Issuu

New Mexicoâ€™s fledgling hemp industry might fall behind if the state and federal governments donâ€™t catch up

P.12

HEMPIRE By Julie Ann Grimm,

csv-urgentcare-3-SFR.qxp_Layout 1 9/21/20 2:02 PM Page 1

CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT ENTRADA CONTENTA HEALTH CENTER

Your Convenient Choice for Care At CHRISTUS St. Vincent Entrada Contenta Health Center, our experienced and compassionate providers are committed to providing the best care to our community. With telephone visits, video visits, walk-in and in-office appointments available, our team is always prepared to care for you and your family in a COVID-free and safe care setting. At this location: Urgent Care We treat acute illnesses and injuries in adults and children. Virtual Visits Available Pediatric Care We welcome newborns through 18 years of age. Virtual Visits Available Family Medicine We provide comprehensive health care services for patients of all ages. Virtual Visits Available To schedule a virtual appointment today, visit stvin.org/virtualmedicine or call (505) 913-DOCS (3627). We accept most health insurance plans. For your safety, everyone is REQUIRED to wear a mask at ALL CHRISTUS St. Vincent facilities.

CHRISTUS St. Vincent Entrada Contenta Health Center 5501 Herrera Drive Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 2

MAY 20-26, 2020

â€¢

SFREPORTER.COM

FROM THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020 | Volume 47, Issue 42

NEWS

I AM

OPINION 5

Jude Gleason | VP, Trust Investment Officer

NEWS

My clients depend on me to provide honest and accurate solutions to their investment needs. My integrity has helped me build trusting relationships. I AM Century Bank!

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES 9 Members of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are both united and divided over the obelisk’s destruction, marked with a generational, cultural divide COVER STORY 12 HEMPIRE New Mexico’s fledgling hemp industry might fall behind if the state and federal government don’t catch up ENTER THE WRITING CONTEST SFR is seeking entries for its annual writing contest in fiction and nonfiction through Oct. 31. Get details at sfreporter.com/contest

WE’RE HERE FOR YOU

*Investment products purchased through Century Trust and Asset Management are not FDIC Insured, are not deposits of Century Bank, have no bank guarantee, and may lose value.

The journalists at the Santa Fe Reporter are in overdrive to help our community stay connected. We plan to continue publishing a print edition and daily web updates. Can you help support our journalism mission? Learn more at sfreporter.com/friends

Cover photo by Julie Ann Grimm editor@sfreporter.com Instagram: @sfreporter

CULTURE SFR PICKS 17 Weirdo theater, journaling, vote opera and Najimy

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER AND AD DIRECTOR ANNA MAGGIORE ART DIRECTOR ANSON STEVENS-BOLLEN

A&C 18 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, AMERICA? Reflections on healing as the obelisk falls

CULTURE EDITOR ALEX DE VORE

WIN YOUR SHARE OF OVER

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR JEFF PROCTOR SENIOR CORRESPONDENT JULIA GOLDBERG

FOOD 19 FROM A BALCONY It’s bird! It’s a plane! It’s the long-awaited second-story Railyard restaurant reopening of Opuntia!

STAFF WRITERS LEAH CANTOR KATHERINE LEWIN CONTRIBUTING WRITERS DARRYL LORENZO WELLINGTON DIGITAL SERVICES MANAGER BRIANNA KIRKLAND

MOVIES 20 DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA REVIEW Talking Heads front man teams with Spike Lee for Broadway live film experience THE CALENDAR Hard to say what’s going to become of doing things like we used to, but folks are getting pretty creative and many of their events are listed online at sfreporter.com/cal

www.SFReporter.com

MyCentur yBank .com 505.995.1209

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER JULIE ANN GRIMM

Phone: (505) 988-5541 Office: 132 E MARCY ST. Mail: PO BOX 4910 SANTA FE, NM 87502

PRINT PRODUCTION MANAGER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER SUZANNE S KLAPMEIER

WIN 1 of 2 ATV's

GIVEAWAYS OCTOBER 17 & 31

ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE ROBYN DESJARDINS CIRCULATION MANAGER ANDY BRAMBLE OWNERSHIP CITY OF ROSES NEWSPAPER CO. PRINTER THE NEW MEXICAN

