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DASHING FOR DOCUMENTS 9 Officials at the city of Santa Fe balk at following procurement and transparency rules COVER STORY 10 OTHER MOTHERS’ STORIES Teen parents who completed the Mother Tongue course at Capital High research relevant topics and write essays about their lives and what they’re doing to get it right for their kids

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CHEERS! The “Best of” issue has become a Santa Fe tradition! I would love to see a best street musician/busker category added in future editions! Some of these people are undiscovered gems. My favorite would have to be Kyle Perkins. Keep up the good work.

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ADD THIS As always, I enjoyed reading your Best of Santa Fe issue, but found a few categories missing for those folks who might not be able to dine at The Compound, enjoy sushi up at Izanami, or margaritas at Maria’s.

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City Manager Resigns Manager Litzenberg cites family and Fire as the reasons why

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anta Fe’s city manager, Erik Litzenberg, is moving on from the top job at City Hall. He announced his resignation as city manager to reporters early Tuesday in a meeting where both he and Mayor Alan Webber carried the message that the change is not a reflection of any rift or conflict between the two officials.

Litzenberg is the second city manager to resign during the first two years of Webber’s tenure.

The former chief of the Santa Fe Fire Department says his choice to step down from the manager job he’s held for about 13 months is due to “personal and professionally personal reasons” that include the desire to spend more time with his family and to shift his focus back to fire and public safety issues.

“One of the strong realizations I’ve had over the last year and a half is that when I’m in that realm [of fire, public safety and emergency response services] I feel exhilarated, I feel energized, I feel like I could contribute 24 hours a day and never get tired,” says Litzenberg, adding that he’s not sure yet if he will take another position in public service or retire to finish research for his doctorate degree in fire and community risk reduction.

All in all, it seems, managing the city just didn’t quite spark the same kind of passion.

A recent vacancy at the top of the Santa Fe County Fire Department did not influence his decision to step down from city management, says Litzenberg, but it is something he is considering “among many other options.”

Litzenberg told city employees of the decision earlier in the day, but has not set the official date for his departure. In part, he says, this is because he intends to work closely with the mayor to find a replacement and says he hopes to stay through the transition to a new city manager.

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Study participation in ol es person for the job is in many ways a culmination of the role that Litzenberg was initially hired to fill. In 2018 he stepped up to the position of interim city manager after former City Manager Brian Snyder was asked to resign for sidestepping regulations regarding pay raises for employees.

Webber says he understood when he appointed Litzenberg to the permanent position that city management was not part of Litzenberg’s long-term career ambitions, but he hoped the former fire chief’s accomplishments building a high performing leadership team in the Fire Department would translate building a more cohesive, effective leadership team for city government.

“The goal was creating a team that was ready to lead the city well into the future and we’ve done that,” said Litzenberg.

The mayor agreed, “We now have a tremendous team, and a lot of the credit for that goes to Erik,” adding that unlike the often abrupt or tumultuous departures of other city managers, he expects this to be a much smoother transition.

The mayor alluded to job’s intense workload as challenge to filling the position.

“We need to reflect when someone of his character says that there are personal and professional reasons, what the lessons learned are for going forward so that we attract, keep, develop and reward the best talent we can find,” he said.

Webber said the search for a new city manager will begin locally and will expand from there to a nationwide search if necessary. “This is all about people first. We’ve got to get the right person in this job to take on a very difficult and rewarding fundamental task for the city.”

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Dashing for Documents City officials deny $2 million airport expansion contract records exist until nudge from transparency group changes their mind

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wo years after an internal audit found the city of Santa Fe’s procurement process in disarray, it appears top-level administrators still struggle with proper procedures.

This week, it took a stern reminder about New Mexico’s sunshine laws and the punishments for breaking them from the state’s leading government transparency group to force records out of the city that show how a multimilliondollar contract was awarded for renovations at the airport.

In the end, the records, which city officials provided to SFR somewhat under duress, do not appear to show anything was amiss with the contract award to Albuquerque-based architectural firm Molzen Corbin and Associates for the airport on the city’s Southside.

But gathering the information proved cumbersome.

SFR requested records related to the contract award on July 11 under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. That gave the city until July 26 to provide them. At first, neither the city’s records custodian nor its Public Works director would say whether certain detailed records, which are required by city and state regulations, even existed.

A lengthy back-and-forth ensued, with several quizzical responses from the records custodian, Cynthia Whiting, and Regina Wheeler, the Public Works boss. Neither would answer questions about whether scoring sheets filled out by members of a city selection committee had been used, as is required under city and state rules, or whether they’d been destroyed.

That’s when the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government stepped in. Melanie Majors, the group’s executive director, learned of the stonewalling from SFR and dashed off a letter to Santa Fe officials.

“IPRA is not a set of rigid legal requirements, it represents the ‘public policy’ of the State of New Mexico,” Majors writes.

“Page 53 of your own city code states that files for bids and proposals are public record. In addition, the proposal document provided to bidders has copies of the bid evaluations, the scoring sheets. This leads us to question why this record(s) would be misplaced or worse, destroyed. I am sure you are aware that there are penalties for noncompliance with IPRA and penalties for destruction of public records.”

That letter seemed to prompt the city to confirm the existence of the documents—and find them.

“Typically these scoring sheets are turned over to purchasing and become a part of their records,” city spokeswoman Lilia Chacon writes in an email Monday night, hours after SFR’s deadline. “In this case they were inadvertently left out, and today Airport Director Mark Baca located them in a physical file. This was an oversight and an accidental omission, and it took considerably longer to locate paper files than a computer search.”

Chacon’s assertion of an “oversight and an accidental omission” does not account for city officials’ repeated insistence that the records did not exist.

The scoring sheets, once they were eventually found and turned over to SFR, showed how the city’s four-member committee rated the five firms that bid for the contract issued in September for sweeping renovations at the Santa Fe Regional Airport in a variety of categories, including past experience, knowl-

edge of local conditions and availability of resources.

Records initially turned over by the city only showed the committee’s total scores, but not how they arrived at their decision to choose Molzen Corbin.

Procurements were among the city’s procedures that came in for criticism in the 2017 “McHard Report,” which found significant problems in Santa Fe’s internal workings.

The city hired McHard Accounting Consulting LLC to do a fraud risk assessment. The firm found, among other deficiencies, that the city’s procurement practices were time-consuming, inefficient and did not lead to cost savings.

City procedures were not aligned with either the New Mexico State Purchasing Rules, or the city’s own policy.

“The procurement practices likely lead to higher costs, and put the City at greater risk for fraud schemes and policy violations,” the report reads. Auditors pointed to a lack of training for staff and “needless RFPs [that] slow down the procurement process, and increase the likelihood of procurement policy violations, including potential fraud and kickbacks.”

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the city’s selection committee chose Molzen Corbin for the contract, which is now worth $1,947,455.

The City Council approved about $1 million worth of airport work for Molzen Corbin in September. Councilors nearly doubled the contract on June 12, as SFR reported last month, after an unexpected windfall had come through a capital improvements bill signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in March that awarded $9.5 million to the airport project.

That money was on top of $10 million from federal and state sources.

Records eventually provided to SFR show Molzen Corbin beat out four other architectural firms for the work. Armstrong Consultants, Inc. came in a relatively close second, while the other three firms were disfavored by the selection committee, the records show.

Cost was not included as an evaluation criteria for the RFP because the city “anticipates the use of federal funds for the completion of this project,” city documents show.

However, city, state and fedANSON STEVENS-BOLLEN eral funds flowed to Molzen Corbin under the original contract.

After being told the records did not exist, SFR persisted, pointing out that the city code says files for proposals are public record and should include “evaluation forms.” The state also requires that after an award of a contract to a private company, the evaluation committee’s report and each proposal is considered public record.

Wheeler, who as the Public Works Department director oversees the Santa Fe Regional Airport, continued to insist that the city had nothing more to provide, writing in an email last week that she didn’t have “any additional information.”

After the refusal, SFR went to the Foundation for Open Government. Majors, the executive director, was immediately concerned about city officials’ inability or outright refusal to try and locate public records.

“It seems to be an example of stonewalling. In regards to the fact that they don’t have [the records] or they’re missing, that presents a more serious issue.

Do the folks in that department need additional training so that they don’t violate a 40-year-old law?” came Majors’ reply. “This is a failure on the transparency front. It shouldn’t be tolerated.”

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Other Mothers’ Voices

Essays from Santa Fe teen parents

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very year I am blown over by the insightful essays produced by my Mother Tongue Project students at Capital High School.

This small group of committed teen mothers choose individual topics of interest, engage in research, dig deep for their own stories, and write draft after draft after draft. They work hard, and it isn’t easy. They want to quit, but they prevail, finishing personal research papers that address important issues from their unique perspectives.

In so doing, they reach people they know and don’t know and teach them to see the world from different angles. For me as a teacher, mother, community member and American, this is some of the most critical work of our day.

As director of Mother Tongue Project (MTP), sharing these viewpoints is my work and motivation.

Young people underrepresented in the dominant discourse need more chances to hear their own and each other’s ideas.

Those of us used to being heard need more chances to listen to their voices.

To this end, MTP creates relevant, relationship-based, academic literacy programming for young parents. Our combination of academic study, independent reading and mentorship builds these students’ skills and confidence at a critical point.

This year’s writers chose topics prominent in state and national dialogues: immigration, equitable divisions of labor, outdoor education, financial stress, reflective parenting and multigenerational awareness. www.MotherTongueProject.org or email lauren@mothertongueproject.org.

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My Mom got Deported, then I Became a Mom

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n February 14, 2015, my mom made green-chile enchiladas for my three sisters and me. She loved preparing meals for us after school.

After dinner, we sat down to watch The Lion King together. The movie was interrupted by a knock on the door: It was police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers looking for my stepdad, who, according to the cops, was going down the wrong path. My mom told them that he was still at work. They left but came back the next night after 8pm.

This time there were a lot of them. They broke the door down and, as they forced it open, ended up fracturing my mom’s wrist. After searching the whole house, the police arrested my stepdad for selling drugs. My mom did not know until that night that he was selling with his brother.

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She bailed him out the next morning with $2,000, but that same day he just left for Mexico.

It was only hours later that ICE showed up to our house again and asked my mom for her legal documents. She didn’t have them. So the officers told my mom she had a choice: She could leave the United States on her own or get deported. Either way, my mom had to leave the place where she had built a life and was raising four daughters. She took us to Mexico the day after the officers showed up, then sent us back with a relative since we were American citizens. She felt like our life would be better in the US. It was too much. We were aged 5-14 and we all missed each other. So, four months later, my mom tried crossing the border again to be with us. She was caught and immediately put in a detention center in Texas, which was the last place I saw her. My heart dropped when I visited her there: The feeling of seeing her and yet not be able to hug her was awful.

I broke down into tears over the fact that my mom was being punished because she tried getting back to her daughters.

I was 14 years old, the oldest of my sisters, and my mom’s deportation deeply affected me emotionally, in school and as I became a young mom myself.

My sisters and I moved in with my auntie. We had a home, but we had been separated suddenly from the person we love the most—and who loves us the most, too. Getting separated from a loved one at a young age affects kids emotionally and physically. Many kids experience changes of emotion really fast, and you can see the difference in the way they act. The American Immigration Council gives an overview of how family separations harm children, citing a 2010 study showing that “the majority of children experienced at least four adverse behavioral changes in the six months following a raid or arrest. […] children cried or were afraid more often, changed their eating and sleeping habits, and/or were more anxious, withdrawn, clingy, angry, or aggressive.”

For me, my life felt insecure all of a sudden, and I became very insecure about myself. I cried more often about everything and I started to see more things as obstacles that I thought I would never be able to overcome. I ended up losing my confidence in myself and in how capable I am of accomplishing things. After my mom was deported, I started to become an angry person. I was angry about losing the person I love the most and who had cared for me my entire life.

When your emotions change out of the blue, your body needs time to adapt to new feelings that you had no way to anticipate. I tried adapting to the changes by not caring and acting like it hadn’t hurt me that my mom was far away.

That was the opposite of the truth, but I didn’t know how else to deal with all of my complicated feelings. Nearly all the families interviewed for a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report on “Family Consequences of Detention/Deportation: Effects on Finances, Health, and Well-Being” reported high stress and anxiety and “described feeling extreme sadness and, in some cases, desperation.”

The feeling of extreme sadness affected me very much. It affected how I saw my life and the world around me. I felt like the weakest person ever alive.

Even though I was 14 and understood something about why she’d been made to leave, her absence in my day-to-day life made me feel confused and powerless. I felt guilty because I felt like I could have made a difference in my mom being with me instead of taken away.

The emotional and physical consequences of parent-child separation are immediate and can impact children’s long-term emotional and mental well-being for years. According to KFF authors Samantha Artiaga and Barbara Lyons, many educators, healthcare providers, social workers and government agencies have “expressed major concerns about the long term impacts [of separation] for children, referencing research showing that stress and trauma in children lead to poor long-term mental and physical health outcomes.”

The thing is, these immediate and long-term effects on children and families do not affect just the individuals. They seriously affect families and the communities these families are part of.

The emotional trauma of getting torn apart from a loved one affects a child’s educational progress in school because it is hard to focus on class and homework when your mind is hundreds of miles away with your parent. Teachers of kids whose families have been separated notice this and are worried about it. An educator interviewed for the KFF report noted that, “psychologically, it is more difficult for children to learn because they cannot access the correct area of their brain when they are in a state of stress and experiencing trauma.” Every child separated from his or her parents is affected in some way.

My mom getting deported affected me so much in my education. She got deported when I was in the 7th grade at DeVargas Middle School. Even though I had been selected in sixth grade for the AVID program for promising students, I stopped caring as much about keeping up my grades or even going to school. After my mom was gone, I didn’t care as much if I graduated.

My attitude toward school changed as a result of my mom being deported, but I have been able to overcome the feeling of not succeeding and get back on track with my education. In some ways, maybe, my mom being away has given me more mo-

tivation to succeed and to show her that I am going to be okay.

The effects of family separation have an impact on a child’s life no matter who the family member is, but losing my mother has been especially hard. Two years after my mom was deported, I had a daughter. I think being a young mom has been even more challenging without my mom around to guide me and help me learn how to parent. This experience has taught me that my daughter needs my full support as she grows up. I want to be there to see her accomplish everything she wants to accomplish, to become a better person than I am and to help her have better teenage years than I did.

