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DECEMBER 22, 2021-JANUARY 4, 2022 | Volume 48, Issue 51

NEWS OPINION 5 NEWS 7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 EAVESDROPPERS OF THE YEAR 9 SKELETON CREW 10 SFPD program aimed at reducing drug-related crimes a shadow of former self

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PRIVATE PARTY 13 Alas, Cheeks is no more TRANSFORMATION ON CERRILLOS 15 Lamplighter Inn to look different this time next year COVER STORY 16 25 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT SANTA FE SFR’s crew is loving on so many things, it was hard to narrow them down to this traditional list. Find shout-outs to people, places, foods and philosophies that make Santa Fe work right now

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October 13

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—Overheard from little girl picking vegetables

Jan. 20 “I think I will always wear a mask. It takes 20 years off my face.” —Overheard at Double Take

Feb. 3 “My friend loaned this basket to me after complaining that my background was too austere.” —Overheard during a webinar

Feb. 10 “Just cause you’re in the ice cream aisle doesn’t mean you have to buy ice cream.” —Woman in ice cream/checkout aisle at Whole Foods, speaking to herself

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March 31 “I feel like a game piece.” —Overheard from a woman in line for a vaccine at Desert Sage Academy as she moved to the next floor mark

October 20 What you heard in 2021 Every week, SFR includes tidbits of community-submitted and mostly unattributed conversation. Usually intended to inject levity, sometimes they’re also telling about the season’s vibe. Send yours early and often to eavesdropper@sfreporter.com.

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November 24 “I’m here but I’ve lost you.” —Overheard from woman walking in parking lot with cell phone to ear

August 25 “So when you say you live in a casita...that’s like a little house?” —Overheard at Marisco’s on Cordova

September 22 “Jesus must be mad at me, but I keep praying every day.” —Overheard at a doctor’s office

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even years ago, Santa Fe became the second city in the US to allow police who would have otherwise arrested people for low-level drug offenses to divert them into treatment instead, through what is called law enforcement assisted diversion, or LEAD. An evaluation later found the program was cost-effective, and it was touted by mayors Javier Gonzales and Alan Webber. A federal grant and state funding are now being used to establish or expand similar programs in 10 New Mexico counties. Yet, Santa Fe’s groundbreaking program is a shadow of its former self. The involved city agencies have gone months without meeting about it, and the number of arrestees diverted has dropped by 90%, SFR has found through a series of interviews and a review of public records. Even as the seeds cast off by Santa Fe’s program take root across the state, of over 165 criminal complaints for drug possession thus far this year in New Mexico’s most progressive city, just two arrestees were diverted. People involved say that at the outset of the city’s program, champions among its staff and inside the police department made an otherwise difficult collaboration possible—and when those individuals departed, no one took responsibility and the partnerships deteriorated. Policymakers and police maintain that the program can be revived—but without an adequate understanding of how it worked and why it fell apart, it’s hard to believe its trajectory will change.

Origins

In 2013, people with addictions were fueling a wave of burglaries across the city and as head of the property crime unit, it was then-Sgt. Jerome Sanchez’s job to stop them. When he asked one frequent arrestee how to keep him from stealing, the young man answered: substance use treatment. Around the same time, the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance brought Seattle police to New Mexico to present about their LEAD program, the first of its kind in the US. The program’s goals were to stop this counterproductive churn through the criminal justice system, make treatment more accessible and prevent some future crimes. Sanchez attended. “I heard the pitch and was immediately

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sold on the idea,” he tells SFR. With $700,000 from the Open Society Foundations and a smaller amount of public funding, the city embarked on a five-year pilot. To hold the collaboration together, former state epidemiologist Shelly Moeller was hired to manage the program. Initially, just a few officers were trained in the process of engaging with eligible individuals and handing them off to a case manager employed by an outside nonprofit, although later the process was relaxed so any officer could divert. By 2015, officers were diverting about two arrests a month, as well as making two “social referrals” of people they perceived to be at risk of future arrest. According to a subsequent evaluation by the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, a majority of people diverted were women between 18 and 35, unemployed and without permanent housing. The evaluators also found that people who were diverted racked up fewer arrests in the following six months compared to a control group, and concluded that the program saved about $1,500 per client per year, relative to their normal burden on the health and justice systems. Patrick Gallagher, who became Santa Fe police chief during this time, was initially skeptical of the program but ultimately con-

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vinced of its value. “It was working well when officers had faith in it and believed in it,” he says.

How it got complicated

Bridging police and prosecutors and social workers as staff and leadership changed, and asking them to respond in novel ways to arrestees with deep and stubborn problems, was never going to be easy. “LEAD is not a set-it-and-forget-it program,” says Najja Morris, who directs a national training institute called the LEAD Bureau. “You’re constantly teaching new officers. You have to maintain those relationships.” Santa Fe police were not required to participate in the city’s program and it never gained broad acceptance within the department. Even at its height, Moeller estimates that fewer than half of eligible arrests were diverted. Sanchez, who was promoted to captain in 2014, tried to motivate officers by keeping them up-to-date on the progress and setbacks of people they had diverted. But of around 50 officers he supervised, he estimates only five to 10 were diverting people. He saw the program as a problem-solving approach to reducing burglaries, and felt it lost support when other parties involved in the collaboration described it as a part of

larger efforts to reform the criminal justice system or decriminalize drugs. “Things were said in meetings that really turned cops off,” Sanchez says. Officers were more willing to do social referrals, but people diverted this way sometimes didn’t have a criminal record, and it wasn’t clear those diversions reduced drug arrests in the city. The Drug Policy Alliance’s Emily Kaltenbach maintains that social referrals are useful—so long as other people are not being arrested and jailed for possession. LEAD isn’t meant to be just another pathway to treatment; it is meant for people who are deeply ensnared in the justice system and having trouble getting out. “Nobody should be going to jail for possessing and using drugs in Santa Fe; they should be offered harm reduction and social supports,” Kaltenbach writes in an email to SFR. In 2017, Sanchez retired and Chief Gallagher left the department soon after. LEAD was also nearing the end of its pilot period, and the city decided to rebrand it as THRIVE and have officers hand off diversions to the fire department’s Mobile Integrated Health Office, whose outreach teams were already connecting people they encountered with drug treatment. Moeller felt that making case management the responsibility of permanent city employees would help institutionalize it, but the fire department eliminated the role of program manager. Andrés Mercado, who heads the health office, says that in hindsight this meant no one was actively holding the collaboration together. “It was everybody’s program—so it was nobody’s program.” Nor had anyone assumed Sanchez’s role as booster within the police department. According to Chief Gallagher, “I was in the process of developing some champions, but just wasn’t able to get enough of them or enough people of sufficient rank to do that.” Mercado observes that “there’s some cultural stuff that needs to change” within the police department. “That’s a long, hard road.” The numbers speak for themselves. From 2015 through 2018, Santa Fe police diverted an average of 16 arrestees a year but from 2019 to 2021 that fell to just two, a decline of nearly 90%. Social referrals, formerly averaging 24 per year, also fell by almost half. Kyra Ochoa, who was named director of the city’s new Community Health and Safety Department about a year ago, acknowledges that the numbers were disappointing. “Early on we had some success and then it really fell off,” Ochoa says. A task force that manages the program and ostensibly convenes quarterly last met in April.

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One limitation is that of people arrested for drug possession, Santa Fe’s program currently only allows diversion of people with opiates, which is out of step with the profile of the city’s drug arrests and many people’s overlapping addictions. Police data show that of 165 arrests so far in 2021 in which drug possession was the sole charge, the majority involved methamphetamine or cocaine and fewer than a quarter involved heroin alone. Moeller says that she now discourages LEAD programs from separating out arrests by drug. “You should just include all illicit substances, period.” The program’s current leadership has discussed expanding eligibility beyond opiates, according to Mercado, but hasn’t acted yet.

Meanwhile, across the state

Even as Santa Fe’s diversion program lost momentum, its broader impact rippled outward. And the city’s loss was the state’s gain, as some of Santa Fe’s champions went on to shape LEAD programs elsewhere in New Mexico. Moeller, now consulting for the state, helped secure a three-year, $6 million grant from the US Justice Department, which along with $1 million in state funding, is helping establish LEAD in 10 counties. Applying lessons she learned the hard way in the capital, Moeller structured the grant

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to require project management and evaluation, and she educates officers about the science of addiction to set realistic expectations about the gradual and inconstant pace of recovery. Gallagher, who is training the engaged law enforcement agencies, says that although some police departments in Taos and San Juan counties have declined to participate thus far, the programs in Gallup, Hobbs and Doña Ana County are already up and running. Santa Fe County’s program, involving the sheriff’s office, kicked off in early December. Those most involved in the heyday of the city’s program say that reviving true arrest diversion would require commitment and ownership from the mayor and the police chief on down. The recent retirement of Chief Andrew Padilla could be an opportunity. “It can happen for Santa Fe again, I think,” says Moeller. “They have the infrastructure in place.” For a time after Sanchez left the department, he trained other law enforcement agencies around the country about LEAD. Now retired, he still believes in the concept, and is dismayed by what’s become of Santa Fe’s program, which he sees as a missed opportunity to prevent crime. After reviewing the number of arrest diversions in recent years, he says, “As I look at this now, as a citizen, that angers me.”

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Despite early promise, Santa Fe’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program has atrophied over the years.

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Knowing I won’t get any more quotes for the night, I wander next door to Arcade News, a sex toy joint, and ask the man behind the counter where they keep their cock rings. “Do I get a discount because I’m a journalist? You’re the News after all.” Fast forward to Friday night—red letter calendar date for the swan song at Cheeks. Katie and I stop at Kelly’s, a few doors down on Cerrillos, grab a Tito’s and a sixpack of ginger beer for later, then zip to the strip club. Outside hangs a sign that reads, “Thank you, Santa Fe.” A river of cars flood into the parking lot. A jackass parks his red Corvette between two spots. We head to the door when, BANG, a guy inside swings the door open and yells, “Private party!” “To hell with this place,” Katie says. “We’ll start our own strip club!” The night did end with stripping, but sans a paunchy, curmudgeon of an owner, and without a doorman who wouldn’t give his name, nor a kind, blonde dancer who has traveled an hour every weekend for god-knows-how-long just to keep the bills paid. Lo, this isn’t merely a piece about a storied strip club, but of a local institution now gone, purchased by corporations. Jobs lost. Mom and pop shops and, yes, strip clubs all over the US, are falling victim to corporate swine. And what is the difference between the nimble dancer who hangs onto the pole with her thighs and the line worker at a factory who’s been given the pink slip? Nothing. Just how many lost jobs come with the closing of Cheeks, I couldn’t say, on account of the owner’s resolute refusal to speak with me. But it’s a solid handful, to be sure. Seeing we can’t get in, and because the owner despises a reporter reporting for the Reporter, we decide to drop in at Evangelo’s by the Plaza. “Who wants to strip?” Katie hollers. A born-and-raised Santa Fe local raves downstairs at Evngelo’s by the pool tables. “What!?” he shouts. “Are you serious? Cheeks is closing!?” “They’re closed,” Katie says. “Now what?” he mutters. “Guess you have to go to Albuquerque.” The word about the place closing spreads all over Evangelo’s and even to nearby Matador. Two folks raise a glass to Cheeks, which is a weird sentence to write without the capital “C.” “Here’s to Cheeks...and to cheeks!” Lower case “c.” By midnight, locals and newbies and random who-have-yous cheers to the staple—or maybe just simply to fantastic booty. No one knows, and no one cares. And no one argues.

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dancer, Aria, talks about godknows-what with Katie at the bar. Two Chicanos wait patiently and place a few quarters on the edge of the pool table, which is the universal sign for “we’re next.” Meanwhile, a different dancer climbs to the top of the pole and hangs on with only her thighs. “Jeezus, I really need to get to the gym,” I think to myself. Katie, my bisexual pal and fellow night owl, darts from the bar to my table: “They’re shutting down!” she yells over the music. “No, they’re not,” I reply. “It’s only 9. They close at 2.” “Dipshit!” she responds. “No. Cheeks is closing.” Aria, a young blonde who travels from Albuquerque to Santa Fe every weekend for this gig, sits at my table. “It’s true. We’re done.” And so it is—Santa Fe’s last remaining strip club is shutting down as of Friday, Dec. 17. I need to find out more. I scan the room and see a bevy of dancers and bartenders and doormen and a DJ in the dim, dark corner—all about to lose their jobs. I quaff my gin and tonic and go to work. “May I talk to the owner? I’m a journalist!” I bellow over a hip-hop hit from 2005.

