza. 5 pm, free

NEW YEAR’S EVE PRE-PARTY

The Mineshaft 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

An EDM dance party hosted by DJ 808. 8 pm-2 am, $15-$20

SKY RAILWAY: LORE OF THE LAND

Santa Fe Railyard Plaza 1612 Alcaldesa St. (844) 743-3759

Old-timey rail tales from the New Mexico Historical Society. Includes lunch. Noon, $129

FILM

THE LAST UNICORN (SCREENING AND Q&A)

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Producer Michael Chase Walker joins to discuss the animated classic. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 7 pm, $15

MUSIC

BOB MAUS BLUES & SOUL

Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Covers of Ray Charles, etc. 6-9 pm, free

DK & THE AFFORDABLES

Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Southwestern rockabilly jams. 8-11 pm, free

LUKE RAFFANTI

First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin. 5:30 pm, free

ROBERT FOX TRIO Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Hot jazz for cold nights. 6-9 pm, free

Alan Carr Manhattan Project Spies at Los Alamos March 28th, 6:00–7:00 pm

Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art

for Las Golondrinas and MNMF Members

RUDY BOY EXPERIMENT

The Mineshaft Tavern and Cantina 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Dirty blues with a hard rock edge. 8 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA:

HOLIDAY BACH FESTIVAL

St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Brandenburg Concertos 3, 4 and 6, plus the Keyboard Concerto in D Minor.

7 pm, $33-$103

STEPHEN PITTS

The Mineshaft 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743 Folk 'n' Americana. 5 pm, free

TALKING PINK HEADS

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

A joint tribute show from Pink Freud and Start Making Sense. (The Floyding Heads? Pink Making Sense?) 7 pm, $12-$15

SAT/31

ART OPENINGS

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

In the West Casitas, north of the water tower (505) 983-4098

The last weekly art market before its January-March hiatus. 9 am-2 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO:

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2022

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Keep your energy up for the ball drop with some spirited stomping 6:15 pm, $25-$45

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES: NEW YEAR'S EVE

The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800

Welcome 2023 with flamenco and included Champagne. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 7:30 pm, $25-$115

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Music and song expose young ones to new language sounds and improve their language acquisition.

10-10:30 am, free

EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

An eclectic collection of art and antiques.

8 am-4 pm, free

EL REY COURT: NEW YEAR’S

EVE PARTY 2022

El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Start the new year in your fanciest clothes with DJ Christina Swilley and Desert Disco. 21+. 6 pm-12 am, free

FACULTY LOUNGE IMPROV

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Got better New Year's Eve plans that a comedy show? Don't lie. 7 pm, 9:15 pm, $15-$60

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

UK-style pub quiz. 8-10 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333 Compete for bar cash and other prizes.

7-9 pm, free

MEET CORNELIUS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Santa Fe's most famous cornsnake meets his fans.

1-2 pm, free

NEW YEAR'S EVE ON THE PLAZA

Santa Fe Plaza 63 Lincoln Ave.

Ring in the new year in classic Santa Fe style. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 8 pm, free

NEW YEAR’S EVE MASQUERADE BALL

Altar Spirits 545 Camino de la Familia (505) 916-8596

Toast 2023—and Altar Spirits' first birthday—with specialty cocktails, DJ Kaleido, Luz Skylarker and Audio Buddha. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 7 pm-1 am, free

NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Noon balloon drop for wee ones. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 11 am-1 pm, free

SCIENCE SATURDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Meet frogs from the Reptile and Bug Museum. 2-4 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531

Classic singer/songwriter tunes. 6-9 pm, free

CAROUSEL: NYE AT HOUSE OF ETERNAL RETURN

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

The corporation encourages you to "dress as your future best.” (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29)

10 pm, $50-$80

DETROIT LIGHTNING

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

New Mexico's premiere Grateful Dead cover band. 8 pm, $35

JJ AND THE HOOLIGANS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Rock, blues and sass. 12-3 pm, free

JOE ILLICK & THE NYE ORCHESTRA

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

Orchestral classics and Gershwin tunes. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 1 pm, $5-$20; 5 pm, $30-$80

NYE WITH JOE WEST

The Mineshaft 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Theatrical folk. (See SFR Picks, pages 28-29) 8:30 pm, $10

ROBERT FOX TRIO Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Hot jazz for cold nights. 6-9 pm, free

RON CROWDER BAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Rock 'n' Soul.

9 pm-12:30 am, free RON ROUGEAU Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712

Acoustic tunes from the '60s and '70s.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

WORKSHOP

HOW TO BE COMPASSIONATE: A HANDBOOK FOR CREATING INNER PEACE AND A HAPPIER WORLD

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road, (505) 490-6152 Exploring the Dalai Lama's beloved book as a guide to overcoming anger.

7-8:30 pm, free

SUN/1

EVENTS

EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

An eclectic collection of art and antiques.

10 am-4 pm, free

MUSIC

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Master pianist Montgomery performs in the President's Room.

6-9 pm, free

MON/2

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Roots and Americana. 4-6 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Did we mention he’s performed for Oscar De La Renta and Princess Margaret? 6-9 pm, free

WORKSHOP

ELEVATE - CIRCUS INTENSIVE

Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

The only New Year's workout that will have you on a trapeze in two weeks. Runs five days a week. 5-9 pm, $350

TUE/3

BOOKS/LECTURES

SENSORY STORYTIME

Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Engaging kids through play, etc. 3:15 pm, free

EVENTS

AFTER SCHOOL ART

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Themed art sessions for kids.