My emotions are still affected by not having my mom around. I try to keep my emotions stable because I have to keep myself together for my daughter. I’m always going to keep pushing forward to become better for my daughter, not only because that is what is best for her, but also because I will show both of us that I was able to overcome the fact that my mom was separated from me. I have not had my mom living with me for the last four years, but she is still an important person in my life. We talk to each other on the phone, we text and we write letters. For Thanksgiving last year, we went to El Paso/Juarez and I was able to introduce my 2-year-old to my mom for the first time.

Even from far away, my mom has kept pushing me. She has taught me that family is the strongest bond that can ever exist.

She tells me that everything is possible.

She tells me that I have to graduate to become a better version of myself and to help myself and my daughter.

I am very aware of how my life might have been different if my mom had been present for my difficult moments over the last four years. It may have felt like nothing could ever bring me down. I think she would have made me feel like I was able to accomplish everything I wanted to in my life. Instead, I have learned things the

Melanie and Adalynn

hard way and without my mother being here, but that does not mean that I haven’t made it through.

I have made it this far, and I am proud to tell my mom that I am graduating this year. I can’t thank her enough for never giving up on herself or on me so that I could keep succeeding. I will be emotional when I graduate and she is not there in person. But, when I walk across the stage in July to get my high school diploma, I will remember that I’m doing this for three of us: my mom, my daughter and myself. I am doing it for our past, my present and my daughter’s future— because my mom believed that I could.

Ruby Rocha Hernandez completed two years of the Mother Tongue Project English class. She graduated from Capital High on July 23 and plans to begin her studies toward a medical career at Santa Fe Community College.

Unequal Parenting

By Melanie Jaime Cervantes

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t is 7 pm, the baby is not falling asleep, and I have a ton of things to get done; but my boyfriend is too tired to help, so, instead, he goes through all of his social media. As a new parent of a 3-month-old, I have discovered the inequality that exists in parenting.

Becoming a mom has been the best experience life has given me, but sometimes it gets overwhelming. All I need is help. It could be as simple as holding my baby for a few minutes while I get the dishes done, or keeping her entertained while I get a quick shower. Chloe Shama writes about this dilemma in her 2015 article “There’s No Such Thing As Equal Parenting” for Elle magazine. Shama notes that, even though she has a healthy child and

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helpful husband, she still feels “resentment about the disparity in our household labors” and wonders “if the dream of an egalitarian marriage […] inevitably collapses under the responsibilities of child-rearing.” Doing this research has shown me that I am not alone and that there are many other moms that experience this inequality.

Studies show that parenting can be more stressful for moms partly because they are responsible for more childcare.

In the article “Why Parenting May Be More Stressful for Moms than Dads,” Sarah D. Young notes that “the time women spend taking care of the kids and doing chores related to childcare adds up to ten more hours than fathers each week.” In my house I do roughly 80% of the childcare while my boyfriend does about 20%. I dress my baby, change her dirty diapers and bathe her. When it comes to feeding her, that’s all my responsibility, which I love because breastfeeding gives me even more time to bond with her. My boyfriend might rock her to sleep or play with her after she nurses while I pump breast milk for the next day, but only if he’s not too busy doing something else.

Apparently, this is common in many families. “Men are not doing close to an equal share of the baby and toddler-related work even on evenings and weekends,” claims Gideon Burrow in an article for The Guardian. “Only a third of couples report taking it in turns to get up for a new baby during the night. One in three dads don’t regularly change nappies, and a third don’t bathe their babies,” Burrow reports. My boyfriend does help me get our baby out of her tub. He helps, but only with the simplest things that won’t take much of his time. Not getting help when I most need it makes me feel really angry.

The first couple of days after coming home from the hospital, parenting seemed so easy for both of us because we were taking care of her together and learning with each other’s immediate support.

When I asked him how he would take care of our daughter for an entire day alone, he said, “Well, it’s easy: I can just hold her.” It would be the easiest thing ever to just hold my baby all day without having to change diapers, change her clothes multiple times, feed her, read to her, or encourage her belly time! Active parenting is really time consuming, especially when you need to get stuff done for yourself.

On the days that my boyfriend doesn’t work and I don’t have school, he does help me with Adalynn until she starts to cry.

Then he’s done helping.

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infants, but I think that there should be more equitable ways in which childcare is divided between the parents.

In addition to managing the majority of childcare, mothers are also responsible for most of household chores. An article titled “When they’re off the clock, working dads have it better than working moms,” cites a 2017 Ohio State Universi-

He does help me with Adalynn until she starts to cry.

Then he’s done helping.

ty study. The study’s lead author partly blames “intensive mothering ideals in the United States. If your mother-in-law comes to your house and it’s a mess, it’s not your husband who is in trouble—it’s you. Women feel more responsible for childcare and house care, and men feel less responsible.”

In my situation, I feel like I have to have everything clean and in order because that’s what is expected of me.

Whenever something isn’t clean, my boyfriend points it out to me instead of fixing that problem himself. Surprisingly, I have found that ignoring his remarks when something is not done makes him want to help. He helps because he thinks I don’t care about it enough to do it. I do care, but sometimes I don’t have time. I have noticed that the most important chore for him is having our bedroom clean and organized, and, because it is important to him, he helps me clean it and does a pretty good job. Maybe we need to give men more credit for their abilities at home.

Shama’s article for Elle includes a photo of a man standing in front of a sink filled with dirty dishes. He looks clueless, holding a rag in one hand and book of instructions in the other. The caption explains, “If you search Getty for ‘father washing dishes,’ this is what you get.”

When I saw this image I thought it was ridiculous because men definitely don’t need instructions to wash dishes. I think that some men believe that they are not capable of doing things because some

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women think they won’t meet their expectations. I don’t believe all men have lower standards for completing household chores. I have men in my family who have higher standards for household chores than women.

For me, I let my boyfriend do things the way he can. I feel like if I set my expectations so high, he will feel useless and the inequality will just grow. So, instead, I help him. Sometimes he does things in ways that I like better. When this happens, I learn from him. Household chores are things that both men and women can do, but for men to do them I believe we have to shift our expectations so they feel comfortable helping. Men and women have to work together to maintain a home and a family that feels equal.

Traditional gender roles are a huge part of the inequality experienced in parenting, and maybe that’s one reason why Shama titled her article “There´s No Such Thing As Equal Parenting.” It is a bigger issue than just one family. Shama quotes author Josh Lev making the point that “when a woman is given time to stay home and a man is not, it reinforces a pattern of traditional gender norms.” Me having time to stay with my baby and my boyfriend going back to work made him believe that he is only supposed to work and provide for us.

Andrea and her son, Andres

I’m finishing high school and looking ahead to college, and I think being in school can be considered working; but my boyfriend sees it as me being away from my baby for four to five hours every day to just sit in a classroom. He values work more because he was never taught how important it is to get an education. At times I wonder if we will be able to share household tasks equally without anyone getting upset.

Before having my daughter, I expected to get help with changing her diapers, changing her clothes, making appointments and cleaning. Deciding to research this topic helped me start a conversation with my boyfriend about inequalities that I noticed but that he did not. Limiting gender roles are still present every day, but we talk about them more. Even though we disagree most of the time, being able to talk about it feels positive for me as a young woman and as a mom. I think fixing inequalities in the way we parent now, when our daughter is so small, is important because as she gets older she will see that her mom and dad are equal.

Melanie Jaime Cervantes graduated from Capital High on May 23 and plans to continue her studies toward becoming a RN at Santa Fe Community College.

The Stressors Of Cohabiting

By Andrea Valencia

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y relationship started going south when I moved in with my son’s father at just 18 years old. We had been dating for two years when we decided to get our own place. I still had two more years of high school to finish, and life got financially challenging.

We had bills to pay with only one income.

We both started feeling stress and being disrespectful towards each other. Even worse, we found out we have a lot of differences in the way we want to parent our son.

Something that I loved about our relationship before we started living together was that I felt like I was my boyfriend’s priority: He cared about my feelings and we were less stressed financially. When we wanted to move away from our parents, my boyfriend and I found a trailer.

The rent was $1,100 a month, plus utilities, which is expensive for one income.

I was a full-time student trying to graduate from high school, so, until this spring, my boyfriend was our main provider. We moved into a more affordable place until I could help pay bills. Then, we found another trailer that cost more than our first place.

Money is a major source of stress in our relationship, and we are not the only ones. Financial issues are some of the biggest stressors in relationships around the US. The American Psychological Association reports, “For the majority of Americans (64%), money is a somewhat or very significant source of stress, but especially for parents and younger adults (77% of parents, 75% of millennials [18 to 35 years old].” Learning this makes me feel more stressed and financially disadvantaged by our decision to live by ourselves when we were so young. We were not financially prepared.

I did get a job but my boyfriend and I still struggle with paying our bills on time and agreeing on how our money should be used.

Healthy communication is especially important when we have different approaches to parenting our 2-year-old, which we do. My boyfriend grew up with more discipline than I did and he is more stern. We both make sure our son has a nap at the same time every day and that he eats healthy food, but my boyfriend does not enforce a regular bedtime. He also does not support my choice to enroll our son in an Early Head Start Program. We may disagree on how we parent, but as the adults involved, my boyfriend and I have

to remember that it is about what is best for our child.

One place that we can improve how we co-parent is to agree on guidelines for how we behave and expect our son to behave. Having consistent rules in our home is important for all of us.

To establish them, we learned how to talk with each other respectfully, educate ourselves about parenting strategies and learn to compromise.

According to “The Do’s and Dont’s of Co-Parenting Well,” by Deborah Serani, “Co-parenting requires empathy, patience and open communication for success.” Everything seems to come back to how important communication is for a family.

This includes how we talk about each other as well as how we talk to each other. Fatherhood blogger Rick Johnson claims, “Bad mouthing or being disrespectful towards [each other] hurts your children, it makes you look bad, and it teaches them negative lessons on what relationships should look like and how people should be treated.”

Our relationship is a model for our son’s future relationships. We do model positive things for our son.

For example, something I love is how my boyfriend can make me laugh and how we go out on dates here and there. We definitely have some things to work through, though.

One of my first steps needs to be focusing on my own self care. A National Alliance on Mental Illness article called “Taking Care Of Yourself” begins with this idea: “To be able to care for the people you love, you must first take care of yourself.” I am always busy, so I never make time to focus on myself. I feel I will be able to manage my stressors—money, school, parenting with my boyfriend and unhealthy relationships—if I can focus on self-care. Things that make me feel better are being with my family, hiking, spending quality time with my son and taking care of my health with good nutrition. Since I am graduating from high school, I will have more time to establish healthier routines. I am now 20 years old. My plan is to model how to value and care for myself as a parent, a partner and an individual.

Andrea Valencia graduated from Capital High on July 23 and plans to continue learning at Santa Fe Community College.

Angelikue and Emilia

Come Out and Play

By Angelikue Bolaños Garcia

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eing outside can be really fun if you make it fun. My daughter, Emilia, and I love to play outside. Emilia loves exploring the yard. She will dig holes, move rocks, and jump in puddles.

Our favorite thing to do together is go for walks around the neighborhood when the sun is shining and the birds are chirping.

Emilia can walk forever. We love to water the plants with the hose and watch them grow. Playing outside with my child is all fun and games. It can also be educational and help support my daughter’s cognitive, mental and physical health.

There is a lot of research about how being outside can help kids with executive functions like following directions, working cooperatively and figuring out problems. Some of this is what motivated Katie Macaulay to found Santa Fe Mountain Kids, a nature-based children’s camp program. As director there and a mom of two, she focuses on getting more kids to spend time outside having fun and learning about their environment. According to Macaulay, spending time playing together solving problems outside, helping each other out and asking questions real-

ly promotes positive social development.

She says it creates a community of kids being positive role models for each other.

I notice that Emilia seems to play well with kids of different ages. Knowing how to interact with other kids is important because she is learning how to work as a team. According to research cited by the Office of Head Start, she is also learning to “play more creatively” because “children who play outside regularly have more active imaginations.”

Emilia learns how to problem solve when she digs holes in the yard and fills them back up. When she’s digging holes, she is learning how much dirt she has to take out to make a big hole. When she’s filling her holes with rocks that she finds, she is learning how many rocks it takes to fill up a hole. Just filling a hole, she is already learning basic math!

With her hands in the dirt and around rocks, she is also using many different senses: She’s seeing how the dirt and rocks get mixed together. She can feel the dirt get under her fingernails. She can smell the dirt when she throws it in the air. She can hear the rocks clicking when she bangs them together. Playing outside helps us connect to our senses, even

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According to the authors of a Wisconsin state publication about “Nature Play for Healthy Child Development, “We usually think of five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. But two more ‘hidden’ senses play vital roles in everyday functioning. Our vestibular sense helps us balance and orient ourselves [...] Proprioception is our sense of knowing where our bodies are in space.” When Emilia learned how to walk on rocks in our backyard she stretched her arms out to help her balance. Not only did she learn balance, but she also learned how to control her body and to be aware of her surroundings.

Playing outside in nature, even just our backyard, helps with Emilia’s cognitive development and is actually part of her education. When she starts school, Emilia will be more likely to be able to focus and engaged in learning. Macaulay has done research that supports how playing outdoors transfers to better learning in school. She loves watching kids get excited about things they learn while exploring nature—and how “they take their curiosity to school.” As a parent, I love watching Emilia get curious about her surroundings as she plays. I think it is also healthy for the parents who are out there doing all these things with their children instead of being inside on television or smart phone screens.

After doing this research, I think that playing outside is one of the best things you can do with children.

Having fun exploring the natural world helps them in so many ways. I can see the positive effects of playing outside in my daughter right away when we’re out there together, but these effects will also apply to her as she grows up. The brain and health benefits of playing in nature are likely to help Emilia have a brighter future in school and wherever she goes.

As Emilia gets older, I want her to keep wanting to learn more about everything and to keep being curious about her world. Plus, the future of our planet depends on our children, so they need to learn to appreciate it.

Emilia and I are starting in our backyard.

Angelikue Bolaños expects to graduate from Capital High in 2020 and is interested in pursuing a career in social work.

Elizabeth and her son, Luis

Play’s the Thing: Playing and Exploring with Toddlers

By Elizabeth Medina Ramirez

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laying and exploring helps children develop their brains and learn how to interact socially and emotionally with kids and caregivers. It also makes learning fun for them. As I am learning with my own son, play is one of the most important areas of activity children engage in as they grow and develop.

One of my favorite things to do with my baby is to play with him outside and let him explore new things in different ways.

We like to be messy and explore with our hands; we like to feel different textures with our fingers, like dirt, water, sand, or rocks; and we experience different types of smells every time with our noses.