“That’s him, right there,” she says, pointing to a paunchy type surrounded by wiggy, fawning fellows who look sauced and privy to the news. I thank Aria, buy Katie a dance, and approach the doorman who’s checking IDs. “Simon Moya-Smith, Santa Fe Reporter,” I say. “There’s a rumor going around that you’re closing...” “Yeah,” the Chicano says. “We just got bought.” The tall, broad-shouldered man then lets slip a few more details: “This place is now going to be a Dunn Bros. Coffee and a Twisters.” (Neither company responded to SFR’s requests for comment.) Suddenly, the owner waddles toward his office, which is right behind me, shaking hands and nodding to frequent flyers, the regulars, along the way. The doorman stops him mid-swanker and says, “This is Simon; he’s with the Reporter.” A look of contempt and disgust falls upon the owner’s face. “I hear you’re closing, sir,” I say. “Oh, we are?” “Are you?” “Talk to me on the twenty-first?” “What’s happening on the twenty-first?” I query. He walks past me, unlocks the door, then turns to the doorman and gives the ol’ slit-throat, say-no-more-to-this-guy kinda gesture.

We just got bought...This place is now going to be a Dunn Bros. Coffee and a Twisters. -Cheeks doorman

“Sorry, man,” the doorman says. “I can’t say anything else, and please don’t use my name.” “I’m not here to fuck with you,” I assure him. “I’m just trying to get the story...” I head back to my table and begin scribbling cute sentences like “Cheeks are closing” and “spank you very much for 30 years, you cheeky bastards.” Aria, who has finished the dance with Katie, sits at my table again. “Our last nights are Thursday and Friday.” SFRE PORTER.COM SFREPORTER.COM

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Transformation on Cerrillos needs tenants, a category that includes people who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk. “It can’t be someone who needs 24-hour care, but it’ll be people who may need help with rent and may need a counselor every once in a while,” says Jeff Curry, director of development at JL Gray, which created a new legal entity, called Bella Luz, to act as the owner. “The goal is that this is going to provide them housing where they otherwise might be homeless.” The rest of the units would be for people who earn at or under 80% of the median income for Santa Fe, which HUD calculated this

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ozens of Santa Feans might soon find a new home at an old motel along Cerrillos Road, perhaps slightly denting the city’s housing crisis. With a price tag of over $10 million, the Lamplighter Inn is set to be sold and converted into 58 rental units for affordable housing candidates and special needs tenants, including unhoused people. If all goes to plan, residents could, by the end of next year, move into apartments purchased primarily with public money and managed by JL Gray Company, which specializes in development and management of affordable housing. Funding comes from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development via the state of New Mexico, local nonprofit Anchorum St. Vincent and Santa Fe County. The County Commission voted to approve $1.5 million last week. The City of Santa Fe may also be chipping in about $3 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and American Rescue Plan funds, with City Council votes expected in January. Once converted, the facility would include a mix of studios and one-bedrooms, 25% of which would accommodate special

year at $51,100 for a one-person household. Local nonprofit The Life Link is next door to the Lamplighter and will provide services, such as case management and help accessing benefits. Rent will start at $725 a month for a studio and $825 for a one-bedroom, Curry says, adding that those rates are affordable for people in the 60% median income range. There’s a clear need for such a project. Households that spend greater than 30% of their income on housing are considered cost-burdened. In Santa Fe, 86% of renter households earning less than $50,000 a year fall into that category, according to the Santa Fe Realtors Association. There was also an estimated shortage of 7,343 rental units in the Santa Fe metropolitan statistical area as of 2020, the most recent year for which data is available. This year’s Point in Time Count reported 723 people were homeless in Santa Fe on a day in January, a significant increase from last year, according to the realtors association.

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Despite the need, there may be pushback from nearby residents, mirroring some reactions to comparable initiatives like Santa Fe Suites, a hotel the city bought with co-developer Community Solutions last year to turn into long-term housing. County Commissioner Anna Hansen voted with the four other commissioners to approve funding for the project but said at a recent commission meeting that the Lamplighter is in her neighborhood, a few blocks away from homeless shelter Pete’s Place, and some of her constituents are “concerned.” “They do not want to see another Pete’s Place developed,” Hansen said. “There’s already a large impact from Life Link and I do get calls and complaints about cars and people parking in the neighborhood and not always being respectful to the neighbors.” Alexandra Ladd, affordable housing director for the City of Santa Fe, says there was similar opposition to Santa Fe Suites. “One of the [business owners] in the shopping center was saying, ‘These people are going to be loitering in the parking lot and heckling our customers,’” Ladd tells SFR. “And I think I even said at a public meeting, ‘If you have a nice, warm, comfortable apartment to stay in, why would you be in the parking lot or on the street corner?’” Ladd says while she understands why people get worried, reactions like that show that even in a progressive city like Santa Fe, there’s still education to be done. Curry says the developer is planning to hold an early neighborhood notification meeting in the coming months so that nearby residents can weigh in on design plans and other details. “There’s always opposition when people don’t know what’s going in, but this will be a true asset to the neighborhood,” Curry says. The conversion could be starting as early as summer 2022, with the first tenants moving in a year from now.

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Historic trains, gimicky trains, train-trains—we got ‘em

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The opening of a new George RR Martin-affiliated scenic train sent waves through the transportation nerd fandom—we love giant mechanical things that move and make loud

here is such a thing as toxic positivity, and we’re not really about that at SFR. You likely know us from taking on tough stories all the time, for not just accepting that things are well. But there’s also such a thing as searching out the good because it feels nice. For looking around one’s community and naming that good. Each year, with our 25 Things We Love About Santa Fe Right Now issue, we do just that. And in the midst of a seemingly

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never-ending and evolving pandemic—well, it just seemed like we could use some good things. That’s why we’re singling out film fests and delicious pizzas, aritsts and music, trains, cannabis and more. We’re hopeful to at least temper some of the sadness going around, but also to remind readers about our annual Best of Santa Fe reader poll, which will pop up before you know it. Nominate the things you love at sfreporter.com/bosf starting Feb. 1.

noises while they do it. Each time a new mechanical monstrosity shakes the tracks, we’re shaking too. As it turns out, Santa Fe and our Northern New Mexico region is awash with trains beyond the classic commuter Rail Runner Express. Those willing to take a drive up to Chama can catch the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, which is owned by the states of New Mexico and Colorado. Ever imagine spending New Year’s Eve on a train? Make it reality on Sky Railway, champagne and all. Martin, of Game of Thrones fame, and his friend Bill Banowsky, who owns the Violet Crown movie theater, partnered to invest in the rolling stock formerly owned by Santa Fe Southern to run excursions. The dragon-decorated trains are already proving a big hit. Sure, we’re all still dreaming of the day we’ve got high-speed railways all over the state and beyond, but in the meantime we’ll take what we can get. (Riley Gardner)

Traffic congestion is a breeze compared to other metros No one loves to sit in traffic. Not even with endless opportunities to pass the time on the phone that you’re not supposed to be using behind the wheel. So, we love that Santa Fe’s traffic is really not that bad—even on Fridays at lunchtime, when we’ve been utterly frustrated with the increased volume of vehicles. “The congestion experienced on Santa Fe’s streets is minimal compared to that experience in larger metropolitan areas, such as Los Angeles, California; El Paso, Texas; or even, New Mexico where congested peak periods last for at least a couple of hours,” reads a summary by the Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization. “The peak periods where congestion is most noticeable in Santa Fe aren relatively short, approximately 30-minute ranges starting around 7:30 am and 5 pm.” Despite population growth and surges in tourism, car counts for the city have not spiked upward overall. In fact, on most roadways they had declined even before major pandemic declines last year. Agua Fria near Frenchy’s, for example, had 13,000 trips per day in 2010, roughly 11,500 in 2018 and 11,000 last year. (Julie Ann Grimm)

as possible. What’s the point of keeping society’s most beautiful treasures locked behind doors that only some people can see? SFR can think of a few reasons— that rant is for another time—so instead why not celebrate what pretty-good access Santa Fe’s museums do provide community members. Santa Fe’s four state museums—New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico History Museum/Palace of Governors and the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture—remain free every first Sunday of the month with proof of residency. Winter is the perfect time to stroll around a quiet museum pondering what that sculpture is supposed to mean. Jan. 2, Feb. 6 and March 6 are the next three free Sundays. (William Melhado)

Vital Spaces keeps on keeping on

Residents of the underserved Southside have been asking for a center dedicated to serving area teens for years and the city is finally responding. Construction began in September shortly after the approval of a $9.2 million contract. The cityrun center, located across the street from the Southside branch of the Santa Fe Public Library, is set to open in spring 2023. In the meantime, the local chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America is stepping up, with the opening of a teen center, called The Club, at Santa Fe Place mall in October. Those

With original co-director Hannah Yohalem moving on earlier this year, Vital Spaces’ leadership is now solely in the hands of hip-hop champion Raashan Ahmad, and the local nonprofit that finds and assumes control of otherwise empty buildings to rent out as affordable artists’ space has done some notable things of late. By the time you read this, you’ll unfortunately have missed its holiday market, but that doesn’t take away from the ongoing Community Art Closet project that provides free materials for creators in need, a citywide exhibit from last summer featuring over two dozen local artists, special one-off events, exhibits on the Midtown Campus or the daily ways in which artists in need can interface with ‘em. Oh, it’s not all roses—we hear, for example, the waiting list for space is a doozy and the nonprofit’s flagship Otero Street HQ sadly kicked the bucket to make way for a new downtown hotel. Even so, Vital Spaces still has a foothold on the Southside in the old Outlet Mall, its Midtown happenings and, if everything so far is a good indicator, a bright future in Santa Fe. (Alex De Vore)

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4 involved say it could be part of the solution to youth violence in the area. The center features computers and WiFi for kids to do their homework, two gaming rooms, a stage for young musicians, a cafe and a classroom space. Now, more cool things for the Southside, please. (Bella Davis)

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Santa Fe’s second-hand shopping scene

Rather than a once-in-while pop-up, the gravel parking lot across the street from the Roundhouse and from Kaune’s on Old Santa Fe Trail has become a reliable spot for a

SFR and second-hand stores go hand in hand: SFR’s most popular distribution location is Savers, where 355 copies of the print edition get scooped each week. Between the western-wear thrift stores, used book venues and other second-hand boutiques, Santa Fe has good options for buying not-new things. The consensus seems to be that those with lots of expendable cash— abundant in Santa Fe—supply these used stores with quality clothes, kitchen appliances and furniture because, well, rich people love buying new things. Of all of Santa Fe’s thrifting options, one super cute boutique

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And then there were 20—and New Mexico, at long, merciful last, was not among them. It came to pass, oddly enough, the day after Halloween, when the Legislative Council voted 8-5 (with majority Democrats in support and Republicans opposed) to overturn the state’s longstanding game of footsie with firearms enthusiasts that allowed open and concealed carrying in the Roundhouse and its adjoining complex in Santa Fe. The upshot: Now, only 20 states allow weapons inside buildings where often-hostile political debate is de rigueur. (What could go wrong?) Never mind that it took an armed mob storming the US Capitol and the subsequent fear—and taxpayer dollars spent to secure against threats real and perceived—it spawned in statehouses from Santa Fe to Albany for our leaders to see the light. We’re just over the moon here at SFR that a central gathering point in our attempt at self-governance in this city will no longer include the specter of guys in cowboy hats and dungarees striding onto the Senate floor with perfectly specced-out AR-15s slung over their shoulders while law is being made. (Jeff Proctor)

7 plethora of food trucks. Right now it’s Fusion Tacos, Craft Donuts and Bo’s Authentic Thai. Though at press time the parking situation was condensed due to half the lot being used for Christmas tree sales, that will roll up as soon as Santa’s sleigh fades from view. We’ve been to food truck parks in larger metropolitan areas that take vast amounts of space, but outside of occasions at the Meow Wolf HQ, the “park” concept had yet to really bloom here. The fact that they’re not clustered with others shouldn’t keep you from some of the best, permanently parked food trucks around. Here’s looking at you, El Chile Toreado on Early Street and Pollo Asado in the Cheek’s/ Arcade News parking lot, to name a pair of our faves. (JAG)

A new community fridge from Reunity Resources is providing folks with fresh veggies and fruits, eggs and yogurt, pasta, beans and more. It opened in August at 1829 San Ysidro Crossing and runs on donations (both direct and in the form of cash, allowing Reunity staff to shop for food for the fridge) from Santa Feans, along with some produce from Reunity’s fields. “Especially with all of the sort of exacerbated community hunger since the pandemic, having a place that’s 24/7 access and no questions asked felt really important to me,” says Reunity Resources Program Director Juliana Peterson Ciano. She hopes it’ll spawn a network of community fridges throughout Santa Fe, adding to a national movement. Similar initiatives have popped up in, for example, New York and Florida in recent years. Stop by, leave what you can and take what you need. (BD)