EDITORIAL DEPT: editor@sfreporter.com CULTURE EVENTS: calendar@sfreporter.com DISPLAY ADVERTISING: advertising@sfreporter.com CLASSIFIEDS: classy@sfreporter.com

THOUGH THE SANTA FE REPORTER IS FREE, PLEASE TAKE JUST ONE COPY. ANYONE REMOVING PAPERS IN BULK FROM OUR DISTRIBUTION POINTS WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. SANTA FE REPORTER, ISSN #0744-477X, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, 52 WEEKS EACH YEAR. DIGITAL EDITIONS ARE FREE AT SFREPORTER.COM. CONTENTS © 2020 SANTA FE REPORTER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MATERIAL MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.

BUFFALOTHUNDERRESORT.COM | 877-THUNDER | SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO association of alternative newsmedia

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

MEDICA E YOUR

OUR NE

ONEY

When our community’s healthcare needs evolve... so do we.

M C AILABLE NO

Join us on Facebook and YouTube for lectures, demos, hands-on crafts and more. coming in october : New Mexico Remedios  Corn Husk Doll Making Adobe Preservation  Hide Tanning  History of Brujería Go to golondrinas.org for the full schedule of live events. Like and follow Las Golondrinas on Facebook: @SFGolondrinas. Subscribe to the Las Golondrinas Channel on YouTube.

PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE CITY OF SANTA FE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE 1% LODGERS’ TAX, COUNTY OF SANTA FE LODGERS’ TAX, NEW MEXICO ARTS, NEW MEXICO BANK AND TRUST, AND NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

LEAH CANTOR

S F R EPORT ER.COM / NEWS / LET T ERSTOT HEEDI TOR

LETTERS

Have you had a negative dental experience? Michael Davis,

DDS

New Patients Welcome

SMILES OF SANTA FE

Would you like to experience caring, smiling, fun, gentle people who truly enjoy working with you?

ENDORSEMENTS, OCT. 14: Mail or deliver letters to 132 E Marcy St., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501; or email them to editor@sfreporter.com. Letters (no more than 200 words) should refer to specific articles in the Reporter. Letters will be edited for space and clarity.

LETTERS, OCT. 7: “YELL FIRE”

MANUFACTURED CONSENT Mr. Kirmse referred to “trusted Wildfire management specialist” but that is an oxymoron. If you look closely, the World Bank’s forestry programs Mr. Kirmse is so proud to be a part of, they removed vast numbers of trees in Latin America and the rest of the world, and replaced them with huge monocrop farms for export. The lesson learned from devastating wildfires: climate change is the driver. It is simplistic to blame dead trees on the ground for gigantic wildfires...The Forest Service and the Timber industry’s expertise is in manufacturing consent for their agenda. They are also talented at making up new euphemisms for their destructive behavior. The Forest Service isn’t above the law. Instead of endlessly complaining about being held accountable they should have started the environmental impact study long ago. It could have been completed by now. If you want to see how effective the forest service treatments are, hike up to the top of Black Canyon, look at the dead zone created 18 years ago with a prescribed burn. I don’t think anyone would call it regeneration.

FRED KING SANTA FE

Michael W. Davis, DDS 1751 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B (505) 988-4448 www.SmilesofSantaFe.com

P R OV I D E R F O R D E LTA A N D U N I T E D C O N C O R D I A D E N TA L P L A N S • M O S T I N S U R A N C E S A C C E P T E D

“ELECTION GUIDE”

From OUR seeds From OUR seeds to YOU to YOUR needs

VOTE NO ON PRC CHANGE There are at least three good reasons to vote NO on Constitutional Amendment 1. First, a mysterious political action committee called the “Committee to Protect New Mexico Consumers” is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote the amendment without disclosing the source of that dark money. If this constitutional amendment is really so good for consumers, then why are the people who are bankrolling it hiding their identities from the public? Second, as PRC Commissioner Steve Fischmann explains, “the ballot description of Amendment 1 deliberately conceals its real purpose—taking away your vote.” The description of the amendment never indicates that the PRC is being converted from an elected commission to an appointed one. Why hide the ball from voters? Finally, the problem CA 1 seeks to fix has already been addressed. In 2012, voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to dramatically increase the qualifications of PRC commissioners. Current commissioners include an environmental engineer, an attorney, a business executive, and people with experience in state and federal government. The current system strikes a good balance by requiring commissioners to be qualified to do the job while still being accountable to the public that elects them.