3:30-4:30 pm, free

NT LIVE IN HD: THE SEAGULL

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

Emilia Clarke in Chekhov's nesting doll of a play. 7 pm, $19-$22

SANTA FE SCAVENGER HUNT

Downtown Santa Fe bit.ly/3FGO3ZT

A search through the city. 8 am-7 pm, $30-$44

MUSEUMS

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM

217 Johnson St. (505) 946-1000

Making a Life. Radical Abstraction. Selections from the Collection. Spotlight on Spring.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 (under 18 free)

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900

Mesabi Redux. Matrilineal: Legacies of Our Mothers. Art of Indigenous Fashion.

10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Grounded in Clay. ReVOlution. Here, Now and Always. Painted Reflections.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$9

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia. Fashioning Identities. #mask. Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$12

NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200

Honoring Tradition and Innovation. The First World War. The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur. The Palace Seen and Unseen. Righting a Wrong.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART

750 Camino Lejo (505) 982-2226

Pueblo-Spanish Revival Style: the Director’s Residence. Trails, Rails, and Highways.

1-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $5-$12

NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5063

Selections from the 20th Century Collection. Western Eyes: 20th Century Art Here and Now. Transgressions and Amplifications.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-12

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POEH CULTURAL CENTER

78 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-5041

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng: The Continuous Path. 9 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$10

WHEELWRIGHT

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636

Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry. Abeyta | To’Hajiilee K’é. The Mary Morez Style. Rooted: Samples of Southwest Baskets.

10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $8

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VIRGIL ORTIZ

Deep Cuts

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

“

Iwas one of those kids who went to art school,” tattooer Jeffrey Pitt says one recent morning at his private shop, Seven Ten Studio. “It was the Maryland Institute College of Art. I didn’t finish. I went for a few years, got a full scholarship, but I was very distracted.”

As we sit in his tastefully appointed studio amongst his drawings, paintings and in-progress tattoos, Pitt seems happy— like he’s finally found his thing. He doesn’t publicize his address or phone number. Don’t fret, though, he’s not hard to find through Instagram (@seven_ten_studio). It’s more like he prefers to be a little more selective with clientele these days, to work without distractions and to take on pieces about which he’s passionate.

Seven Ten Studio isn’t the kind of place where you’d take your whole crew to watch the session or where you’d walk in to get a little flower on your ankle. Seven Ten is for the serious collector, and also about as far removed from what Pitt envisioned for himself as can be. It’s the culmination of decades of work, personal growth, a dizzying bout with addiction and, ultimately, a marriage to his “perfect partner,” Alexandra, which Pitt says saved his life. It’s what he was meant for, he says, he just had to grow enough to see that.

“At this point,” he explains, “I can’t even imagine doing it any other way.”

But first, let’s go back: By the time Pitt first visited Santa Fe in 1994, he says, he had just one tattoo—a spiral tribal number he’s long-since covered up. Everyone has a tattoo these days, it seems, but even in the early ’90s, it was still considered lowbrow, for the scary biker, the military guy, the criminal. Out of school and feeling adrift in his hometown of Baltimore, Pitt visited friends in Lamy. He stayed the summer and eventu-

ally moved here full-time the following year.

“That first year here was so amazing,” he recalls. “You just get sucked in. You make friends, you know how it is.”

That was also around the time he met tattooer Dawn Purnell, an artist he credits with setting him down the path.

“I came into contact with Dawn and thought, ‘You can do that with tattoos?’” he tells SFR. “I had no idea. It was not only tattooing, but tattooing really well. Let’s just say she stood out. She was young and kind of showed up in Santa Fe out of no where and was sort of insta-famous.”

He began collecting work from Purnell and making friends in the tattoo sphere. Life was good, but Pitt was restless. He picked up and moved to Hawaii.

“I knew no one, I had very lit tle money,” he says. “I was just throwing myself into anonym ity, a clean slate.” He lived on Hawaii for two years, working as a desk guy in a tattoo shop and taking on a short-lived apprenticeship. He kept in contact with Purnell, and though he says he wouldn’t trade those days, they weren’t exactly easy.

And then, as it goes, he met a woman named Gina Marie, and together they moved back to Santa Fe. She’s still here, too, kick

ing ass as a tattooer in Albuquerque.

Upon his return to New Mexico, he began collecting work from Purnell more seriously. Today, she runs Dawn’s Custom, but back then, she was working with leg

the old Four Star on Guadalupe Street,” Pitt says. “I slowly started getting to know Mark, and he knew what my interests were in tattoo. Surprisingly, he pulled me aside one day and said he’d be willing to apprentice me. Back then, those were hard to get.