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Reunity Resources keeps the community fridge stocked

8 stands out: Kitchenality. “People who know Kitchenality, love it,” says Dwayne Trujillo, the development officer for Kitchen Angels, the meal delivery nonprofit that runs the used kitchen store. “It’s all quality stuff and we sell it at affordable prices…and 100% of the profit goes back into the program.” (WM)

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There’s been a lot of talk this year from business owners and industry lobbyists about how no one wants to work. One strategy to solve staffing problems? Pay people more. Lots of local businesses have raised

Look, we know this one might seem a little out of place; we are an alternative weekly newspaper, after all, that was founded back when radicals knew how to protest, like, wars and stuff as opposed to throwing nuttys at school board meetings over teaching historically accurate social studies in public schools. But we’re just gonna say it: We love the city-owned Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe (205 Caja del Rio Road, off NM599.) It’s an unpretentious, affordable, come-as-you-are oasis in a city with plenty of elitist sneer where you can play a naturallysocially-distant game that, at places unlike Marty, has the most elitist sneer. Roll out for 18 holes on a cart ($50 for New Mexicans, which is a steal) or play the nine-hole “Great 28” for half that, and you’ll get everything that’s worth keeping about golf and none of what should have died a painful death long ago about golf culture. (JP)

11 wages in recent months, and some owners say they’re now fully staffed up because of it. Who would’ve thought? Take Ohori’s Coffee Roasters. Employees saw their pay increase in October, in some cases by 10%. Owner Tai Ayers says the company slightly raised prices to make the change. Some other examples include cannabis company Ultra Health, which is adopting a $15 minimum wage starting in January, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services, which raised its Santa Fe wage to $19. Santa Fe City Council also hiked the wage floor for city employees to $15 per hour this fall. Another glimmer of hope: John Deere workers won a pay raise last month after striking, and thousands of other workers across the country are either on strike or threatening it, demanding better pay and working conditions. (BD)

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City golf course keeps it for the people

While many are eager for the coming of snow and the subsequent arrival of ski season, there is a comparable group out there quietly reveling in perfect climbing conditions in Northern New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment may not have the granite cliffs of Yosemite or a smattering of craggy 14ers in the state, but climbers here enjoy some of the best conditions all year round to get outside. Even though temperatures drop at night to single digits, when that sun is out it might as well be late spring—most days—ideal weather for spending time in nature, clamoring around on cliffs. The sheer number of different climbing spots within an hour or two of the city, baking in the sun’s elevated radiation, make Santa Fe a climber’s paradise (don’t tell anyone.) Winter Wall in Diablo Canyon gets sun all day while Capulin Canyon in the Jemez Mountains offers perfect cracks that look too good at golden hour. (WM)

In an effort to make an inherently risky activity safer, Meow Wolf is requiring concert attendees to show either proof of vaccination—two doses of Moderna or Pfizer, or one J&J shot—or a negative COVID test. I saw Grouplove in November (my second show since the pandemic began, after Gary Clark Jr. at an outdoor venue two months before) and got to sing and dance my heart out to “Tongue Tied,” reveling in the joy of some early 2010s nostalgia, all while feeling at least some reassurance. The Lensic Performing Arts Center

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Why ski when you can climb here year round?

12 downtown and the Center for Contemporary Arts have similar policies, yet in some states, such measures aren’t possible. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in October banned vaccine mandates for all entities in the state, including for employees and customers at private businesses. I didn’t see a single maskless person in the crowd at the Grouplove show, either, so that helps. (BD)

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Santa Fe’s food landscape used to be the absolute worst for vegans, with many being forced to eat bread and chile and...end of list. These days, though, folks who don’t eat animal products have at least two new dedicated businesses to patronize, and both are honestly excellent. If it’s a fullon meal you seek, the relatively new Plant Base Café serves up completely vegan options across three sprawling menus including American, Italian and Mexican foods. That’s not even getting into desserts. And though the Southside restaurant still has a

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Santa Fe’s streets are not made for bikers. Drivers in New Mexico seem unable to share the road with cyclists, few streets have designated bike lanes, goat heads

More fresh bread than we can eat We got totally into baking our own bread during the pandemic and then got totally, pardon the pun, burned out on it. So, we turned to the experts. Why take two days and 15 kitchen timers to bake a loaf of sourdough when for a few dollars you can have one right now and it will be perfect? The question is rhetorical. We love that one can grab a Sage Bakehouse loaf from a number of local grocery stores, but we prefer to hit the bakery early in the morning (it opens at 7:30 am Mondays through Saturdays—the most expansive hours of any bakery in town) and choose from what’s cooling on the wire rack. Friendly workers will slice it, split it, bag it and send you away with a smile. Newcomer Wild Leaven has expanded from Taos to take over a tiny building that shares a parking lot with Concrete Jungle on North Guadalupe St. We picked up a couple loaves the first week they were open and are very likely to go back. Lastly, SFR offices relocated from downtown to Pacheco Street in November 2020 and our neighbor Bread Shop is also holding it down with hot loaves. (JAG)

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Local cannabis users planted their first legal crops for personal use this summer, which led to a skunky late October crouched over tables with sticky fingers as they trimmed flower. New Mexico’s legalization of cannabis for all adults fully rolls out in April, when licensed producers are first allowed to begin retail sales. Santa Fe’s medical cannabis providers have been ramping up, opening additional locations and making plans to open consumption areas under the provisions of the new law. While the City Council was among the slowest of the five biggest cities in the state to approve zoning for new cannabis ventures, it finalized rules in late September. The city requires 300 feet between cannabis businesses and schools and 400 feet between individual businesses. The state Cannabis Control Division, part of the Regulation and Licensing Department, issued the first new production licenses in mid-December, but so far, none are in the City Different. (JAG)

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ways to go in terms of in-person service, takeaway items like Beyond Meat tacos, cauliflower “wings” or vegan pizzas don’t disappoint. When it’s time for something a little sweeter, Plantita Vegan Bakery offers up chocolate chip cookies, special one-off cakes and treats, plus incredibly popular and fruity hand pies. Don’t forget the bagels, either. (ADV)

and broken glass litter the shoulders. So if it wasn’t for the wonky system of bike paths that allow wheeled users to traverse the porkchop that is Santa Fe, cycling around the city would be a non-starter. Bailey Newbrey, owner of Sincere Cycles off West Water Street, says tourists renting bikes from his shop struggle to navigate Santa Fe’s bike paths. “I think at any major intersection signage would go a long way,” he tells SFR. While the city does have a map of the bike paths, that doesn’t make crossing St. Michael’s Drive any less treacherous. But for commuters and those familiar with the routes, Newbrey concedes the trails reflect the spirit of Santa Fe: “effective but quirky.” (WM)

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The pizza situation here is outta control

NIMBYs are outnumbered

On that note, we’re a town that loves cinema. We’re an oasis for out-of-Hollywood productions, and we’re certainly better than that pesky little Atlanta. But we’re kicking butt in screenings too—if you throw a dart at

Get ready to flip out over Cosmic Pie Pizza, a pop-up-esque pizza joint from chef Chris Van Dyne that operates sporadically beside/ within The Betterday Coffeehouse to serve up, among other options, Detroit-style pies. It’s a new-ish take on pizza that first came to Santa Fe through stalwart Back Road Pizza and has since spawned Door 38 and the aforementioned Cosmic Pie. That’s already three places in about two sentences. So while we’re talking pizza, have you been by Upper Crust lately? The crust is magnificent, and the same goes for the fresh salads on offer. What about Pizza Centro in all its somehow chewy and crispy glory? We’ve even been known to down a deep dish from Pizza 9, and whenever humanly possible, you

Crikey, there’s a live one! Like old shows on Animal Planet, we can easily identify NIMBYs (for the uninitiated, “Not In My Backyard”) in the wild. They tend to speak in code: It seems “this will block my view of the mountains” has gone out of fashion. “Where will the water come from?” is the new go-to, making identification easier than ever. Sure, anyone could consult actual organizations to answer this very question, but what’s better than a mere social media comment you have no intention of researching? Perhaps one can be NIMBY-lite: that skepticism of any sort of development being for people who live here and instead being for rich out-of-towners who hang around during tourist season. But for every NIMBY in Santa Fe, we’ve got two young YIMBYs, thank the Lord. No one can blame anyone for wanting to keep things safe and affordable in the place they call home. But no one can be safe and nothing remains affordable when people have nowhere to live. (RG)

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Some of the ideas that come out of here are just the right ideas, you know? Take No Name Cinema, a venture so cool SFR did an entire feature about them. Whereas Santa Fe is awash with cinematic projects (minus whatever the heck is going on with the Regal on Zafarano), sometimes a town isn’t complete until the underground cinema peoples pitch their tent. Well, in this case it’s a warehouse: No Name Cinema may be tiny, but it’s the coolest little venture to see films like queer arthouse classic Pink Narcissus or the curiously named Do You Think Jesus Liked Hard Boiled Eggs. Never heard of any of those? That is precisely the point—general audiences aren’t the target. In some cases the audience isn’t the target at all. No Name Cinema is a great example of the evolving cinematic landscape outside of the bummer that is corporate entertainment—and out of little ol’ Santa Fe, too. (RG)

19 a calendar there’s a good chance you’ll land on or close to some film festival. The Santa Fe Film Festival might be similarly named to the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, but that just means ample opportunities. Perhaps the Madrid Film Festival is more your kick, and our friends up in Taos host the Taos Shotz Film Festival and the Taos Environmental Film Festival. Whew, hold on, we’re catching a breath. Also, not to talk about ourselves here too much (but also to do that), SFR is hosting our own 3-Minute Film Festival coming up on Dec. 29 at CCA. Yes, we’re in the game too. Long live the local festival circuit. (RG)

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that windy, wintery road, skiers can take advantage of a free lift. As an added incentive, Nagle adds, riders will get a $5 token to spend at Ski Santa Fe when they take the bus. That benefit goes into effect “when Ski Santa Fe opens the top of the mountain,” says Nagle. (WM)

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Simply put, Santa Fe Brewing Co. makes good beer, so it’s no surprise that the company’s new cocktails are delicious, too. One of our favorites is the “fizzle dance,” with vodka, prickly pear liqueur and ginger beer. The addition, rolled out in late November, is only possible because the Legislature reformed the state’s liquor laws earlier this year. Under the legislation, Santa Fe Brewing has to use local liquor, which it’s getting primarily from Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. While the offerings have expanded, the company is staying true to its roots; the main inspiration for the menu was “what can be efficient and not overwhelming for our staff, so they can still focus on interacting with customers, and focus on the beer side,” says General Manager Alana Harris. The Beer Hall at HQ is the only Santa Fe location serving cocktails as of now. Oh, and grab some birria tacos from Fusion Tacos while you’re there. (BD)

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sort of indie artists most regular folks would rather support. Enter COVID-19 and a universal plea from lesser-known creators for assistance. Since the lockdown began, it’s been a breeze to pick up prints from folks like Future Fantasy Delight visionary Nico Salazar, watercolor genius Zahra Marwan and printmaker Terran Last Gun. There was the original custom skate deck from multidisciplinary illustrator and sculptor Dylan Pommer, the hand-cut paper skull from the brilliant Ian Kuali’i and even an original photograph by Arizona’s Douglas Miles—not local, no, but still awesome. All those works together still clocked in at less than a single cloudy landscape at some big time Canyon Road gallery, and the system remains imperfect, though you should see the walls around here. (ADV)

Maybe it’s the weird post-hippie vibe we’ve got going on, but there’s a lot of thought about the land here. We don’t mean the surface-level aesthetic (but dang, that’s nice), but what’s going on underneath all that beauty. Groups like Santa Febased New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group are making a big effort to remind people why soil health matters in our day-to-day lives. If you want to know how deep the roots go, check out their regular series “Soil Stories” where local farmers and ranchers share how important healthy soil is to everyone. In our desert climate, healthy soils obviously mean better yields, but also better water retention and better longevity. If you wanna get the ball rolling on getting your soil in shape, you can check out the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Soil Program. As it turns out, it’s not difficult to make sure even our dusty soil is thriving. Santa Fe’s agriculture can even prosper. Thank God for our little soil geeks—we really appreciate you teaching us. (RG)