FRED NATHAN JR. THINK NEW MEXICO

At Santa Fe CBD we grow At Santa Fe CBD we everything grow everythin from seed. Each plant is cared for Each plant is cared for with love so w with love so we can provide you with youproduct with afor quality product for yo a quality your needs.

FullSpectrum Spectrum CBD CBD Topicals Topicals • CBD Flowe Full CBD Oil Oil •• CBD • CBD Flower • CBD for pets

(505) 699-3239 (505) 699-3239

www.santafe-cbd.com www.santafe-cbd.com• contact@sant contact@santafe-cbd.com

1330 Rufina Circle P: 505.231.7775 y Monday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm

2020

“Just the best local hemp store in town! And great organic essential oils I’ve been a Young Living Oil person since the 90’s but have purchased many oils here and have been very happy with them plus they save me money.”

Locally Woman Owned & Operated Free Easy Parking

Hempapotheke.com

Aromaland.com

— Stacey, Santa Fe

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

SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER “When we have to wear masks we can’t use our tongues, but sometimes it’s better to not use our tongues.” —Overheard at Owl Liquor Send your Overheard in Santa Fe tidbits to: eavesdropper@sfreporter.com

We pay the most for your gold coins, heirloom jewelry and diamonds! On the Plaza 60 East San Francisco Street, Suite 218 Santa Fe, NM 87501 • 505.983.4562 • SantaFeGoldworks.com SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

S FREP ORTER.COM / FUN

in a H e be lie ve s amou n t us do en em tr af t, some of w itch cr t. .. say th e mos

TRUMP SAYS BIDEN WILL LISTEN TO SCIENTISTS ABOUT COVID-19 IF HE’S ELECTED What a monster, right?

NETFLIX MOVIE THE HARDER THEY FALL SUSPENDS NM PRODUCTION FOLLOWING COVID CASE But is Idris Elba OK!?

CITY OWES IRS ALMOST $400,000 Also, the leaves all over our street problem persists.

BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS AN ANIMAL CROSSING ISLAND And if you don’t know what that is or how to spend two seconds finding out, it’s probably not for you.

TUESDAY WAS NATIONAL SASQUATCH AWARENESS DAY Hopefully you got your National Sasquatch Awareness Day cards out on time this year.

“COVID-SAFE” UNM FOOTBALL GAME STILL PLANNED FOR OCT. 24 Also terrifying.

PUBLIC HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES DISCOURAGED

ay Yo u ca n’t st ve r re fo e ak aw

Good thing your kids already hated you for the remote learning thing.

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

READ IT ON SFREPORTER.COM CURFEW AND SAFETY TRIANGLE Almost all businesses are now required to close by 10 pm and New Mexico officials want residents to abide by a goal to make no more than three stops outside the home per day.

W E A R E WAY M O R E TH A N W E D N E S DAY H E R E A R E A CO UP LE O F O N LI N E E XC LUS I V E S :

UNION MEOW Employees at the Meow Wolf arts organization have voted to establish a labor union as part of the Communication Workers of America, an effort corporate leaders opposed.

HIGH ALTITUDE

SUN G

MEDICAL CANNABIS

Regain control of your finances... right from home. During these challenging times, remember you can count on Del Norte Credit Union for safe and convenient banking services. Enjoy Online Banking, 5-Star Rated Mobile Banking App with Remote Check Deposit, eStatements, Apply & Sign Online capabilities, and 24/7 customer support. The same great member service you’ve come to expect, now serving you in new ways.

dncu.org | 505-455-5228

RegainControl-4.75x11.indd 1

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020 4/13/20 9:11 AM7

DO YOU NEED A MEDICAL CANNABIS CARD?