Pitt has made a name for himself with clean, bold lines and a versatile style. Though it might be simpler to define his tattoo work as an almost nouveau take on American traditional, he’s proven just as adept at the medium’s mainstays: Japanese, black and grey, minimalism, de-

Pitt worked at Four Star for several years before returning home to Baltimore. There, he co-opened the shop Read Street, and was named one of the best tattooers in the country in an internet poll. But there, he’d sink into addiction. He talks about that openly, saying it’s absolutely a part of his story. Pitt went into treatment several times, but it eventually became clear that he couldn’t live a sober life in Baltimore. As a last-ditch effort to get it together, he phoned his old mentor, Vigil, and explained his situation. Vigil agreed to hire him back at Four Star. And so he returned to Santa Fe for the third time

“It’s

a safe place and I could get away

Pitt still struggled to stay sober, and he lost the Four Star gig, which he says was the ultimate wake up call. He attempted treatment again, and it finally took. Purnell would hire him on at Dawn’s Custom, and he worked there for a few

“But suddenly I woke up and was the nobody tattooer at Dawn’s,” he says. “She was a huge part of my early recovery, but it was starting over. I was on the bottom rung. But I think a lot of people remembered the person I was and didn’t give up on me. That’s huge.”

Which just about brings us to today. Pitt has stayed sober for some time and discovered his love of working privately. He’s open to new clientele, but he also gets to set his own schedule—two appointments a day, five days a week. His artwork has also probably never looked better.

“I still love giving someone their first back piece, some kid their first tattoo— there’s still magic to it,” he says. “It’s still one of the weirdest ways you can make a living no matter how popular it gets. I still love it. I always will.”

ABOVE: A recent medusa backpiece has been turning heads according to Pitt. BELOW: Jeffrey Pitt at work on an upcoming tattoo.

ALEX DE VORE

After 20-plus years of tattooing, artist Jeffrey Pitt finds his place

BY ALEX DE VORE

When it comes to writing about food, I’d like you to imagine I’m saying, “It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it,” in the most cloyingly sarcastic voice I can muster. No, it’s not that hard. It’s actually kind of the best, even if I originally had no interest in doing it (I like to keep my food-ing and work-ing separate, or did, anyway). And though I don’t subscribe to that irritating axiom that doing what you love means you’ll never work a day in your life, I do, however, concede that writing about food and restaurants isn’t the worst thing to happen to anyone. And this year was especially tasty, too.

Just last week, for example, I learned La Fogata Grill is one of the finest restaurants in town. For years I’d considered it one of those downtown eateries that required a parking hassle to visit. Now, though, I realize it’s worth the extra 10 minutes to track down a spot if it means I’ll get to eat that mole, those tacos, that elote.

That seems to be something we’re great at here—factoring in long wait times or dubious parking opportunities and letting them dictate our lives. It’s why most folks I know avoid La Choza these days. Oh, the food’s great there, no question, but who wants to hang around for 90 minutes to get at it? Having dined there just recently with a friend, I suppose I’ve been known to do that hanging around. They’re nice at La Choza, too, even if I didn’t write about them this year, so we’ll forgive the wait times.

Or say you’re taking a drive into account. On the one hand, the thought of putting on shoes and heading anyplace that takes longer than 12 minutes to reach sounds like hell. At NOSA, though, out by the town of Ojo Caliente, a 45-minute trek is worth it in some respects, mainly for the date purée I recently sampled. Seriously, if you see that purée on the menu, book your rezzie ASAP.

Same goes for Loyal Hound, where you don’t need a reservation but where it’s worth a drive no matter where in town you live. I hail from the Railyard, for example, and wind up dining at places like Tune-Up and Second Street Brewery out of convenience. For work reasons, though, I sucked it up and

(the tres leches was no joke, either). The latter was also worth the drive. Side note: The drive is a great reason to not drink, which is a real concern the more I age and whither. I also spent much of the year re-trying old standbys I’d spaced during the COVID times. Adelita’s Mexican Restaurant, for example, served up a fine carne adovada dish wherein the pork was cooked brilliantly and the chile was so fine (like, foine, fine).

Midtown taco joint Escondido, which we’ll probably see sometime this upcoming spring or summer. I don’t know what Kadlubek knows about doing restaurant stuff, but I do know Ruiz isn’t the kind of guy who’d sign on with idiots. Even cooler, Ruiz helped us out on a story wherein SFR staffers took chefs shopping and then they shared their recipes (Stop, Shop & Cook; July 20). Not only did he spend well under the $40 limit we set, he made some of the greatest pork tacos I’ve ever tasted; and that brought me back to the world of pork after years of vegetarianism. Educational opportunity/restaurant Open Kitchen founder HueChan Karels helped us out on that story, too, and I spent a super-fun afternoon watching her cook and hearing her stories; same goes for YouthWorks! chef Jackie Gibbs and Jeffrey Kaplan of Rowley Farmhouse Ales, though others interfaced with them so I only know what I read: The food was outstanding.

traveled the extra eight minutes for Loyal Hound’s fish and chips (plus pork sliders). ‘Twas wise, indeed.

I tried a combo plate at Valentina’s this year, which also worked very well for me; and I found the greatest key lime pie in the world at Tesuque Village Market

I also delved into a little fine dining this year, and was floored by the quality at Palace Prime. Admittedly, they saw us coming from a mile away, so maybe the service was so excellent because of my community gravitas (I’m joking, relax). Still, the steak was divine according to the red meat eater I brought along (who hails from Texas, so he knows), and my salmon might have been the only truly properly-cooked piece of fish I’ve ever had in retrospect. If I’m being honest, it’s been a minute since I’ve checked in over there, but memories of chef Doug Hesselgesser’s food still dance in my head from time to time. Sadly, though, I don’t make regularly-do-fine-dining money. Again, that reminds me it’s not such a bad job.

