Santa Fe Reporter, November 30, 2022

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Muffled Frustrations

BY ANDREW OXFORD oxford@sfreporter.com

Sergio Perez replaced the normal ex haust pipe on his 2014 Cadillac with a Flowmaster and, yes, the new de vice makes the car “a little noisier.”

But he says the reason is simple. “It’s just to make the car seem like it’s faster,” says Perez, 20. After all, he adds: “Every young man like me wants to have a nice ride.”

But Perez could soon face a hefty fine if his car is too loud as city councilors tar get the sort of aftermarket modifications that some business owners and residents complain have brought too much noise to Santa Fe’s streets.

The city’s traffic laws already require that every vehicle have a muffler in good working order to prevent “excessive or unusual noise.” The ordinance also bans muffler bypasses, cutouts and similar devices.

Later this month, councilors will con sider a proposal to ratchet up the fine for violating that ordinance from $25 to at least $250. Residents and business own ers campaigning to boost the fine argue the current penalty doesn’t deter drivers blasting through Santa Fe’s streets.

Still, with younger motorists receiv ing the vast majority of tickets under the existing law, some councilors question whether a police crackdown on youths is the right solution, illustrating a divide be tween downtown business owners among the most vocal proponents of raising the fine and segments of a car culture with deep roots in Northern New Mexico.

The Santa Fe Police Department has ramped up enforcement of the existing muffler ordinance in recent years. After is suing just one citation in 2019, 57 in 2020 and 36 so far this year.

However, Deputy Police Chief Matthew Champlin told the Public Works and Utilities Committee on Nov. 7 that the penalty can be much less expensive than the cost of fixing a noisy car.

“A $25 citation would be much less than the amount of money they invested in their car or it would cost much more to install something that’s proper,” he said.

District 1 Councilor Signe Lindell, along with District 4 Councilor Amanda

Chavez and Mayor Alan Webber, are pro posing to raise the fine to $250 to $500 for a first offense and $500 for subsequent of fenses. That would be in line with similar policies in Albuquerque, where penalties for noisy vehicles start at $500 and can in clude 90 days in jail. And authorities can seize vehicles after a third offense. While the Santa Fe proposal would not include jail time, drivers cited under the ordi nance could still land behind bars if they miss court. But drivers could avoid the fine by fixing their vehicles. The proposal would also fine mechanics and dealers for selling or installing devices that violate the ordinance.

And under an amendment from Councilors Carol Romero-Wirth of District 2 and Jamie Cassutt of District 4, using a factory-installed exhaust option that boosts noise—now included in some vehicles—would also be prohibited.

Residents and downtown business owners who argue that loud vehicles have become a nuisance rattling the city have been pushing for stricter penalties.

“I love being in downtown Santa Fe 99% of the time,” Rik Blyth, vice president and general manager of La Fonda on the Plaza, told the committee.

The other 1% of the time, Blyth gets calls from guests overlooking San Francisco Street complaining that traffic below is too loud, he said.

“We have to move them out of those rooms because they can’t sleep,” Blyth said.

Meanwhile, a petition to “stop aggres sive driving Santa Fe” has gathered more than 1,400 signatures calling on the city to address muffler noise.

Webber and the full City Council could take up the proposal as soon as midDecember after the Finance Committee voted 3-2 to advance it Nov. 30.

Other councilors raised concerns that, overwhelmingly, those cited are between 15 and 31, according to SFPD.

“I have a hard time with anything that targets a group like that,” District 3 Councilor Chris Rivera tells SFR.

He voted against the proposal in the Public Works and Utilities Committee ear lier this month and voted against it again in the Finance Committee on Monday night, along with Councilor Renee Villarreal of District 1.

While much of the city’s enforcement has been on Airport Road in Rivera’s dis trict, he tells SFR many loud vehicle com plaints come from elsewhere in the city.

“I have had some complaints about noise on Airport Road but I think that’s mostly with speed,” he tells SFR.

Perez calls the proposal ridiculous. But the Cadillac owner says he can see both sides of the issue.

“If it’s going to be a $250 fine, not a lot of people are going to want loud cars,” he says, adding: “I know some people that probably wouldn’t give a damn.”

it’s faster. Every young man like me wants to have a nice ride.

Facing calls to crack down on loud cars, City Council considers ratcheting up fines under Santa Fe’s traffic code

Distant Flare

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

Dr. Selma Eikelenboom-Schieveld is not backing down.

The south Santa Fe County resi dent and her husband have lived in the San Marcos housing development for about two years and are now worried about a new neighbor that seems set on moving in near by: a giant energy company’s proposed solar project.

“I just want to inform people because they have long arms,” Eikelenboom-Schieveld says. “I’m a doctor, I am in constant fight with big pharma, with pharmaceutical companies. Now I’m in a fight with big electric.”

Big electric in this case is AES, the glob al company that plans to install 800 acres worth of solar panels on a plot of land that’s an easy walk from Eikelenboom-Schieveld’s home. Armed with a self-researched fact sheet and a digital slide show presentation, Eikelenboom-Schieveld is sharing her con cerns about the safety and environmental impacts of a solar project of this magnitude, despite a long path ahead for AES to get it off the ground.

The company’s proposal to install an array of solar panels on privately-owned property owned by Rancho Viejo Limited Partnership

between Highway 14 and Eldorado has been in the works for months. But Santa Fe County spokeswoman Sara Smith tells SFR in an email the company has not submitted an application to the county.

“Once AES submits their application to the county, the [county Sustainable Land Development Technical Advisory Committee] hearing officer will review the application and the Planning Commission will review the application as well,” Smith writes. “If the application is denied, it will go before the Board of County Commissioners.”

The lengthy planning process hasn’t stopped Eikelenboom-Schieveld—who says she’s not against solar projects, but wants to see it in a less inhabited area—from spread ing the word about potential dangers. The proposed behemoth might block her view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, but Eikelenboom-Schieveld says she’s most con cerned about storage-container-sized bat teries or solar panels themselves catching

fire and subsequently releasing toxic chemi cals into the air or leaching into groundwater.

She shared her presentation Monday night during a virtual community meeting she organized, where many, but not all, at tendees shared her concerns.

Andrew Rodney, who lives in a “net zero house” he built in Eldorado in 2012 just east of the Rancho Viejo site, tells SFR he left the virtual meeting wanting. He was one of a handful of attendees who criticized the meeting structure and left early.

“What I basically heard for 40 minutes was a hit job without any substantial data, science or facts,” Rodney says. “So that’s re ally why I was fairly disappointed.”

Rodney concedes that he is not fully in formed about the project, but that ultimate ly he thinks a solar project of this size could bring more benefits than harms.

“Everything in life carries risks, whether it’s creating a solar farm, or driving into town, or getting on an airplane, or gathering with a

bunch of people without a mask, I mean, ev erything has a risk-to-benefit factor,” he says.

Jonathan Moore, the AES development manager for the Rancho Viejo project, tells SFR in a written statement that AES energy storage batteries are the same type used in “hundreds of millions of cars, planes, com puters and other personal devices each year,” and that safety is the company’s “highest priority.”

“The contained battery systems for the Rancho Viejo project will achieve all required certifications prior to site commercial opera tion, and AES is working with appropriate third parties to provide safety training for fire and emergency response departments in the vicinity of the project,” Moore writes.

He goes on to say Rancho Viejo was cho sen to house the project in order to effective ly send stored power to the grid.

“The private land on which the project will be located was selected due to its attri butes and proximity to nearby transmission lines that will allow the project to efficiently produce safe and reliable renewable energy for PNM customers,” Moore writes.

Eikelenboom-Schieveld showed SFR around her property earlier this week to demonstrate just how close the Rancho Viejo project would be to her house. According to documents on the project’s website, panels and batteries would be no closer than 1,000 feet to any nearby property. With her house still clearly in view, Eikelenboom-Schieveld points to a cactus near her fence line, which she estimates is about 1,000 feet from her property. She hasn’t been able to find another example of a comparably-sized solar project so close to a residential area.

“AES paints a really optimistic picture and I think people have a right to know what the real facts are,” Eikelenboom-Schieveld says. “That’s why I’m making such a big deal out of this because the whole thing is basical ly an experiment.”

Husband and wife Richard Eikelenboom and Selma Eikelenboom-Schieveld stand with their dog, Dozer, within walking distance from the proposed site of an 800-acre solar project.

ANDY LYMAN

Some residents are gearing up to push back on a solar project yet to be approved by county officials

Iwas in the midst of re-reading Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert (the revised 2015 edition) when it came time to choose a theme for this year’s nonfiction writing contest. Kolbert takes the reader on vivid journeys to places around the globe—Shishmaref, Alaska; Reykjavik, Iceland; Burlington, Vermont, to name a few—to report on climate change and its visible impacts. “This is a book about watching the world change,” Kolbert writes in her introduction. In the final chapter, she considers the unpredictability of climate change, with human reaction being the least predictable facet of all: “Luck and resource fulness are, of course, essential human qualities,” she notes. “People are always imagining new ways to live, and then figuring out ways to remake the world to suit what they’ve imagined.”

Summer had ended by the time this year’s writ ing contest launched, but the devastation wrought by the unprecedented wildfire season continues, impacting land, wildlife, water and people. With this in mind, we asked entrants to write about the natural environment in places they know. The doz ens of essays and stories that emerged also took place in myriad locales—from Alaska to California to Wisconsin to New Mexico. Some also relayed ca tastrophes close and far from home. The summer’s fires—the smoke, the flames, the pyrocumulus clouds—appeared in several essays, along with hur ricanes, droughts and coyotes. Choosing this year’s winners was difficult, as so many writers demon strated deep passion and knowledge for the places they called home.

The three winning essays—all about New Mexico—certainly demonstrated passion and knowledge, but also queried eternality while considering facets of the natural environment. First-place winner Susan Griego writes not just of her own connection to New Mexico’s soil, but

her ancestors’ connection as well, as she tells the story of her family’s annual trip from Santa Fe to Albuquerque to buy tennis shoes for the coming school year when she was a child:

“I remember driving there in a construction pickup truck, often sitting in the back, and the san dy wind stinging my face. On the way there, the dirt would change from the dirt that would eventually stain my Keds rust colored. Once we crested La Bajada hill, the dirt would expand into the mesas of Cochiti and the valleys of Santo Domingo into hues of gold, highlighting the backdrop of sage green and purple mesas…I imagine my ancestors being forced to sit in hard wood chairs separating them from the connection they had with the dirt. Their long hair anchoring them and giving definition to their fac es. I see them clearly in my mind’s eye, blank stares and grinding teeth acquiescing to the demands of those who tried to conform them. They often used the dirt as yellow, orange and white clay markings on their skin to claim a peaceful resolve.”