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By now, surely anyone with even a passing interest in Christmas knows about Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and how the story pretty much dictated how we feel about the holiday for the rest of all time. In short, some rich jerk is haunted by ghosts who dish out jerkishness in equal measure, and the next day is all about un-jerking because Christmas. It’s a classic, right? Right. This year, Santa Fe theater troupe Upstart Crows presents a dramatic reading of Dickens’ holiday feel-goods, and we’re willing to bet it’ll put you in the mood—especially when that horrifying Ghost of Christmas Future shows up sporting totally heavy and brutal death robes in an effort to drive home the dying alone point. The moral? Don’t horde gold like some kind of dragon. Share and stuff. (ADV) A Christmas Carol Dramatic Reading: 6:30 pm Thursday, Dec. 23. $15. Shakespeare Reading Room 3209 Calle Marie, (505) 466-3533

SHORT ’N’ FAST After who even knows how many years languishing forgotten, our once-annual 3-Minute Film Fest returns this year, and not a moment too soon. See, we’d originally set out to revitalize the program of locally-made super-shorts way back in the before times, and with pandemic lockdowns and numbers and everything else going down, an in-person event date became a moving target. We’ve set one now—thanks to our pals at the Center for Contemporary Arts—and are proud to present movies that’ll make you laugh, cry, think, scream, drink and ponder. Don’t forget to bring your vaxx proof or negative COVID-19 test and don’t forget the films will likely get weird. (ADV) 2021 3-Minute Film Festival: 6 pm Wednesday, Dec. 29. $10 Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

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Who among us can wait to close out what might have been the weirdest year of our lives? We know we’re ready for 2021 to fade into memory, and for the promise of a new year and clean slate to make us feel feelings again. And so, with the caveat that you absolutely cannot fuck around when it comes to being vaxx’d and masked, enter a number of NYE events for dancers, families, normies, weirdos and nerds: Fenix at Vanessie kicks it off earliest at 7 pm with an evening featuring piano, trumpet and voice with Al Rogers, Alyx Murzyn and Chiefo Sanchez. Assuming you go for an hour, you can be fashionably late to Chili Line Brewery’s 8 pm dance party with DJs Kap and Kirk or the Faculty Lounge comedy and improv show at Jean Cocteau Cinema. Then, by 10 pm, you could be over at Meow Wolf’s Carousel blowout featuring Spoolius Melange, Tone Ranger and DJ Ana M. We hear that one will sell out soon, though, and if that’s the case, you can ring in the changeover on The Plaza come midnight. There’s lots more

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EVENT THU/30 ALL YOU NEED IS YOU The hows and whys of food inaccessibility often aren’t our business, but suffice it to say there are those who struggle to eat regularly due to circumstances many will never understand. For some in Santa Fe, regularly available warm food becomes yet another part in an odyssey of challenges. This is where you come in. In an attempt to make the world a little better, Santa Fe’s branch of the Who I Am Foundation invites you to DeVargas Park to help distribute warm food to folks in need. You don’t need prior experience, just the will to get out there and help set up and hand over a meal, no questions asked. You see? It’s that easy. If you’ve ever tweeted about or pondered over your own privilege, now’s the time to go use that privilege for something constructive. (RG) Warm Meal Distribution: 4:30 pm Thurs, Dec. 30. Free. De Vargas Park 302 W. De Vargas St. whoiamfoundation.org

“Queer culture is constantly evolving. We’re not just consumers of culture and and sex—we make it. We’re on the frontier,” Audrey Huang, whose stage name is Morgon Sedusa, tells SFR. “Good burlesque is the same. It’s the burden of always needing to create. It’s life giving and it’s also survival.” Huang is determined to build a queer burlesque scene in Santa Fe, though that’s hardly an easy task in a town that doesn’t always scream queer counter-culture in aesthetic, even if we’ve got a ton of queer gender-bending citizens. The stage has always been synonymous with queer expression through drag, cabaret and burlesque, however, with each mixing into one another in a glorious melange. A venue like circus/performance space Wise Fool New Mexico seems the logical place for such a movement to land. “I’m inspired by Morgon’s vision,” co-producer and kitten (aka stage manager) Kim Gryphon, adds. “A lot of drag is coming into these burlesque acts. Queerness is inherently creative, and [this show helps the] creative desire to connect and

support and see each other—to see ourselves—in a way we don’t see ourselves represented.” Through performance, the Gender(queer) Reveal Burlesque Show is meant to dismantle conditioned societal concepts of gender. Thankfully, participating artists plan to avoid the usual gender-reveal party staples like the seemingly never-ending and cis-led expensive gestures and explosions that have somtimes led to mass destruction. Instead, find the performers of Zircus Erotique joining with headliner They Von Gay to tackle the passé topic. And bring singles to tip your performers. “What is gender? It isn’t this blue and pink that people think of,” Huang explains. “Womanhood dies on our stage, and it never quite comes back. It’s a box broken down, but there’s still so much left. You break down that box and you’re free.” (Riley Gardner) GENDER(QUEER) REVEAL BURLESQUE SHOW 7 pm Sun, Jan 2. $12-$20; sliding scale Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

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ONGOING ART ANIMAL PORTRAITS: THE OTHER WORLD photo-eye Gallery 1300 Rufina Circle, Ste. A3 (505) 988-5152 x202 Brad Wilson’s astonishing animal photographs and all their thrilling details. 10 am-5:30 pm, Mon-Sat, free AS TIME GOES BY 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 (505) 257-8417 From artist Gus Foster, a photo series examining the passing of time in the Jemez Mountains. Maybe occasional Casablanca references. All day, free CELEBRATION OF COLOR FANTASY Placitas Community Library 453 Hwy. 165, Placitas (505) 867-3355 Wearable art is shareable art. See neat embroidery, Japanese braiding techniques, gemstone necklaces, bracelets, earrings and mixed media pieces. All day, free HELEN PASHGIAN: PRESENCES SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 An exhibition celebrating Pashgian’s contributions to the Light and Space movement and her technical prowess as an innovator in her medium of industrial plastics. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs, Sat, Sun 10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

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LABYRINTHS Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART A selection of illustrations, paintings and stained glass works from artist Alison Hixon. These selected works represent the stages of finding one’s way through the irregular network, passages and paths of life. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri Noon- 5 pm, Sun, free

MARIETTA PATRICIA LEIS: SENSE MEMORIES Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Informed by her journeys and imbued with a sense of place, the Leis’ work is situated in the vortex of light, color, minimalism and expression. Check out reflections of trees and abstractions found in the natural world. 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10

MORE THAN BOOKS: STAFF WORKS Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 Librarians continue to further the notion they are wonderful at everything, including art. Check out works from the Santa Fe Library staff from paintings, mixed media, cyanotypes, quilting and embroidery. Stop being better than us, librarians. 10 am-6 pm, Tues-Sat, free

MOUNTAINS & SKY TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta (505) 984-1387 A homage to our beloved high desert landscape: An exhibition of work from Japanese and American vessel makers, painters and sculptors that evoke or are inspired by the natural world—especially that desert natch-ooh-rahl world right outside our doors. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free

NATIVE AMERICAN NACIMIENTOS Adobe Gallery 221 Canyon Road (505) 955-0550 "Nacimiento" is the Spanish word for nativity scene and these have taken a life of their own. See this collection from throughout the Southwest Pueblo communities. See these unqiue varieties of nacimientos from both current and late artists in various artistic styles. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free

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PARALLEL TRAJECTORIES Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953 Works on paper by Robert Campbell and David Stout. Here, a complex array of generative animation processes explored by Campbell and Stout see the translation of virtually constructed forms into inks on paper: organic patterns that evoke landscape, architecture and speculative weaving. In other words, it looks geometrically awesome. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Sun, free PAST PERFECT FUTURE form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256 Erin Mickelson’s new exhibit includes printmaking, bookbinding, new and mixed media. Mickelson started soliciting “forecasts” about the future of Earth from AI and shares some funny (and freaky) things it predicts. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, free RESURGENCE: MARK MAGGIORI PORTRAITS FROM E.I. COUSE’S PUEBLO PHOTOS Couse-Sharp Historic Site 138 Kit Carson Road, Taos (575) 751-0369 An exhibit from inaugural artist-in-residence Mark Maggiori, who’s built a series based on Couse’s photographs of life at Taos Pueblo. Noon-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW: IMAGES AND WORDS IN REAL TIME El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016 A combination of Jack Stark Dudzik's bold landscapes— often of highways heading off into the sunset—with Sarah Stark’s simple line drawings and narrative verse. The effect is profound stillness within the movement and chaos of our world. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

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LAND CRAFT THEATRE SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 Joanna Keane Lopez is a multidisciplinary artist whose work brings together contemporary sculpture, adobe architecture and land-sourced practices as a reimagining of landscape and place. Through the passing down of Southwestern archeological techniques, Keane Lopez creates work that seeks healing and reparation. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs, Sat, Sun 10 am-7 pm, Fri, free SOURCE PROCESS TRANSFORMATION Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St. (505) 372-7681 An exploration into artist Judy Tuwaletstiwa's memories, forming a complex web of inspiration looking at how materials become keepers of a collective truth passed down through generations. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE YOUR MOTHER Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582 Artist Brandy Triguero examines the complexities of womanhood, societal and familial constructs defined by a seemingly traditional reproductive role, where she tries to discover what it is she truly wants out of life. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Fri or by appointment, free UNTITLED ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320 A collection of oil and acrylic paintings, traditional and glass scultpures plus mixed media. Give it *your* own title based off the resulting feelz. 10 am-5 pm, free WILDERNESSENCE Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lupe) 314 S Guadalupe St. (505) 428-0996 Showcase reflecting Hannah Rapp's journey through China, telling a story of the moments that Rapp felt complete and connected to a larger essence—a photography series representing the discovery of her wilder self. 7:30 am-5 pm, free (but buy yourself some coffee/tip) SEASONS OF CEREMONIES: RITES AND RITUALS IN GUATEMALA AND MEXICO Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave. (505) 989-9888 In tandem with photographer William Frej’s new book, which visually documents Mesoamerican villages and towns and their calendar of rites and rituals taking place throughout the year. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free

WED/22 DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 See whirling while you sip wine, have tapas while they tap and watch traditional Spanish dancing like its a dream. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278 Trivia night. Brush up on your smart-people facts. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 8 pm, free HOTLINE BINGO Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307 (505) 983-0134 Bingo is on and victory is in sight. $2 buy in per round. Fun prizes and cash jackpot. Yes, young people, reclaim bingo for the future generations! 7 pm, $2-$10

FILM WINTER STARTS NOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Warren Miller is back with the annual film Winter Starts Now, featuring the best snow riding from the mom and pop ski hill down the street to the highest peak on the horizon. 7-9 pm, $10-$13

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Singer-songwriter Max Gomez lives and breathes music, and in addition to being an accomplished musician, Gomez is a producer and curator for the annual Red River Folk Festival in—get this—Red River, New Mexico. Originally from Taos, Gomez splits his time between there and Los Angeles these days, and he remains a regular fixture in our little desert musical environment. Call it country, call it folk, call it Americana-lite or roots—Gomez goes big on the sounds of the West, and he’ll bring his talents (along with singer-songwriter Joe Purdy) to town for a kinda-sorta holiday show (Wednesday, Dec. 29. $25-$40. Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528). Gomez spoke with SFR about his roots and the upcoming show. (Riley Gardner) This is a big question, but let’s talk about your music career. Where’d it all start for you? My music career started in Taos, in my hometown. I started playing at 15 with musicians like Michael Hearne, and when I was around 20 I started writing and recording my own songs. After that, I started working on making records and got a deal [with Athens, Georgia’s New West Records]. Recorded a few albums from there, and things have been in a lot of ways really wonderful. I feel lucky and fortunate. I get to make a life out of music, traveling and touring. So in a nutshell, my music career is, you might say, a great place to hang my hat. I’m happy and satisfied with it. How did growing up in Northern New Mexico influence your music? It’s more to do with the music in the area than, say, the area itself. Going back to Michael Hearne, when I started playing as a kid, that style of country music, this singer-songwriter folk and Americana, I got exposed to that there. Great songwriters like Mentor Williams

and his wife Lynn Anderson, who was a country star. Also, a big one for me is Michael Martin Murphy. [I studied] some of his records and early work and became a friend and songwriting partner [to Murphy]. That’s really shaped me too. It’s left the mark on me, musically speaking. All of those people I wouldn’t have known. To me, the most inspiring music is the music you can’t quite grasp because it’s so good. You have to learn and study it to understand it. To me, that kind of music can stand a timeline and be a part of today’s music, but for me it falls way back into the ’30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Roots blues, delta blues; artists like Woody Guthrie—these original singersongwriters and architects of American music. There are some great new country artists that aren’t exactly mainstream. Some of my friends who are older guys are still making new records, like Ray Wylie Hubbard. When you trace back modern music to its roots like the Stones or something, I would say that folk music and roots music are the backbone of American music. It’s where it all started, where these originators were breaking down. That’s what makes it so special. Wouldn’t you want to take in an artwork in its most original form if you could? You’ve got a show coming up at the Jean Cocteau that looks like it’ll be rad. What can people expect? It’s become a tradition that I play shows around New Mexico between Christmas and New Year’s, during that winter wonderland time of year. It’s a great time to have a show. We don’t sing Christmas carols or any Christmas songs in general. We call it a holiday show because of that time of year. We make some jokes and lyrics might have to do with the holiday season. But no “Jingle Bells.” It’s gonna be me, my dear friend Joe Purdy—this very special guest on the show. There will be a small band with us, too, made up of characters from around the state. I’ve never played a holiday show in Santa Fe before and I’ve always wanted to, and to play the Jean Cocteau Cinema. I can remember going there years ago when the windows were busted and there was plywood up and it was shut down and abandoned. I always thought it would be the perfect size as a place to have concerts. All these years later to be having a show there is special. My family is all from Santa Fe, my dad was from Santa Fe, yet I seldom have the opportunity to play shows there, so I’m excited to play this show and make a regular thing to play shows out of Santa Fe. It feels like a second home to me.