Children use their senses to help them learn, absorbing “information by reaching and touching, exploring the world with fingers and toes and mouth, and making contact with people and things,” according to Dr. Stevanne Auerbach’s book Dr. Toy’s Smart Play Smart Toys. Playing with my baby helps me learn and understand what kind of activities he likes to do and how he likes to interact with me. In him, I see that children learn how to make sense of their world as they play. Play teaches them different ways of interacting with others and provides them with chances to explore new things.

I play with my child and try to enjoy every moment I spend with him.

Face-to-face interaction is one of the concepts we learned in my GRADS parenting class with activities such as me being a mirror for my baby. A Live Science article about baby brain activity explains how this connects to brain development: “[S]o-called mirror neurons, […] fire both when we do an action ourselves, and when we watch others do a similar action.”

Mimicking is a powerful form of learning for infants, children, and adults, and my baby often mimics everything I do.

Through the role of play, babies learn how to interact with kids and caregivers socially and emotionally. Babies’ early experiences in relationships are important, whether they’re at home or in an early education environment. As babies experience, respond to and mimic different kinds of emotions, their brains start to understand how they are treated and how to relate to others. Children “understanding and expressing emotions in healthy ways can help support and contribute to the de-

velopment of social skills, including playing, making and keeping friends, and getting along with others,” according to the Virtual Lab School, an online professional development resource for childhood educators. This takes time.

When I take my baby to play at a park, he doesn’t quite feel secure playing with other kids unless I am by his side. Eventually, he likes to play parallel to, but not interacting with, other kids. This is not abnormal for a one-and-a-half-year-old, but I want to help my baby feel more confident around other people and kids. According to the Virtual Lab School, a child’s independence starts with him feeling secure: “When infants and toddlers feel safe and alert, they are more likely to observe, explore, play, interact, and experiment with people and objects.” I know my baby feels safe with me because he likes to try new things when it’s just the two of us. As Luis grows I will show him how to play with kids so he can feel confident exploring new activities and making friends. I hope that learning stays fun for him.

Play and exploration help build a toddler’s imagination, sense of adventure, happiness, and ability to bond with other kids. What I like best about playing, though, is that play is joyful, and one way to value life is by how you bring joy into it. I love Albert Einstein’s quote about how “imagination is more important than knowledge,” and I believe that play has a lot to do with developing our kids’ imaginations and brain power. More and more research suggests that early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn and succeed in school and life. That’s why I play with my child and try to enjoy every moment I spend with him.

This has affected my education, too, and I feel happy that I was able to be in the GRADS parenting program at Capital High School for the past two years. It has taught me about parenting, brought me joy and challenged me to complete things instead of giving up on them. Finishing high school as a parent has been like me trying to figure out a puzzle out with my child. It was hard for me at times, but working together made it possible to finish it. The thing I’m most grateful for, though, is that it has encouraged me to spend interactive play and exploration time with my own child—and that’s good for both of us.

Elizabeth Medina Ramirez graduated from Capital High on May 23 and plans to attend Santa Fe Community College. She hopes to study towards a career in the field of medicine or early childhood education.

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We’ve walked through Leonora Curtin to reach the pond, with Depew identifying plants and creatures and providing historical context along the way. Now we will start our field work, he says, and “see what we can see.” Our group is given field equipment: nets, viewers, trays and the like, so we can scoop out water and algae and hunt for, he says, “anything that swims, crawls or wiggles.” Depew has been making steady inventory of dragonflies at the pond, marking each species he finds. Once on our knees staring into containers of water, we look at tiny, mobile creatures loosed from the algae as Depew identifies them for us: right-handed snails, leeches, fairy shrimp, damsel flies, mosquito larvae. Less cute than bullfrogs, in my opinion, but also less invasive.

Stewardship of the preserve includes intervention into non-native species that can threaten the preserve’s ecological balance. Case in point: last year’s removal

At Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, a delicate ecosystem remains under watch

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o the untrained eye, the landscape teems with verdant health.

Broad-leaved cattails have grown so tall in the pond they obscure the view for a moment until one reaches the end of the dock. Dragonflies with blue and orange hues zing in the air; bullfrogs call out sonorously.

“The bullfrogs are bullies,” Jeff Depew tells me, after I remark that I like them. “They’re invasive and they know no bounds,” he continues. “They will pull down ducklings, they will pull down dragonflies in their flying stage, and they voraciously eat any macroinvertebrates they can eat.”

OK ... so not so cute.

Depew, a wetland scientist, restoration ecologist and educator, has been studying and teaching courses on wetlands for decades (www.earthdesigns. com). On this particular afternoon, he is leading a wetland exploration course at Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, one of my favorite Santa Fe oases, located in La

Cienega and run by the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.

I’ve been visiting for years, drawn to the green, marshy landscape and, yes, to see the bullfrogs and visiting mallards.

The preserve’s beauty is unquestionable, but its plethora of plants and aquatics also reveal stories of the ancient volcanic geology that created the springs below, and a more contemporary tale of ecological balance between invasive and native species, along with ever-present concerns about the water that feeds the springs.

Ciénegas—deriving from the Spanish word for marsh—are rare. A wetlands action report issued late last year for the New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau identifies 169 arid-land spring ciénegas in New Mexico, of which only 114 are functioning or restorable. Wetlands such as these, in otherwise dry climates, are considered one of the most rare ecosystems in the Southwest, and one of the most endangered, due to both land use and climate change. For many of its inhabitants—plant and animal alike—they are the sole places that support survival. According to the wetlands action report, these arid-land spring ciénegas provide the only habitats for 10 New Mexico rare and endangered plants, while 23 threatened, endangered or sensitive animals’ existence are wholly or partially reliant on them.

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Wetland scientist Jeff Depew identifies various aquatic critters scooped from the pond during an exploration class at Leonora Curtin Wetlands Preserve.

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of many of the 35-acre property’s Russian olive trees. The trees, Depew says, were planted by the preserve’s namesakes.

Ethnobotanist Leonora Curtin arrived in New Mexico in the early 20th century, and became focused on plants with medicinal value, many of which flourish on the grounds. Her daughter, Leonora Curtin Paloheimo, developed the adjacent Rancho de las Golondrinas. As well-intentioned as the plantings of the Russian olives had been—they provide great shade—they grew invasive, along with bull thistle and Russian knapweed, sucking water from other plants, such as the magestic cottonwoods on the property. While there are no plans to remove the frogs, DePew says, “allowing them to go unchecked would make a change to the ecosystem.” When I ask how they ended up there in the first place, he speculates it was likely through migrating ducks defecating and upchucking them when they landed. Definitely not the cutest origin story I’ve ever heard.

Unlike other threatened ciénegas, Leonora Curtin remains robust because of its stewardship by the Botanical Gardens and serves as an educational ciénega where others can learn about the role it plays for species. Depew regularly teaches courses at the preserve; upcoming ones include a Sept. 7 course on the New Mexico apple, and a full moon nature walk at Leonora Curtin Oct. 11. Depew describes wetlands such as Leonora Curtin as “vest pocket parks, migratory way stations, postage stamp habitats” because they provide a stop for birds, monarch butterflies and other creatures as they traverse the country. “They are the jewels of the Southwest,” he says.

Minus the frogs.

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THE STRAIT DOPE Sadly but truly, summer will be over before you know it, and with it goes another season of the annual Santa Fe Bandstand series. And whether you’ve been engaging with the free shows thus far or not, one upcoming appearance is extra worthy of attention: Los Straitjackets. The bemasked instrumental players from Nashville, Tennessee (or Surf City, we can’t be sure), bring a strange but pleasing blend of rock at the intersection of surf, rock, doo-wop and country. Wrap it up in a mix of campy style and upbeat presentation, and you’ve got something for pretty much anyone. Tongue-incheek? You bet—but with solid musicianship and no shortage of nostalgia. DK and the Affordables opens. (Alex De Vore) Santa Fe Bandstand: Los Straitjackets: 6 pm Thursday Aug. 1. Free. The Plaza, 100 Old Santa Fe Trail.

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EVENT SAT/3-SUN/4 HAYES FEVER No one knows how many celebrities live in Santa Fe, but if you grew up around here, there’s really only one name that simultaneously leaves us starstruck and intrigued at our very cores: Joe Hayes. The longtime beloved local institution is the consummate storyteller, the keeper of lore from tales of the trickster Coyote to that most horrifying arroyo spirit La Llorona. Hayes has been doling out the wisdom and morality plays since before any of us can remember, but it’s hard to imagine the world of local folklórico without him. Hayes comes to the Wheelwright this weekend with his trademark style to teach us a little about life—and to scare the hell out of us with his ghost moans. (ADV) Storytelling with Joe Hayes: 7 pm Saturday and Sunday Aug. 3 and 4. Free. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636.

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EVENT MON/5 IT REALLY IS Who’d have thought that a group of nerds from the University of Ohio could turn a love of found footage, lowbrow art and bizarre aesthetics into an internationally recognized media powerhouse? Probably no one, and yet, Everything is Terrible exists. You might know the project best as the one behind the search for any Jerry Maguire VHS copies it can find, which will one day be transformed into a pyramid monument in the desert someplace. Maybe you know EIT from its collaboration with Santa Fe artist Nico Salazar and his Future Fantasy Delight brand? Whatever.

Because however you know ’em—and especially if you don’t—Everything is Terrible heads our way soon, and you’ve gotta check it out. (ADV) Everything is Terrible: 8 pm Monday August 5. $21-$25. Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369.

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Ritualistic Rarities Snapshots of Indigenous Mexican rites William Frej has spent a significant portion of his decades-spanning career photographing the lives and rituals of Indigenous peoples around the globe, capturing traditions and cultures at risk of going by the wayside as the modern world outpaces them.

“It’s documenting a way of life that’s not going to be with us much longer,” Frej tells SFR. Frej is set to debut his fourth show at Peyton Wright Gallery at the end of this week. Titled Rituals of the Cora: Holy Week in the Sierra del Nayarit, Mexico, Frej’s newest collection chronicles an ancient custom carried out in one of Mexico’s most remote villages, Santa Teresa, in the mountains of Nayarit.

The Cora—or Náayerite, as they call themselves—of Santa Teresa are an almost entirely isolated people. Filled with stunning black-and-white photos, Rituals gives the viewer a rare glimpse at their annual Easter-adjacent Holy Week activities, an event that incorporates Catholicism with their own traditional beliefs. Frej, who has attended numerous Indigenous Holy Week ceremonies worldwide, describes the Cora’s version as “pretty exceptional.”

“These are rituals you rarely see anywhere in the world,” Frej explains, telling SFR that he, his wife and their anthropologist guide were the only non-Mexicans in the village during the week’s events. “It’s important to have photographic documentation before they disappear.”

You can also hear him recount his time with the Cora in an artist talk on Saturday afternoon. After hearing bits of the story for ourselves, SFR can attest it’s a fascinating tale to hear, but we won’t spoil it for you.

Frej promises the show is “going to be relatively historical.” He explains: “As far as I know there’s never been any [other] kind of photographic exhibition of the Cora.” (Nicole Madrid)

RITUALS OF THE CORA: HOLY WEEK IN THE SIERRA DEL NAYARIT OPENING RECEPTION 5 pm Friday Aug. 2. Free.

ARTIST TALK 1 pm Saturday Aug. 3. Free.

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WED/31 BOOKS/LECTURES ART TALK: RB SCHLATHER SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Artist and opera director Schlather discusses his approach to conceptualizing and presenting opera.

6 pm, free DHARMA TALK BY SENSEI ZENJU EARTHLYN MANUEL Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 This week's talk, presented by Manuel, is entitled "Embracing the Fullness of Emptiness."

5:30-6:30 pm, free LOO’K CLOSER: ART TALK AT LUNCHTIME Georgia O'Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 An insightful 15-minute discussion of a work of art currently on exhibit. Free with museum admission.

12:30-12:45 pm, $11-$13 PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, 955-2820 Cool off the kids with some lit.

10:45 am, free

DANCE EMIARTE FLAMENCO The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Captivating flamenco by master dancer and teacher La Emi with Manuel Tañe with the National Institute of Flamenco.

8 pm, $20-$50

Dark and complex, yet playful, Dr. Seuss’ little-known night paintings are a shadow image of his children’s books. See them for yourself at Chuck Jones’ Studio Gallery’s Dr. Seuss: The Cat Behind The Hat, opening Friday; see full listing on page 22.

ENTREFLAMENCO SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Doors open an hour before performances for dinner.

7:30 pm, $25-$40

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Pub quiz!

8 pm, free

HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES HIPICO Santa Fe 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999 Santa Fe's best party for horse lovers of all ages has everything from world-class hunter/ jumper equestrian competition to food trucks, handcrafted beer and wine, fine art and special events like hoop dances and wiener dog races. Get all the info and scheduling at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-5 pm, free

HARRY POTTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 Santa Fe Public Library is throwing a birthday party for Harry Potter since the Dursleys won't do it! Enjoy wand-making, an escape room, a scavenger hunt, "Pin the Scar on the Harry," an Azkaban pisoner photo op and more.

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HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Learn new things about Santa Fe. santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 INTRODUCTION TO ZEN Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396 Everyone is welcome, newcomers and experienced practitioners alike.

5 pm, free

GREG SCHLOTTHAUER AND GOLDEN GENERAL Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, originals and pop with Schlotthauer; then at 8:30 pm, catch indie rock originals and lounge covers.

6 pm, free JOAQUIN GALLEGOS El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Soulful flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free MATTHEW ANDRAE Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Rhythmic covers and originals of a folky bent on guitalele.

6 pm, free OPEN MIC NIGHT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Signups start at 6:30 pm, and everyone who performs gets a recording afterward.

7 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: HILLARY SMITH WITH THE SANTA FE OPERA APPRENTICES Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail A night of fantastic, powerful voices of various types.

6:30 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: KORNGOLD PIANO QUINTET St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 This eclectic program includes Oscar-winning composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Piano Quintet, Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata (his final work), and Schnittke’s humorous Moz-Art for Two Violins.

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SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: SLY & MCMAHON: WINTERREISE St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Bass-baritone Sly and pianist McMahon make their festival debuts with Schubert’s Die Winterreise.

Noon, $10-$33 SANTA FE CROONERS Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 Golden Age standards.

7 pm, free SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Country tunes to dance to.

7:30 pm, free STEPHANIE HATFIELD Honeymoon Brewery Solana Center, 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, 303-3139 Feral rock 'n' roll.

6 pm, free ZACH DAY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Cotton-country country.

8 pm, free

OPERA THE THIRTEENTH CHILD Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 The titular 13th child is Lyra.

Her paranoid father has banished her 12 older brothers from his kingdom; she sets out to find them. See Opera, page 29.

8 pm, $47-$320

THU/1 BOOKS/LECTURES DR. LAWRENCE LAZARUS: INSIDER'S GUIDE TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, 955-2820 Simple strategies for getting the highest quality medical care.