Palace Prime brings me to my next point, actually, which is how much that restaurant’s original chef, Fernando Ruiz, slaps. Sure, Ruiz and the good ol’ PP had a mysterious falling out shortly after the spot opened, but it seems both are doing exceedingly well— particularly as Ruiz ultimately joined forces with former Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek to work toward opening

SFR folk also spent what I’m now realizing is an inordinate amount of time at Paloma and the people who work or worked there. Not only did I have a killer meal one evening with a friend from out of town (hats off to the fish tacos from chef Nathan Mayes), but former SFR calendar editor Riley Gardner and the writer of The Fork newsletter made a pretty cool mini-documentary about the restaurant’s former pastry chef, Jessica Brewer. She’s at The

Compound now, though, which seems like a tough blow for Paloma, but we bet they’ll be OK since the space on Guadalupe Street is so pretty and all and the drinks are so fab. Mayes also opened the Esquina Pizza side hussle this year. I admit that I balk at the prices still ($17 for the simple mar-

A combo plate from Valentina’s—where a mariachi band often performs.

Calimari at Pranzo is a great starter course, but try the pizza, too, OK?

gherita seems steep, sorry), but definitely enjoyed the neopolitan-style crust and myriad topping options.

If I’m being completely honest with you, though, the best pizza I had in 2022 came from Pranzo. It just did. Chef Steven Lemon knows his way around arugula and mushrooms. I know, I know—at least some of you are from or have lived in New York City at some point, and I’m a stupid idiot for liking pizza wrong. Look, all I know is that Lemon’s was perfect (and you can ask anyone at SFR—we only use that word in regards to food when we really, really, well and truly mean it). Sue me. Or better yet, chill out about pizza. Oh! I shouldn’t forget, though, that selftrained pizza chef Chris Van Dyne did me so right with a couple of pies from his shop, Cosmic Pie Pizza larly loved his garlic cream/mushroom pizza, and last I heard, he was trying to get a brick and mortar something go ing. Fingers crossed. The Tender Fire Pizza pop-up should also go per ma-phsyical at some point, too. Neat!

Van Dyne, Lemon, Ruiz, Karels, Brewer, Kaplan, Mayes and the others weren’t the only ones making big moves this year, though. I sim ply must mention chef Rocky Durham’s recent move to Poland. Like, he did this literally just because he wanted to help out the people of Ukraine, and that’s kind of huge. He’s still doing it as you read this. Who among us hasn’t said we wish we could do something in times of crisis and then instead ripped the bong and watched Frasier reruns? Durham actually did it. I’m friends with his mom on Facebook, too, and she’s

proud as hell. She should be. While I’m talking about chef stuff, though, I should mention that Opuntia’s original executive chef Kim Müller died from cancer some months back, which stings for the folks over there. Müller led a pretty interesting life, from opening Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves to working with culinary programs that supported kids. Rest in power, you knife-wielding champion.

I also continued my breakfast burrito quest this year, though the entire reason you’re currently in the midst of 1,500ish words’ worth of stream-of-consciousness is because I didn’t eat enough burritos. Regular readers are no doubt familiar with the ongoing series, So You’re Looking for a Breakfast Burrito; I somehow only got through three entries on the list in 2022. Sure, that’s six different restaurants, but still—not enough. Maybe I’ll recap what I’ve learned so far once I hit Vol. 10—I’m up to seven so far. Know this, though: Everyone needs to put more eggs into their breakfast burritos, and I’ll die on that hill. If your breakfast burrito is more potatoes than eggs, fix your life. Know, too, that the original Pantry location and newly minted Midtown spot Cuco’s Kitchen made the finest breakfast burritos I ate in 2022.

Thing is, there’s still more time to eat. And I might just go do that. Before I go, though, I’m making a resolution to eat on the Southside more. Puerto Peñasco is calling my name, as is PC’s Lounge. I want to stop at food trucks I keep driving

by and promising myself I’ll visit. When you write about food, you can pretty much go wherever you want. Somebody tell past Alex that it does indeed get better someday.

The vegan- and gluten-free Japanese bowl from Opuntia is worth a walk up the stairs.

You had the fish tacos at Paloma?

Avatar: The Way of Water Review

Second verse, same as the first

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Director James Cameron has been plenty clear about his newest Avatar film being incredibly expensive, but he kind of failed to mention it’s basically a narrative clone of his 2009 original. Oh, sure, it’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous and a technical marvel and all that, but he recycles plot, characters and story beats in a way that feels more exhausting than satisfying—and viewers can easily predict what’s up next because it’s painfully obvious. This is tech over story all the way. And you know what? That’s fine.

In The Way of Water, we catch up with Jake (Sam Worthington, who we forgot was a person until just now) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), a pair of Na’vi— people native to the planet Pandora. Last time out, the pair Fern Gully’d their way to victory over an evil mining corporation that was sucking the planet dry, and our heroes now live peacefully amongst the trees with kids the’ve sired and some sort of teenage Na’vi replica of Sigourney Weaver’s character from the first movie, whom they adopt. Life’s good in the forest until the bad guy military jerks from the first movie all get cloned as Na’vi (complete with their memories, the movie explains in a two-second science dump) and set out at the behest of Earth general Ardmore (Edie Falco) to do...whatever. Thing is, though, the squad’s leader, Colonel Quatrich, (the

big bad from the first movie; Stephen Lang) turns it more into a personal vendetta. Violence ensues.