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

â€¢

SFREPORTER.COM

KATHERINE LEWIN

S FR E P O RTE R .CO M / N E WS

Protesters raise their fists after dozens of people topple the obelisk on Oct. 12.

B Y K AT H E R I N E L E W I N k a t h e r i n e @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

he dust settled an hour or two after activists pulled down the obelisk in the Santa Fe Plaza, cheering as the first half toppled, and then the second. The stone crumbled into pieces as it hit the ground, sending up miniature plumes of grit that hung over the crowd. For Hispanic business owners and entrepreneurs in Santa Fe, not much about the events of Indigenous Peoples Day feels settled, despite the Plaza returning to its usual quiet, red-and-gold autumn splendor. SFR interviewed members of the board of directors at the Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, an organization of member entrepreneurs with businesses scattered across the city in dozens of industries. SFR found some agreement: The destruction of the obelisk was a violent act, members said, and a poor approach to demanding change. And members agreed that Mayor Alan Webber’s administration acted too slowly in addressing the boiling local and national racial tensions that preceded the obelisk’s undoing. There were points of disagreement, too, with some members condemning the activists’ move. Others acknowledged that drastic action may have been required to be heard and that the monument celebrated genocide.

Hispanic entrepreneurs are both united and divided over the obelisk’s destruction, marked with a generational, cultural divide

The differences, at least among chamber members, cleaved along generational and cultural divides: Younger members offered sympathetic takes on last week’s actions, which led to two arrests. Older members say that pulling down a monument is an unfair effort to rewrite history. Webber and his police department, which chose to stand down as protesters took the obelisk, have offered varying stories to explain their stance on the meaning of the monument, which many have seen as racist. Tony Horta Campos, 28, is one of the younger members on the chamber’s board, and believes he may be the only one who considers himself Latino as well as Hispanic. “My view on [the obelisk] is definitely different. That might be because I am a millennial. It may also be because I am not from the area originally,” Campos tells SFR. “I don’t think bringing down monuments by force is the right way. But I do understand [the activists’] side…As a Mexican, I definitely not only identify with my Spanish roots, but definitely my Indigenous roots, and I’m proud of them.” Campos sees the monument as “oppressive” and says the history has been presented in a “sugar-coated way.” “They don’t acknowledge the full magnitude of all the bloodshed that was done and I think that’s what is offensive to Native Americans,” Campos says.

He says Webber dragged his feet in setting up a group to discuss the further removal of monuments around the city, potentially leading to the events of Oct. 12. In June, Webber removed a statue of Spanish conquistador Don Diego de Vargas and claimed he would revive a commission to evaluate other statues and monuments. That commission has yet to materialize. Indigenous-led groups have organized similar protests in Santa Fe before. Elena Ortiz, co-chair of the central governing council of The Red Nation, tells SFR the tensions between Indigenous groups and COURTESY DAVID FRESQUEZ

Generational Differences

David Fresquez, president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board, says the destruction of the obelisk made him sad.