5:30 pm, free MEDICINE WOMEN, WILD WEST DOCTORS, AND THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN NURSING SCHOOL Stewart Udall Center 725 Camino Lejo, 983-6155 Learn of the collisions that led to the establishment of the first Native American nursing school at Ganado Mission.

3-4:30 pm, $15-$20

DANCE COUNTRY-WESTERN AND TWO-STEP Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St. Show off your best moves at your favorite honky-tonk.

7:15 pm, $20 EMIARTE FLAMENCO The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Captivating flamenco by master dancer and teacher La Emi. 8 pm, $20-$50

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ENTREFLAMENCO SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero and his dance company present a dramatic new season. Doors open an hour early for dinner (sold separately).

7:30 pm, $25-$40 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 The longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, 424-3333 Quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time.

7 pm, free GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP The Montecito 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 The Jewish Care Program offers a grief and loss support group; RSVP at 303-3552.

1 pm, free HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES HIPICO Santa Fe 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999 Santa Fe's best party for horse lovers of all ages. Get all the info and scheduling at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-5 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things with guides from the New Mexico History Museum.

10:15 am, $15

MUSIC THE COUNTY BLUES REVUE Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Blues and Americana.

6 pm, free DJ RAGGEDY A'S CLASSIC MIXTAPE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Artist and karaoke master Michèle Leidig takes over the ones and twos with R&B, rock 'n' roll y más.

8 pm, free DJ SATO Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Reggae.

10 pm, free GREG SCHLOTTHAUER Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards, plus pop, rock and contemporary favorites—with vocals too.

6:30 pm, free JESUS BAS Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Amorous and romantic Spanish and flamenco guitar.

6 pm, free

JOHN RANGEL'S DUET SERIES El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jazz piano maestro Rangel is joined by a special guest.

7 pm, free LONN CALANCA BAND Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Whip out the tie-dye, folks, it's a Jerry Garcia tribute band.

7 pm, $5 OPEN MIC WITH STEPHEN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Sing a song, do a dance, read a poem, play a flute.

7 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo jazz guitar.

6 pm, free POLYPHONY MARIMBA Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Marimba soul on the deck.

5 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: LOS STRAITJACKETS WITH DK AND THE AFFORDABLES Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail All kinds of rock, first from locals DK and company then followed by surf-inspired tunes from Los Straitjackets (see SFR Picks, page 19).

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: HOACHEN ZHANG PIANO RECITAL St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Zhang performs evocative and enduringly popular works by Debussy and Schumann.

12 pm, $10-$33 SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Country tunes to dance to.

7:30 pm, free SUNSET IN THE GARDEN: JONO MANSON Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Stroll the garden and enjoy local roots-rock tunes.

5:30-8 pm, $3-$10 WARM BEER: DYLAN EARL, GREG BUTERA AND FRIENDS Molly's Kitchen and Lounge 1611 Calle Lorca, 983-7577 Old-school country kickers Dylan Earl & The Reasons Why have come in from Arkansas. They're joined by local heroes Greg Butera and the Gunsels, whose mixture of originals, Western, Cajun and country classics are well-known in these parts.

Don't miss warm-up acts including weirdo Westerner Ry Warner, and local DJ extraordinaire Gus Emery spinning classic hillbilly and rockabilly.

7:30 pm, $12

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THE CALENDAR OPERA COSÌ FAN TUTTE Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 Mozart's 1789 comedy has been reimagined as a ultrasleek, super-modern meditation on tennis skirts and black paint.

8 pm, $42-$320

THEATER NSFW Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 A dark workplace comedy satirizes media attitudes to sexuality and privacy.

7:30 pm, $15-$25

WORKSHOP YOGA IN THE GARDEN Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Head to the garden for stretching, wellness and relaxation. Mats available.

8-9 am, $10-$15

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15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION Winterowd Fine Art 701 Canyon Road, 992-8878 Visitors are often struck by the ethereal quality of the work displayed; there is a sense of lightness and warmth as each artist plays with the light and color of the natural world. Through Aug. 31.

5 pm, free AYDINANETH ORTIZ Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, 470-2582 Ortiz uses documentary, landscape and portrait photography to focus on intersections between urban structures, familial relationships, mental illness, drug addiction and immigration. Through Aug. 31.

5 pm, free CO.ELABORATION GVG Contemporary 241 Delgado St., 982-1494 Blair Vaughn-Gruler and Ernst Gruler celebrate a decade running GVG Contemporary together.

5-7 pm, free CONNECTIONS III OTA Contemporary 203 Canyon Road, 930-7800 New sculptures by Robert Koch and Ivan McLean Through Oct. 27.

5:30 pm, free DR. SEUSS: THE CAT BEHIND THE HAT Chuck Jones Studio Gallery 126 W Water St., 983-5999 View a mind-expanding collection based on decades of artwork, which Dr. Seuss created at night for his own personal pleasure. Through Sept. 2.

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GRAND OPENING PARTY Sara Novenson Studio Gallery 221 E De Vargas St., 983-9662 After 23 years on Canyon Road, the gallery has moved directly behind the Oldest Church and the Oldest House.

4 pm, free MATTHEW PENDELTON: DRAWINGS Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., 989-9888 The inaugural exhibition by this Denver-based artist features subtly detailed drawings. Through Aug. 31.

5-7 pm, free MELINDA COOTSONA AND JOHN CHANG Mill Contemporary 644 Canyon Road, 983-6668 Cootsona is a California figurative painter working in oil and cold wax. Chang's work expresses the dichotomy of his Chinese and American experience by juxtaposing traditional and unconventional symbols.

5 pm, free MELINDA SILVER: UPROOTED 7 Arts Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave., 437-1107 Through paintings and mixed media, Silver explores the dreams and realities of leaving home. Through Aug. 30.

5 pm, free PARD MORRISON: WARP & WEFT Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S Guadalupe St., 989-8688 Bright lines weave through and over each other, each line made of different colors, one giving way to the next: blue to yellow to red; red to pink to gray to violet. The effect is of a precarious balance between quietude and activity. Through Aug. 31.

5-7 pm, free RITUAL MASKS OF AFRICA Intrigue Gallery 238 Delgado St., 820-9265 Vintage traditional African dance masks with miniatures, figures and textiles, all curated by Robert Fiedler and Gallery Tribal Art. Through Aug. 12.

5 pm, free RITUALS OF THE CORA: HOLY WEEK IN THE SIERRA DEL NAYARIT Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., 989-9888 Photographs by William Frej depict the rituals and ceremonies of the Cora people in the village of Santa Teresa, Nayarit, Mexico. Through Aug. 31 (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5 pm, free ROBERT EFROYMSON: MATH TO METAL: GEOMETRY TO LIFE 7 Arts Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave., 437-1107 Efroymson’s work fuses the modern technologies of computer programming and 3-D printing with the ancient craft of lost-wax casting. Through Aug. 31 (see AC, page 27).

5 pm, free

SARAH STARK AND JACK STARK DUDZIK: A STORY WE ALL KNOW El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, 982-0016 Check out an exhibition of Sarah Stark's pen-and-ink drawings and Jack Stark Dudzik's drawings. Through Aug. 30.

5 pm, free SEAN CAVANAUGH: UNDER THE ELDER’S GAZE Yares Art Project 1222 Flagman Way, 984-0044 Highlighted are approximately two dozen of his precisionist oil-on-canvas paintings and luminous works on paper featuring detailed renderings of trees. Through Sept. 28.

5 pm, free STAR LIANA YORK Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave., 501-6555 Star Liana York finds a continuous source of creativity for her bronze sculptures from exploring the native peoples of the Southwest and the mythology of ancient sacred sites. Through Aug. 31.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES LINDA LANCASTER: HARMONIC HEALING BODY of Santa Fe 333 W Cordova Road, 986-0362 Lancaster offers insights to her practice and bringing harmony to your health and well-being.

5:30 pm, free

DANCE EMIARTE FLAMENCO The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Captivating flamenco by master dancer and teacher La Emi. 8 pm, $20-$50 ENTREFLAMENCO SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero and his dance company present a dramatic new season. Doors open an hour early for dinner (sold separately).

7:30 pm, $25-$40 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 The longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30

EVENTS BRAD BARTON: MAGIC, MENTALISM, MISCHIEF Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 A professional reality thief with his adaptable blend of magic, humor and mind-reading.

8 pm, $25

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In the Moment Apps uses life’s ups and downs to create some of Santa Fe’s most engaging experimental music

BY LUKE HENLEY a u t h o r @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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’ve been to plenty of experimental performances, noise symposiums and otherwise heady fringe music events. I won’t paint with broad strokes, but the results of these events tends to vary greatly from the truly illuminating to the aural equivalent of novocaine as someone fidgets with a mess of cables and inputs for roughly 15 minutes before they seemingly give up—and then five more acts repeat the process. Very rarely do I see a project in that nebulous sphere of experimental music that I walk away from thinking, “Wow that was fun.” After seeing the improvised music group Apps awhile back at Ghost., however, that was my exact takeaway.

Formed in 2016 by Kristen Keilman and Andrew Dixon, Apps was born out of both extreme emotional states and a half-joke. The half-joke was whether or not the two could perform music made solely from noise-making apps on smart phones; the extreme emotional states were that the two were “freshly in love” according to Dixon, who was also battling serious health problems at the time.

“Literally our first show ... two days later I underwent major surgery to have cancer removed from my face,” he says.

Those highs and lows were just the starting point for Apps, though, and their entirely improvised sets still rely on Dixon and Keilman’s emotional states, as well as that of the audience, the space and any number of unknowable variables.

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The performance at Ghost. had humor, dissonance, melody, poignancy and multitudes of nuanced human emotion captured in moments of performance art that quickly flitted away and morphed into something new.

The duo has since augmented their aural toolkit, and though they still use smartphones, they’ve added live drums, guitar, viola, voice and other such surprises. They’ve also expanded to include Mark Ettingoff, one of Santa Fe’s most sought-after musicians. (Full disclosure: Ettingoff and I have played in several bands together, though his membership in Apps was a revelation that came well after I started to write this piece.)

For a group that sets almost no parameters for itself, expanding the sound could put them in danger of muddying their output, but Apps’ strength lies in its members’ ability to listen and adapt to one another.

The songs have structure and are built on rhythm and melody, while the mix of live instrumentation, most notably traditional drum kit and sporadic electric guitar, add touchstones of rock and psychedelia punctuated with electronic influence and stabs of dissonance and noise. Of course, this is based purely on one live show experience, and any given performance could yield something completely different.

“We all have played very structured music,” says Keilman, a graduate of the since-closed Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s contemporary music program, “and we’re really good listeners—that makes it almost feel like we know what we are doing. We actually don’t.”

And that is what makes for great improvised music—a knowledge of

Apps uses apps for all of their musical appearances.

and respect for melody, structure and rhythm, but the drive to break from it and see where the music leads; the best improvisers, from noise rockers to jazzheads, often convince listeners there was a plan in place all along.

According to Keilman, “We kind of don’t really practice anymore, it’s all about the show, the moment, the experience.”

Living in the moment aside, Apps does plan to record in the near future.

“It would have to be captured in the same way that our shows happen,” Dixon cautions.

To that end, the group would likely be best served recording live, capturing a performance as a singular piece of art.

And how has time affected the weight of those early moments, when Apps was conceived and Dixon and Keilman were awash in love and tumult? Now, with Dixon in better health and an uptick

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in their emotional lives, Apps has not mellowed in its fierce approach to catharsis and expression.

“We’ve been going through a lot of positive things in our life when we play a show, and it’s great,” Dixon tells SFR. “But then, when we’re having kind of a hard time and we play a show, that’s also been great. Either way, it’s a release for us.”

It’s this constant pursuit that makes Apps one of Santa Fe’s most promising and engaging collectives of weirdo improvisers and experimenters. While noise and improv acts can often seem like they are building barriers around themselves, Apps invites its audience for a shared and very human experience, even with its tech-based angle.

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THE CALENDAR GARDEN SPROUTS PRE-K ACTIVITIES Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Weather permitting, head to the garden's outdoor classroom for a hands-on program for 3-5 year olds and their caregivers.

10-11 am, $5 HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES HIPICO Santa Fe 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999 Santa Fe's best party for horse lovers of all ages. Get all the info at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-5 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things. Get info at santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 MAGIC: THE GATHERING: MODERN HORIZON BOOSTER DRAFT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 In-store tournament play.

7 pm, $30

FILM SOUTHSIDE SUMMER: COCO Midtown Campus 1600 St. Michael's Drive The beloved 2017 animated film tells the story of Miguel, whose family has banned music, but who dreams of becoming a musician.

6 pm, free

MUSIC AN EVENING OF MARIACHI El Campanario 3136 Cerrillos Road Turquoise Trail Charter School continues its celebration of the arts with mariachi.

6 pm, $5-$25 BIRD THOMPSON & INSTANT KARMA The New Baking Company 504 W Cordova Road, 557-6435 Adult contemporary.

10 am, free CHANGO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Danceable cover tunes.

8:30 pm, free CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueye 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 Piano and vocals from Charles Tichenor and friends.

6 pm, free CHICO LIVINGSTON Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar (Apothecary) 133 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 Classical guitar with selections from Spanish and South American composers, Bach, Mertz and contemporary pieces.

8:30 pm, free CONTROLLED BURN Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Rock 'n' blues.

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DJ DYNAMITE SOL Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 House, funk, reggaeton and hip-hop.

10 pm, $5 DOUG MONTGOMERY AND GREG SCHLOTTHAUER Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards: Doug starts, Greg takes over at 8 pm.

6 pm, free GRIMM, PRIS AND FRIEND2FOE Zephyr Community Art Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 All metal, all the time.

8:30 pm, $5-$10 GERRY CARTHY Honeymoon Brewery Solana Center, 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, 303-3139 Irish traditional music, folk and more.

6 pm, free JJ AND THE HOOLIGANS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' roll.

9 pm, $5 JESUS BAS La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Spanish and flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free LITTLE LEROY AND HIS PACK OF LIES Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Rock 'n' roll.

5:30 pm, free LORI OTTINO AND ERIK SAWYER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Americana and folk on the deck with guest Americana legend Earl Poole Ball.

5 pm, free LOS PRIMOS MELØDICOS Jimmy D's 311 Old Santa Fe Trail, 772-0223 Afro-Cuban, flamenco, romantic Latin, bossa nova and acoustic world fusion music.

6 pm, free MICHAEL BLOOM AND THE BLUES PROPHECY Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St. Red-hot Chicago blues.

9 pm, $5 MICHAEL HENRY COLLINS Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Alt-folk.

7 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 A jazz duet.