In “La Salina,” Tamra Hays also takes a long view when considering the ancient salt lakes in the Estancia Valley: “If you were a raven,” Hays writes, “you would be able to fly out over the land and see the arroyos that carry water from the mountain to the basin, the same drainages that once carried enough water to fill the lake.” The isolated lake’s history is so distant as to be almost unimaginable, but also provides Hays a glimpse perhaps of our own hotter and drier future.

Kevin McCullough also considers the past and future as he takes the reader through his own per sonal journey with a portion of the Rio Grande, near Pilar. He knows the river will change—as it already has. And yet, he writes: “I can stay. I can learn. At least for now, I can always go back.”

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La Tierra de Nuevo Mexico

BY SUSAN GRIEGO

When I was about six years old and entered the first grade, I got a pair of white Keds. In Santa Fe, we didn’t call them sneakers. They were called tennis shoes even though I didn’t play tennis. Playing tennis was for people who had money. Every year, I would get a new pair of tennis shoes that would weather the year with me. I couldn’t wait for those tennis shoes. By mid-August my mom would have saved up enough money to get my sisters and me our shoes for the school year. We’d drive to Albuquerque to get our shoes. I remember driving there in a construction pickup truck, often sitting in the back, and the sandy wind sting ing my face. On the way there, the dirt would change from the dirt that would eventually stain my Keds rust colored. Once we crested La Bajada hill, the dirt would expand into the mesas of Cochiti and the valleys of Santo Domingo into hues of gold, highlighting the backdrop of sage green and purple mesas.

The gently sloped arid terrain supports the unique dirt of this region. The dirt in this area is called Penistaja. It is a word for the sand and shale dirt that spans Sandoval and Cibola counties. This kind of dirt defines New Mexico be cause it thrives on mesas, cuestas and bajadas. Penistaja is a Navajo word for “forced to sit.” I imagine my ancestors being forced to sit in hard wood chairs separating them from the connection they had with the dirt. Their long hair anchoring them and giving definition to their faces. I see them clearly in my mind’s eye, blank stares and grind ing teeth acquiescing to the demands of those who tried to conform them. They often used the dirt as yellow, orange and white clay markings on their skin to claim a peaceful resolve. The Natives of this land used Penistaja to graze their cows because the fertile land produces the wheat grass and rice grass that cattle still favor to this day. The hard clay also gave creative function, as the pliable clay was used to form functional pots, after being smeared over straw baskets and left to dry in the desert heat.

In winter’s craze, the dirt is red underneath the mounding snow. The Hagerman soil of Santa Fe County is a fine sandy loam that can support the moisture of the winter months. The dirt is gritty and puddles fast. When walking home from school in puddled ice, my tennis shoes always held enough moisture to freeze over. When I was not careful and stepped in the thawing mud, my tennis shoes would turn brownish red, like the clay in the arroyos I walked in. On winter days, I didn’t like my tennis shoes. No matter how hard I tried, they would always get wet and freeze over, my toes turning blue and other days bright red. The walk was always farther than my shoes could handle but they always thawed by morning when the walk to school on crunchy crispy snowy red dirt was somehow easier, albeit colder than the icy melt. The dirt in this area is hardy and adapts to extreme temperatures, lending enough support to the ubiquitous piñon and juniper trees.

The trees that flank the National Historic Landmark, El Santuario de Chimayó, provide a welcome reprieve for the thousands of people who walk to the site every year. Here the holy dirt of the area provides healing powers to believers who trek to the site every Good Friday. This

—Julia Goldberg

NONFICTION | ESSAYS ON NEW MEXICO’S LAND, WATER AND SKY

dirt resonates with the canyons and backslopes of the ar ea’s granite substructures. Even though the dirt is profuse in this Holy land, it doesn’t extend far beyond the southern edge of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. By the time I was old enough to walk to Chimayó, the worn edges and holes in my tennis shoes kept me from attempting the spring pilgrimage because of embarrassment. I couldn’t wait for summer to begin so I could go barefoot and not have to wear my wornout Keds.

Once the sweltered dust conformed to rust in the gen tly powdered summer’s haze, my desire to run amok in the streams and aspen groves of the mountain basin took hold. The Santa Fe series dirt in the mountains collects where heavily sloped areas sustain soils that are well-drained. This dirt is composed of particles that have been slowly trans ported down steep terrain and in the water’s mirth, the large particles sparkle under the high sun. This metamorphic schist would grind deeply in and around my feet and buff my skin smooth. Walking in the mountain streams with my ten nis shoes on provided a well needed washing to my Keds and protected my feet from jagged granite edges not worn to silty alluvium clay.

Aside from my Native American heritage, the dirt of New Mexico resonates with my duo culture too. I can imagine my Spanish ancestors finding kinship with the varied earth, the soft polvo blowing like fine mist through the clouds. My Hispanic roots have declared codependence with la tierra. This kinship is spoken in the way my people use the dirt. As a young girl, I remember making dirt rectangles and squares and laying them out to dry against my grandmother’s adobe house. My grandmother’s adobe house is made of this dirt. Painstakingly mixed with straw, forming and laying each brick out to dry. Many of the bricks still show her curved palms on the century-old structure.

There are other types of dirt in New Mexico too. Caliche forms from lime or calcium carbonate deposits and covers much of the Desert Southwest. The marbled white and pink rock forms many of the backdrops of New Mexico sunsets and is functional as a cement additive or hard substrate on its own. Another hard type of dirt is the pink sandstone that formed the famous natural landmark, Camel Rock. I spent a

handful of my father’s birthdays at that landmark taking pic tures for posterity and sliding down the smooth edges of the camel’s back using the slick worn soles of my tennis shoes for a better ride. Now the landmark is protected by fencing to keep climbing children from degrading the sandstone.

The best part of the dirt in New Mexico is that it is var ied like the people who live here. Regardless of the kind of dirt, either Penistaja, Hagerman, pink sandstone, or the hard sedimentary rock caliche, dirt represents who we are as New Mexicans. Dirt defines who my Native American and Hispanic ancestors were, and it defines me. My ancestors’ experiences with dirt speak to the tenacity and resilience that resonate deep within my soul. More importantly the dirt and my ancestors speak to the softness necessary to cre ate pacts and forge alliances for the better good of society.

In this way, the varied dirt of New Mexico and the many experiences I had in my white tennis shoes helped me form a positive paradigm. My white tennis shoes weathered the storms of my young life and, even though my shoes became worn and tattered, frozen, and rust colored, they always held up to the hard life they endured. Consequently, my tennis shoes represent tenacity in the passages of time, and the dirt of New Mexico represents hope. The same kind of hope my Native American ancestors had when they forged allianc es with Spaniards. In addition, the dirt of New Mexico and my shoes helped me open passageways to my past where I claimed the fortitude and spirit of my Hispanic and Native American culture. Because of this, I focus on the beauty of my homeland instead of my destitute childhood. Most im portantly, la tierra de Nuevo Mexico helped me leave behind the dusty vestiges of my past that no longer serve me.

As a descendant of Donaciano Vigil, the first Hispanic Governor of New Mexico, Susan Griego enjoys writing about the diverse and rich culture of her home state of New Mexico. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and has been published in health and wellness period icals. She lives with her husband and five dogs in an off-grid cabin in the mountains of New Mexico and is currently working on her memoir.

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La Salina

BY TAMRA HAYS

We enter the lake bed through a cleft in the hills and make our way down the rocky trail. This trek, organized by the Torrance County Archaeological Society, takes us to the place for which the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is named. The entry into La Salina, the Salt Lake, has made us quiet in the way great architecture makes one quiet. We can sense how ancient this place is even as we pass the ruins of a 20th century salt packing op eration and see the 21st century wind farm atop a mesa 20 miles to the south.

Once in the lake bed, our group spreads out, examining the collapsed buildings of the salt works, the asphalt-lined evaporation pits, the rusty machinery once used for sack ing the dried salt, a truck without paint or seats or tires be neath a collapsed shed.

I walk out onto the rotting pier, its wood salt-soaked and soft to the touch. There are a few inches of water in the lake with a thick crust of salt floating on it. The pure white crystals are large, an indication of the length of time they have been forming. I cannot resist tasting. It is delicious. I scoop the salt into a small plastic bag.

When you are driving south from Tijeras, through the piñon and juniper trees into the ponderosas and down again, there is a point, just north of Chilili where the view opens up to the Estancia Valley. There you are able to see five long white playas streaking across the landscape. On windy days, smoke-like clouds of salt and gypsum rise from the dry lakes. These are just a few of the sixty or sev enty remnant lakes, part of a much larger lake that filled the entire basin. Trees and hills again obscure the view, but if you were a raven, you would be able to fly out over the land and see the arroyos that carry water from the moun tain to the basin, the same drainages that once carried enough water to fill the lake. As you move away from the mountain, vegetation changes from forest to grassland. Herds of pronghorn move across the grasslands. Cattle dot the fields. Roadways straighten out, aiming in the cardinal directions rather than following the contours of the foot hills like the roads in the old Spanish villages nestled close to the mountain.

On Google Earth, the salt lakes are a feathery smudge of white at the edge of a high plateau that runs along the mountains. It is brown and barren, a place that is lifted up by the movements of continents. The green places are higher in the mountains and on the plains far to the east. Green hugs tight to the arroyos that cut across the land. Clouds drift across, but rarely release their rain. From this vantage point, La Salina appears to be fragile, insignificant, as if a puff of wind could blow it away.

Near the lake, I find a small, sulfurous spring whose trickle of water streaks the sand with shades of purple, pink, and gold, reminiscent of a sunset. The only visi ble plants are iodine bush and tamarisk, vegetation that thrives in the salt-laden soil. The only sound is the wind.