NEWS

city administrations have been heating up since the protests to abolish the Entrada three years ago. “When the coalition of…Indigenous women activists got Mayor Webber to promise to remove the obelisk, and that didn’t happen…this was once again, we are being ignored,” Ortiz says. “We actually grew up and live in Santa Fe so being dismissed by the mayor of our hometown after being promised certain things is really egregious and so that, I think, is part of what boiled over.” Ortiz tells SFR the rally last Monday was not organized by any one group and the toppling of the obelisk was an “organic moment.” She points out that while the statue did honor Union soldiers who fought against the Confederates during the Civil War, those same Union soldiers were then used to massacre Native people across the West. For Dwayne Trujillo, 51, who has been on the Hispanic Chamber’s board for about a year, the obelisk represented Hispanic culture and “the good, the bad and the ugly” parts of the state’s history. He understands that the words “Savage Indian,” which were inscribed on one of the plaques at the monument’s base, upset people, but he says he thinks there should have been a discussion. “Maybe that means new monuments and that’s OK. Times change, history changes, and maybe that obelisk wasn’t the best representation of Santa Fe,” Trujillo tells SFR. “But as long as there is a dialogue for future monuments and what does that look like moving forward for Hispanic people and for Native Americans as well?” James Borrego, 69, Hispanic Chamber board member and owner of Borrego Construction, is simply upset about the destruction of the monument. “There’s always going to be conflict with an outsider coming into your perceived land, your nation, and changes are always hard to deal with, but the bottom line is that the Native Americans, Hispanics coexisted for 300 years,” Borrego tells SFR. “Because of the national dialog of Black Lives Matter and everybody else, it has inflamed this racial tension.” Another young chamber member, board President David Fresquez, 34, says that he grew up in Santa Fe seeing the Hispanic and Native American cultures mix downtown, so the destruction of the obelisk mostly made him sad. “I think we have to be extremely sensitive to people’s feelings but that doesn’t equal destroying property. That usually equals thoughtful communication and bringing people together,” Fresquez says. “So I guess my question to [the activists] is, what exactly does it solve?”

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

2020 General Election

VOTE EARLY

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, the Santa Fe County Clerk encourages all voters to vote by absentee ballot and avoid in-person voting for the 2020 General Election. Yet, there are options on how to vote in Santa Fe County.

Voter Registration: By Mail or Online ENDED Tuesday, October 6, 2020. ONLY In-Person Same Day Voter Registration at the County Clerk’s Office began October 7, 2020 and ENDS Saturday, October 31, 2020 (Photo ID Required). Absentee Voting:

Last Day to Apply for Vote-By-Mail is October 20, 2020. You can apply for an absentee ballot now or any time until Tuesday, October 20, 2020. We encourage voters not to wait until the last minute. We began mailing Absentee Ballots October 6, 2020 and will continue through October 20, 2020. The last day to mail out Absentee Ballots is Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

If you received your absentee ballot via U.S. Postal Service, you may walk-in your filled out absentee ballot to: 1. the County Clerk’s Office at 100 Catron Street during regular business hours, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.; or 2. place your absentee ballot in the Clerk’s Office drop box outside the main entrance to the County’s Administration Complex at 100 Catron Street on or before Election Day; or 3. you may walk-in your absentee ballot before Election Day to any Early Voting VCC site, or on Election Day, November 3, 2020 to any Election Day VCC site on or before 7:00 p.m.; or 4. you may walk-in your absentee ballot to the Clerk's Office on or before 7:00p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2020.

To apply for an Absentee Ballot, you can go on-line to electronically request an Absentee Ballot Application Request at: https:// portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR/WebPages/AbsenteeApplication.aspx?type=RA; you may also go to: https:// www.santafecountynm.gov/media/files/Absentee%20Application.pdf to print an application, or call the County Clerk’s Office at 505-986-6280 to request an application.

Absentee Voting: Last Day to Apply for Vote-By-Mail is October 20, 2020. You can apply for an absentee ballot now or any time until Tuesday, October 20, 2020. We encourage voters not to wait until the last minute. We began mailing Absentee Ballots If you applied for an Absentee Ballot and now have changed your mind to castBallots your is vote in person, you may go to October 6, 2020 and will continue through October 20, 2020. The last day to mail out Absentee Tuesday, October 20, 2020. any one of the Early Voting Convenience Center sites. Let the poll workers know that you would like to vote in-person now. Sign an

affidavit stating that you didn’t cast your ballot and your absentee ballot will be voided (you must destroy the absentee ballot you received via mail). The poll workers will issue you a Ballot to immediately cast on a voting machine. Please wear a face mask and gloves; sanitizer will be provided. Popsicle sticks will be provided to sign and dispose of immediately.