6:30 pm, free THE PINEWOOD HEARTS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Appalachian-style country gospel.

8 pm, free POLYPHONY MARIMBA Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Marimba soul on the deck.

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RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: MANZANARES Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Spanish guitar, Latin percussion and soulful vocals.

Preceded by a dance from Baile Español de Santa Fe. 6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: NEW MUSIC WITH FLUX St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 The FLUX Quartet premieres festival-commissioned works

by Matthew Ricketts, Alex Stephenson and Michael Gandolfi.

6 pm, free SAVOR La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Cuban street music.

8 pm, free SHAKE ALERT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Afrobeat and funk.

8 pm, free TGIF RECITAL: NATHAN BENJAMIN GÜC AND LYDIA CLARK First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 The baritone and the pianist, respectively, perform works

by Donaudy, Bellini, Tosti and de Curtis.

5:30 pm, free THE THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Swinging jazz.

7:30 pm, free TONIC QUARTET Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 Cutting-edge jazz.

9:30 pm, free

OPERA JENUFA Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 Czech librettist and composer Leoš Janácek's piece, which premiered in 1904, is a grim love triangle between the titular character, her fiance Števa and Števa's half-brother Laca.

8 pm, $42-$295

THEATER NSFW Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 A dark workplace comedy satirizes media attitudes to sexuality and privacy.

7:30 pm, $15-$25 THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Presented by the young actors of the Upstart Crows of Santa Fe, this delightful little play has more in it than meets the eye.

6-8 pm, $10

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FIRST FRIDAY ART ACTIVITY Georgia O'Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 View the new Ken Price exhibit and create your own masterpiece with supplies from the museum's monthly Art Cart.

Free with museum admission, and First Fridays are free to New Mexico residents all day.

5-7 pm, $11-$13 MIKEY RAE: THE ART OF THE DOODLE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Rediscover the joy of spontaneous creativity.

3-5 pm, free WASSA WASSA: WEST AFRICAN DANCE & PERCUSSION, SONGS AND CULTURE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Three times this evening, join Guinean performer Soriba Fofana for a workshop about African drumming and dance.

6 pm, 7 pm and 8 pm, $25-$40

EMIARTE FLAMENCO The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Captivating flamenco by master dancer and teacher La Emi. 8 pm, $20-$50 ENTREFLAMENCO SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero and his renowned dance company present a new season.

7:30 pm, $25-$40 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 The longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30

SAT/3 ART OPENINGS DAVID COPHER: NEW WORKS David Copher Art Gallery 307 Johnson St., 795-7694 New works in sculpture, painting and jewelry. Enjoy music by the Blues Divas at the opening.

5 pm, free FLAGS AND BANNERS Johnsons of Madrid Galleries 2843 Hwy. 14 Madrid, 471-1054 The oldest and largest gallery on the Turquoise Trail celebrates summer with five gallery exhibitions.

3-5 pm, free PHOTO ECLECTIC Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, 955-2820 See work from five Santa Fe photographers. Through Aug. 31.

2-3 pm, free SPIRIT ANIMALS CLOSING RECEPTION Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 614 Agua Fría St., 928-308-0319 A healing gathering of our animal companions. Wear your favorite animal costume for a chance to win a prize.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES ARTIST TALK: WILLIAM FREJ Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., 989-9888 Learn more from photographer Frej (see SFR Picks, page 19).

1 pm, free STORYTELLING WITH JOE HAYES Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636 Storyteller Hayes returns with tales of the greater Southwest (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7 pm, free

EVENTS BRAD BARTON: MAGIC, MENTALISM, MISCHIEF Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 A professional reality thief with more than 20 years of experience in his own blend of magic, humor and mind-reading.

8 pm, $25 HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES HIPICO Santa Fe 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999 Santa Fe's best party for horse lovers of all ages. Get all the info at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-5 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things. Get more info at santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 IBU TRUNK SHOW Shelby House 220 Shelby St., 216-0836 Shop international handmade clothing, accessories and gifts.

10 am-6 pm, free MAGIC: THE GATHERING: MODERN TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 In-store tournament play.

7 pm, $5 MAGIC: THE GATHERING: STANDARD TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 Even more tournament play.

2-6 pm, $5 NAVAJO RUG AUCTION Palace of the Governors 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 The New Mexico Foundation presents its 29th annual rug auction in the Palace of the Governors courtyard. Bid cards $5; preview starts at 9 am.

11 am-3 pm, free NEW MOON CABARET Honeymoon Brewery Solana Center, 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, 303-3139 A variety show celebrating beauty, sensuality, the playful and the profound.

8 pm, $5

THE ORIGINAL SANTA FE GHOST TOUR Hotel St. Francis 210 Don Gaspar Ave. Spook about downtown Santa Fe with a guide who has been doing ghost tours for 26 years.

Call 505-983-7774 to save your spot.

5:45-7:45 pm, $16 SAND PLAY SATURDAY Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe Street, 982-3373 Kids can play and learn in the Railyard's outdoor science classroom for toddlers (aka “the sandbox”).

10 am-noon, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market Street at Alcaldesa Street, 310-8766 Find pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, textiles and more from local artists.

8 am-2 pm, free WELLS PETROGLYPH PRESERVE PUBLIC TOURS Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project 1431 Hwy. 68, Velarde, 852-1351 Pre-register for a two-hour tour of part of the preserve, maintained by the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project. Visit mesaprietapetroglyphs.org for info and to reserve a spot.

8:30-10:30 am, $35

FOOD PANZA LLENA, CORAZÓN CONTENTO El Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Experience historic methods of food preparation, learn from food historians, attend demonstrations, sample delicious locally made creations and find something special from our vendors and artisans.

10 am-6 pm, $6-$8 SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 The place to see and be seen in Santa Fe. 7 am-1 pm, free

MUSIC FEMALE GENIUS Paradiso 903 Early St. With their raw intensity, these three women have found the sonic equivalent of “outsider art.” (locals Apps open, see Music page 23).

7:30 pm, $10 ALPHA CATS Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Blues, jazz and Western swing.

7 pm, free ALTO STREET Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Folk-pop 'n' bluegrass.

1 pm, free THE BARBEDWIRES Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Soulful blues on the deck.

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BILL PALMER Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Rock ‘n’ roll, country and acoustic ballads galore.

5 pm, free THE BOHEMIACS Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Accordion and violin instrumentals, guitar ballads, multi-lingual covers and satiric original songs.

1 pm, free THE BUFFALO RUCKUS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 A compendium of roots, Americana, Southern soul, psychedelic postmodern avant-garde and experimental country-fried rock.

10 pm, free CHAT NOIR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, 992-0304 First-rate piano and vocals from Charles Tichenor and friends.

6 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND GREG SCHLOTTHAUER Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards: Doug starts, Greg takes over at 8 pm.

6 pm, free GMH TRIO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jazz.

7:30 pm, free GROOVY PANDA & FRIENDS Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar (Apothecary) 133 W San Francisco St., 986-5037 Therapeutic sound mixed with elements of soul, blues, beatboxing and transcendental journeying.

8 pm, free JOHN KURZWEG BAND El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' roll.

9 pm, $5 KYLE MARTIN TRIO Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Country 'n' rock.

8 pm, free LAURIA & KOTT: SILICON 14 San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail 87501, 983-3974 “Elemental Americana" music. Periodic table elements are explored as they are related to human qualities. Also featuring local singer-songwriter Joe West.

8 pm, $20 THE LONG GONE Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. Original Americana.

8 pm, free LOS PRIMOS MELØDICOS La Posada de Santa Fe 330 E Palace Ave., 986-0000 Afro-Cuban, romantic and traditional Latin music.

6:30 pm, free

THE CALENDAR Sanjay Soni

Wheelwright Museum 704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 982- 4636 • wheelwright.org

AUGUST 3

Storytelling with Joe Hayes 7:00 PM • Outdoor festival seating • Free

AUGUST 4

Free First Sunday LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson Old Man Looking Backward: Bob Haozous ANSON STEVENS-BOLLEN

Santa Feans love their yoga and have an abundance of options, but yogacharya (teacher) Sanjay Soni is, as far as he knows, the only instructor in town who was actually born and raised in India. In the year that he’s lived here, he’s been teaching yoga lovers that the practice goes well beyond the exercise and stretching and is an entire lifestyle anchored in his culture. Soni dropped by the SFR offices recently to share some of the knowledge he imparts during his classes at the Guadalupe Street location of YogaSource (7:30-8:45 am Tuesday and Thursday. $17. 314 S Guadalupe St., 982-0990) and his website, advaityoga.com. (Nicole Madrid)

Storytelling with Joe Hayes 7:00 PM • Outdoor festival seating • Free

AUGUST 5

Student Talk: James Black – History of Ledger Art 2:00 PM • Mary Wheelwright Library • Free

How do you think Santa Fe differs from India?

I think for me, it’s like everything is the same. Because when you follow such a spiritual path, then you feel the whole Earth and you live in the Earth. So the culture is different—we are a different culture, a different lifestyle and we eat different; everything is a difference of ideas— but the heart is the same; everybody has the same heart, they love each other. And Santa Fe is a very beautiful town, because most of the spiritual masters from India come here to Santa Fe, and they say this land is very powerful. So you can grow your [daily] spiritual practice, called Sadhana.

On your website you say that you “live and breathe the traditional path of yoga.” What does that mean?

Is that something you started in your childhood?

The traditional path means the work by yoga comes from the ancient, spiritual masters, not like normal people. In Indian culture if you belong to a particular religion, some of the families teach, indirectly, something. Your parents daily do ritual in the morning because we have a temple at home, but it wasn’t all the time they were teaching. So they keep the divine and … they believe everything’s coming just because of this energy by the god. They have such a belief and trust in them, and so the children also learn, and I grew in such an environment.

What sets your yoga teachings and practice apart from the others in Santa Fe? I think that mostly the exercise part [of yoga], everybody is teaching, and I cannot say I’m teaching something special. But the things that are authentic, only I [was] born [in] that culture. I just moved from [India] last year. And what I feel, this is the essence [of yoga], this is like the most important thing. And… we have to teach them the culture because things come from there. You have to first respect that culture.

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7 pm, free RON CROWDER BAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock 'n' roll and funky covers.

8:30 pm, free RON ROUGEAU The Dragon Room 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-7712 Acoustic songs from the '60s, '70s and beyond.

5:30 pm, free RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free ROSE, WHITE & BLUES Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Blues, R&B and soul.

5:30 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: ALL BACH St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 This all-Bach program includes Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009, the Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028, and Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029.

5 pm, $10-$43 SAVOR Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 Cuban street music.

10 pm, free SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Country tunes.

8 pm, free TONIC QUARTET Tonic 103 E Water St., 982-1189 Cutting-edge jazz.

9:30 pm, free VAUDEVILLE 2 Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 A high-energy variety show features with local comedy, music, dance, circus-style contortion and more.

7:30 pm, $25

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LA BOHÈME Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 The story of starving artists trying to survive in 1800s Paris.

8 pm, $42-$320

THEATER OPEN IMPROV JAM Santa Fe Improv Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 395-0580 For those who’ve never dipped a toe into improv waters but are curious and want to see what it’s all about, no experience is necessary.

7 pm, $10

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EXPRESSIVE ART FROM THE HEART Artisan Santa Fe 2601 Cerrillos Road, 954-4172 Explore making art from your heart with instructor Martha Reich Braden.

1-4 pm, $85-$90

BEGINNING SALSA Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St. Drop in to try your hand (or feet and body, as it were).

5 pm, $20 BEGINNING SWING Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St. Take advantage of those swing nights that pop up around town.

4 pm, $20 EMIARTE FLAMENCO The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Captivating flamenco by master dancer and teacher La Emi .

8 pm, $20-$50 ENTREFLAMENCO SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero and his dance company present a dramatic new season.

2 pm and 7:30 pm, $25-$40 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 The longest-running tablao in North America. Reservations required.

6:30-9 pm, $30 KIDS' PARTNER DANCE Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St. Get your kids moving with friendly and professional lessons.

10:45-11:30 am, $12 PARTNER DANCE FUNDAMENTALS Dance Station Solana Center, 947-B W Alameda St. Whether you want to be more coordinated on the dance floor or just want a little exercise, here's a low-impact (and free!) way to do it.

2:45-3:30 pm, free

SUN/4 BOOKS/LECTURES GARY MOODY: THE BURNINGS op.cit Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Moody launches his new collection of poetry.

2 pm, free JANET NAPOLITANO: HOW SAFE ARE WE? Driscoll Auditorium, Santa Fe Prep 1101 Camino Cruz Blanca, 982-1829 Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Napolitano, raised in New Mexico, offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and a prescription for the future.

6 pm, free JEANINE BELGODÈRE: THE WORKS OF PHILIP HAOZOUS Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 French scholar Belgodère presents a lecture on sculptor and artist Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua), to focus on Haozous’ varied representations and styles used in his life’s work. Free with museum admission, and museum admission is free for New Mexicans today.

11 am, $6-$12 JOURNEYSANTAFE: JAMIE BERNSTEIN Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Bernstein reads from and sign her deeply intimate and evocative memoir, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

11 am, free MEDITATIONS IN MODERN BUDDHISM: THE PRECIOUSNESS OF OUR HUMAN LIFE Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive, 292-5293 Teachings and meditations to realize your true potential and great good fortune.

10:30 am-noon, $10 STORYTELLING WITH JOE HAYES Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636 Storyteller Hayes returns to the Wheelwright Museum with tales of the greater Southwest (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7 pm, free

EVENTS DIEGO AND MATEO ROMERO: PUBLIC MURAL PROJECT Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Brothers Diego and Mateo Romero create a mural inspired by the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada and America. Free with museum admission, and admission is free for New Mexicans today.

1-4 pm, $6-$12 FAMILY MORNINGS AT FOLK ART Museum of Int’l Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Storytime takes place in the lounge, and art activities take place in the museum atrium.

Free with museum admission, and New Mexicans get in for free today.

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Mathematical!

Robert Efroymson gets nerdy with sculpture

BY ALEX DE VORE a l e x @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

S

culptor Robert Efroymson is a nerd.

This isn’t meant as a bad thing— more like a badge of honor. A graduate of computer science programs from both Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the University of New Mexico, Efroymson is basically a computer genius, but his early forays into the world of programming came out of a lust for making music.

“I’ve dabbled [in music] a little bit, but for whatever reason, it never became a big thing,” Efroymson says. “So I went off and got a job doing embedded operating systems.”

OK, bro. Whatever that means.

These days, though Efroymson still makes music (a Moog synthesizer was set up to record when we met in his office downtown), he uses his knowledge and nerdiness for visual artistic pursuits, and an upcoming exhibit of his sculptures at 7 Arts Gallery shows just how far he’s been willing to go over the last two years to create something he loves.