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Tap your tapas into my heart, you beautiful flamenco dancers. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

FILM WINTER STARTS NOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Ski stuff, but on-screen and not in a cold place. That sounds nicer to some of us. 7-9 pm, $10-$13

FOOD WARM MEAL DISTRIBUTION DeVargas Park 302 W DeVargas St. whoiamfoundation.org You’ve been meaning to volunteer anyways. Come at 4:15 pm to help set up and get some food out to folks in need. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 4:30-6:30 pm, free

MAD HALLELUJAH Leaf & Hive 1208 Mercantile Road Ste. A (505) 699-3055 A psychedelic folk-rock-jam band. Melly Frances opens and DJ Cowboy Space closes out the night. 21+ 8 pm-2 am, $10 BORIS AND THE SALT LICKS Second Street Rufina Taproom 2920 Rufina St. (505) 982-3030 Sweet tunes to go with your brews and pub foods. With Bill Palmer’s TV Killers. 8-11 pm, $10

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A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail sfpromusica.org If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a Victorian man who has made his wealth in bonds and now is experiencing high culture for the first time in years, this is for you. Music from the Baroque bros. 6 pm; 8:30 pm, $20-$95 AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Al is in our cal because he’s a pal. Also he plays piano in a wine bar which you should go listen to him. 6:30 pm, free BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail Classic tunes by singersongwriters like Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Carol King, James Taylor, Randy Newman, Otis Redding and more. 6-9 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 Traditional Irish tunes with some traditional Irish brews (well, depending on what the bar has. If not, pretend). 6-8 pm, free SONGWRITER NIGHT: JESSE EBAUGH AND ROSS CASHIOLA El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 Songwriter night at El Rey Court. Kick back with country-folk, rock and roll with Ebaugh of The Tender Things and Ross Cashiola of Hotel Brotherhood. Escape from the holiday music for a while. 8-10 pm, free

THE HEALING CIRCLE Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road bit.ly/3pcbmUv Ever been to a women’s circle or a men’s circle? This group is a lot like that. Come talk about what’s hard in life and find healing from it. Meet in the Fellowship Hall. 6-8 pm, free

FRI/24 ART THE CREATIVE CURE FOR ANXIOUS TIMES Online bit.ly/3skEvPl Join artist Julie Claire for a complimentary group session to release anxiety, relax your mind and tune into your creative spirit. Meditate, release and relax, make some spontaneous art. All you need is Wi-Fi and some art materials, 10-11:30 am, free

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Flamenco is sweeter in wintertime. Feeling-wise, not flavor-wise. But actually maybe flavor-wise too? Hmm. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

EVENTS FAROLITO WALK Canyon Road Lights up, lights down, lights all around. Go walk and point at lights. It’s actually nice. 6-9 pm, free

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FILM WINTER STARTS NOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Ski on the ski-reen. 4-6 pm, $10-$13

MUSIC A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail sfpromusica.org You know the old saying “baroque before you croak?” No? Well, follow the advice anyways. 6 pm; 8:30 pm, $20-$95 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Experience a spectacular Christmas Eve collaboration, led by Principal Conductor Guillermo Figuero and featuring beloved arias, duets, trios and quartets sung by The Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program. 5 pm, $25-$92 BLUES REVUE BAND'S CRAZY CHRISTMAS SHOW Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St. (505) 982-3030 Free, live and bluesy sounds for Christmas Eve. Bring extra tip money. 5-8 pm, free

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ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Take your weird family members who are lingering around post-Holiday. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Yeah it’s awesome. And you know what else is awesome? Going and seeing it, which we know many of your readers haven’t. Get some culture in your life, why don’t you? Sheesh. 6:15 pm, $25-$40 SANTA FE SWING Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road Classes start at 7 pm, open dance at 8 pm. Vaccinated folks only, please. Bring your CDC card as proof on your first visit. After that you can Fred Astaire till you don’t care. Please keep your top hats at home. 7 pm, $3-$8 LA EMI: WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800 La Emi offers even more flamenco viewing options. Plus special guest appearances by Vicente Griego, Gabriel Osuna Lautaro and a bunch more. 7:30 pm, $20-$50

MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Maybe he got a new piano for Christmas? You’ll have to go see yourself. 6:30 pm, free SPACE TO DIG: WHAT THE WHAT AND ROBBY ROTHSCHILD Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 An afternoon performance from What The What and Robby Rothschild. Expect expert grooviness. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recent negative test result is required upon entry. But after that? Groove time, you cute groovy geeks. 3 pm, $20

EVENTS AFTER-HOURS SESSION WITH THE CURATOR San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 Experience the new History Center at San Miguel Chapel with the very Historian-Curator of the joint. Centuries of history are up for discussion. 3-4 pm, $10 QUEER NIGHT La Reina at El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 A night for the self-identifying queers and supporting allies. Priceless stuff, but you still gotta pay for the drinks. 5-11 pm, free

MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 His skill is the reason for the teardrops on our guitar. And pianos. We’re crying from joy, we promise. 6:30 pm, free MUÉVELO Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Premiere of a new cumbia and vallenato group. 21+. 6-10 pm, $10 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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WORKSHOP LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Life drawing classes. Come with mateirals and prepare to draw the human form. 6-8 pm, $10

TUE/28 DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Listen, if you take away anything from this double issue, please note there are soooooo many flamenco opps. 6:15 pm, $25-$40 LA EMI: WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800 La Emi offers even more flamenco viewing chances. Plus special guest appearances by Vicente Griego, Gabriel Osuna Lautaro and a bunch more. 7:30 pm, $20-$50

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AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 In the United States of Fenix, Rogers is our musical President re-elected by a landslide from his piano prowess alone. 6:30 pm, free

WED/29 DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 If you’ve got a friend who doubts dance is a real sport, that’s dumb, but this show will prove it is even moreso. 6:15 pm, $25-$40 LA EMI: WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800 Ever been freezing in the wintertime knowing that if you only had a little flamenco, you’d be as warm as summertime? Get yourself cold to get yourself warmed up by the power of *dance*. 7:30 pm, $20-$50

EVENTS AFTER-HOURS SESSION WITH THE CURATOR San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 Talk to the Historian-Curator to build up those facts for Geeks Who Drink. 3-4 pm, $10 GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278 Oh, you attended the event at San Miguel Chapel and now they’re asking about the foundations of abode? And you know that because of it? Well isn’t that nice for you. (see SFR picks, page 28-29) 8 pm, free HOTLINE BINGO Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307 (505) 983-0134 Extreme bingo. I mean, not in actuality, but in terms of major energy fun. You could power a neighborhood with all the sparks of joy. $2 per round. 7 pm, $2-$10

FILM 3-MIN FILM FESTIVAL Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Aww yiss, let's we can call this the return of our sweet film festival, 3 minute style. Join the Santa Fe Reporter and the Center for Contemporary Arts for our annual film fest, where

we celebrate all that cinema that is short and sweet. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 6 pm, $10

MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 We never get sick of Rogers, his piano is the cure for all our sadness. Unless you’ve got real sadness, please see a doctor for that. 6:30 pm, free JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES La Reina at El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 Old favorites, clever rhythms and new lovable storytelling songs from a beloved folksy band. 8 pm, free MAX GOMEZ & FRIENDS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Holiday-schmaliday, let’s go listen to some roots/ Americana/country. Gomez has your musical desires covered. (see 3Qs, page 32) 8-10 pm, free THEO KUTSKO Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952 Pianist and vocalist Theo Kutsko plays a mix of ‘70s rock, Broadway tunes and more every week. Sit down, musical theater peoples—this is Theo’s time, you can belt out without any of us asking you to later. 6-9 pm, free VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 988-4640 Colin Jacobsen returns as violin soloist and leader. Program includes Telemann’s picturesque Burlesque de Don Quixote, and bad boy Bach’s beloved Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins with Pro Muscia’s concertmaster Stephen Redfield. 7 pm, $30-$95

THU/30 DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 Aspiring television writers, we’re still awaiting that flamenco-based drama show for HBO. Go see it this show for research purposes. I’m serious. We’d watch it. It could be like Succession, but in the dance world. Actually if you could read my screenplay we can maybe work on something— 6:15 pm, $25-$40

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EVENTS AFTER-HOURS SESSION WITH THE CURATOR San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 The barriers to academics are torn down. Go ask questions without paying for those insane research paper sites. 3-4 pm, $10

MUSIC NOSOTROS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Latin band plus wine bar. Nosotros is a local favorite adding class and beats to any occasion. Did we say a wine bar? Say it back slowly to yourself, just to make sure it sticks. 6:30 pm, free MOHIT DUBEY AND BRIAN KING GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St. gigsantafe.ticket.ca A single guitar is so 2019. But 2? Consider our socks knocked off so hard they’ll land on the other side of town. 7:30 pm, $22 VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 988-4640 Come live vicariously through Vivaldi’s vivid vibrations. Like musical vibrations rather than a violent shaking of his corpse. That’d be cool, but alas, not today. 7 pm, $30-$95

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WORKSHOP THE HEALING CIRCLE SANTA FE Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road bit.ly/3qd7EsZ A support group to talk about what's hard in life. Cause what isn't hard in life? 6-8 pm, free

FRI/31 ART THE CREATIVE CURE FOR ANXIOUS TIMES Online bit.ly/3ssx2xP Release anxiety, relax your mind and tune into your creative spirit with company who are only virutally in your house. Bring materials and a smile. Yes, you, little cutie, I’m talking to you. 10-11:30 am, free

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 A full loaf of old fashioned flamenco but buttered with new souls. We love carbs and dance. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

COLORADO ALLSTARZ Fraternal Order of Eagles 833 Early St. (505) 983-7171 New Mexican sounds, Tejano, old school cool and beyond. Plus posole and champagne. 9 pm-1 am, $15-$25 NEW YEAR'S EVE AT VANESSIE'S Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Should-be global musical superstar Al Rogers will make your New Years Eve a superstar event—like, in spirit, you know? Rogers plays 7-9 pm, then he'll be joined by Alex Murzyn and Chiefo Sanchez from 9 pmmidnight. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 7 pm-midnight, free DETROIT LIGHTNING Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 780-5730 Grateful Dead’s tunes help ring in the new year. Stay grateful and if you’re dead, keep it symbolic. 8:30 pm-1 am, $30 TGIF CONCERT First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544 Sin Nombre Bass with music for the holiday season. Vax proof required! 5 pm, free

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CAROUSEL: NYE AT HOUSE OF ETERNAL RETURN Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Guest acts include Spoolius Melange, Tone Ranger and Ana M. Few tickets left, so buy quickly! 21+ with the exhibit open all show. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 10 pm-2 am, $55 NYE PRE-PARTY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 It’s a dang dance party, you know? They’ve got drink specials plus DJ Kap'n Kirk and friends. Afterwards walk to the Plaza for the countdown. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 8-11 pm, free NEW YEAR'S EVE ON THE PLAZA Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Dress warm, mask up and get brave finding parking for the annual Plaza event. (see SFR picks, pages 28-29) 8 pm, free

LA EMI WINTER FLAMENCO SERIES The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive (505) 992-5800 When you’re getting yourself ready to see La Emi you can look at yourself in the mirror and go: “Me. At Emi.“ Giggle, do a little flamenco pose, then get on because the car is waiting. 9:30 pm, free