If you received your absentee ballot via U.S. Postal Service, you may walk-in your filled out absentee ballot to:

If you did not receive your absentee ballot via U.S. Postal Service, you may go to any of the Early Voting VCC sites. Tell the poll workers that you have not received your absentee ballot and that you would like to vote in-person now. Sign an affidavit stating that you didn’t cast your ballot, the absentee ballot will be voided. The poll workers will issue you a Ballot to immediately cast on a voting machine. Please wear a face mask and gloves; sanitizer will be available. Popsicle sticks will be provided to sign and dispose of immediately.

1. the County Clerk’s Office at 100 Catron Street during regular business hours, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.; or Alternate Early Voting Convenience Centers 2. place your absentee ballot in the Clerk’s Office drop box outside the main entrance to the County’s Administration Saturday, October 17, 2020 – Saturday, October 31, 2020 Tuesday – Friday 12 noon – 8:00 pm Complex at 100 Catron Street on or before Election Day; or Saturdays 10:00 am – 6:00 pm 3. youEarly may walk-in your absentee ballot before Alternate Sites Voting locations at: Election Day to any Early Voting VCC site, or on Election Day, November Abedon Lopez Community Center – 155A Camino De Quintana, Santa Cruz 3, 2020 to any Election Day VCC site Fe on or before 7:00 p.m.; or Christian Life Church – 121 Siringo Road, Santa NEW Town of Edgewood Administrative Office – 171A State Road 344, Edgewood Max Coll Corridor Community Center (new facility) 16Clerk's Avenida Torreon, El Dorado 4. you may walk-in your absentee ballot to–the Office on or before 7:00p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2020. Pojoaque Satellite Office – 5 W. Gutierrez – Ste. 9, Pojoaque Pueblo Plaza Santa Fe County Fair Building – 3229 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe Southside Library - 6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe

NEW

To apply for an Absentee Ballot, you can go on-line to electronically request an Absentee Ballot Application Request at: https:// For more information, please contact the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office: 505-986-6280 or visit https://www.santafecountynm.gov/clerk portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR/WebPages/AbsenteeApplication.aspx?type=RA; you may also go to: https:// www.santafecountynm.gov/media/files/Absentee%20Application.pdf to print an application, or call the County Clerk’s Office at 505-986-6280 to request an application.

Absentee In-Person Voting (Early Voting) is currently being held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center(New Location) due to COVID-19, at 201 West Marcy Street) during regular business days and hours (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). If you applied for an Absentee Ballot and now have changed your mind to cast your vote in person, you may go to any one of the Early Voting Convenience Center sites. Let the poll workers know that you would like to vote in-person now. Sign an affidavit stating that you didn’t cast your ballot and your absentee ballot will be voided (you must destroy the absentee ballot you received via mail). The poll workers will issue you a Ballot to immediately cast on a voting machine. Please wear a face mask and gloves; sanitizer will be provided. Popsicle sticks will be provided to sign and dispose of immediately. If you did not receive your absentee ballot via U.S. Postal Service, you may go to any of the Early Voting VCC sites. Tell the poll workers that you have not received your absentee ballot and that you would like to vote in-person now. Sign an affidavit stating that you didn’t cast your ballot, the absentee ballot will be voided. The poll workers will issue you a Ballot to immediately cast on a voting machine. Please wear a face mask and gloves; sanitizer will be available. Popsicle sticks will be provided to sign and dispose of immediately.

Alternate Early Voting Convenience Centers Saturday, October 17, 2020 – Saturday, October 31, 2020 Tuesday – Friday 12 noon – 8:00 pm Saturdays 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Alternate Sites Early Voting locations at:

Abedon Lopez Community Center – 155A Camino De Quintana, Santa Cruz Christian Life Church – 121 Siringo Road, Santa Fe NEW Town of Edgewood Administrative Office – 171A State Road 344, Edgewood Max Coll Corridor Community Center (new facility) – 16 Avenida Torreon, El Dorado Pojoaque Satellite Office – 5 W. Gutierrez – Ste. 9, Pojoaque Pueblo Plaza Santa Fe County Fair Building – 3229 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe NEW Southside Library - 6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe For more information, please contact the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office: 505-986-6280 or visit https://www.santafecountynm.gov/clerk

OCTOBER 14-20, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

â€¢

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

JULIE ANN GRIMM

HEMPIRE

Gary Chavez harvests hemp in the Estancia Valley, just one of Santa Fe Farms’ grow locations this season.