So Jake and the fam flee to the coast, where a neighboring tribe who have evolved flipper-like extremities and the ability to hold their breath for a super-long time take them in and teach them the way of water. At best, The Way of Water is a reductive take on Indigenous ideologies; at worst, it’s pretty racist. Either way, Jake and Neytiri’s kids are all about it, especially the younger brother, Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), who befriends a space whale and really embraces the sea and stuff. Wouldn’t you know it, though, Quatrich and his goons take up with some space poachers, and they do evil poacher stuff to flush Jake and the family out. People yell; Jemaine Clement plays a scientist with a crisis of conscience; Kate Winslet does a regrettable accent—and all the clunky “why we hurt planet?” messaging comes at us like a ton of convoluted bricks.

Worthington, weirdly, does pretty OK as a father struggling with his family’s safety and his own desire for doing what’s right. Saldaña, though, is underused. The kids are the focus here, even if Weaver’s take on teenager is mostly about talking like a goofball and magically controlling sea beasts with no real explanation. The rest goes down just like you think. Still, the water effects are stunning and even those who don’t like 3D might wanna check it out. Just don’t expect a good movie so much as a pretty one. Know there’s no ultimate resolution, though, and given the 13 years it took to get a second film, who knows when the third will arrive? The blockbuster film is dying, friends, and that’s OK.

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

With Worthington, Saldaña, Weaver, Lang, Falco and Dalton Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 192 min.

THE BINGE 2: IT’S A WONDERFUL BINGE

2All the way back in 2020, there was this comedy movie called The Binge wherein a not-too-distant future society outlawed all drugs and alcohol except for one night a year. It was kind of like The Purge, only decent parody movies kind of ended with Hot Shots! Part Deux, so its tie-ins to anything real were tenuous at best.

Still, with a cast including Righteous Gemstones alum Skyler Gisondo, Stranger Things/Booksmart funnyman Eduardo Franco and Saved By the Bell reboot star Dexter Darden, it was...well, it was OK as high school stoner comedies go. The new Christmasadjacent Hulu original sequel dubbed The Binge 2: It’s a Wonderful Binge, however, cannot claim the same. It mostly just feels bad, even if the first film’s writer, Jordan VanDina, is still on board, as its director and writer, no less.

We jump forward a couple years (Gisondo, wisely, jumps ship altogether, likely to be in better movies) to learn Hags (Darden) and Andrew (Franco) are living their sad little lives in their drug-free town, only The Binge has now been moved to Christmas for some reason. Hags doesn’t want to get fucked up this time, though, because he’s gonna ask his girlfriend to

get married just as soon as her dad (Tim Meadows) gives his permission. Andrew wants to hang at home with his two dads, his mom and her lover (played by the incomparably weird Steve Little, who represents one of the few decent parts of the movie), but when he realizes his family doesn’t seem to care about him, he decides to George Bailey himself right off a bridge. He survives the fall and meets Angel (not an angel; Danny Trejo), whose can-do attitude and angel dust stash really put things into perspective for our hero. A bunch of other dumb shit happens, and everyone learns the true meaning of Christmas. And drugs.

Despite numerous small appearances from comedy champions like Meadows, Kaitlin Olson, Paul Scheer and Nick Swardson, The Binge 2 feels more like a contractual obligation than a film anyone wanted to make. Like, if Hulu had learned of some weird accounting error that forced it to shoot one last binge movie for tax purposes, that would make more sense than anyone wanting to do this thing. The drug jokes land flat, the actors are barely trying, the Christmas of it all feels tacked-on at best. Maybe there’s some redemptive quality for stoners hidden in there, maybe there’s a couple laughs when Meadows or Little deliver a line. The rest of it is just sad and weird and Franco is straight up too good for this, as is just about everyone else. Don’t bother. Please don’t bother. (ADV)

Hulu, TV-MA, 98 min.

THE FABELMANS

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+ SHOT WELL; LABELLE’S PERFORMANCE - WILLIAMS IS WAY TOO MUCH

Dedicated moviegoers could likely pick a Spielberg film out of a lineup with very little information. Sure, sure—he’s legendary and has helmed some sweet movies and all that, but there’s no denying he’s grown fond of certain devices, certain styles and editing techniques, a high level of schmaltz. Spielberg is a sentimental guy with a whole lot of feelings, and that has never been clearer than in his new semi-autobiographical work, The Fabelmans

In the Schindler’s List director’s newest, we follow young Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), a kid who has fallen in love with the movies after viewing The Greatest Show on Earth and will stop at nothing to become a filmmaker. It might have something to do with the fear of death, it might have something to do with the quest for truth—it might have something to do with some compulsive need to put however many inches of film between himself and the rest of the world. Whatever his reasons, Sammy’s folks nurture his budding obsession, even if his dad (Paul Dano) won’t stop calling it a hobby. Sammy’s mom (Michelle Williams), meanwhile—an artist type/ pianist—seems to be grappling with some form of bipolar disorder, and though she fosters his cinemat-

ic obsessions in myriad ways, she can’t ever quite become the parent he needs; his sisters twist in the wind, only coming up for air as plot devices and emotional prompts.

While satisfying in its premise that some folks just plain need to express themselves, The Fabelmans stumbles in its humanist/artistic messaging.