Geological and archaeological explorations of the lake have revealed fossils from a rainier time, traces of exten sive trading routes, and the ruins of ancient villages that once ringed the lake. At one time, there was abundant wildlife because of the water and abundant trade because

of the the salt. Artifacts from far-off lands—parrot feath ers, sea shells—have been found and catalogued. In re corded history from the Spanish era, there are accounts of armed escorts for wagon trains that made an annual trek from Galisteo to collect salt for the people who lived in and around Santa Fe. There are records of the sale of salt to silversmiths in Mexico who used it in their craft. Today, the lake is so quiet and so isolated, it is hard to imagine it as a lively center of trade. If anything, the lake provides a glimpse of a drier, hotter future, a stark, no-nonsense place.

Native American tribes that live near salt lakes have legends about Salt Woman. There are many variations, but there are also commonalities: She is of the earth; she is old. Her skin is dry and scaly. She is misunderstood, and yet, she gives and gives the salt of her body, demanding only quiet and respect in return. She accepts, but doesn’t demand, offerings.

I had never heard the story of Salt Woman and so have brought no offerings, but I leave La Salina feeling gratitude for the day and the companionship. Looking up, I realize that the trail and the cleft between the hills at the top is an arroyo, a place where water once entered the lake. The rocks beneath my boots have been carried by the water

from the mountain. I spy a potshard beside the trail, sure ly carried in from elsewhere, and splinters of bone in a small lair among the rocks. Life endures here, part of an ecosystem centered on the salt. I ponder over these relics, but leave them where they lie. This little bag of salt, the weight of its history, its record of climate fluctuations, the knowledge of the cultures that once depended on it, that is enough to carry.

Tamra Hays is a retired teacher living in Mountainair.

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A River Home

BY KEVIN MCCULLOUGH

On a tranquil section of the Rio Grande near Pilar, New Mexico, the water flows like a liquid carpet of silver. It glistens and glitters bright white as it hugs the pebbles and flows around the polished black boulders of basalt. Undulating, bubbling, and dancing, it whispers down the

path of least resistance all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.

I’ve learned a lot from this section of the Rio Grande. It’s where my son was conceived, not in the literal way, but through a homespun ritual of cracking a raw egg into the water to promote fertility. A few months later, my wife and I received a phone call from our adoption agen cy. A boy, just a toddler, was available to adopt. He learned about frogs and tadpoles, and about squeezing mud between his toes and spreading mud on his face at the river. We learned that miracles do happen.

If I could live there, I would. It has been my outdoor home in New Mexico since 1989. I walk along its banks, wade through its shallows, and swim in its deep tranquil pools. Sometimes, I have heard it from far away, but when I get close, the sound penetrates deep in my soul. Like blood flowing through my own veins and arteries, the sound of the water resonates within me at an octave I seem to have known before I was even born.

An odd thing happened when my mother and father visited this river home of mine over three decades ago. We drove down to the confluence of the Rio Pueblo and the Rio Grande in my old, beat-up Corolla and parked near the Junction Bridge. Crouching partly in the water was an old timer with very few teeth and a big well-worn cowboy hat. By God, he was panning for gold. Sometimes, I thought, the river goes out of its way to put on a show for visitors.

You might say the Rio Grande is the watery thread that has served as the timeline of some of the most important events in my life. Not that long ago, it’s where we went to help grieve my mother’s death. On that day, the stands of red willow that bend with the wind and the water were over our heads. It took an almost herculean effort to bushwack down the steep bank, past the cholla and prickly pear cactus, sagebrush, and tangled undergrowth. The water was so high that it had washed away the familiar rocky beach where my wife and I stood 15 years earlier along with our wedding guests and family to exchange vows. Instead of a whisper, the Rio Grande roared loudly. It was hard to hear myself read aloud the short poem I brought. Again, another miracle. Mom always signed her letters with X’s and O’s, an old-school valediction to represent hugs and kisses. Miraculously, in the bright, cloudless blue sky above us, high altitude jets playfully crisscrossed paths and created several enormous, almost perfect X’s in the sky. She visited our river home that day.

Not far from this spot, my son, now a teenager, was leading the way on a hike when he rounded a turn in the

trail and was greeted by four massive bighorn sheep blocking the path. No less than 15 feet away from us, they snorted and stared, hardly moving at all except for lifting their heads up and down to check out our scent. We froze in place, each waiting for the other’s next move. Suddenly, unexpectedly, two of them turned, faced each other, and bucked heads, producing a sharp crack that echoed through the canyon. I don’t think two people have ever moved so quickly while jumping and sliding over giant boulders and down a steep riverbank to get away.

We are only tiny visitors in this rugged yet captivatingly beautiful ancient landscape. It was formed about 30 million years ago when the Rio Grande rift was created in a process that split the Earth’s lithosphere apart to make a gorge over 600 feet deep and a quarter mile wide in some places. Beginning in Colorado, its course extends all the way to Mexico. Over eons of time, water has flowed through the rift then as it does now, eroding the volcanic rocks to create a masterpiece of river beauty. Lined with deep ravines and watched over by timeless tree sentinels like Cottonwoods and Douglass Firs, the river environment is overflowing with many different species of birds, fish, reptiles, and mammals.

It is hard to imagine this section of the Rio Grande looking any different in the future. I know climate change and its consequences like fire and drought could have a lasting impact on this riparian ecosystem. Like any home, change is inevitable. Already, the Rio Grande was dramatically changed by human hands when it was dammed as early as 1916 at Elephant Butte, and as recently as 1975 at Cochiti.

Although we don’t go as often as we used to, I’m always surprised how familiar the river is when we visit now. It reminds me of when I was younger, and I would go back home to visit my parents after having moved away for many years to the big city. No matter how long I was away, that home always felt so close, so intimate, so comfortable. But I couldn’t stay there.

The river is different.

I can stay. I can learn. At least for now, I can always go back. For me, for my family and maybe yours too, a river is home.

Kevin McCullough is a retired Santa Fe Public Schools teacher who loves the outdoors, cycling, writing, and working at the Santa Fe Public Library. He has lived in New Mexico for 33 years, has a wife and son and a cat named Buddha.

Best way to start

SFR’s Morning Word

LUTE FARMING

Has SFR ever written about a lutenist before? Your guess is as good as ours, but a cursory glance at our archives tells us that no, we have not. Enter Thom as Dunford, a French lute superstar who has been called the Eric Clapton of the lute (which we can only assume means he shreds, not that he’s kind of a racist). Dunford’s been plucking the ancient instrument since before his age hit double digits, and his singular talent has taken him across the globe. Throw in the colder climes of winter and the holiday spirit we keep hearing so much about, and a little medieval stringed music just feels right. If nothing else, you should be at least a little curious about how it all works. Lord knows we are, which is why we listened to some recordings. The verdict? Dunford is indeed a lute champ—how many people can say that? (ADV)

Performance Santa Fe Presents Thomas Dunford: 7:30 pm Thursday, Dec. 1. $45-$95

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

ART OPENING FRI/2

THE BIG SPOON, THE LITTLE SPOON AND ALL THE SPOONS, REALLY

We love a good bit of surrealism as much as the next alt. weekly, which is why we’ve been obsessing over work from Santa Fe artist Alison Hixon. Hixon has already been showing at the Susan Eddings Perez Gallery, but this week unveils new works at her a spoon to dark matter exhibition. In her statement, Hixon posits that our subconscious drives our character in ways that we can’t always appreciate, but that matter. Patterns emerge from the chaos, and someplace within all that, she derives a body of work. Within that body, find colorful and confusing processes that read almost like fractals gone awry. Figurative elements melt away into nothing ness, the unexpected, what Hixon calls “vulnerable and heartfelt.” Yup. We feel it, too. (ADV)

Alison Hixon: a spoon to dark matter: 5-8 pm Friday, Dec. 2. Free. Susan Eddings Perez Gallery 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4278

EVENT TUE/6

WARM-UPS

The SFR Picks lineup is usually dedicated to getting out and engaging in active things, but—show of hands— how many of us are just cold enough, just tired enough, just close to the end of the year enough to feel like constantly doing stuff sucks so bad? Oh, word. It’s lots of us. Fret not, dear readers, and instead set adrift with El Rey Court’s Toasty Tuesdays. At these weekly gather ings, find warm signature cocktails, discounted s’mores kits, more than one fireplace a-burning and plenty of comfy places to sit. The hotel’s La Reina bar cuts a cozy if minimalist figure, a sanctuary where it’s not so loud you can’t talk to buds and where you can get the kind of hot toddy that’ll make you cancel your other plans last minute. Putting the coat back on and trudging to what ever event right now? Perish the thought. (ADV)

Toasty Tuesdays @El Rey Court: 5-11 pm Tuesday, Dec. 6 Free. El Rey Court, 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

ART OPENING FRI/2

Tin-Tin

Autry

Macias gets into the holiday season with new decorative tin pieces

When last we checked in with local artist and tinsmith Autry Macias, she was kicking off her first-ever solo show of tin works through Good Folk Gallery. Now, with Christmas bar reling down upon us like so much tinsel and gingerbread, Macias is back, this time with a new body that delves into the darker side of Germanic/European solstice and Yuletide traditions while remaining colorful, whimsi cal and, in some cases, badass.

“These came out of...last year, a friend commissioned a small Krampus ornament for her tree, and it really got me going on the theme of pre-Christian holiday tradition,” Macias tells SFR.

Krampus, of course, being that delightful German Christmas monster who kidnaps bad children and, like, murders them for not being cool.

“It seems most modern Christmas and wintertime holiday traditions have Pagan origins, and what I really got into was all the Germanic stuff,” Macias continues. “There was so much research, so much information and so many cool connections between dif ferent cultures—but I was trying to narrow it down to Yuletide, even if there’s a lot of dark folklore about punishing naughty children around this time of year.”

Macias became a parent herself just a

few years back, which certainly adds a level of excitement to the holidays. Still, she says, she’s always been a sucker for this time of year, and marrying her love of the season with her ever-evolving tinsmith work just fits, particularly in a more magical setting than plain old Santa.

“Christmas spirit is a real thing,” she says. “Why am I so into that? Oh, right, be cause it’s a whole thing.”