Efroymson is what we might call a virtual sculptor. His final product, strangely elegant yet not quite recognizable tabletop pieces, are physical, you can hold them—they’re 3D printed, initially—but much of the “sculpting” takes place in software like the coding language Python and the 3D render-

ing app OpenSCAD, a free program for creating CAD (computer-aided design) objects. Since taking on sculpting, Efroymson has developed and written his own algorithms and subroutines for these programs, and he now has it down to a science.

Here’s how the overall work goes in very simple terms: • Efroymson writes algorithms that create and connect a series of geometric shapes, some recognizable instantly, others not so much.

• He then alters or, as he says, “twists” those shapes in the coding language and rendering software. The twist is visible, as if he took a cooling bit of metal and physically twisted it.

• A hollow or shell version is 3D printed, which can take upwards of two days, he says. This step is particularly crucial as 3D printers, which are still in the early stages (at least commercially) can be finicky, and sometimes tens of hours of work can be lost.

• Once complete, that hollow travels to Berthoud, Colorado’s Mad Castings, a foundry that Efroymson says works with dozens of Santa Fe artists. Since Efroymson’s works are made from PLA plastics in the early stages, the process from that point is similar to lost-wax casting, a system that dates back thousands of years.

During the casting, the plastic melts away as wax would—

Efroymson says it’s a clean-burning plastic—and what’s left is a more permanent version of his original design in bronze.

• After that, Southside Santa Fe studio Rusty Mesa, which specializes in sculpture, adds the finishing touches and patina. In the end, those onetime lines of code become a tangible, mathematical and oddly captivating piece of art.

“So, the math is there,” Efryomson explains. “You write these mathematical bits and equations, but it’s not pure math; it’s not ‘one and one is two,’ and then you get this sculpture. It’s taking different shapes of sculpture and saying, ‘This

A&C

isn’t twisted enough, this lacks balance.

There’s a feedback process to the work.”

Say it doesn’t work how he wants, for example. Efroymson says can mean a trip back to the drawing board—in this case, the coding itself. It’s not uncommon for him to rewrite bits of code to get the desired results. It’s almost like reworking DNA, though we’re now erring into playing-God territory, and this ain’t that.

Anyway…

The work, while computer-born, is not heartless or lacking in emotion.

During the printing, an easily-visible representation of the layers of plastic or small flaws can and do occur. These imperfections find their way to the final bronze piece, and though the rules of math remain steadfast and there is undoubtedly a high level of precision involved, Efroymson says he keeps the flaws because he likes them. Further, it assures that no two pieces are ever alike.

“A lot of art is sort of political, you want to say something, and mine is really not that. It’s deliberately non-representational for, you could almost say, religious reasons,” Efroymson tells SFR. “The intention is to sort of put something out there that looks familiar, but not familiar at the same time. I don’t want to beat the viewer over the head, I want them to process it. Music is kind of like that; ‘I’m feeling nostalgic but I don’t know why.’ You’ll hear it, you’ll see it, and it will give you a feeling without being completely in-your-face.”

ROBERT EFROYMSON: MATH TO METAL: GEOMETRY TO LIFE 5 pm Friday Aug. 2.

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GEEKS WHO DRINK Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307, 983-0134 Quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time.

7 pm, free HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES HIPICO Santa Fe 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999 Santa Fe's best party for horse lovers of all ages. Get all the info and scheduling at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-5 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things about Santa Fe. santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 IBU TRUNK SHOW Shelby House 220 Shelby St., 216-0836 Shop international handmade clothing, accessories and gifts.

11 am-5 pm, free MAGIC: THE GATHERING: COMMANDER TOURNAMENT Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 In-store tournament play.

6-9 pm, $35 MAGIC: THE GATHERING: CORE SET 2020 LEAGUE Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 Yes... more tournament play.

2-6 pm, $35 MAKING HISTORY: MOON PHASES New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Learn about the phases of the moon and create a moon mobile to take home. Free with museum admission, and admission is free for New Mexicans today.

1:30-3:30 pm, $6-$12 RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 Buy a gift for yourself or a loved one or find one-of-akind mementos.

10 am-4 pm, free SOL SUNDAYS Railyard Plaza Market and Alcaldesa Streets, 982-3373 At a free community wellness event, enjoy DJs, a silent disco, fitness and yoga classes, pet adoptions, wellness treatments and more.

Noon-9 pm, free

FOOD PANZA LLENA, CORAZÓN CONTENTO El Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Experience historic methods of food preparation, learn from food historians, attend demonstrations, sample delicious locally made creations and find something special from vendors and artisans.

10 am-6 pm, $6-$8

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MUSIC CONNIE LONG AND FAST PATSY Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Rockabilly, country and Western on the deck.

3 pm, free CRAWFISH BOYZ Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 New Orleans-flavored jazz.

11:30 am, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free FESTIVAL OF SONG: SUSANNE MENTZER & ROD GILFRY Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 Two of the opera world’s foremost performers join forces for an intoxicating afternoon of luminous vocal talent and electrifying stage presence during Performance Santa Fe's Festival of Song.

4:30-5:30 pm, $45-$90 GENE CORBIN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Soulful Americana.

1 pm, free JOE WEST AND FRIENDS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Get to the patio for an alt. country brunch.

Noon, free LEXY PETTIS Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Alternative folk.

2 pm, free LONE PIÑON Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lupe) 314 S Guadalupe St., 87501, 428-0996 Ranchera, swing and a contemporary yet rooted take on Norteño favorites.

11 am-1 pm, free LUCY BARNA The Hollar 2849 NM Hwy 14, Madrid, 471-2841 Original Americana music on guitar, banjo and vocals.

Noon-3 pm, free NACHA MENDEZ La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Latin music from around the world.

7 pm, free PAPER MOON SHINERS Beer Creek Brewing Company 3810 Hwy. 14, 471-9271 Low lights, libations aplenty and sweat on a hot Delta night.

5 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A jazz duet.

6 pm, free

READ STREET SUNDAY SESSIONS: JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES Santa Fe Spirits Downtown Tasting Room 308 Read St., 780-5906 Local spirits, craft cocktails and homemade songs take away the Sunday sadsies.

8 pm, free ROBERT MARCUM AND BRIAN DEAR La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Folk 'n' rock with solid Americana roots.

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: ORION PLAYS MOZART St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 A performance of the String Quartet in A Major, K. 464.

6 pm, $10-$73 TROY BROWNE TRIO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Dextrous Americana.

8 pm, free

THEATER NSFW Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 A dark workplace comedy satirizes media attitudes to sexuality and privacy.

2 pm, $15-$25 THE INVESTIGATION: A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH IN TEN ACTS The Swan 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Robert Schennkan's new play is comprised almost entirely of excerpts from Mueller’s Investigation in the 2016 election.

2 pm, free

MON/5 ART OPENINGS PUEBLO DOUGH BOWLS AND STORAGE JARS Adobe Gallery 221 Canyon Road, 955-0550 An exhibition featuring 20 bowls and jars that exemplify Puebloan artistic accomplishments from the turn of the 20th century. Through Sept. 30.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES MONDAY STORY TIME Bee Hive Kid's Books 328 Montezuma Ave, 780-8051 Story time for all ages.

10:30 am, free SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: 150 YEARS AGO TODAY: JOHN WESLEY POWELL AND THE 1869 GRAND CANYON EXPEDITION Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Ray Sumner, a PhD candidate at Colorado State University, lectures as part of Southwest Seminars' Voices from the Past speaker series.

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ACTING OUT Devil’s in the Details hen I sat down with Santa Fe Opera General Director Robert Meya in the spring to talk about the upcoming season, we ran through the list of this year’s productions and spoke about each of the stagings.

When we got to The Thirteenth Child, I said, “And the 13th child is the devil, right?”

Meya was totally taken aback. He stared at me somewhat blankly, and stuttered some kind of “no” and that he had no idea what I was talking about, then explained to me the Brothers Grimm-based fairy-tale plot of the heroic 13th child, a princess who rescues her brothers from banishment.

I realized upon returning home that the whole 13th-child-is-Satan thing is overflow from my childhood in New Jersey, where our storied mythological beast of the Jersey Devil is rumored to be the cursed 13th child of destitute Mother Leeds. The only two people I’d bounced the plot of this opera off of prior to my meeting with Meya were my parents, also lifelong New Jerseyans—so they confirmed my hazy knowledge that a 13th child of legend is always the devil. Honest mistake, right?

I say all this because, to be honest, the origin story of a goat-footed flying demon in the swamps of my home state would likely have been a more engaging tale than The Thirteenth Child.

It brings me no pleasure to discuss how much I struggled with this production, the Santa Fe Opera’s 16th world premiere. To review such a flawed piece from a company I respect so deeply makes me nervous—but hey, it’s my job.

It has an impressive pedigree; composer Poul Ruders is also the mind be-

hind the in-demand opera version of The Handmaid’s Tale, and he wrote this piece with librettists Becky and David Starobin not due to a commission, but just because they felt compelled to do so. That passion to create without a venue lined up already should have dictated an exciting and fervent piece, right?

Well, should have.

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piece that featured many singers in low, hard-to-hear ranges, a simplistic libretto that I’m shocked took two people to write, and a halfway-there staging from director Darko Tresnjak. The opera ran about 80 minutes, but for the amount of action that occurred onstage and the speed at which it was sung (in English, which is notoriously clunky in opera anyway), it probably could have been compressed with an hour to spare.

One of the biggest draggy elements of this piece was a combination of the lack of acting on the singers’ parts and the stagnant blocking throughout. In the opening scene, where King Hjarne (bass David Leigh, who was barely audible most of the time due to his low register) is losing his faculties and becomes particularly susceptible to the power-grabbing actions of his cousin Drokan (Bradley Garvin).

Hjarne sings that his 12 sons will surely overtake him and steal the throne. Interludes in falsetto intended to communicate the sinister duality of his addled mind didn’t have the intended effect, as the audience giggled.

His wife Queen Gertrude (Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano) comes to him, begging, “Withhold your rage”—a line that I jotted down in my notebook with question marks next to it. What rage? He doesn’t seem that mad. The slow pace and

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lack of characterization for Hjarne and Drokan, not to mention that they mostly stood in one place as they sang, made us follow the story based on their words alone—and they flowed so slowly that the plot crawled along at an impossible pace.

Have you ever tried to ride a bike alongside a friend who’s walking? It was like that.

Similarly, in the second act, when the princess Lyra (soprano Jessica E Jones) is now searching for her 12 brothers, she sings at the opening: “No one to talk to, no one to hold, no one to love me in my grief. … ‘Lyra, find your brothers.’ Those were your words. Who will find me?”

I guess I was a bit salty by this point, because my scribbled notes say: “Who cares?”

OK, that was harsh. But I felt no real connection to Lyra, or to any of the characters for that matter, and the libretto gave us absolutely no help by way of establishing feelings for the fairy-tale archetypes we saw onstage. We are told what happens rather than shown anything at all. Hjarne informs us dryly that he is paranoid that his children are out to get him; we don’t see it. Drokan enters always with a menacing shadow on the opposite wall, dressed in green and surrounded by projected snakes; we don’t really learn viscerally that he is to be feared.

Perhaps I was too wrapped up in my expectation of a lively, jaunty, flashy Into The Woods type of production, but this was so far to the opposite that I think even unreasonable expectations coming in can be excused.

There were a few bright spots. Projections on the unique set helped fill space left by a lack of interesting movement from the singers, and Lyra’s brother Benjamin (tenor Bille Bruley) was perhaps the only lively character in the production, lighting up the stage briefly until he too succumbed to scantily developed plot points.

The orchestra, conducted by the animated Paul Daniel, helped keep the production afloat, such as it was. The lush, downright cinematic instrumentation, while it often drowned out the singers onstage, was tight and beautifully traditional. It was reminiscent of classic films of fairy tales, a nice throwback to the grainy VHS tapes we watched incessantly as children. I only wish the action onstage could have matched.

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The Thirteenth Child had all the visual trappings of a fairy tale, but none of the magic.

Four performances through Aug. 21. $47$320. Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900

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ART WALKING TOUR New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 An hour-long tour highlights the art and architectural history of downtown Santa Fe. 10 am, $10 EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 The collective that is responsible for some of the internet’s most hilarious and bizarre videos brings its live show to Santa Fe (see SFR Picks, page 19).

8 pm, $21-$25 GEEKS WHO DRINK Draft Station Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443 Pub quiz!

7 pm, free HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things about Santa Fe. santafewalkingtour.org.

10:15 am, $15 SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Join the politically progressive group for activism.

7 pm, free THE SANTA FE HARMONIZERS REHEARSAL Zia United Methodist Church 3368 Governor Miles Road, 699-6922 The barbershop chorus is looking for men and women who can carry a tune.

6:30 pm, free

MUSIC BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana.

7:30 pm, free CALVIN HAZEN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Flamenco and classical Spanish guitar.

7 pm, free COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Santa Fe's most famous night of karaoke.

9 pm, free DOS AMIGOS Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 A Mexican-style duet.

6-9 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0000 Irish traditional music, folk and more.

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MONDAY NIGHT SWING: LIPBONE REDDING Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road 87505, 470-7077 A night of music and dancing is only enhanced by the best one-man band we know of today. That cover charge includes a class at 7 pm and dancing that starts at 8 pm.

7 pm, $10 SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: ORION PLAYS MOZART St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 The Orion String Quartet performs one of the greatest quartets ever written— Mozart’s String Quartet in A Major, K. 464.

6 pm, $10-$73

OPERA COSÌ FAN TUTTE Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 When the wily Don Alfonso hypothesizes that all women are disloyal and that the fiancees would easily cheat, Ferrando and Gugliemo dress in disguise and set off to seduce each other's lovers.

Dorabella and Fiordiligi fall for it, because—as the opera's title establishes—women are like that.

8 pm, $42-$320

TUE/6 BOOKS/LECTURES CANINE TRAINING TIPS Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 Get new training tips, techniques and concepts with trainers David Crosby and Gen Richards. Remember, no pet dogs allowed in library, and no fake service dogs allowed anywhere, ideally.

(Just a li'l PSA for ya.)

6:30 pm, free THEATRE LOVERS CLUB: INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE CENTER The Swan 1213 Parkway Drive, 629-8688 Join the directors of ISC’s repertory season as Ariana Karp discusses her production of Henry IV, Part One, and Caryl Farkas discusses her work on Measure for Measure.

Actors from the plays will be on hand as well to add to the conversation. Robin Williams discusses how the first annual Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare came to be and plans for the future.

6 pm, free

DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Put on your best tango shoes and join in (or just watch).