MUSIC JOE ILLICK & THE NYE ORCHESTRA Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Major tunes conducted by longtime Santa Fean Joe Illick and an all-star orchestra. 5 pm, $80

THE FACULTY LOUNGE LIVE COMEDY AND IMPROV Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Join Santa Fe Improv for a night of laughter as The Faculty Lounge Improv group performs live. A special New Year’s Eve show built just for you. Prepare to laugh so hard you’ll forget what air is for a brief moment. 8-10 pm, $35

SAT/1 DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302 If you are like all of us and have a hidden dream of becoming a mid-tier flamenco dancer performing on cruise ships sailing out of New Zealand, let yourself learn some tips from the experts. 6:15 pm, $25-$40

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COTTONWOOD DANCERS: NEW YEAR’S DAY CEREMONIAL DANCE Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road (800) 462-2635 For the Pueblo people, Ceremonial dances are a key expression of their tradition and faith. The ‘social’ dances are offered to the public to share their good will and blessings. Includes a brief talk and Q&A. Noon-2 pm, $50

QUEER BURLESQUE SHOW Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, Ste. B. (505) 992-2588 A night of sparkle-goth-metalqueer stage magic. Produced by Morgon Sedusa and Kim Gryphon, headlined by They Von Gay and with guest stars. (see SFR pickss, page 28-29) 7 pm, $12-$20

INTRO TO IMPROV Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, Unit A santafeimprov.com A 2 hour workshop serving as an introduction to the age old art of improv. You don’t have to be funny, and you don’t even have to try. Just have some fun. 6-8 pm, free LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Draw the human form, bring your own materials and have yourself a good artistic time practicing to draw muscles and everything. Seating provided, snacks for sale. 6-8 pm, $10

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MUSIC CAROLS & CHORUSES Cathedral Basilica 131 Cathedral Place (505) 988-1234 Enjoy the angelic voices of The Symphony Chorus, led by Choral Director Carmen Flórez-Mansi. 3 pm, free

SANTA FE SWING Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road Classes start at 7 pm, open dance at 8 pm. Bring vax proof on your first visit. Turns it it does mean a thing when you ain’t got that swing. So, like, get that swing. 7 pm, $3-$8

MUSEUMS IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900 Experimental exPRESSion: Printmaking at IAIA, 1963– 1980. Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology. 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200 Curator H.P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$9 MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200 Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan. Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$12 MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 18 Co Road 55A, Los Cerrillos (505) 424-6487 Museum of Encaustic Art Exhibition. By appointment, $10 NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5052 Storytellers: Narrative Art and the West. Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard and Jaune Quick-To See-Smith. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$12 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St. (505) 946-1000 Abstract Nature. Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon $20

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POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-5041 Di Wae Powa: A Partnership With the Smithsonian. 9 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$10 WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636 Indigenous Women: Border Matters (Traveling). Portraits: Peoples, Places, and Perspectives. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $8

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can’t think about how creativity is born, where my own creativity comes from or how to inspire myself without thinking about a highly ambiguous concept: Culture. Culture can mean high culture. That is, lasting culture—great works of art that have entered a pantheon; paintings inside museums; books and compositions that have become canonical. This kind of culture is meant to be appreciated, and it looms large in education like New Mexico’s mountain peaks. In another sense, culture rests at eye level. Describing a local culture, for instance, generally means the objects, habits, utensils and maps that make up everyday life. This broader definition indicates everything you see and do that relates to social and environmental life, and whenever I think about these dual meanings—one aesthetic, the other anthropological—I think about the winding paths we take in navigating who we are, and my own path cultivating creativity. Most people will first encounter so-called high culture in school, labeled under powerful headings like “The Classics.” Unsurprisingly, the heavyweights of belles lettres at my Georgia high school were Shakespeare and Milton; I preferred Milton. I also read chapters by major 19th century novelists, their works ranging from captivating to some which bored me stupid, and I became interested in Faulkner—probably because he wrote about Southern race relations; in college, I was enthused by the Existentialists. But my college didn’t have a Black Studies program, and after leaving school, I felt a powerful need to compensate for that absence. Faulkner’s vision of race

relations was a poor substitute, I learned, and I instead devoured books by Wright, Baldwin and Morrison. I spent the next 10 years reading the Afrocentric canon. Of course, thinking that reading would be the whole story behind how I (or anyone) became cultured is shallow. We accrue culture no more from the books we read or the museums we visit than by the languages, dialects, fashions, familial and regional institutions or social relations surrounding us. Culture is the influence of the everyday, and by using more than one definition, we make our way. We will often begin investigating cultural resources particularly deeply if we’re artists. I believe it’s fair to say that most artists initially go through a period of questioning the ruses and guises called culture. We feel—or don’t feel—an affinity with the culture into which we were born. We critique being Black, white, gendered, rural or urban, asking whether we can’t imagine ourselves without labels, or wishing we could. We look for answers in cultural products, like books and movies; we study high culture, impressed by its insights, or dismayed by its lack of understanding of our specific experiences.

to lasting culture. The past and present, likewise, remain interdependent: Culture is equal parts the past we inherit and a present we have the power to shape. And yet, for artists, the dynamic is still more complicated, like layers of an onion always unraveling. Still today, African American literature is my foundation. I know it better than any other subject, and its writers were seminal to framing my reality. I won’t say it’s my exclusive influence, however, or that different kinds of books haven’t been seared into my imagination. The plethora of tomes stacked beneath my bed consists of many historical periods with Morrison’s Beloved sitting on top of Stendhal’s The Red and the Black. This scattered collection represents no less than my individuality, my personal canon, and it’s what happens whenever books intersect with individuals; the culture we inevitably make with our personal tastes if our relationship with its offerings isn’t passive. My process, thankfully, is ongoing and engaged. Is it less important when books were written than when we happened upon them? Or why we remembered them? Or what was happening in our lives when we cracked their pages? Possibly so in this dimension, where historical chronology— or so-called canons—are less significant than individual responses. We’re talking about a realm of near-complete subjectivity which might be least useful from an academic perspective. Our own relationships to culture sometimes play havoc with traditional or more comfortable categorization, and yet, from a creative point of view, this sense of privately cultivated culture is the most important one. It’s the energy that spawns new springs, new life and new metaphors. That’s precisely why we need more than one definition—because they inform each other, they must be tempered by each other. I couldn’t think of a better way to start the new year than by extolling their virtues, but let us be mindful. Let’s respect the inherited classics, sure, and let’s honor the communal artifact. But let’s appreciate the unhinged energy that gives us the power and courage to remake the future.

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Then for artists, I believe, something cathartic happens. No one can thrive creatively while stuck in the mindset that culture always indicates the past. By this logic, no living person has any right to make it, and even I couldn’t write until I appreciated how culture wasn’t necessarily the providence of foreign people created only in distant times. I inched toward this revelation by reading 20th century classics written by Black Southerners, like myself. I identified with them, but most importantly, I learned to appreciate how the dual definitions of culture, whether we spell it with a Big C or a little c, were interdependent. Artists transmute the everyday culture of any time into the material with which they create their own contributions

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ast month, Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse hosted the first ever in-person event for Red Media Press, a recently-founded media project from The Red Nation activist group: A conversation between Elena Ortiz (Ohkay Owingeh) and Orien LongKnife (San Carlos Apache), two contributing authors to The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, the project’s first book published in April. The Red Deal is a manual for environmental stewardship through anti-capitalism and decolonization, and Ortiz said something at the time that I haven’t stopped thinking about since: “The ‘founding fathers,’ who established a hetero-patriarchy on beautiful Indigenous land, were so concerned with writing a bill of rights that they forgot to write a bill of responsibilities.” Such words hit close to home in a town like Santa Fe. Founding the city on the exploitation of Indigenous land, resources and identities turned O’gah Po’geh (the Tewa name for Santa Fe, which roughly translates to White Shell Water Place) into what LongKnife calls “Pueblo Disneyland.” “Not only are we responsible to each other,” Ortiz said at the talk, “we’re responsible to all living things, and we’re responsible to hand a planet over to our descendants that is livable. The Red Deal is your bill of responsibilities.” The book itself outlines three primary areas of action: Divest from institutions of

oppression—like the prison and military-industrial complex—heal our bodies, heal our planet. It’s Red Media Press’s first book, and an apt introduction to the over-arching project. “We hold space for Indigenous writers,” says Justine Teba (Santa Clara, Tesuque and Acoma Pueblos), who works for Red Media Press. “We don’t want to create a movement that’s niche or gate-keepy. We want to create a mainstream thing for people to consume our media en masse.” These values are evident in The Red Deal, not just in its content, but in its origin story. The book isn’t credited to any single author, but to the entire Red Nation—which, as Teba says, doesn’t even encompass everyone who contributed. “The Red Deal couldn’t possibly be accredited to any one individual, or to be honest, just The Red Nation,” Teba tells SFR. Instead, she describes how the Red Nation held a two-day meeting with organizers from across the Southwest and beyond to identify and discuss the most pressing issues The Red Deal hopes to address. “It’s always been a collective document,” Teba says. “That’s what it means to have revolutionary socialist politics. It’s always about the collective need. It would do [the work] an injustice to name individual people.” Thus, what began as a shared series of PDF documents was later collated, expanded

and deepened into book form. Even now that it’s published, the work isn’t done; the document is expected to change and grow, Teba explains, as an ongoing matter. “We aspire to be revolutionaries through political praxis—praxis is theory plus action plus reflection,” she says. “In that reflecting stage, you figure out what worked and what didn’t, and plan your next moves accordingly. The Red Deal is a theory. We don’t know what the outcome of the theory is until it’s already been acted on, and that’s when you reflect on how it can be improved.”

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She envisions the book evolving further as the theory is refined through action and ideally being republished again and again. Teba remembers how she came to The Red Nation: “When Standing Rock happened...I saw [Red Nation organizer] Nick [Estes] talk,” she recalls. “It was the first time I’d heard such an articulate analysis of what was really going on. It wasn’t a liberal trying to explain, it was a revolutionary decon-

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structing what was happening.” The Abolish the Entrada movement also galvanized Teba. “My entire life I had known the contradictions of being Indigenous,” she says. “Having a Catholic family, but not knowing my language; all of New Mexico going to the Santa Fe Fiestas and dressing up as conquistadores but knowing that they were our demise.” She continues to engage with these contradictions in her work with The Red Nation, which, she says, “was the only organization that through-and-through ever believed in me, that believed in my expertise as an Indigenous woman.” And this is only the beginning. In the future, Red Media Press plans to publish anything from Indigenous language resources to children’s books. Its organizers also hope to expand their work into visual media, including video. Right now, much of their digital work is in podcasting, including The Red Nation Podcast and Bands of Turtle Island. Teba, meanwhile, says she’s happy to see Red Media Press making a difference in the lives of those close to the movement. “The other day on Instagram,” she tells SFR, “there was a mom who posted about how her son chose to have The Red Deal read to him before bed. That’s what this all is about— children deserve to hear their own histories told by Indigenous people. All of this has to be done with the intention to hand off a livable world to our descendants.” Her words echo what LongKnife said at the close of last month’s conversation at Collected Works: “Our children...will live to see a world that is going to make sure they’re dignified. And the means that they use to reach that world— they will be beautiful, they will be vicious and they will be understood.”

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stout is heavy on the wallet and stomach, and is available for takeaway and tableside service. If a brew as dark as the depths of space isn’t your speed, however, Mallory also recommends his White Out Stout. “You get this really nice coffee flavored beer,” he explains, “but it looks kind of like a pale ale.”

Hidden Mountain Brewing Co. 4056 Cerrillos Road, (505) 438-1800 hiddenmountainbrewing.com On the patio of Hidden Mountain Brewing Co., a high wall obstructs the Rodeo Road traffic as chimeneas add personality to the restaurant’s otherwise nondescript décor. When it comes to the seasonal offering at the former Blue Corn Brewery, which rebranded in February, head brewer Paul Mallory takes a more creative approach to beer-making than one might expect from the homely pub’s ambiance. “It’s a big, chewy, imperial stout that has a lot of body, a lot of alcohol, a lot of that whiskey flavor from the oak barrel,” Mallory

profiles that have enabled brewer Garrett Eaton to experiment in numerous directions for this year’s seasonal drinks. “I’ll try to get mostly ingredients that are in stock or something I could get fresh,” Eaton tells SFR, adding that his holidayinspired, pine-scented The Night Beefore was made possible by in-season cranberries and mulled juniper. Inspired by Christmas, the juniper’s effervescence comes out of the gate swinging, though the cranberries linger on the palate for some time afterward. And it doesn’t stop there. For the Winter Rx brew, Eaton harvested local osha root, adding elderberry extract for a botanical tonic that feels as good as it tastes. The tartness of the elderberries balances the sweetness of the honey base, Eaton explains, and the result is something like a throat coat, yet spicy and bright—very Christmas, and a pickme-up in more ways than one. Osha root has long been used as a natural remedy for infections, and elderberries, Eaton says, are “also good for the common cold, boosting your immunity, so it’s kind of our, like, flu elixir.” If you pop by for a spell, you’ll find pastel colors pouring from Leaf & Hive’s 12 taps, all of which paint a bright picture for winter afternoons just warm enough to enjoy the patio. Somehow, Eaton and crew have created more palatable options to those put off by sugary ciders with a just-right level of sweetness, but still—if sampling more than one brew, stay organized, because the flavors, while elegant, can prove subtle if the drinker isn’t overly discerning.