Most exciting, however, might be the level to which Macias has grown as an artist work ing with tin. She’s adopted jeweler’s tech niques for soldering more intricate elements into her newer work, and with a pearlescent enamel paint bringing out the more metallic sheen of the tin through brightly colored ac cents, sections of each piece shine brightly and add a touch of flair. Also, there’s skulls all up in there, and that’s just plain cool. At Macias’ upcoming Good Folk show, find both tree ornaments and pieces suitable for hanging—y’know, good gifting stuff.

(Alex De Vore)

AUTRY MACIAS: SOLSTICS SPELLS AND YULE MONSTERS

4:30-7 pm Friday, Dec. 2. Free Good Folk Gallery 142 Lincoln Ave., (617) 777-5804

THE CALENDAR

Submission doesn’t guarantee inclusion.

ONGOING

ART

1111: MANIFEST

Vital Spaces Midtown Annex 1600 St. Michael’s Drive vitalspaces.org

Oriana Lee unveils writings, drawings and more. 5-8 pm, Weds-Thurs; 3-7 pm, Fri; Noon-4 pm, Sat, free

A NEW MEXICAN BURIAL No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

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

ALISON HIXON

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

Surrealist paintings. 10 am-5 pm, free

ANCESTRAL IMAGINATION

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

Cosmic works on wood explore past, present and plants.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free ANDREW FISHER: ILLUMINATIONS

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

Gilded tapestries masterfully merge boldness with a delicate touch.

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

ART IS GALLERY: GROUP EXHIBIT art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road (505) 629-2332

The group is huge. Know that. 10 am-5 pm

CAMILLE HOFFMAN: MOTHERLANDS form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Transmuted landscapes. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free CHRISTA STEPHENS: PERCEPTUAL ABSTRACTIONS: Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Abstract geometry with bold colors, structure and ambiguity.

11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5pm, Sat, free

DENNIS MIRANDA: THE MASK NEVER LIES

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

Miranda melds printed engravings with caricature for ruminations on the human condition.

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

EARTH’S OTHER

Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Earth and otherworldliness. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sun, free

GUADALUPE STREET

FEATURE: NEW PAINTINGS Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St. (505) 954-9902

Recent works by painter and sculptor Jim Vogel. 10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri; 9 am-5 pm, Sat, free

HOLDING THE EDGE FOMA Gallery

333 Montezuma Ave., Ste. B (505) 660-0121

Abstract works by photographer Laura Cofrin and painter Jennie Kiessling identify literal and figurative fracturing of body and mind.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

I’LL GET BACK TO YOU |

ANDREW SHEARS

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

Intimate dream imagery. 10 am-5 pm, free

INTERPLAY

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

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

JARED WEISS: THE PARTY’S OVER 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

Exploring the late surrealist. By appt., free

In Essentially Isenhour, opening at Ventana Fine Art this week, Natasha Isenhour surveys the peaceful geometry of abandoned buildings.

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THE CALENDAR

MICHAEL & SANDY KADISAK: WILD THINGS

Wild Hearts Gallery

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

Ceramic pieces inspired by the natural world.

Tue-Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Sat-Sun 10 am-2 pm, free

NEAL AMBROSE-SMITH: CULTURE HACK

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

Figurative icons meet geometric patterns from Salish blankets.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

ONE-OF-A-KIND II

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

THE TONY VACCARO CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

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

A celebration of the acclaimed photographer’s 100th birthday. 10 am-5 pm, free

UNDER A ROCK, ALONG THE SHORE form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Alternative approaches to depicting landscape and the body.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

WILD PIGMENT PROJECT form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

JODI BALSAMO

Java Joe’s

2801 Rodeo Road (505) 231-7159

Mixed-media still lifes achieve a textured, almost tactile quality.

7 am-5pm, Mon-Sat, free

KELLY SENA: FOR THE WILD

Foto Forum Santa Fe

1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582

Arresting landscape shots born from correspondence with incarcerated activists.

12:30-5 pm, Tues; Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Fri, free

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

Images of drovers, fiddlers, cattle rustlers, cooks and bronc busters with African heritage.

11 am-5 pm, free

PETER BUREGA: CHANGING LIGHT

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Permutations of light, color and shadow evoke landforms.

20+ artists working with foraged natural pigments.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

EVENTS

FILL THE SEATS FOOD DRIVE

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

A community food drive in partnership with The Food Depot.

10 am-4 pm, free

WED/30

A

LETTER: PAINTINGS BY RICARDO FERNANDEZ

ORTEGA Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road (505) 424-9463

Ortega brings the chiaroscuro of the Spanish masters to his surreal dreamscapes.

10 am-5 pm, free MARIO QUILLES AND ELLEN KOMENT: WHEN TWO VOICES SING THE SAME SONG

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Ceramicist Quilles joins encaustic painter Koment in exhibition. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5pm, Sat, free

MARK HEINE: SONG OF THE SIREN

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

Heine explores the symbolism of sirens.

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

MAX COLE: ENDLESS JOURNEY

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Paintings and works on paper spanning 1962-2022.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free MEGAN BENT: PATIENT/ BELONGINGS form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Meditations on the artist’s experience as a disabled person during the COVID-19 pandemic. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

10 am–6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am–5 pm, 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: ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE

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

Cardinale explores the architecture of Marcel Breuer through sculpture.

11 am-5 pm, free

SANDRO GEBERT: IDEOGRAMER

Gebert Contemporary 558 Canyon Road (505) 992-1100

Contemporary 2D mixed media.

10 am-5 pm, free

SELF-DETERMINED: A CONTEMPORARY SURVEY OF NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS ARTISTS

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

Indigenous artists engage environmental themes, explore mythologies and rework tradition.

11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10

SHIRIN NESHAT: LAND OF DREAMS

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

Pics of New Mexicans embellished with Farsi calligraphy. 10am-5pm, Thurs-Mon, free

ART OPENINGS

THE THREE OF US (OPENING)

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

Marcy Snow, Lee Manning and C. A. Crossman present paintings and photographs. 4-7 pm, free

EVENTS

HOTLINE B(L)INGO

Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St. (505) 983-0134

Bingo ‘til the cows come home. 7 pm, $2

WEE WEDNESDAYS

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

Story time for the little ones centered around fun weekly themes. This week it's Beavers.

10:30-11:30 am, free

SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CERAMICS SALE

Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000

Ceramics work from students goes up for sale.

9:30 am-4:30 pm, free

MUSIC

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES

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

A little bit folky, a little bit rock and/or roll.

8-10 pm, free

After nearly seven years, two locations, 12 members and roughly 18 special guest artists, downtown gallery/collective space 7 Arts Gallery (125 Lincoln Ave., (505)437-1107) will call it quits at the end of next month. Members also plan to host a final event on Dec. 17 from 3-7 pm celebrating the space. The idea was simple: Create an artist-run gallery model outside the commercialized milieu, then make it accessible to anyone willing to chip in a few bucks and regularly create work. For cofounder and painter Tom McGee, who has been the primary facilitator and funder since the concept started as 3 Studios Gallery on Canyon Road in 2016, it’s a bittersweet milestone that represents both great success and the immutable passage of time. We spoke with McGee roughly a month before 7 Arts is slated to close—y’know, to give folks enough time to check it out before it closes. This interview has been edited for space and clarity. (Alex De Vore)

So what’s up? Why close now? Well, our lease is up. It’s a triggering event. I’ve underwritten the collective for the last seven years, and COVID was a shot across the bow; we were closed for a year and had to kind of carry the load a little bit more than I’d planned, and the building management didn’t give us any help. One part is just the responsibility and having my name on a lease for another three years. Plus, the family has moved over to the east mountains near Albuquerque. That’s an hour commute, which isn’t bad. That’s not even the main reason—I just think it was time. I think I was done doing the management and being responsible; I don’t think I’ve been doing as good a job since we moved of keeping track of things and managing all the changes here. The rents have gone up since we’ve been here, and it’s a real challenge. They informed me they’re going to go up some more. You can make it work, but you’ve gotta sell. I can’t imagine if, in addition to selling the art, you had to pay staff. It’s one of the reasons we’ve been able to survive—it is a true collective.

Would you consider 7 Arts a success?

Absolutely. It’s been wonderful, and I think we’ve accomplished our goals in the sense of providing a space where top-tier Santa Fe artists can manage their careers without just dropping work off at a gallery. I think all of us have enjoyed the interaction with the public and don’t view that as a distraction from our artistic endeavors. We’ve maintained a high standard in terms of the quality of work, the professionalism. But you’ve got a little more freedom as an artist to explore different horizons here. In a gallery, you have to stay in your lane so you don’t bump into other artists. What we’ve done is curate the artists, not the artwork. Everyone is working in different mediums, subject matter, everyone takes different approaches, but they’re free to explore any direction they want. For an artist like me, it has been ideal. I can move between abstract and representational, I did a whole show with 3D printing, now I’m experimenting with digital reinterpretations of my work— and I wouldn’t be free to do all that in a commercial gallery.

Every artist here has not made a fortune, but has more than broke even. Most of the shows we’ve had have been successful. It has been rare somebody hasn’t sold, and it’s filled a niche. We always have a waiting list of people who want to join. There’s a need for something like this here, it’s just the matter of the right person running it. I think the nonbillionaire art market is tougher now than it was years ago. The billionaire art market is booming—the investment grade $20,000$100,000 pieces are appreciating pretty quickly; $1,000-$5,000 pieces, it’s a tougher racket. We have paid the big rent to be in a good location, though. I would say it has been a success.

What can you tell us about the final week? Between now and the end of next month, everything’s gotta be out of here and the floor needs to be swept. The artists here are not going out of business, so it’s not going to be a fire sale, we’re all going to be selling elsewhere, I’m sure. At the same time, I think we’re all going to be redoing our inventory, the amount of work we want to store or sell elsewhere. All the furnishings we bought for the gallery, our work stations, for example, were custom built, and all that has to go, so I’m going to be selling this rustic New Mexico furniture. We’re gonna be clearing out. Dec. 30 is the final official day, but it depends on how much is left, how much is going on that last week of December in terms of us being open to the public. We’ll try to do it to the end of the month, but we’ll have to see. Dec. 17 is going to be our—I see it as a thank you, Santa Fe appreciation show.