Spielberg shoots a beautiful film, true, but he glosses over conflicts such as infidelity, antisemitism and divorce while spending minute after minute exploring Sammy’s heroic love of the camera. Even worse, just about everyone turns in John Lovitz-level “actiiiiiiiiing!” style performances, particularly Williams, who chews the scenery so hard it’s a wonder any was left. Dano fades into the background against her overt cheese, as does Seth Rogen in a quick role and any number of others whose very existence serves only to make jokes or drive Sammy with lines that prove they just plain don’t get it. LaBelle, though, proves capable and charismatic, and a brief turn from Reservation Dogs actor Lane Factor feels promising.

There was a time we could all freak out over a summer Spielberg blockbuster and know we’d at least have fun. The Fabelmans feels more like a wistful old guy in a bar explaining how he ended up there. We can all nod and feel uncomfortable, knowing that he was likely someone once...just maybe not so much anymore. (ADV)

Violet Crown, PG-13, 151 min.

MOVIES

BEST REVIEWED MOVIES OF 2022 THE

YEAR WE RETURNED TO THEATERS

BY ALEX DE VORE | alex@sfreporter.com

It’s pretty tough when you’re a movie buff and the world finds itself embroiled in a stupid pandemic. Don’t get me wrong—there is, of course, something to be said for hanging at home and streaming films; getting to pause when you wish and snacking on candy that didn’t cost $9. Still, filmmakers often craft their opuses around the promise that we’ll see them on the big screen along with all it entails (sound, shared experience, spectacle). In 2022 we went back into theaters; these are the best films we saw this year.

Drive My Car

(Reviewed Jan. 19)

We said: Imagine a cinematic landscape where filmmakers felt brave enough to prove they feel the darkness, too, even if it manifests less mythologically than it does in the more bombastic movie fare of today. (Riley Gardner)

Score: 9 |

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

(Reviewed March 7)

We said: When we look back over the storied genre’s icons, a deeper picture emerges of the women, people of color, queer folks, outsiders and general excellence that transcended demographics to write the histories. Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, aka Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex, was one such outlier. (Alex De Vore)

Score: 9 |

Everything Everywhere All at Once

(Reviewed April 20)

We said: People will talk about this one for years to come, and it’s likely to inspire a whole new generation of filmmakers. Rarely does

something so weird make its way into the mainstream, but thank goodness it did. (ADV)

Score: 9 |

Hit the Road

(Reviewed May 25)

We said: One needn’t be a globe-traipsing cinephile to understand [Panah] Panahi’s first-ever feature, Hit the Road, is a masterwork of differing familial relationships and a tangible, long-lasting pang of existential dread. (ADV)

Score: 9 |

Prey

(Reviewed Aug. 9)

We said: If you want to catch all the Predator Easter eggs and all the nods to Indigenous culture, Prey screams for multiple viewings. Luckily it’s big on the feels and the cultural cache. It’s just an incredibly fun film to watch. (ADV)

Score: 9 |

A Love Song

(Reviewed Aug. 22)

We said: It’s fun to catch hometown hero [Wes] Studi stretching his legs into a simple and humanist role through which he cuts a handsome and sympathetic figure. [Dale] Dickey, however, defines the film and conveys more by nervously tucking her hair behind her ear than lesser actors deliver in full-on speeches worth of dialogue. (ADV)

Score: 10 |

Imagining the Indian

(Reviewed Oct. 19)

We said: The storytelling effectively works in the usual collection of cringey Western cinema footage and Bugs Bunny horrors as well as European painters, advertisements and news reels that should elicit their own face-

palms. What’s it going to take to correct the record and direct the future?

To see the real Native America? A whole team. (Julie Ann Grimm)

Score: 10 |

In Her Name

(Reviewed Oct. 19)

We said: Kudos go to [director Sarah] Carter... not just for her writing and directing, which are both top-notch, but for crafting some of the most subtly delicious digs at the gallery system and what sort of artists it fosters ever captured on film. (ADV)

Score: 9 |

The Banshees of Inisherin

(Reviewed Nov. 7)

We said: Both [Colin] Farrell and [Brendan] Gleeson are at the top of their respective games here, and when filtered through [writer/ director Martin] McDonagh’s crackling script, they find real magic together. There’s something to be said for chemistry, yes, but also for a pair of studied actors digging into real-world history from a more humanitarian angle. (ADV)

Score: 10 |

She Said (Reviewed Nov. 28)

We said: Where [She Said] truly distinguishes itself from other journalism movies is by being singularly and empathetically focused on women: the female journalists who struggle to balance their own lives as new mothers while demonstrating unassailable commitment to their subjects. (Julia Goldberg)