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beer as, “Almost an advent type of thing,” says co-founder and head brewer Jason Kirkman, who also likens the four new brews to “a countdown to Christmas.” One advantage of running a distillery and a brewery, Kirkman explains, is the opportunity to use homemade spirits in the beer making process. “We kind of made a tradition out of using our old ristras to make an extract,” he says, which is then used in the appetizing Mole Chile Stout. There’s a lot happening in this particular beer with a chile-forward nose and a heady spice that keeps going strong, almost obscuring the mole flavor. Uneducated palates might find that bit hard to suss out, but if the initial heat is off-putting, keep sipping: The complexities of this beverage become more clear deeper into the pint. Those in search of something a little more universal might prefer the gin-barrel aged Honey Double IPA. According to Kirkman, the one-off was brewed in Tumbleroot’s Navy Strength Gin casks to “pick up the vanillay-y, oaky character in the barrel.” With a notable bouquet of resinous sweetness that thankfully doesn’t force bitter hoppiness down one’s throat (looking at you, other IPAs), its convergence of honey and juniper makes for a don’t-miss seasonal one-off. Even so, Kirkman warns Santa Feans in search of this seasonal treasure that quantities will be limited at both the Tumbleroot distillery and at its cavernous bar, restaurant and concert space down Agua Fría Street. You’ve been warned.

Santa Fe Brewing Co. 35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333 santafebrewing.com Santa Fe Brewing Co., New Mexico’s oldest microbrewery turned beer behemoth, isn’t entirely well-known for its darker beers these days. Instead, the house that founder Brian Lock built tends to appeal to the masses with IPAs and lagers. But as the days shorten, says head brewer Bery Boyce, the brewery marks the season with blacker brews to assuage those inclined. The State Pen Porter, Boyce explains, is a “true-to-style” beer reminiscent of the early American craft brewing scene. But this English style porter has a bit “more roasted character, more caramel malt, more hops,” than its contemporaries across the pond, Boyce continues, which meshes better with the Yankee palate. While the State Pen Porter isn’t new— it’s one of the brewery’s original beers— its seasonal return each year lasts about a month, according to Boyce, and it is, he adds, “perfect for pondering.” Indeed it is, and for a porter, the State Pen isn’t thick in the mouth. It could just as easily be consumed on picnic blankets or in back yards on a late spring day as it could around a fire blazing at the brewery’s flagship I-25 taproom and campus. Slightly malty and a bit sour, this seasonal beer doesn’t smother one’s tastebuds. Instead find an almost minimalist flavor, which distinguishes itself from the sometimes annoyingly ubiquitous bouquets, spices and heavy pours that typically crop up around the holidays.

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One could easily Denis Villineuve Marvel’s newest Spidey film with a think piece on the dumbing down of cinema, the same-ness of superhero movies or by even just pointing out how No Way Home is as predictable as a film can get. But when the chips are down in director John Watts’ third installment of modern web-swingin’ quip-master’s story, it becomes a deeply satisfying bit of fan service enjoyable for its thrills and bazillion dollar CGI. When we join this particular universe’s SpiderMan (Tom Holland), he’s dealing with fallout of the last film wherein Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) revealed his Peter Parker secret identity through none other than unscrupulous “journalist” J. Jonah Jameson (played here by JK Simmons like he’s Alex Jones or something). In the aftermath, Peter and his pals MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) can’t get into college because of the controversy, and in an effort to undo his big reveal party, Pete visits Dr. Strange (Benedict “Ping-Wing” Cumberbatch) about a spell that’ll make people forget. The spell goes awry and starts pulling in SpiderFoes from other universes—you know, the villains from the original run of films plus those Andrew Garfield ones? Doctor Octopus and Electro? Sandman? Those guys? We shan’t spoil it any further,

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It’d be great if films like Mother/Android, writer and director Mattson Tomlin’s first feature film, were remembered only for how quickly they’re forgotten. But are we ever so lucky? Not this time. In Mother/Android, we visit the near-future, where everything is exactly the same minus the androids, which humans have programmed to be personal butlers (out of all the possibilities). For reasons as deep as just because, they rebel against their human overlords, who, frankly, treat them fine. Said human protagonists are so bland, though, they make plain cardboard look like a Van Gogh. Georgia (Chloë Grace Moretz) is nine months pregnant throughout this harrowing ordeal, and spends her time screaming at her boyfriend Sam (Algee Smith, who looks like he’s about to pass out between every take) for trying to keep them alive. Why? Just-effin-because. Which makes Tomlin’s debut the purest form of dreck. We can go on about the chaotic editing, the glaring lack of production value, the otherwise talented actors who seem as if they’re being held up by string in efforts to squeeze life out of them—but the reality is that Hulu’s newest venture into cinema is damn boring. It is Children of Men meets The Terminator meets

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but we think you know what that means in terms of star power. Thus, main universe Spider-Man’s world crumbles around him. There are nefarious deeds afoot, dear reader—magical darkness? A must! Watts and company get pretty big points for making a film that feels like a comic book issue of SpiderMan, and Holland actually hints at depth this time out. But whereas this level of acting (which is still not, like, something on the same level as the greats of the medium) might have been nice in other installments, No Way Home is mostly a vehicle for introducing the multiverse, dropping closure bombs and giving longtime fans reason after reason to love the film despite themselves. Still, at this point in the Marvel cinema/ TV canon, one could practically set their watch to the story beats. Zendaya and Batalon bring much-needed levity to this heavier entry, and Cumberbatch’s “I’m a dick” thing works here. Too bad Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May isn’t on the screen more, and the same goes for the rogue’s gallery of villains who, at times, stumble over

A Quiet Place, and in no subtle way. No emotion bridges to another logical emotion. It can’t. It won’t; what’s happening behind the screen feels too cynical for little tidbits like a logical emotional flow. There’s a “daddy paid for my college and gave me a small loan to make a feature film that I wrote while listening to libertarian podcasts,” vibe here, and while there’s is often much creativity found in budget productions, this is lazy filmmaking. With so little to admire, there’s little else to do but root for android domination and for the elimination of these pesky annoyances Tomlin has the audacity to call characters. When even his androids are stupid, mindless zombies, it’s hard to not think he’s just revealing what he thinks of his audience. (Riley Gardner) Hulu, R, 110 min

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each other. Be advised, as well, that unless you’ve been following this stuff since Tobey Maguire first donned the tights, you could get lost. A film should answer its own questions rather than require us to be lore experts, though it’s almost impossible to escape the Marvel machine at this point. Thanks, Disney! And so it goes, predictably, but with enough pizazz and history to make it fun. You shan’t have trouble finding indies and art films, nay-sayers, and it’s blessedly enjoyable to get a summertime-type blockbuster at the tail end of a miserable year. Sometimes movies are simply about dumb excitement, and there’s nothing wrong with that, even if No Way Home feels like a lesser version of Into the Spider-Verse, which still slaps hard.

blood here, making Robert Wise’s 1961 West Side Story look like a playground by comparison. Long-time Spielberg collaborator Tony Kushner’s screenplay brings a more logical cohesion lacking from the earlier iterations; Kushner goes a far more radical route and digs deep into the socio-economic reasons behind why these finger snappin’ street gangs exist at all: Robert Moses’ development projects bring in the wealthy gentrifiers, the boys wind up fighting for scraps. It isn’t conflict for the sake of it—here, economics and race go hand-in-hand. Young white boys are told to destroy in order to defend, even when home is just a field of rubble. In theory there’s more than enough to go around, but New York’s canyon-like streets make it suffocating. Lovers of classic Hollywood will likely watch wide-eyed as shooting in 35mm brings a far more cinematic look commonly discarded by most modern productions. The physical design knowingly channels the heyday of Technicolor. We avoid cursed quick-cut editing that plagues the cinema of today—and guess what? We can really see the choreography at work. It looks as good as you can imagine, even if Spielberg can’t help dousing his subjects in heavy angelic light and even if West Side Story and its more musical theater elements feel dated. We can see the technical mastery, feel it, but the appeal only goes so far. Skeptics of musicals won’t be converted. Sorry, theater kids, but

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pre-Cabaret musicals don’t click for everyone. Spielberg translates with such an alarming ease, though, that you might doubt if he’s fully human. Whereas so many musicals struggle with staging, every piece here is naturally fitted into its world with even the most grating songs emerging from a logical place. Spielberg knows the original’s flaws and leapfrogs them well enough, though the main storyline remains less interesting than the side plots (Ariana DeBose and Mike Faist in particular are stellar). Oh, and Shakespeare’s 16th century plot beats aren’t always natural, but if American cinema is now a dud, at least the greatest hits are properly remastered. (RG) Violet Crown, PG-13, 156 min.

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HBO’s ongoing Music Box series of feature-length documentaries dedicated to the highs and lows of big music moments has thus far included deeper looks into subjects like Kenny G., DMX and Alanis Morissette. But these are well-known commodities; interesting in their own ways, sure, but not hidden figures. Its newest episode, however, paints a fascinating portrait of Australian/British media tycoon Roger Stigwood and his enduring impact on music, film, business and the culture of the 1970s itself,

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Hear me now and thank me later: The Hand of God is likely to go over your head. Those with a literacy in Fellini’s filmography will probably clock director Paolo Sorrentino’s (The Great Beauty) intent, but questions of unique depth against mere imitation of Italian filmmaking masters prevails. Even then the most dedicated cinephiles can find more than enough to miss in Sorrentino’s autobiographical tale, both to its credit and to its fault. In 1980s Naples, teenage Fabietto (Filippo Scotti) is a loner who lives primarily through his imagination, his eccentric extended family—it’s an Italian film, so prep for a lot of family—and an outrageous group of García Márquez-like characters. Fabietto worships soccer star Maradona, who’s just performed his famous Hand of God play (Google it if you must) when major family tragedy shatters his world, pushing him toward filmmaking as a means of escaping the pain. When the tragedy strikes at the midpoint, the The Hand of God veers down a path with which Sorrentino fans are well familiar—an examination of life’s moments and how that which is holy merges with the cursed. Like The Great Beauty, there’s a yearning, both to belong and to hide away. Sorrentino, long accused of being a Fellini-mimic by his critics, might be using Fabietto to justify his own future cinematic choices. Looking backward, The Hand of God’s similarities to 8 1/2 are endless, but, to its credit, it still goes for a minimal grandiosity rather than a dream-like atmosphere. Two hours feel like four, and you might just wish Fabietto would get the hell on with whatever it is he’s destined to do. The narrative moves ahead by gentle and cruel moments, lacking in plot and designed without coming full circle. Hand of God doesn’t intend to hand-hold you, and those who’ve been forced to come of age before their time will see far more in Fabietto framed side-by-side with the ruined Vesuvius, a jagged and unformed structure. Life’s eruptions might lead its future fertilities, after all. (RG) Center for Contemporary Arts, Netflix, R, 130 min.