With 7 Arts Co-Founder/Artist Tom McGee

COURTESY TOM MCGEE

KARAOKE NIGHT

Boxcar

530 S Guadalupe St. (505) 988-7222

Classic karaoke options. 10 pm, free

THEATER

BATHSHEBA

Downtown Santa Fe (505) 397-0371

An immersive thriller. Email exodus@exodusensemble.com and include the names and emails of all guests to reserve a spot. You’ll get the address when you book.

7 pm, free

JAYSON

Downtown Santa Fe (505) 397-0371

A new work based on the Greek myth of Medea, set in the Los Angeles music industry. Ages 18+. 7 pm, free

WORKSHOP

ART JAM WEDNESDAYS

Alas de Agua Art Collective 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 alasdeagua.com

This impactful and prolific arts org pretty much just wants to make art with you. Bring your own supplies, but they'll have some, too.

5:30 pm, free

THU/1

BOOKS/LECTURES

ETHICS AND NEW MEXICO

STATE GOVERNMENT

Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo De Peralta nmindepth.com

A discussion with local leaders working to make state government more accountable. 1-4 pm, free

TODDLER STORYTIME

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Books for toddlers—win/win. 10:30 am, free

EVENTS

ADULTI-VERSE

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Multiverse minus kids. 21+. 6 pm, $35

ALEXANDER GIRARD’S

NATIVITIES

Online internationalfolkart.org/events

A virtual tour of the Museum of International Folk Art’s most holiday-appropriate pieces. 11 am, free

CHESS & JAZZ CLUB

No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

Play some chess, jam some jazz, maybe talk about chess and jazz and movies.

6-8 pm, free

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION WITH DEMS

Santa Fe Indigenous Center 1420 Cerrillos Road (505) 660-4210

Potluck with the Democratic Party of Santa Fe County. 6:30 pm, free LAS POSADAS San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974

La Sociedad Folklorica keeps this traditional devotional alive. 5:15 pm-7 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

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

Blues and soul. 6-9 pm, free

DAVID GEIST

Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place (505) 986-5858

Pianist Geist tackles so many genres it's almost absurd. 7-10 pm, $5

FOLK MUSIC KARAOKE

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

Karaoke with a live band. 7-9 pm, free

MIKE MONTIEL

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Local bluesman does the blues. 7 pm, free

PERFORMANCE SANTA FE: THOMAS DUNFORD

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

We don't often get a press release calling a guy, "the Eric Clapton of the lute” (see SFR Picks, page 17).

7:30 pm, $45-$95

ROBERT WILSON

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

Americana in the Dragon Room.

5:30 pm, free

THEATER

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (PREVIEW)

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

Preview the musical about a frog and toad who—get this— are friends.

7:30 pm, $15-$75

BATHSHEBA

Downtown Santa Fe (505) 397-0371

Exodus Ensemble’s biblical thriller. Sign up for the address. 7 pm, free

WORKSHOP

YOGA FOR KIDS

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Children of all ages are invited.

10:30 am, free

FRI/2

ART OPENINGS

KRISTIN BORTLES: NEW PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE (RECEPTION)

MoMo

143 Lincoln Ave., (505) 690-7871

Bortles explores pattern, repetition and the subversion of hierarchy.

4-6 pm, free

FASHION & PAINTING (RECEPTION)

True West Gallery 130 Lincoln Ave., (505) 982-0055

Artist Yellowman is joined by his son, painter and fashion designer Ben Nelson.

5-8 pm, free

AUTRY MACIAS: SOLSTICE SPELLS AND YULE MONSTERS (OPENING)

Good Folk Gallery

141 Lincoln Ave., (505) 983-1660

A collection of tin ornaments drawing inspiration from pagan solstice myths (see SFR Picks, page 17).

4:30-7 pm, free

DOYLE HOSTETLER (RECEPTION)

Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

Monochromatic pieces inspired by the people and wildlife of the Southwest.

All Day, free

ESSENTIALLY ISENHOUR (OPENING)

Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road (505) 983-8815

Isenhour explores the peaceful solitude of abandoned buildings.

5-7 pm, free

JANE SHOENFELD: PAREIDOLIA (RECEPTION)

Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road, Ste. 1C (505) 780-5403

Pastel abstractions. 5-7 pm, free

REGALOS (OPENING)

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

A juried show of artists living and working in New Mexico.

5-7 pm, free

WENDY FAY & MARY OLSON: 40TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW (OPENING)

El Zaguán

545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016

A joint exhibition from painter Fay and sculptor Olson.

4-7 pm, free

A SPOON TO DARK MATTER (OPENING)

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

Works on paper and stainedglass probing themes of gender, identity and sexuality (see SFR Picks, page 17).

5-8 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

LASER SANTA FE INPLACE WITH LYDIA JENNINGS AND VIOLA ARDUINI

The Santa Fe Art Institute 1600 St. Michael’s Drive (505) 424-5050

Soil scientist Jennings and artist Arduini discuss microbial life, community and coexistence. 6-7:30 pm, free

DANCE

EARTH DANCE

BODY

333 West Cordova Road (415) 265-0299

A dance party with proceeds going to the Tessa Foundation. 7-8:30 pm, $10

EVENTS

THIRD ANNUAL NIFTY GIFT SHOW

StudioWFC 815 Early St., Unit D (303) 587-8074

Gift-able items abound. 3-8 pm, free

TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY & HOLIDAY MARKET

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

Shop while you celebrate the lighting of the tree. 1-5:30 pm, free

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

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

Christmas chile in every sense. 4-8:30 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

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

HARP FAVORITES FOR CHRISTMAS

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

Angelic string-plucking. 5:30 pm, free

ROBIN OXLEY

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

Americana and '60s standards. 4-6 pm, free

THE WIDDLER X ATYYA

Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Reggae-influenced dub. 10 pm, $25

THEATER

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (PREVIEW)

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

Preview the musical for kids. 7:30 pm, $15-$75

COCK

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

John meets his dreamgirl while on a break from his boyfriend. 7:30 pm, $20-$50

WORKSHOP

FIRST FRIDAY: DRAWING IN THE GALLERIES

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

Graphite or colored pencils only. Basic instruction available. 5-7 pm, free

SAT/3

ART OPENINGS

CATHERINE EATON SKINNER: EARTH AT OUR BACKS (RECEPTION)

Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681

The artist discusses her latest abstract landscapes alongside cultural ambassador Stuart Ashman.

4-6 pm, free

CLAY BALSAMO POP-UP

Java Joe's (Siler) 1248 Siler Road, (505) 780-5477 Vibrant geometric abstractions. 6-9 pm, free

ENCHANTED LAND (OPENING)

Cafe Pasqual's Gallery 103 E Water St. Second Floor (505) 983-9340

Photos, watercolors, carved figures and more.

Noon-4 pm, free

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

In the West Casitas, north of the water tower 1612 Alcaldesa St (505) 983-4098

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

CURRENTS 826 HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET

Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Currents 826 Gallery, Cielo Handcrafted and Hecho a Mano offer holiday gift shopping and hot cider.

Noon-5 pm, free

EARTH ECONOMY MERCADO Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, Ste. B. (505) 992-2588

Unique holiday gifts from local BIPOC artists, presented by Alas de Agua Art Collective.

4-7 pm, 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

ELDORADO WINTER ART SHOW

Eldorado Community Center 1 Hacienda Loop, Eldorado (505) 466-4248

A booth show presented by the Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association. 10 am-4 pm, free

GALISTEO HOLIDAY "SCROOGE" SALE

Galisteo Community Center

35 Avenida Vieja, Galisteo

A cornucopia of gift options—all priced at under $100.

10 am-4 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Inn & Spa at Loretto (505) 988-5531

211 Old Santa Fe Trail Blues and soul. 6-9 pm, free

COCK

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

Directed by Zoe Burke. 7:30 pm, $20-$50

WORKSHOP

BREAK

THE ICE—SANTA FE YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION WINTER CONCERT

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

Family-friendly concert across a variety of styles.

EXPERIMENTAL THEATER MAKING

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

Join in creating a work-in-progress through exploration of the elements of live performance.

PABLO

THE DRAGON'S HOLIDAY TRAIN RIDE & VILLAGE

Sky Railway

410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

A holiday-themed train ride ending in a Lamy wonderland. 10:15 am, Noon, 2:30 pm, 4:15 pm $29-$59

SIP & SHOP

Santa Fe Tennis & Swim Club

1755 Camino Corrales (505) 988-4100

Artisan holiday fair featuring stews, cider and other sip-ables. Noon-5 pm, free

THIRD ANNUAL NIFTY GIFT SHOW

StudioWFC 815 Early St., Unit D (303) 587-8074

A pop-up ideal for snagging small gifts. 3-8 pm, free

WINTER MARKET & HOLIDAY ARTWALK

Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place (505) 424-3333

The last ArtWalk of the year, with live music, food trucks and an ugly sweater contest. Noon-6 pm, free

FILM

THE DIRECTORIAL WORK OF IDA LUPINO (DAY 1)

No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St nonamecinema.org

Two days of double-features by the great Ms. Lupino, including Not Wanted and Never Fear 5:30-10 pm, free

11 am, 6 pm, $10

LONE PIÑON

GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com

The norteño string band returns. 7:30 pm, $25

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY'S COWBOY CHRISTMAS

St. Francis Auditorium

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

Cowboys and Christmas have a long-standing overlap—see why. 7:30 pm, $45-$75

RON ROUGEAU

Pink Adobe

406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712 ‘60s and ‘70s acoustic tunes.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

STANLIE KEE & STEP IN Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Traditional blues. 1-3 pm, free

STRANGERS FROM AFAR RECORD PRE-RELEASE SHOW

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM-14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

A pre-release show celebrating the psych-folk band's new LP. 8-11 pm, free

THEATER

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD

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

The children’s musical opens. 7:30 pm, $15-$75

1 pm -2:30 pm, $22

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

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center

130 Rabbit Road, (505) 660-7056

Discuss the Dalai Lama’s How to Be Compassionate as a guide to overcoming anger, hatred and selfishness.

7-8:30 pm, free

INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY WELLNESS PRACTICES FOR YOU AND ANIMALS: JIN SHIN JYU

Fruit Of The Earth Natural Health 909 Early St., (505) 820-0058

Discover the power of energy wellness for you and your animals.