7:30 pm, $5

EVENTS HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5100 Locals and tourists alike can learn new things about Santa Fe with a walking tour led by guides from the New Mexico History Museum.

10:15 am, $15 METTA REFUGE COUNCIL Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 A support group for sharing life experiences around illness and loss in a variety of its forms.

10:30 am, free PICNIC AND ASL GUIDED TOUR OF THE RAILYARD PARK Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe Street, 982-3373 The Railyard Park Conservancy and Rocky Mountain Youth Corp cohost a special American Sign Language (ASL) tour and picnic. The park tour is led by the 2019 Youth Conservation Corp's Crew #13, a work group that communicates using ASL. 10 am-noon, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market Street at Alcaldesa Street, 310-8766 Arts and crafts from a juried group of local artists.

8 am-2 pm, free SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET MERCADO DEL SUR Presbyterian Health Park 4801 Beckner Road, Get all your favorite produce, local goods, live music, health screenings, family activities and friendship.

3-6 pm, free SANTA FE INDIVISIBLE MEETING Center for Progress and Justice 1420 Cerrillos Road, 467-8514 Put into action the planning you did last night.

9 am, free

FOOD SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-7726 One of the oldest, largest and most successful growers’ markets in the country.

7 am-1 pm, free

MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards 'n' jazz on piano.

6:30 pm, free BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana.

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You could be taking shots like this after Claire Barrett’s upcoming workshop on the art of food photos.

Aw, Snap

BY ZIBBY WILDER a u t h o r @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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e’ve all seen them. Or are them—those people who can’t help but take pictures of what they’re eating and/or drinking.

Whether it’s a plate of pasta glistening in an herby, buttery sauce or a cocktail exploding with color, sometimes it is irresistible to snap and share.

“I have a profound respect for chefs and mixologists who put in hours of thought and recipe development to present me with a dish or drink at their establishment … that disappears in a matter of minutes,” says Santa Fe’s

Turning food photography into visual storytelling

Liquid Muse mixologist Natalie Bovis.

“I’m at the age now where I don’t care what other diners think. … To not take photos of the food or drink, nowadays, is an insult to the chef or bartender, as far as I’m concerned.”

That said, most people (raising my hand) don’t really take the best food photos. There’s a definite art to it, and whether you are a chef, a blogger, a bartender or just a foodie, there’s always room for improvement.

Assuming I am not the only one who could use some help in this area, I asked for advice from one of the best visual storytellers I know, photographer Claire Barrett. Barrett travels the world

capturing beautiful images for the likes of Chanel, Rolls Royce, Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon; and also for Bovis, whose various books on mixology are graced by Barrett’s images.

“By far, the most important element of food and drink photography is lighting,” Barrett points out when asked about ground zero of culinary photography mistakes. “Dim tungsten lighting—the very kind found in restaurants and your dining room at dinner time—makes everything the same dull shade of yellow.

The food might taste great, but nobody has the desire to eat it because it doesn’t look good.”

There’s not a lot one can do to change restaurant lighting, but it turns out there are ways to work around it. Tip number one from Barrett’s top three pieces of advice for people like me has to do with this most important aspect.

“Nothing beats natural light. The best sources of natural light indoors are usually windows, and the closer you get to them, the more light you will have available to you.” If it’s night, or you’re in a dark bar, Barrett suggests “maybe borrow your friend’s iPhone and light your drink from the side or back, at a 45-degree angle, using their phone’s flashlight with a napkin over it for diffusion.”

For those interested in shooting at home or in a space with options to move around, Barrett points out that “light will change throughout the day and harsh light can come in [windows]. You can soften the light with a diffusion panel: a simple white sheet or even a piece of paper. Remember, you don’t have to be in the kitchen, the best lighting might be in the living room or in the garage with the door open. Study the shooting space beforehand and observe the lighting at different times of day.”

Barrett’s second pointer: Change your point of view. “Don’t shoot the food from the same vantage point that you eat it, it’s often not the best angle,” she advises.

“Instagram has certainly been respon-

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sible for the popularity of the flat lay, where the camera is directly above the subject looking down. Many food items do look amazing from this vantage point: … pizza, shellfish, cakes. It’s also great for showing multiple ingredients, props, and reaching hands.”

Barrett continues, “Drinks fare better when shot at a 45 degree angle, so you can see most of the glass but also a little over the rim, while burgers and sandwiches are best shot from the side, so that you see the delicious layers. Be sure to move around your food—get a ladder, even— and determine which angle works best.”

The third piece of Barrett’s advice is to convey meaning through the image you choose to create.

“We are always looking for meaning in images, often subconsciously, and great food and drink photography evokes the viewer’s emotions,” she tells SFR. “Images that have a sense of storytelling to them will have a more powerful impact. It can be very simple: a broken eggshell, a bite taken out of the cake, a hand reaching for a morsel, a cocktail shaker spilling ice. I’m a great admirer of people’s enthusiasm for food and drink photography. They’re very passionate about it and, if they made the dish themselves, proud and hoping to share the images for positive feedback. I try not to dampen anybody’s spirit with criticism, but a little gentle nudge in the right direction can often help to improve their technique.”

If a little nudge from a pro is what you need, Barrett helms a full-day workshop covering the basics of photography, visual storytelling and post-production techniques.

Editor’s note: SFR’s annual Food Foto Contest kicks off Thursday Aug. 1. Visit SFReporter.com/contests for more info and to enter.

CLAIRE BARRETT: THE FOCUSED FEAST 10 am-3:30 pm Tuesday Aug. 6. $155.

Shelby House, 220 Shelby St., 216-0836

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Empower Students, Strengthen Community.

Empoderar a los Estudiantes, Fortalecer a la Comunidad.

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SFCC Governing Board Election File Date 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.santafecountynm.gov/clerk Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office 505-986-6280 Two positions are up for election. Candidates must file in person.

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SFCC Governing Board Meeting — Public Welcome 5:30 p.m., Board Room, Room 223 505-428-1148

Fall 2019 Credit Classes Begin sfcc.edu

505-428-1000

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2019 SFCC

TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Fri 4 p.m.; Sat/Sun 8:30 a.m.

William C. Witter Fitness Education Center Register by Friday, Aug. 30 at NewMexicoSportsOnline.com or the Fitness Education Center $25 per person for individual event $30 doubles/per team Open to players 18+ with a 3.5 rating or lower.

Categories: singles, doubles, mixed doubles.

For info,Vlad King at vlad@cybermesa.com or 505-629-8340.

FREE FITNESS FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS

¡Viva! info at

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HSE/GED Orientation Sessions 505-428-1356 Prepare for the High School Equivalency/GED tests, Room 503B, $25 registration fee — Fall Session starts Monday, Aug. 19: Monday, Aug. 5-Thursday, Aug. 8; 9 a.m.-noon or 5-8 p.m.

ESL Orientation Sessions 505-428-1356 Room 503B, $25 registration fee, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m., attend only one: Tuesday, Aug. 13 and 20; Wednesday, Aug. 14 and 21 Free Walk-In Career Clinics www.sfcc.edu/events-resources

505-428-1406

Through Friday, Sept. 6 — Dwell Art Installation, Visual Arts Gallery, 505-428-1501 REGISTER FOR COURSES, FIND MORE EVENTS & DETAILS AT SFCC.EDU Individuals who need special accommodations should call the phone number listed for each event.

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PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Solo jazz guitar.

6 pm, free RICK MENA Tesuque Casino 7 Tesuque Road, 984-8414 From classical and flamenco guitar to country, bluegrass, Cajun, blues, pop, rock and jazz.

6-9 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: FIREBALLS FRIENDS AND JUDGE BOB & THE HUNG JURY Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the remaining living members of a legendary New Mexico band.

6 pm, free

VINTAGE VINYL NITE The Matador 116 W San Francisco St., 984-5050 DJ Prairiedog and DJ Mama Goose spin the best in garage, surf, country and rockabilly till the wee hours.

9 pm, free

OPERA JENUFA Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 Czech librettist and composer Leoš Janácek's piece, which premiered in 1904, is a grim love triangle between the titular character, her fiance Števa and Števa's half-brother Laca.

8 pm, $42-$295

MUSEUMS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Judy Tuwaletstiwa: The Dream Life of Objects.

Through Sept. 15 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 Contemporary Voices: Ken Price. Through Oct. 23.

HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Judy Chicago: the Birth Project from New Mexico Collections. Through Nov. 10.

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Robyn Tsinnajinnie and Austin Big Crow: The Holy Trinity. Through Oct. 31.

Wayne Nez Gaussoin: Adobobot. Through Nov. 30.

Reconciliation. Through Jan. 19. Heidi K Brandow: Unit of Measure. Through Jan. 31.

Sámi Intervention/Dáidda Gázada. Through Feb. 16.

MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 632 Agua Fría St., 989-3283 50 States, 200 Artists.

Through Sept. 8.

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Beyond Standing Rock: The Past, Present, and Future of the Water Protectors.

Through Oct. 27.

MUSEUM OF INT’L FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 A Gathering of Voices: Folk Art from the Judith Espinar and Tom Dillenberg Collection. Through Sept. 8.

Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe.

Through Oct. 27. Gallery of Conscience: Community Through Making from Peru to New Mexico. Through Jan. 5, 2020.

COURTESY MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART

6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87508

CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Sign up to sing or play if you desire, but be forewarned— this ain't amateur hour.

8 pm, $5 CHUSCALES La Boca (Original Location) 72 W Marcy St., 982-3433 Exotic flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free LIPBONE REDDING Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 A one-man orchestra with only natural human sounds including throat-singing, beat-boxing and lip-tromboning.

8 pm, free

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Encaustic painting by Deborah Scolari, on view at the Museum of Encaustic Art through Sept. 8.

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 Paul Pletka: Converging Faiths in the New World.

Through Oct. 20 NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 The Land that Enchants Me So: Picturing Popular Songs of New Mexico. Through Sept. 29. A Walk on the Moon. Through Oct. 20.

The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur. Through Feb. 21.

Atomic Histories. Through Feb. 28. We the Rosies: Women at Work. Through March 1.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Social & Sublime: Land, Place, and Art. Through Aug. 25.

The Great Unknown: Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell. Through Sept. 15.

PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Closed for renovations.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 In T’owa Vi Sae’we.

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Living history.

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Human Nature: Explorations in Bronze. Through May 10.

SITE SANTA FE 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199 Bel Canto: Contemporary Artists Explore Opera.

Through Sept. 1. Nina Elder: What Endures. Through Sept. 15.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 LIT: The Work of Rose B Simpson. Bob Haozous: Old Man Looking Backward. Both through Oct. 6.

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You’ve seen the exhaustive ads, right? “Quentin Tarantino’s Ninth Film is finally here!” Period flick Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood barges into the cinemas with loads of panache and style on the surface, but little more underneath.

As the swinging ’60s in Hollywood come to a close, actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his sidekick, stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), contemplate their futures in an ever changing industry—and the business of Rick’s new neighbors, Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate.

The film’s brilliance, if it has any, lies with its two leads. Every one of DiCaprio’s scenes are commanding; he chews scenery, upstages elders and literally incinerates people. Pitt is surely in top form as well, moving cooly and confidently from problem to problem.

Al Pacino also stands out as an influencer for Rick’s decision to jump on the Spaghetti Western train, but Mike Moh (Street Fighter: Resurrection) as Bruce Lee finds Lee’s accomplishments diminished in service of Tarantino’s creative license. Unfortunately, Margot Robbie’s (Suicide Squad) Sharon Tate suffers from weaker writing than the dude characters, and almost every one of her scenes has her dancing, giving toothy grins,

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or—ahem—flexing her feet. And nothing else.

It’s awkward watching a murdered actress be sexualized, and with the exception of Julia Butters (of TV’s American Housewife) as a fiery young starlet, almost every other woman comes off as an annoyance or an accessory.

Tarantino’s themes are consistent, regardless of how you feel about his material. What makes Hollywood’s last act so disappointing, though, is how Rick and Cliff finish their journeys. The explosive climax feels like the result of an “Oh boy am I great!” moment Tarantino had while writing rather than a meaningful conclusion. When Tate or, to a lesser extent, the Manson family are onscreen, they feel like a distraction from the narrative, making the almost three-hour runtime feel tedious; it’s more fun to cruise around the extinct 1960s environment with Cliff, or watch hungover Rick handle another villainous roll on a TV pilot.

As usual, Tarantino’s actors give 110%, and

that effort can be seen and heard in every single frame. The cinematography is calm and engaging while the hip costumes and production design are loud and meticulous. Even musical selections draw smiles from jams that are as unique as Rick Dalton himself. A great element of Tarantino’s style is how he celebrates the importance of food and drink; it’s fascinating to see distinctions set in Rick and Cliff’s potent potables and snacks once in their own homes.

And then, Tarantino is one of the few directors left whose film debuts are still cinematic events. You’ve seen at least one of his nine movies, and can probably list off scenes from another five. But as far as the ’60’s are concerned, truth is still stranger than his fiction.

ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD Directed by Tarantino With DiCaprio, Pitt, Robbie, Pacino, Moh and Butters Regal (both locations), Violet Crown, R, 161 min.

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In yet another in a long line of media offerings that prove how men can be complete trash, filmmaker Alex Holmes’ (House of Saddam) 2018 documentary Maiden comes to the Center for Contemporary Arts this week in all of its inspirational, moving and satisfying glory.

Essentially a tale of triumph, Maiden focuses on skipper Tracy Edwards, a British ne’er-dowell who, in the 1980s, fell in love with sailing and set out to prove a crew comprised entirely of women—a first at the time—could compete and thrive in the sailing world, while proving to herself that life is indeed worth living. Facing seemingly insurmountable odds at every turn, Edwards transformed a junker of a boat and an inexperienced crew into a nautical powerhouse unshackled by society’s notions of proper sailing. And it feels so, so good.

Through unbelievably pristine footage from the 1990 Whitbread Round the World Race (that’s 33,000 miles, btw), family

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photos, interviews with Edwards and her crew, plus news footage, journalistic retellings and eyewitness accounts, a picture slowly unfolds; of a woman who found her passion and blew down the doors of a sport dominated by men—a yacht race clinging to played-out tradition for far too long. The crew of the Maiden wound up inspiring countless fans and proving a little something about how capable women truly are to an entire generation of kids, the affects of which are still felt to this day.