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even if personal details are brushed to the side. Director John Maggio (The Newspaperman) finally gives Stigwood his due, though he admits in his new film’s early moments the project started out as a disco documentary. Stigwood, as it turned out, so indelibly steered the genre’s second coming—forever changing how movie studios perceive soundtracks—that disco might have died a quiet death had it not been for a handful of visionary business decisions, skeptical studio execs and a band called the Bee-Gees. Previously, Stigwood had orbited The Beatles, managed some bands and released some records, but a 1976 disco culture article by journalist Nik Cohn for New York Magazine planted the seeds for 1977’s Saturday Night Fever in Stigwood’s mind. Revitalizing a then-waining Bee-Gees for the film’s music, Stigwood would tap TV star John Travolta for the lead, Serpico scribe Norman Wexler for the script and John Badham (War Games) to direct. Fearing they’d missed the lifespan of disco proved false—together Stigwood and crew extended the genre’s popularity another half-decade at least, becoming the first production to ever release a soundtrack before its premier, both of which would earn hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide. That was unheard-of at the time. As such, Mr. Saturday Night proves a strangely satisfying glimpse into a very niche world. If nothing else, it’s never disappointing to hear about folks who enraged film exec and notorious bastard Michael Eisner, but Maggio drops the ball on exposing why a movement driven by queer and Black ’70s culture was sold back to them by straight white folks. We do learn, though, that Stigwood’s business acumen laid the foundation for media practices still common today, but we only see this commercial side of the man. That leaves a whole lot of mystery on the table, which is admittedly enticing in its own way, but is that really enough to have ditched an entire doc on disco? Instead, we mostly get a making-of film about Saturday Night Fever told through audio interviews and countless photos, TV spots and other documentation. If that does nothing else but remind the world how the Bee-Gees wrote some bangers, there’s some merit there, and music fans of a certain age will want to know this stuff. Too bad it doesn’t go as deep as it could or should have, though. (ADV) HBO Max, NR, 83 min.

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SFR CLASSIFIEDS Rob Brezsny Week of December 22nd ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may become a more audacious storyteller in 2022. You could ripen your ability to express the core truths about your life with entertaining narratives. Bonus: The experiences that come your way will provide raw material for you to become even more interesting than you already are. Now study these words by storyteller Ruth Sawyer: “To be a good storyteller, one must be gloriously alive. It is not possible to kindle fresh fires from burned-out embers. The best of the traditional storytellers are those who live close to the heart of things—to the earth, sea, wind, and weather. They have known solitude, silence. They have been given unbroken time in which to feel deeply, to reach constantly for understanding.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author May Sarton wrote a poem celebrating her maturation into the person she had always dreamed she would be. “Now I become myself,” she exulted. “It’s taken time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, have worn other people’s faces.” But at last, she said, “All fuses together now, falls into place from wish to action, word to silence. My work, my love, my time, my face: gathered into one intense gesture of growing like a plant.” I invite you to adopt Sarton’s poem as a primary source of inspiration in 2022. Make it your guide as you, too, become fully and richly yourself. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2012, the writer Gore Vidal died the day after Gemini writer Maeve Binchy passed away. They were both famous, though Bincy sold more books than Vidal. Vidal was interesting but problematic for me. He was fond of saying that it wasn’t enough for him to succeed; he wanted others to fail. The misery of his fellow humans intensified his satisfaction about his own accomplishments. On the other hand, Binchy had a generous wish that everyone would be a success. She felt her magnificence was magnified by others’ magnificence. In 2022, it will be vital for your physical and mental health to cultivate Binchy’s perspective, not Vidal’s. To the degree that you celebrate and enhance the fortunes of others, your own fortunes will thrive. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian political leader Nelson Mandela was wrongly incarcerated for 27 years. After his release, he became President of South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize. About leaving jail in 1990, he wrote, “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” Although you haven’t suffered deprivation anywhere close to what Mandela did, I’m happy to report that 2022 will bring you liberations from limiting situations. Please adopt Mandela’s approach as you make creative use of your new freedom. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): French poet André Breton wrote, “Je vous souhaite d’être follement aimée.” In English, those words can be rendered as “My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness” or “I wish you to be loved madly.” That’s got a romantic ring to it, but it’s actually a curse. Why would we want to be loved to the point of madness? A person who “loved” you like that might be fun for a while, but would ultimately become a terrible inconvenience and ongoing disruption. So, dear Leo, I won’t wish that you will be loved to the point of madness in 2022—even though I think the coming months will be an interesting and educational time for amour. Instead, I will wish you something more manageable and enjoyable: that you will be loved with respect, sensitivity, care, and intelligence.

about how to take full advantage of this lucky opportunity? Here’s a tip: Whenever you have a decision to make, tune in to what your body and heart tell you as well as to what your mind advises. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said that a sense of meaning is crucial. It’s the key gratification that sustains people through the years: the feeling that their life has a meaning and that particular experiences have meaning. I suggest you make this your theme for 2022. The question “Are you happy?” will be a subset of the more inclusive question, “Are you pursuing a destiny that feels meaningful to you?” Here’s the other big question: “If what you’re doing doesn’t feel meaningful, what are you going to do about it?”.

Week of December 29th ARIES (March 21-April 19): Historians disagree about the legacy of Jimmie Carter, who was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Was he effective or not? Opinions differ. But there’s no ambiguity about a project he pursued after his presidency. He led a global effort to eliminate a pernicious disease caused by the guinea worm parasite. When Carter began his work, 3.5 million people per year suffered from the parasite’s debilitating effects. Today, there are close to zero victims. Will 2022 bring an equivalent boon to your life, Aries? The banishment of an old bugaboo? A monumental healing? I suspect so.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio guitarist Rowland S. Howard spoke of “the grand occasions when love really does turn into something far greater than you had ever dreamed of, something auto-luminescent.” Judging from the astrological configurations in 2022, I have strong hopes and expectations that you will experience prolonged periods when love will fit that description. For best results, resolve to become more generous and ingenious in expressing love than you have ever been.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2022, I hope you will express more praise than ever before. I hope you’ll be a beacon of support and inspiration for the people you care for. The astrological omens suggest this could be a record-breaking year for the blessings you bestow. Don’t underestimate your power to heal and instigate beneficial transformations. Yes, of course, it’s a kind and generous strategy for you to carry out. But it will also lead to unforeseen rewards that will support and inspire and heal you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I’ve been trying to go home my whole life,” writes poet Chelsea Dingman. I know some of you Sagittarians resist the urge to do that. It’s possible you avoid seeking a true and complete home. You may think of the whole world as your home, or you may regard a lot of different places as your homes. And you’d prefer not to narrow down the feeling and concept of “home” to one location or building or community. Whether or not you are one of those kinds of Centaurs, I suspect that 2022 will bring you unexpected new understandings of home—and maybe even give you the sense that you have finally arrived in your ultimate sanctuary.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you search Google, you’ll be told that the longest biography ever written is the 24-volume set about British political leader Winston Churchill. But my research shows there’s an even more extensive biography: about Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, who lived from 1901 to 1989. His story consists of 61 volumes. In the spirit of these expansive tales, and in accordance with 2022’s astrological aspects, I encourage you to create an abundance of noteworthy events that will deserve inclusion in your biography. Make this the year that warrants the longest and most interesting chapter in that masterpiece.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To ensure that 2022 will bring you the most interesting and useful kind of progress, take good care of your key friendships and alliances, even as you seek out excellent new friendships and alliances. For best results, heed these thoughts from author Hanya Yanagihara: “Find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then appreciate them for what they can teach you, and listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of the 20th century’s most famous works of art was Fountain. It was scandalous when it appeared in 1917, since it consisted entirely of a white porcelain urinal. Marcel Duchamp, the artist who presented it, was a critic of the art market and loved mocking conventional thought. Years later, however, evidence emerged suggesting that Fountain may not have been Duchamp’s idea—that in fact he “borrowed” it from Cancerian artist and poet Baroness Elsa von FreytagLoringhoven. There’s still disagreement among art scholars about what the facts are. But if definitive proof ever arrives that von Freytag-Loringhoven was the originator, it will be in 2022. This will be the year many Cancerians finally get the credit they deserve.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometime during the Northern Song Dynasty that ruled China from 960 to 1127, an artisan made a white ceramic bowl five inches in diameter. About a thousand years later, a family in New York bought it at a garage sale for $3. It sat on a mantel in their home for a few years until they got a hunch to have it evaluated by an art collector. A short time later, the bowl was sold at an auction for $2.2 million. I’m not saying that 2022 will bring a financial event as dramatic as that one. But I do expect that your luck with money will be at a peak. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the Quechuan language spoken in parts of Peru, the word takanakuy means “when the blood is boiling.” Every year at this time, the community of Chumbivilcas stages a holiday called Takanakuy. People gather at the town center to fight each other, settling their differences so they can forget about them and start over fresh. If my friend and I have had a personal conflict during the previous year, we would punch and kick each other—but not too hard—until we had purged our spite and resentment. The slate between us would be clean. Is there some humorous version of this ritual you could enact that wouldn’t involve even mild punching and kicking? I recommend you dream one up!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many people in our culture are smart intellectually, but not very smart emotionally. The wisdom of feelings is undervalued. I protest! One of my great crusades is to champion this neglected source of insight. I am counting on you to be my ally in 2022. Why? Because according to my reading of the astrologi- Homework: A year from today, what do you want to be cal omens, you have the potential to ripen your emotional congratulating yourself for? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com intelligence in the coming months. Do you have ideas

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ment. If your quest for enlightenment encourages you to imagine that expressing personal freedom exempts you from caring for the well-being of your fellow humans, it’s fake. If your quest for enlightenment allows you to ignore racism, bigotry, plutocracy, misogyny, and LGBTQIA-phobia, it’s fake. Everything I just said about enlightenment is equally true about your quest for personal success. If it doesn’t involve serving others, it’s meaningless. In this spirit, Libra, and in accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to make 2022 the year you take your compassion and empathy to the highest level ever. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Two mating rabbits could theoretically engender 11 million relatives within a year’s time. Although I suspect that in 2022 you will be as metaphorically fertile as those two hypothetical rabbits, I’m hoping you’ll aim more for quality than quantity. To get started, identify two projects you could pursue in the coming months that will elicit your most liberated creativity. Write a vow in which you state your intention to be intensely focused as you express your fecundity. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A blogger named Soracities writes, “The more I read, the more I feel that a good mark of an intelligent book is simply that the author is having fun with it.” Sagittarian author George Saunders adds that at its best, “Literature is a form of fondness-for-life. It is love for life taking a verbal form.” I will expand these analyses to evaluate everything that humans make and do. In my opinion, the supreme sign of intelligence and value is whether the creators had fun and felt love in doing it. My proposal to you, Sagittarius, is to evaluate your experiences in that spirit. If you are doing things with meager amounts of fun and love, what can you do in 2022 to raise the fun and love quotient?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Microbiologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. It was later described as “the single greatest victory ever achieved over disease”—an antidote to dangerous infections caused by bacteria. But there’s more to the story. Fleming’s strain of penicillin could only be produced in tiny amounts—not nearly enough to become a widespread medicine. It wasn’t until 1943 that a different strain of penicillin was found—one that could be mass-produced. The genius who made this possible was Mary Hunt, a humble researcher without a college degree. By 1944, the new drug was saving thousands of lives. I mention Hunt because she’s a good role model LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Carson McCullers wrote for you in 2022. I believe you’ll have chances to improve the novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Early in the story, on the work of others, generating excellent results. You the character named Mick Kelly has a crisis of yearning. may also improve on work you’ve done in the past. McCullers describes it: “The feeling was a whole lot AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Catherine Pugh wrote a worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like series of children’s books collectively known as Healthy that. I want—I want—I want—was all that she could Holly. Later, when she became mayor of the city of think about—but just what this real want was she did not Baltimore, she carried out a scheme to sell 100,000 know.” If you have ever had experiences resembling copies to hospitals and schools that did business with Mick’s, Leo, 2022 will be your year to fix that glitch in the city. Uh-oh. Corruption! She was forced to resign your passion. You will receive substantial assistance from from her office and was arrested. I’d love for you to be life whenever you work on the intention to clarify and aggressive and imaginative in promoting yourself in define the specific longings that are most essential to 2022, but only if you can find ethical ways to do so. I’d you. love for you to make money from doing what you do VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): After careful research, I have best, but always with high integrity and impeccability. concluded that one of your important missions in 2022 will be to embody a perspective articulated by poet Rand Howells: “If I could have but one wish granted, it would be to live in a universe like this one at a time like the present with friends like the ones I have now and be myself.” In other words, Virgo, I’m encouraging you to do whatever’s necessary to love your life exactly as it is—without comparing it unfavorably to anyone else’s life or to some imaginary life you don’t actually have. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If your quest for spiritual enlightenment doesn’t enhance your ability to witness and heal the suffering of others, then it’s fake enlighten-

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean Vaslav Nijinsky is regarded by many as the 20th century’s most brilliant dancer. He had a robust relationship with beauty, and I want you to know about it. Hopefully, this will inspire you to enjoy prolonged periods of Beauty Worship in 2022. To do so will be good for your health. Memorize this passage from Nijinsky: “Beauty is God. God is beauty with feeling. Beauty is in feeling. I love beauty because I feel it and therefore understand it. I flaunt my beauty. I feel love for beauty.” Homework: Name your greatest hope for the person you love best. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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