Score: 9 |

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Eric G. Wilson has written a book that I might typically recommend to 40 percent of the Aries tribe. But in 2023, I will raise that to 80 percent of you. The title is How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it will make sense for you to stop making sense on a semiregular basis. Cheerfully rebelling against the status quo should be one of your most rewarding hobbies. The best way to educate and entertain yourself will be to ask yourself, “What is the most original and imaginative thing I can do right now?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): One of your potential superpowers is cultivating links between the spiritual and physical worlds. If you develop this talent, you illuminate the ways that eternity permeates the everyday routine. You weave together the sacred and the mundane so they synergize each other. You understand how practical matters may be infused with archetypal energies and epic themes. I hope you will be doing a lot of this playful work in 2023, Taurus. Many of us non-Bulls would love you to teach us more about these mysteries.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are fun and useful projects for you to cultivate in 2023: 1. Initiate interesting trends. Don’t follow mediocre trends. 2. Exert buoyant leadership in the groups you are part of. 3. Practice the art of enhancing your concentration by relaxing. 4. Every Sunday at noon, renew your vow to not deceive or lie to yourself during the coming week. 5. Make it your goal to be a fabulous communicator, not just an average one. 6. Cultivate your ability to discern what people are hiding or pretending about.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2023, I hope you will refine and deepen your relationship with your gut instinct. I will be ecstatic if you learn more about the differences between your lucid intuition and the worry mongering that your pesky demons rustle up. If you attend to these matters—and life will conspire to help you if you do—your rhythm will become dramatically more secure and stable. Your guidance system will serve you better than it ever has. A caveat: Seeking perfection in honing these skills is not necessary. Just do the best you can.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom wrote, “The question of meaning in life is, as the Buddha thought, not edifying. One must immerse oneself into the river of life and let the question drift away.” But Holocaust survivor and philosopher Viktor Frankl had a radically different view. He said that a sense of meaning is the single most important thing. That’s what sustains and nourishes us through the years: the feeling that our life has a meaning and that any particular experience has a meaning. I share Frankl’s perspective, and I advise you to adopt his approach throughout 2023. You will have unprecedented opportunities to see and know the overarching plan of your destiny, which has been only partially visible to you in the past. You will be regularly blessed with insights about your purpose here on earth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As a young woman, Virgoborn Ingeborg Rapoport (1912–2017) studied medicine at the University of Hamburg in Germany. But in 1938, the Nazis refused to let her defend her PhD thesis and get her medical degree because of her Jewish ancestry. Seventy-seven years later, she was finally given a chance to finish what she had started. Success! The dean of the school said, “She was absolutely brilliant. Her specific knowledge about the latest developments in medicine was unbelievable.” I expect comparable developments for you in 2023, Virgo. You will receive defining opportunities or invitations that have not been possible before. Postponed breakthroughs and resolutions will become achievable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Of the 2,200+ humans quoted in a 21st-century edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 164 are women—a mere seven percent! At

least that’s more than the four females represented in 1855’s first edition. Let’s take this atrocious injustice as our provocation for your horoscope. In accordance with astrological omens, one of your assignments in 2023 will be to make personal efforts to equalize power among the genders. Your well-being will thrive as you work to create a misogyny-free future. Here are possible actions: If you’re a woman or nonbinary person, be extra bold and brave as you say what you genuinely think and feel and mean. If you’re a man, foster your skills at listening to women and nonbinary people. Give them abundant space and welcome to speak their truths. It will be in your ultimate interest to do so!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To prepare you for 2023, I’m offering you wisdom from mythologist Michael Meade. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Scorpios will be most likely to extract riches from it. Meade writes: “Becoming a genuine individual requires learning the oppositions within oneself. Those who fail or refuse to face the oppositions within have no choice but to find enemies to project upon. ‘Enemy’ simply means ‘notfriend’; unless a person deals with the not-friend within, they require enemies around them.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best,” declared Sagittarian opera singer Maria Callas (1923–1977). Many critics say she was indeed one of the 20th century’s best. The consensus is that she was also a temperamental prima donna. Impresario Rudolf Bing said she was a trial to work with “because she was so much more intelligent. Other artists, you could get around. But Callas you could not get around. She knew exactly what she wanted and why she wanted it.” In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I authorize you, in your quest for success in 2023, to be as “difficult” as Callas was, in the sense of knowing exactly what you want. But please—so as to not undermine your success—don’t lapse into diva-like behavior.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To inspire your self-inquiry in 2023, I have chosen a passage from Herman Hesse’s fairy tale, “A Dream Sequence.” It will provide guidance as you dive further than ever before into the precious mysteries in your inner depths. Hesse addressed his “good ardent darkness, the warm cradle of the soul, and lost homeland.” He asked them to open up for him. He wanted them to be fully available to his conscious mind. Hesse said this to his soul: “Just feel your way, soul, just wander about, burrow into the full bath of innocent twilight drives!”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Cardiovascular surgeon Michael DeBakey lived till age 99. He almost died at 97, but was able to capitalize on an invention that he himself had created years before: a polymer resin that could repair or replace aging blood vessels. Surgeons used his technology to return him to health. I am predicting that in 2023, you, too, will derive a number of benefits from your actions in the past. Things you made, projects you nurtured, and ideas you initiated will prove valuable to you as you encounter the challenges and opportunities of the future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I decided to divine the state of your financial karma. To begin, I swirled a $10 bill through the flame rising from a green candle. Then I sought cosmic auguries in the burn patterns on the bill. The oracle provided bad news and good news. The bad news is that you live on a planet where one-fifth of the population owns much more than four-fifths of the wealth. The good news is that in 2023, you will be in decent shape to move closer to the elite one-fifth. Amazingly, the oracle also suggests that your ability to get richer quicker will increase in direct proportion to your integrity and generosity.