1:30-3 pm, free

OPERATION MERRY & BRIGHT: CHRISTMAS CARD WORKSHOP

New Mexico Military Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 476-1479

Craft Christmas cards for vets at the New Mexico State Veterans' Home alongside local paper artist Suzanne Delaware. Refreshments and supplies provided.

Noon-3 pm, free

PARENTING FROM LOVE

Fruit Of The Earth Natural Health 909 Early St., (505) 820-0058

Learn skills to be a calm and regulated parent—even when your child isn’t. If you like the workshop, there's also a full course for $90.

11 am-noon, free

THEATER OF EMERGENCY

Center for Progress and Justice

1420 Cerrillos Road (505) 467-8514

Warehouse 21 seeks actors ages 15-21 to workshop a theater production focusing on youth voices and social change.

1-3 pm, free

SUN/4

BOOKS/LECTURES

MINDFULNESS BOOK CLUB

YogaSource 901 W San Mateo Road (505) 982-0990

Dig into Katherine Thanas' The Truth of This Life 5:30 pm, free

OLD SANTA FE ASSOCIATION TRAIN FILM AND LECTURE

New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5100

Calling all train nerds—this screening and lecture gets into how trains have trained in Santa Fe since way back.

2-3:30 pm, free

POETRY READING WITH LAUREN CAMP & K. IVER

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

The new New Mexico poet laureate reads alongside K. Iver. 4 pm, free

EVENTS

40TH ANNIVERSARY OF "MULTIPLE VISIONS: A COMMON BOND"

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1200

Lordy, lordy, the Girard Wing is turning 40—and the Museum of International Folk Art’s programmed a full day of community events to celebrate.

11 am-4:30 pm, free

ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MARKET

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

Combine holiday shopping with supporting local nonprofits. 9:30 am-1 pm, 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.

10 am-4 pm, free

SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL

DOCENT OPEN HOUSE

San Miguel Chapel

401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974

Learn to become a volunteer docent on Sundays in December. Noon-3 pm, free

FILM

THE DIRECTORIAL WORK OF IDA LUPINO (DAY 2)

No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St.

Final day of Lupino double feature programming with screenings of The Hitch-Hiker and The Bigamist 5:30-10 pm, free

MUSIC

DK & THE AFFORDABLES

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

Southwestern rockabilly jams. Noon-3 pm, free

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

A Taos-based singer/songwriter with a flair for the folksy. 7 pm-9 pm, free

THEATER

COCK

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

John has been in a stable relationship with his boyfriend for a number of years. But when he takes a break, he accidentally falls in love with a woman. Directed by Zoe Burke. 5 pm-6:45 pm, $20-$50

WORKSHOP

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

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

Americana maestro who recorded alongside the likes of Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris. 4-6 pm, free

GRAL BROTHERS AND TRIO CONTENTO

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Sonic sci-fi radio nightmares and high-desert soundscapes. 8-10 pm, free

MACHINE GIRL Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Electropunk hardcore. 8 pm, $20

TUE/6

BOOKS/LECTURES

TOASTY TUESDAYS AT LA REINA

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

S’mores kits and signature cocktails (see SFR Picks, page 17). 5-9 pm, free

MUSIC

OSCAR BUTLER

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

Soft rock and easy listening covers alongside singer/songwriter originals. 4-6 pm, free

THEATER

BATHSHEBA

Downtown Santa Fe (505) 397-0371

JAYSON Downtown Santa Fe (505) 397-0371

An immersive take on Medea set in the Los Angeles music industry. Enter into a dark playground of screens, fame, music and obsession. Ages 18+. 7 pm, free

WORKSHOP

AARP SMART DRIVER 4 HOUR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center 4801 Beckner Road aarp.org/auto/driver-safety Register in-person on the day of the class. Attendance is first come, first served and limited to 15 participants. Masks are mandatory.

8 am, $25, cash or check only

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

CULTIVATING

LOVE, COMPASSION, AND INNER STRENGTH IN OUR DAILY LIVES

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road (505) 660-7056

A three-week guided meditation workshop exploring the primary qualities of buddhanature—compassion, wisdom and power—through the corresponding deities Chenrezig, Manjushri and Tara.

10 am-11:30 am, free

MON/5

DANCE

SANTA FE SWING

Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road (50) 690-4165

Old fashioned swing to big band and blues DJs. $8 for the class and dance, $3 for just the open dance (which starts at 8 pm). 7 pm, $3-$8

EVENTS

GEEKS WHO DRINK

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

Grab a drink from the bar and go head to head with other guests. New prizes every week.

6 pm, free

FILM

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER (PREMIERE)

Church of the Holy Faith 311 E Palace Ave. (505) 982-4447

In this documentary, a group of faith communities come together in the early 2000s to combat hypothermia deaths in Santa Fe—and form the Interfaith Community Shelter. 6 pm, free

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD: THEATRE LOVERS CLUB

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

Co-directors Patrick MacDonald and Emily Rankin discuss their creative process and the birth of their production of Frog and Toad 6-7 pm, free

SENSORY STORYTIME

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

Engaging kids through movement, play, music, stories, etc. It’s ideal for kids with autism and sensory processing disorders, too.

3:15 pm, free

EVENTS

NM GOVERNOR'S MANSION HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

New Mexico Governor's Mansion One Mansion Drive (301) 318-0940

Take a peek at the Governor's holiday decorations and historic art collection. Docents will be on hand to answer any questions you might have about New Mexico history, too.

1-3 pm, free

SANTA FE RAILYARD COMMUNITY CORPORATION

20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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

The Community Corporation celebrates two decades of Railyard-in' it up. RSVP or ask questions by emailing brooke@sfrailyardcc.org.

5-7:30 pm, free

SENSORY SENSITIVE DAY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

The exhibit you know and (probably) love, but with less sound and lower lights.

Noon, $35

The Exodus Ensemble takes on the David and Bathsheba story from the Bible. Email exodus@exodusensemble.com to register; you’ll receive the address once you book your tickets. 7 pm, free

MUSEUMS

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY

NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900

Athena LaTocha: 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 ENCAUSTIC ART

18 County Road 55A (505) 424-6487

Global Warming is Real Juried Exhibition.

11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (18 and under free)

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. 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. Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$12

NEW MEXICO HISTORY

MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200

Setting the Standard. The First World War. WORDS on the Edge. The Palace Seen and Unseen; Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month

Gentle yoga for folks who haven’t exercised in a while, are coming back from injury or just want to move in a relaxed environment.

4-5 pm, 5:30-6:30 pm, $5

Submission doesn’t guarantee inclusion.

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. Transgressions and Amplifications: Mixed Media Photographs of the ’60s, ’70s. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-12

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

From Athena LaTocha: Mesabi Redux at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.

COURTESY ATHENA LATOCHA

A Fairy Tale Christmas

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Drag performer Marie Antoinette Du Barry (aka Paul Valdez) seems fidgety when we meet for an ear ly evening coffee at DeVargas Center to talk about their projects. Granted, it’s the end of the day and exhaustion can lead to tricky emotions, especially with the sun going down so early these days. Still, it becomes clear within moments that Du Barry is likely a perfectionist. One would have to be to perform at their level—we’re talking nearly a dozen titles, including Miss Santa Fe Pride, Miss New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association and Ambassador of Hope with the Santa Fe Fire Department. Santa Fe and the surrounding areas can boast a fairly robust drag scene, all things considered; Du Barry has remained one of the more well-known among their ranks.

“I’m not trying to be arrogant or brag,” they say, “but being Santa Femous comes with scrutiny.”

You can say that again. Still, it’s a lot in life that they likely wouldn’t trade, and Du Barry has cheerfully taken on much during their disparate reigns. They have a penchant for monarchy it seems, at least the more glamorous aspects; they make their own dresses, including a number currently on display at DeVaragas Center as part of the Northern New Mexico Toy Drive organized by Los Alamos-based Exit Realty. That’s why we’ve met at the mall, and the dress, by the way, is tres chic. You’ll find it standing within what is known as the Giving Tree Forest in the center of the mall—a number of Christmas trees decorated by local organizations helping the toy drive raise money and awareness; it’s part of the Fire Department’s display. I like that. But more on the drive in a sec. Du Barry says they were “born here all my life,” that they care what happens to Santa Fe’s youths, particularly around this time of the year. Growing up here isn’t so easy for anyone, especially queer youths, and that’s at least in part why they’ve written an original fairy tale based on the classics and aimed specifically at what they call “LGBTQ-infinity people.” It’s why they’ve continued to work with the Northern New

Mexico Toy Drive for over a decade.

“Sometimes it’s not so easy,” they ex plain, “but it means a lot to me.”

We start by discussing the book, a nearly finished tale dubbed The Marquis Incognito: The Story of the Little Cinderboy of New Mexico. Du Barry grew up enam ored with Cinderella—especially the sto ries it inspired, like Drew Barrymore’s 1998 cinematic retelling, Ever After. Du Barry’s version, however, encompasses a much broader timeline, dating back to the time of Queen Elizabeth and phasing between past and present, fairy lore, New Mexico-isms and a healthy dose of queer culture. Du Barry pulls from their own Chicano and Indigenous roots (Picuris Pueblo, though they’re quick to point out they weren’t raised in Indigenous tra dition and don’t speak for Native folks), they take inspiration from the darkness of European writers like Hans Christian Andersen. In short, Du Barry’s fairy tale finds the young Cinderboy falling for a Scottish earl visiting New Mexico, and with the help of a fairy grandmother, wears fabulous outfits, learns a thing or two about love and himself and (sorry, spoilers) comes away happy.

“Kindness, though, is the ultimate mor al to the story,” Du Barry says. “The idea for me in writing this fairytale was that it was for people...who have been denied our histories and our ways of telling stories in the ways we want and need. I want to be the badass who makes this story available to every queer child—or straight child—so they can know that even if they’re ‘differ ent,’ they’re loved.”

We’re now in the final stages of that project, Du Barry says, with an estimated physical and audio release come February. Once completed, it will become available through the Santa Fe Fire Department, an organization Du Barry has worked with for years. Their father was a firefighter before he died, Du Barry explains. They know better than most what goes into the job. And by the way? Kudos to the local de partment for working with and celebrat ing queer folks and drag performers. Such steps have certainly seemed effective in the department’s efforts with the afore mentioned Northern New Mexico Toy Drive—a godsend not only for youths in

the community facing a less than thrilling holiday season, but for people who want to do something nice and aren’t so psyched on the Salvation Army’s anti-LGBTQ leanings (Google it, it’s sad).