At times, Maiden is so uplifting it’s borderline absurd, and the tears come rolling easily as Edwards navigates treacherous waters, flaky funders and her nemeses on the French sailing team. When she becomes the first-ever woman to win Whitbread’s Seaman of the Year awards, the emotion is palpable, both back then and still today. At other times, however, it’s as boring as the doldrums that put Edwards and her crew at a disadvantage during one of the race’s legs all those years ago. But in the end, the sailing itself takes a backseat to the intrepid and unflappable spirit of the women who made history and ensured yachting would never be the same again. (Alex De Vore)

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Podcast impresario Marc Maron leads a small but effective cast of oddballs in the minimal and charming Sword of Trust from Laggies director Lynn Shelton, a weirdly fun comedy with subtle dramatic elements and no shortage of enjoyable acting.

When Cynthia (Jillian Bell, Workaholics) returns to Alabama with her fiancé Mary (SNL’s Michaela Watkins) to claim an inheritance following her grandfather’s death, instead of a house, she is presented with a Civil War-era Union Army sword and documentation that claims the relic was pivotal in the “real” story of the day—that the South actually won the war.

Maron (of Netflix hit Glow), meanwhile, a guileful and perhaps heartless pawn shop owner named Mel, becomes embroiled when the women visit his store looking to cash in. The history of the sword seems absurd, of course, but when Mel’s assistant Nathaniel (Jon Bass, Baywatch) uncovers a clandestine Southern group of conspiracy theorists willing to pay big bucks for items like the sword—items that reveal their

preferred version of the truth—Mel sees a big payday and joins forces with Cynthia and Mary, thrusting the quartet into a bizarre yet humorous series of events.

Sword impresses particularly in its simplicity, though Maron carries the day. Much of the dialogue was improvised within the bare bones of a story, and while Bell and Watkins’ chemistry is an onscreen plus, Maron’s natural wit and lovable curmudgeon affect steal the show. Bass is funny enough at times with a certain wide-eyed innocence, but he simply can’t keep up with the more seasoned comedy vets in the cast; he’s always better when responding to someone else’s antics, though his own penchant for conspiracies shines a light on how most of us believe in at least one.

Elsewhere, Veep’s Dan Bakkedahl as the slightly frightening leader of the down-home truthers is hysterically chilling, and Toby Huss (Pete and Pete) spurs laughs as an imposing though ridiculous believer. Stripped-down is the name of the game here, and lightning-fast performance exchange wins the day. Anytime Maron and Watkins are together, Sword of Truth borders on the sublime, which almost makes up for a bit of meandering and an admittedly slow pace.

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Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 88 min.

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Thanks to Steven Spielberg, it’s commonplace to find an aquatic horror flick in the summer rotation. Compared to Jaws, however, most are laughable substitutes that wind up shredded by critics and bombing at the box office. Crawl, though, wades through the floating garbage to reveal itself as a worthy exercise in tension and minimalism. Simply put, a college athlete ventures out to save her injured father during a Category 5 hurricane—then realizes a pack of alligators have sized her up for their next meal.

Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Barry Pepper (of Saving Private Ryan) are effectively cast as father and daughter/childhood coach and swimmer, respectively, and both shine in moments without dialogue thanks to their physicality. Excessive grunting aside, inner monologues are expressed through gestures and eye movements, allowing us to empathize with their pain and anxiety as they’re relentlessly hunted. Stereotypical snarky banter written by horror buffs Michael and Shawn Rasmussen (The Inhabitants) accentuates their presence as capable physical performers by adding chemistry and tenderness.

Director Alexandre Aja (that Hills Have Eyes remake and Piranha 3D) shocks anyone familiar with his unimpressive work thus far. It’s hard to imagine this side of him existed this whole time, and he doesn’t waste screen time. Visual clues serve as subplots and climax as Scodelario and Pepper solve debilitating problem after problem. It also seems like Aja preternaturally understands the sacred beatitudes of pacing and shadow—best friends of any capable horror director.

But then, instead of exploding, Crawl sputters out in its last 10 minutes, even as seasoned cinematographer Maxime Alexandre (The Nun) effortlessly trails the two leads through flooding crawlspaces, threatening outdoors, unstable houses and even a swimming pool. His unique eye makes it easy to keep track of the action, especially while squirming in your seat.

Editor Elliot Greenberg also deserves special recognition, splicing sequences for a rhythm that finesses the terror rather than forcing it, and in a way that offers few respites; be assured that even during a rest there’s no real safety.

Sadly, though, the cards are stacked against Crawl thanks to past contributions—and yeah, Aja’s resume is partially to blame. But before considering competitors involving haunted dolls, or worse, Northern European cults, take a chance on this little summer horror flick. It’s so worth it.

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In July of 2014, Massachusetts teen Conrad Roy III was found dead by suicide in his truck outside a K-Mart parking lot. This might not sound terribly familiar at first—until we get into the investigation, whereupon detectives uncovered thousands of texts between Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter, 17 at the time, who pressured Roy into going through with the act despite his insistence of terror. “Get back in,” Carter texted him after he texted that he’d left his vehicle. He never emerged.

What followed was a media storm and a complicated mess of ethics, technology and the secret lives of modern teens. Carter made insidious “Worst People” lists across the internet, parents feared for their own children, and most of America made up their minds with very little information. But it may not be as simple as we’ve been led to believe.

In I Love You, Now Die, out now via HBO, filmmaker Erin Lee Carr (Mommy Dead and Dearest) explores the dynamics of the case across two 90-ish-minute episodes. The first focuses on Carter’s actions: How she met Roy, how they quickly developed a deeply intimate relationship via text messaging despite only having met in real life a handful of times, how quickly and horrifyingly they began to feed into each other’s psychoses—and how eerily common that is among today’s youths.

We learn the Commonwealth of Massachusetts set out to prove Carter orchestrated Roy’s death as a means to garner attention. It’s compelling evidence and makes sense, particularly through onscreen images of the actual texts between the two, interviews with Roy’s family, cops, journalists who covered the case and courtroom footage. By the end of part one, we’re convinced a manipulative young woman pushed a troubled young man to an early grave to net sympathy friends.

Then part two kicks in, and Carr gives us the other side of the story, leading us to question our own conditioned knee-jerk misogyny and the idea that young women are somehow always accessing the depths of cruelty for their own nefarious gains. Roy’s vacillating between love and cruelty via text and his search for someone with the right amount of desperation to support him in his desire to die become startlingly apparent. Carter was, of course, ill-equipped to handle such emotional abuse, and the more pieces that come together, the more we find a young woman clearly in need of help she wasn’t getting and a self-aware young man who found the

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Crawl: Nobody wants to find themselves in the gator house. perfect foil to a plan he’d made long ago.

It’s a tough watch to be sure, but I Love You, Now Die keeps us guessing and constantly questioning our allegiances. It becomes hard to know which side to take, though the sad truth is that there really isn’t one. There are no winners and no satisfying answers. And the moral, if there is one, is bleak: It’s harder to be a teen now than ever before.

Particularly of note are the interviews with journalist Jesse Barron, who covered the case at the time for Esquire. Still, there’s a certain sensationalism at play that undermines the film’s insistence that the media can twist a story’s facts.

When the realties of the situation sink in again after the tone shifts, we’re still left with a dead teen and a very sick young woman who felt so miserably alone, she didn’t know how to speak up when it mattered most. (ADV) HBO, TV-MA, 240 min.

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Whereas 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming finally captured the light-hearted aspects of the popular webslinger, Spidey’s newest foray into theaters feels flat, directionless and more like an expected next step rather than a meaningful conclusion to the first big phase of the Marvel cinematic universe.

We pick up directly after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and things are finally getting back to normal for Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and his buds. Yes, they explain away the five-year time jump from Endgame as the so-called “blip,” and jokes about how some people aged while others didn’t abound. Meanwhile, Peter and his classmates are off to Europe for a poorly explained “science trip.” Once there, he plans to profess his feelings to MJ (Zendaya, who is just killing in on HBO’s Euphoria right now) atop the Eiffel Tower.

Ooh, la la.

But whoops–Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother, in case you just thought “Who the hell is that?”) need Spider-Man to stop a cadre of trans-dimensional elemental beasts who just so happen to also be in Europe, and this one dude Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) is there to help out—or is he? And are they? And will he? They? Her? Monsters? Jeeze.

Cue explosions and telegraphed plot points far too obvious to even the most casual fan of comics, and within minutes, all the goodwill drummed up by the first film’s better story and the fantastic Michael Keaton is squandered on exhausting comic relief from Freaks & Geeks alum Martin Starr and Curb Your Enthusiasm’s JB Smoove (usually a comic genius, here not as much). On the surface, we’re force-fed that

tired old superhero axiom about how the friends and family of these heroes are always in danger, though why this means Marisa Tomei (a national treasure, and here Peter’s aunt) had to be underused or why we had to sit through Jon Favreau’s “humor” is anyone’s guess.

Holland is a fine choice for Spider-Man, all small and dorky, though maybe a little handsome to play nerd. Either way, he’s surely superior to whatever 37-year-old men were playing a teen in earlier films. Still, he doesn’t have much to work with as the script seems aimed solely at 13-yearolds who probably won’t be thrilled about Far From Home’s reductive insistence that they’re a bunch of phone-obsessed assholes who submit readily to co-dependence on their best days and treat each other like shit on their worst.

Gyllenhaal does his best, though despite his performance from Nightcrawler a few years back proving he can play terrifying, never comes across as menacing so much as silly and whiny.

The thrill is gone, the magic faded and no matter how many times we see Holland’s eyes tear up because, like, he loves so hard and has so much at stake and oh, God, does he miss Tony Stark, it’s simply not possible to summon the feelings needed to enjoy this film. (ADV) Regal (both locations), Violet Crown, PG-13, 129 min.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Diary: Last night my Aries friend dragged me to the Karaoke Bowling Alley and Sushi Bar. I was deeply skeptical. The place sounded tacky. But after being there for twenty minutes, I had to admit that I was having a fantastic time.

And it just got better and more fun as the night wore on. I’m sure I made a fool of myself when I did my bowling ball imitation, but I can live with that. At one point I was juggling a bowling pin, a rather large piece of sweet potato tempura, and my own shoe while singing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”—and I don’t even know how to juggle. I have to admit that this sequence of events was typical of my adventures with Aries folks. I suppose I should learn to trust that they will lead me to where I don’t know I want to go.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What’s the story of your life? Psychologist James Hillman said that in order to thrive, you need to develop a clear vision of that story.

How do you do that? Hillman advised you to ask yourself this question: “How can I assemble the pieces of my life into a coherent plot?” And why is this effort to decode your biography so important? Because your soul’s health requires you to cultivate curiosity and excitement about the big picture of your destiny. If you hope to respond with intelligence to the questions and challenges that each new day brings, you must be steadily nourished with an expansive understanding of why you are here on earth. I bring these ideas to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to illuminate and deepen and embellish your conception of your life story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In his poem “Wild Oats,” poet W. S. Merwin provided a message that’s in perfect alignment with your current astrological needs: “I needed my mistakes in their own order to get me here.” He was not being ironic in saying that; he was not making a lame attempt to excuse his errors; he was not struggling to make himself feel better for the inconvenience caused by his wrong turns. No! He understood that the apparent flubs and miscues he had committed were essential in creating his successful life. I invite you to reinterpret your own past using his perspective.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide,” wrote psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. I think that description fits many people born under the sign of the Scorpio, not just Scorpio artists. Knowing how important and necessary this dilemma can be for you, I would never glibly advise you to always favor candid, straightforward communication over protective, strategic hiding. But I recommend you do that in the coming weeks. Being candid and straightforward will serve you well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Even if you’re an ambidextrous, multi-gendered, neurologically diverse, Phoenician-Romanian Gemini with a fetish for pink duct tape and an affinity for ideas that no one has ever thought of, you will eventually find your sweet spot, your power niche, and your dream sanctuary. I promise. Same for the rest of you Geminis, too. It might take a while. But I beg you to have faith that you will eventually tune in to the homing beacon of the mother lode that’s just right for you. P.S.: Important clues and signs should be arriving soon.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Aracelis Girmay writes, “How ramshackle, how brilliant, how haphazardly & strangely rendered we are.

Gloriously, fantastically mixed & monstered. We exist as phantom, monster, miracle, each a theme park all one’s own.” Of course that’s always true about every one of us. But it will be extraordinarily true about you in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be at the peak of your ability to express what’s most idiosyncratic and essential about your unique array of talents and specialties.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What would a normal, boring astrologer tell you at a time like now? Maybe something like this: “More of other people’s money and resources can be at your disposal if you emanate sincerity and avoid being manipulative. If you want to negotiate vibrant compromises, pay extra attention to good timing and the right setting. Devote special care and sensitivity to all matters affecting your close alliances and productive partnerships.” As you know, Cancerian, I’m not a normal, boring astrologer, so I wouldn’t typically say something like what I just said.

But I felt it was my duty to do so because right now you need simple, basic, no-frills advice. I promise I’ll resume with my cryptic, lyrical oracles next time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sometime soon I suspect you will arrive at a crossroads in your relationship with love and sex—as well as your fantasies about love and sex. In front of you: a hearty cosmic joke that would mutate your expectations and expand your savvy. Behind you: an alluring but perhaps confusing call toward an unknown future. To your left: the prospect of a dreamy adventure that might be only halfimaginary. To your right: the possibility of living out a slightly bent fairy tale version of romantic catharsis.

I’m not here to tell you what you should do, Capricorn.

My task is simply to help you identify the options.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s check in with our psychic journalist, LoveMancer, who’s standing by with a live report from inside your imagination. What’s happening, LoveMancer? “Well, Rob, the enchanting creature on whose thoughts I’ve been eavesdropping has slipped into an intriguing frontier. This place seems to be a hot zone where love and healing interact intensely. My guess is that being here will lead our hero to breakthrough surges of love that result in deep healing, or deep healing that leads to breakthrough surges of love—probably both.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People who sneak a gaze into your laboratory might be unnerved by what they see. You know and I know that your daring experiVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo figure skater Scott ments are in service to the ultimate good, but that may not be obvious to those who understand you Hamilton won an Olympic gold medal and four incompletely. So perhaps you should post a sign outWorld Championships. He was a star who got inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame side your lab that reads, “Please don’t leap to premaand made a lot of money after he turned profession- ture conclusions! My in-progress projects may seem al. “I calculated once how many times I fell during my inexplicable to the uninitiated!” Or maybe you should just close all your curtains and lock the door until skating career—41,600 times,” he testified in his autobiography. “But here’s the funny thing: I also got your future handiwork is more presentable. P.S. There up 41,600 times. That’s the muscle you have to build may be allies who can provide useful feedback about in your psyche—the one that reminds you to just get your explorations. I call them the wounded healers. up.” In accordance with current astrological omens, Homework: Fantasize about ways you could make Virgo, I’ll be cheering you on as you strengthen that money from doing what you love to do.

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