Homework: What circumstance in your life is most worthy of you unleashing a big “Hooray!”? Testify! Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor,” writes Aries author Anne Lamott. “It will keep you cramped and insane.” I think that’s a key theme for you to embrace in 2023. Let’s express the idea more positively, too. In Navajo culture, rug weavers intentionally create small imperfections in their work, like odd-colored beads or stray pieces of yarn. This rebellion against unattainable exactitude makes the art more soulful. Relieved of the unrealistic mandate to be flawless, the rug can relax into its beauty.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here are my four decrees for you in 2023, Taurus. 1. You are cleared to be greedy if it’s in service to a holy cause that fosters others’ wellbeing as well as yours. 2. It’s permissible to be stubborn if doing so nourishes versions of truth and goodness that uplift and inspire your community. 3. It’s proper to be slow and gradual if that’s the best way to keep collaborative projects from becoming slipshod. 4. It’s righteous to be zealous in upholding high standards, even if that causes less diligent people to bail out.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2023, many interesting lessons will arrive via your close relationships and collaborations. You will have the potential to learn more about the art of togetherness than you have in a long time. On occasion, these lessons may initially agitate you. But they will ultimately provide more pleasure and healing than you can imagine right now. Bonus prediction: You will have an enhanced talent for interweaving your destiny together with the fates of your allies.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are some projects I’d love to see you pursue in 2023: 1. Teach your allies the fine points of how to cherish you but not smother you. 2. Cultivate your natural talent for appreciating the joys of watching and helping things grow: a child, a creative project, a tree, a friendship, or your bank account. 3. If you don’t feel close to the family members that fate provided you with, find others you like better. 4. As you explore territories that are further out or deeper within, make sure your Cancerian shell is expandable. 5. Avoid being friends with people who are shallow or callous or way too cool. 6. Cultivate your attraction to people who share your deepest feelings and highest ideals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mystic teacher Terence McKenna said, “You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.” This will be key advice for you in 2023. You will be wise to craft an updated version of your personal philosophy. I suggest you read a lot of smart people’s ideas about the game of life. Make it your quest to commune with interesting minds who stimulate your deep thoughts. Pluck out the parts that ring true as you create a new vision that is uniquely your own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How should we refer to your romantic adventures in 2023? We could be whimsical and call them “Ritual Mating Dances on the Outskirts of History.” We could be melodramatic and call them “Diving into the Deep Dark Mysteries in Search of Sexy Treasures.” Or we could be hopeful and call them “A Sacred Pilgrimage to the Frontiers of Intimacy.” I think there’s a good chance that all three titles will turn out to be apt descriptors of the interesting stories ahead of you—especially if you’re brave as you explore the possibilities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Coddiwomple” is an English slang word that means to travel resolutely and dynamically toward an as-yet unknown destination. It’s not the same as wandering aimlessly. The prevailing mood is not passivity and vagueness. Rather, one who coddiwomples has a sense of purpose about what’s enjoyable and meaningful. They may not have a predetermined goal, but they know what they need and like. According

to my analysis of the astrological omens, the next six months will be an excellent time for you Libras to experiment with coddiwompling.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the theater of ancient Greece, the term anagnorisis referred to a pivotal moment when a character discovered a big truth they had previously been unaware of. Another Greek word, peripeteia, meant a reversal of circumstances: “a change by which the action veers round to its opposite.” I bring these fun ideas to your attention, dear Scorpio, because I think 2023 could bring you several instances of an anagnorisis leading to a peripeteia. How would you like them to unfold? Start making plans. You will have uncanny power to determine which precise parts of your life are gifted with these blessings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Winters are cold in Olds, a town in Alberta, Canada. Temperatures plunge as low as 24 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. But an agronomist named Dong Jianyi has built a giant greenhouse there that enables him to grow vegetables yearround. He spends no money on heat, but relies on innovative insulation to keep the inside warm. In 2021, he grew 29,000 pounds of tomatoes. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for 2023, Sagittarius. My guess is, that like him, you will be a wellspring of imaginative resourcefulness. What creative new developments could you generate? How might you bring greater abundance into your life by drawing extra energy from existing sources? How could you harness nature to serve you even better?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with your astrological omens in 2023, I’ve chosen a quote from Capricorn storyteller Michael Meade. I hope you will make it one of your core meditations in the coming months. He writes, “All meaningful change requires a genuine surrender. Yet, to surrender does not simply mean to give up; more to give up one’s usual self and allow something other to enter and redeem the lesser sense of self. In surrendering, we fall to the bottom of our arguments and seek to touch the origin of our lives again. Only then can we see as we were meant to see, from the depth of the psyche where the genius resides, where the seeds of wisdom and purpose were planted before we were born.” (The quote is from Meade’s book Fate and Destiny, The Two Agreements of the Soul.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In addition to my career as a horoscope columnist, I have written novels and other books. I have worked as a singer-songwriter in rock bands and performed a one-person show in theaters. As I survey my history, I always break into sardonic laughter as I contemplate how many businesspeople have advised me, “First, you’ve got to sell out. You’ve got to dumb down your creative efforts so as to make yourself salable. Only later, after you have become successful, can you afford to be true to your deepest artistic principles.” I am very glad I never heeded that terrible counsel, because it would have made me insane and unhappy. How are you doing with this central problem of human life, Aquarius? Are you serving the gods of making money or the gods of doing what you love? The coming year will, I suspect, bring you prime opportunities to emphasize the latter goal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve chosen a sweet taste of advice for you to keep referring back to in 2023. It’s in rapt alignment with upcoming astrological omens. I suggest you copy my counsel out in longhand on a piece of paper and keep it in your wallet or under your pillow. Here it is, courtesy of author Martha Beck: “The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless victim. This is well within your power, whatever fate might have dealt you.”

Homework: What one element could you add to your life that would bring a major enhancement?

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