Here’s how it works for people in Santa Fe: Visit the DeVargas Center between now and late December, grab a tag from the tree, which lays out Christmas gift re quests from local disadvantaged youths, and then drop the unwrapped gift or gifts at any of the partnering dropoff locations such as Tina’s Ink, New Mexico Bank & Trust, Meow Wolf, The Candyman and many others (find a full list of locations at exittoydrive.com, where you can also do nate directly).

“It goes back to kindness—it’s not an obligation, but I feel like I must leave a legacy of kindness. I’ve felt like it’s a spir itual, sacred calling, a value my grand mother taught me,” Du Barry says. “My dad was a forest firefighter, that’s why I have an affinity for firefighters. And when he was dying a couple years ago, he said he didn’t want flowers. ‘Don’t waste the mon ey,’ he said, ‘just have everybody bring toys to the toy drive.’ He even helped after his death. I don’t care if they remember my name; maybe that there was just this weir do queen who was trying to help.”

Gift donations for the Northern New Mexico Toy Drive don’t have an official cutoff date and will be accepted right up until Christmas. Monetary donations are always welcomed.

The aptly-named Giving Tree Forest at DeVargas Center (564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2655), where you can learn more about donating to the Northern New Mexico Toy Drive.

ALEX DE VORE

Drag artist Marie Antoinette Du Barry rings in the season by helping toy drive and penning new fairy tale

COURTESY MADAME DUBARRY

Marie Antoinette Du Barry says they want local youths to know they’re valid and loved.

Super Mercado

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Watching La Boca’s chef James Campbell Caruso navigate the early days of COVID-19 was like a masterclass in keeping your cool. Not only did Caruso manage to stay afloat through PPP loans, holding onto his staff in the pro cess, he was an early adopter of special city permits that allowed restaurants to take over public parking spots with plein aire dining options, which proved to be a godsend in shakier times.

Now that things have calmed some, Caruso says, he’ll finally have a chance to approach a new project that has been per colating for some time: La Boca Bodega (145 Lincoln Ave., (505) 982-3433), a combination specialty grocery/coffee shop and lunch counter with an emphasis on Spanish foods and goods to be managed by Caruso’s daughter, Emma, who brings significant foodservice experience.

“We’ve been wanting to do this a long time,” Caruso tells me during a recent visit. “People always ask us where they can get the items we use in the restaurant—where we get them—and the fact is, there’s not really any place in New Mexico to just get those things.”

Originally, Caruso explains, he’d hoped to include retail options inside La Boca, or perhaps at his satellite space and wine tasting room, formerly known as Taberna, around the back of his main dining room in the space that previously—and bear with me, non-old-school Santa Feans—housed Carlos’ Gospel Café.

products in his dishes at La Boca; others he just wants people to try for themselves. And at the center of it all, a combination lunch/

those who want to grab a quick bite or some hard-to-find item to zhush up whatever dish, La Boca Bodega could be a game-changer.

“A lot of people want to grab something and don’t always have an hour,” Caruso tells SFR. “Having a waiter, a wine list...that’s great, but when you can get something great and just take it with you? That’s good.”

coffee counter with special blends from lo cal company Aroma crafted specifically for Caruso, as well as a still in-progress menu featuring sandwiches on bread developed by his wife, Leslie.

“I think, too, there are a lot of restau rants stepping away from pre-packaged foods,” adds manager Emma. “It’s because of the experience of focusing more on the ingredients—and highlighting the back grounds of those ingredients, how they get incorporated.”

“These spaces are small, though,” Caruso says. “There was never enough space to do it justice, so we waited.”

That wait was worth it, as even in its early stages, La Boca Bodega looks promising. It’s a cozy space, true, but during our visit, Caruso showed off myriad items already on the shelf, including fine anchovies from Spanish com pany Don Bocarte, jamon and other cured meats from Fermín, specialty olives and olive oils, paprikas, paella pans, ceramics and more to come. Caruso uses many of the

As of now, Caruso says it’s likely the sand wiches won’t be what one might call cheap, but they, like most things at the new shop, are meant to be upscale. And they taste like it. I sampled a fresh jamon sandwich, for exam ple, that I still find myself thinking about well over a week later. Between the almost melty meat and the sturdy crunch and crumb of the bread, I discovered an array of textures so satisfying I’d likely buy one at any price now and then. Caruso says they could run about $15, but that’s not set in stone just yet. Still, he says, “This is a premium business.”

And it shows. In addition to the count er and its likely robust takeaway options, Caruso hopes to host cooking demos and workshops, including, possibly, pastry and breadmaking classes with his wife. Still, for

Caruso says that by the time La Boca Bodega opens on Dec. 9, even more items will be in stock. He also envisions adding a rotat ing menu whereby he might experiment with ingredients sold in the store, and there is much talk of charcuterie boards or party spe cials—and who even knows what else. Ideally, Caruso wants to foster a community mom and pop feel, only with access to fine foods.

“I want people to come in here and taste this stuff and talk to somebody,” he says. “Also, to me, when you shop, you should al ways have something to eat, kind of merca do style—some coffee, a really cool mineral water. We’ve always been inspired by these things, by ingredients. I like that we can have a nice representation of what is traditional ly Spanish when we as New Mexicans are so proud of our Spanish roots.”

La Boca’s James Campbell Caruso to open specialty grocery, lunch counter a few doors down from his flagship eatery

A smattering of the items that’ll be available when La Boca Bodega opens next month.

She Said Review

BY JULIA GOLDBERG @votergirl

A “he said, she said” situation implies differences in perception and irreconcilable conclusions. In 2017, when New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began investigating allegations against now-convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, even securing the “she said” part of the story presented challenges, given the decades of fear his victims had experienced and the non-disclosure forms others had signed. Kantor and Twohey persisted, and they document those efforts—which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize—in their book, She Said.

The film version, adapted by screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz and director Maria Schrader, is more a movie about the process of journalism than it is about the Me Too movement Kantor (an empathic Zoe Kazan) and Twohey (played with fiery intensity by Carey Mulligan) helped ignite.

Like Spotlight and All the President’s Men, the film depicts journalists working: conducting inter-

views; taking notes; consulting with editors (shoutouts for the always perfect Patricia Clarkson as Rebecca Corbett and Andre Braugher as Dean Baquet). Phone calls, documents and meetings don’t normally make for exciting cinematography, but She Said manages to function mostly as a thriller, if a slightly hushed one. Where it 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, and those brave female subjects, such as Weinstein’s former assistant Laura Madden

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In their book, Kantor and Twohey say they intended the title She Said to be complicated: “We write about those who did speak out, along with other women who chose not to, and the nuances of how and when and why.” In so doing, their work serves as a roadmap for dismantling entrenched systems of abuse and power.

SHE SAID

Directed by Schrader

With Kazan, Mulligan, Corbett Violet Crown, R, 129 min.

+ SHOCKING AND INTRIGUING; BRILLIANTLY ACTED LACK OF CONCRETE ANSWERS

You likely know people who are just like some, if not all, of the principal characters in director Mark Mylod’s The Menu—a brisk and compel ling ode to/takedown of restaurant culture that ditches the rose-colored glasses for a darker dissection of obsession, burnout and charla tanry. Mylod has, thus far, been more of a tele vision director with numerous big-hitter series including Shameless and Game of Thrones under his belt. With The Menu, however, he’s proven a knack for the eerie and unsettling, though within its norm-core setup we can easily see ourselves, and it’s not the most palatable reflection to observe, even if it is a fun ride.

In The Menu, numerous well-to-do types travel to a remote island to dine at the most exclusive restaurant run by the most exclusive chef (Ralph Fiennes). Our in with the diners comes courtesy of ostensible foodie Tyler (Nicholas Hoult, The Great) and his companion, Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy), someone who clearly has a secret of some kind. He’s a loudmouth food lover who feels the need to aggressively explain how the rest of us should go about tasting food—the mouthfeel, the flavor, the chefs themselves—and who needs the chef to know he’s knowledgable; Margot, meanwhile, loudly proclaims she’s not as into it: Service folk, she says, need not be impressed by their diners. Elsewhere in the dining room, wealthy mucky-mucks rub shoulders with douchey finance bros and pretentious food critics; John

Leguizamo’s faded star emphatically lies about a close friendship with the chef, while the chef’s mother drinks herself into a wordless oblivion in the corner.

The big change, then, happens so gradually that we hardly see it coming. The chef, seem ingly under pressure, starts serving concepts rather than dishes: A note that explains the bread they’re not eating was developed by suchand-such grain-based nonprofit, tortillas with damning bank records and images of cheating husbands etched into their surface with food lasers. Everyone seems willing to go along with its theatrical aspects because the chef is so bril liant, but Margot—the one diner not of means— finds herself at odds with the presentation.

The Menu is a tough film to review with out spoiling its twists, so we’ll leave it at that before mentioning Fiennes’ commanding per formance is an absolute career high. Similarly, Taylor-Joy, who will apparently be in pretty much any film we ever see again, nails the tough but tragic Margot. Against her date’s idiocy, she might be the most normal person on the island, though Hoult proves once again to be one of the finer actors working today. Writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, meanwhile, are the true heroes, particularly in how they painstakingly show us it’s silly to work our selves to death, all the while obsessing over whether—and to whom—it matters. Do we ever stop to ask ourselves what we really think? Perhaps too late, The Menu posits. By the time we hit this realization, however, it’s entirely possible we’re trapped too deep.

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Violet Crown, R, 107 min.

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+ WRIGHT TACKLES SOMETHING SO HARD; BASSETT IS GLORIOUS NEEDLESS FED STUFF; FAR TOO LONG

Shoutout to Marvel Studios for continuing with the Black Panther storyline following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who tragically succumbed to cancer in 2020. It would have been so easy to simply relegate the Black Panther characters to side roles in other mainline films, but instead, they put Letitia Wright (who has played sister Shuri to Boseman’s T’Challa since the start) front and center. The results, unfortu nately, are mixed.

Director Ryan Coogler (Creed) confronts Boseman’s death head-on in the film’s early moments, showcasing Shuri’s tragic and all-too-logical response to the world around her. Here, Wakanda Forever hits some of its best emotional heights—including a Bosemanspecific intro reel—but it all goes downhill pretty fast.

In the wake of T’Challa’s death, leadership from around the globe wants in on the fictional country of Wakanda’s greatest resource, a mag ic-adjacent space metal known as vibranium. Taking over the country for her son, the queen, Ramonda (Angela Bassett, who wrings out the best performance by far), offers a kind, “Yeah, no thanks,” in response, leading to tense rela tions across the board.

Meanwhile, the amphibious underwater prince, Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), reveals himself to the Wakandans. He, too, has vibra nium, it seems, and his plan is to kill anyone interested in that before they come for him.

Explosions become imminent.

Elsewhere, at the periphery, find capable turns featuring warrior Okoye (an always badass Danai Gurira) and the brilliant Nakia (a lovable Lupita Nyong’o), plus the introduction of Marvel character Ironheart—a sort of Iron Man descen dent—from Dominique Thorne.

Narrative-wise, Black Panther starts simply enough, with Shuri running from her feelings and refusing the Black Panther mantle because she’s busy doing science stuff. The rest of the film plays out like a lesson in accepting change, but with an absolutely pointless layer featuring fed eral agents played by Martin Freeman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Black Panther lags. Clocking in at nearly three hours, it’s a shame, too, because it has good bones. Through flashbacks and tedious expositional conversations, however, those bones start to matter less.

And all the same, Wakanda Forever does up the ante in the CGI realm, a notable achieve ment following its silly inclusion in the first film. When it focuses on quieter emotional moments, it even starts to feel like a solid outing. But Marvel, of course, isn’t about to give up its mas sive set-piece battles and swelling orchestral music. These scenes make it feel almost like two films crammed into one, which could be about hedging bets in case folks didn’t accept a non-Boseman Black Panther. Wright holds her own, though, lending a certain grieving vul nerability that adds at least some dimension to the superhero movie about space metal. These actors worked with Boseman for years and were likely somewhat close, too, which makes some performances feel all the more authentic. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal, PG-13, 161 min.

Ehle) and Ashley Judd, playing herself.

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

NYT journalists dogged efforts helped catch and convict Harvey Weinstein

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Journalist Hadley Freeman interviewed Aries actor William Shatner when he was 90. She was surprised to find that the man who played Star Trek’s Captain Kirk looked 30 years younger than his actual age. “How do you account for your robustness?” she asked him. “I ride a lot of horses, and I’m into the bewilderment of the world,” said Shatner. “I open my heart and head into the curiosity of how things work.” I suggest you adopt Shatner’s approach in the coming weeks, Aries. Be intoxicated with the emotional richness of mysteries and perplexities. Feel the joy of how unknowable and unpredictable everything is. Bask in the blessings of the beautiful and bountiful questions that life sends your way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Of all the objects on earth, which is most likely to be carelessly cast away and turned into litter? Cigarette butts, of course. That’s why an Indian entrepreneur named Naman Guota is such a revolutionary. Thus far, he has recycled and transformed over 300 million butts into mosquito repellant, toys, keyrings, and compost, which he and his company have sold for over a million dollars. I predict that in the coming weeks, you will have a comparable genius for converting debris and scraps into useful, valuable stuff. You will be skilled at recycling dross. Meditate on how you might accomplish this metaphorically and psychologically.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Tips on how to be the best Gemini you can be in the coming weeks: 1. Think laterally or in spirals rather than straight lines. 2. Gleefully solve problems in your daydreams. 3. Try not to hurt anyone accidentally. Maybe go overboard in being sensitive and kind. 4. Cultivate even more variety than usual in the influences you surround yourself with. 5. Speak the diplomatic truth to people who truly need to hear it. 6. Make creative use of your mostly hidden side. 7. Never let people figure you out completely.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my dream, I gathered with my five favorite astrologers to ruminate on your immediate future. After much discussion, we decided the following advice would be helpful for you in December. 1. Make the most useful and inspirational errors you’ve dared in a long time. 2. Try experiments that teach you interesting lessons even if they aren’t completely successful. 3. Identify and honor the blessings in every mess.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “All possible feelings do not yet exist,” writes Leo novelist Nicole Krauss in her book The History of Love. “There are still those that lie beyond our capacity and our imagination. From time to time, when a piece of music no one has ever written, or something else impossible to predict, fathom, or yet describe takes place, a new feeling enters the world. And then, for the millionth time in the history of feeling, the heart surges and absorbs the impact.” I suspect that some of these novel moods will soon be welling up in you, Leo. I’m confident your heart will absorb the influx with intelligence and fascination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Jeanette Winterson writes, “I have always tried to make a home for myself, but I have not felt at home in myself. I have worked hard at being the hero of my own life, but every time I checked the register of displaced persons, I was still on it. I didn’t know how to belong. Longing? Yes. Belonging? No.” Let’s unpack Winterson’s complex testimony as it relates to you right now. I think you are closer than ever before to feeling at home in yourself—maybe not perfectly so, but more than in the past. I also suspect you have a greater-than-usual capacity for belonging. That’s why I invite you to be clear about what or whom you want to belong to and what your belonging will feel like. One more thing: You now have extraordinary power to learn more about what it means to be the hero of your own life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s tempting for you to entertain balanced views about every subject. You might prefer to never come to definitive conclusions about any-

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thing, because it’s so much fun basking in the pretty glow of prismatic ambiguity. You LOVE there being five sides to every story. I’m not here to scold you about this predilection. As a person with three Libran planets in my chart, I understand the appeal of considering all options. But I will advise you to take a brief break from this tendency. If you avoid making decisions in the coming weeks, they will be made for you by others. I don’t recommend that. Be proactive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet David Whyte makes the surprising statement that “anger is the deepest form of compassion.” What does he mean? As long as it doesn’t result in violence, he says, “anger is the purest form of care. The internal living flame of anger always illuminates what we belong to, what we wish to protect, and what we are willing to hazard ourselves for.”

Invoking Whyte’s definition, I will urge you to savor your anger in the coming days. I will invite you to honor and celebrate your anger, and use it to guide your constructive efforts to fix some problem or ease some hurt.

(Read more: tinyurl.com/AngerCompassion)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian comedian Margaret Cho dealt with floods of ignorant criticism while growing up. She testifies, “Being called ugly and fat and disgusting from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own, and defend my own loveliness.” You may not have ever experienced such extreme forms of disapproval, Sagittarius, but—like all of us—you have on some occasions been berated or undervalued simply for being who you are.

The good news is that the coming months will be a favorable time to do what Cho has done: hunt, stalk, claim, own, and defend your own loveliness. It’s time to intensify your efforts in this noble project.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The bad news: In 1998, Shon Hopwood was sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing bank robberies. The good news: While incarcerated, he studied law and helped a number of his fellow prisoners win their legal cases—including one heard by the US Supreme Court. After his release, he became a full-fledged lawyer, and is now a professor of law at Georgetown University. Your current trouble isn’t anywhere as severe as Hopwood’s was, Capricorn, but I expect your current kerfuffle could motivate you to accomplish a very fine redemption.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I stopped going to therapy because I knew my therapist was right, and I wanted to keep being wrong,” writes poet Clementine von Radics. “I wanted to keep my bad habits like charms on a bracelet. I did not want to be brave.” Dear Aquarius, I hope you will do the opposite of her in the coming weeks. You are, I suspect, very near to a major healing. You’re on the verge of at least partially fixing a problem that has plagued you for a while. So please keep calling on whatever help you’ve been receiving. Maybe ask for even more support and inspiration from the influences that have been contributing to your slow, steady progress.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As you have roused your personal power to defeat your fears in the past, what methods and approaches have worked best for you? Are there brave people who have inspired you? Are there stories and symbols that have taught you useful tricks? I urge you to survey all you have learned about the art of summoning extra courage. In the coming weeks, you will be glad you have this information to draw on. I don’t mean to imply that your challenges will be scarier or more daunting than usual. My point is that you will have unprecedented opportunities to create vigorous new trends in your life if you are as bold and audacious as you can be.

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requirements to be appointed as Xariah’s Kinship Guardians.

5. The Indian Child Welfare Act does not apply.

A second hearing to address permanent Kinship Guardianship is set for Thursday January 12, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. This will be held in person at the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, NM.

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner Jessica Lynn Leonard will apply to the Honorable Bryan Biedsheid, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 10:20 a.m. on the 5th day of January, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Jessica Lynn Leonard to Jessica Lynn Leonard-Gonzales.

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Santiago Antonio Maness will apply to the Honorable Matthew J. Wilson, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:15 p.m. on the 19th day of January, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Santiago Antonio Maness to Santiago Antonio Benavidez.

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NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner Laverne Christine Lopez will apply to the Honorable Kathleen McGarry Ellenwood, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 9:45 a.m. on the 14th day of December, 2022 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Laverne Christine Lopez to Verna Lopez Jaramillo.

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Submitted by: Laverne Christine Lopez Petitioner, Pro Se

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT CASE NO. D-101CM-2022-00491

ANGELA MARIE ULIBARRI and JOHN JEFFREY ULIBARRI, Petitioners, v.

MARIO RUDDY ORTEGA and DEVYN NICOLE ULIBARRI, Respondents.

IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF X.V.O., a child.

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THIS MATTER came before the Court on November 3, 2022 for a hearing to address permanent kinship guardianship of Xariah Venessa Ortega. Petitioners Angela and John Ulibarri appeared; neither Respondent appeared, and this Court FINDS:

1. An Ex Parte Order Appointing Temporary Kinship Guardian was filed on September 9, 2022 and expired March 9, 2023.

2. The Respondents have not yet been served.

3. The Petitioners are Xariah’s maternal grandparents; Xariah has been in their care since January 1, 2022. Devyn Ulibarri agreed to the Kinship request.

4. Petitioners meet all

I, the undersigned Employee of the District Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice Regarding Court Hearing was e-served on the date of acceptance for e-filing to counsel who registered for e-service as required by the rules and mailed to pro se parties, if any, to: Angela & John Ulibarri 1723 Agua Fria ST Santa FE, NM 87505

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