New Mexico’s fledgling hemp industry might fall behind if the state and federal government don’t catch up BY JULIE ANN GRIMM e d i t o r @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

he 2 million hemp plants waving in a field outside Moriarty under the September sun weren’t part of the

plan. But when nature does its work and seedlings show up on the job, farmers go with it. At least these farmers did. Santa Fe Farms harvested hemp from more than 130 acres and 17,000 square feet of greenhouses this fall, including this “naturally planted” land in the Estancia Valley where seeds fell from the previous year’s mature buds. The crop is soon heading for markets that range from high-end smokeables in its topmost flowers to oil ex-

SFREPORTER.COM

tracted from nearly the entire plant. New Mexico entered the hemp industry last year on the heels of the 2018 federal Farm Bill that legalized cultivation of certain cannabis plants. Santa Fe Farms represents what backers hope will become a major contributor to the state’s economy. Yet, the course for a budding empire is far from charted. Federal and state regulators are grappling with rules that have everyone with a stake in the industry on edge, and though New Mexico’s approach is largely praised, conflicts are at play here between the low-THC hemp program and its cousins in medical cannabis which have led to a lawsuit. Which growers and manu-

facturers survive depends on their abilities to respond to the market, control their harvests through to the consumer and form alliances among people who have farming skills, cannabis connections and business acumen. Cole Daeschel and Gary Chavez are looking forward to a few snowboarding breaks come winter, but they’ve been laboring practically nonstop on their Santa Fe Farms project for the better part of two years. Like every other hemp producer in the state, the pair had to move from zero quickly. The growers, both Santa Fe natives, are now executive board members of the company that is poised to be an early big player with business arms that include harvesting and processing for other growers as well as their own large-scale production. “People call it grassroots,” says Chavez, “but it’s more that it built into something that we had both aspired to but shied away from because of the risk involved.” Daeschel’s father died suddenly in 2016, leaving behind Cedar Grove Nursery in Stanley that was a mainstay of the Santa Fe Farmers Market for flowers and vegetables. So, Daeschel, then 32, picked up the mantle. It wasn’t long before squash and peppers got boring, and he was looking for a chance to turn his knowledge of cannabis growing into a job. Chavez, 29, trained in the Santa Fe Community College alternative energy and biofuels program and took a bevy of ag courses at New Mexico State University, plus earned some greenhouse experience at a medical operation. While the two first aimed to get into the medical cannabis scene, they quickly realized the state didn’t have any plans to reopen applications for producers any time soon and the going rate to procure an existing license was in the $500,000 range. “Then we caught wind of the Farm Bill and we switched gears and went into hemp,” Daeschel explains. Both smile widely. The first winter was rough, but they are clearly proud to have spent it sleeping in the greenhouse feeding pellets into a wood stove and nursing hemp plants to life along with some stalwart friends. For six months, they stayed at it with no income. The pair came close to partnering with a Colorado firm until a funny feeling about the deal caused them to hit the brakes. That’s when Daeshcel contacted money man Steven Gluckstern for advice. Gluckstern didn’t know much about cannabis, but he knew about making a business work, and he saw in the young Santa Feans an opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.

JULIE ANN GRIMM

Even hemp stalks that remain after mechanized harvest (on the left side of the photo above) have value. At right, the topmost flowers are cured for smoking.

business jargon and sometimes hyperbolic rattling off of numbers about efficient producing and processing—a cadence on a whole different level from the growers. The venture needs all those elements to work. Daeschel and Chavez are executive board members and equals in a partnership of six that now includes Apodaca and other investors. “We come from a place where everything gets corporatized…to grow to the level we want to go to, we have to get in bed with corporate folks and wealthy people, but we are going to hold to our values,” Chavez explains. “They let us do what we know how to do and they give us the tools we need to make this dream come true.” In addition to upgrading the Santa Fe Farms machinery this fall, Apodaca and Gluckstern have been hitting the investors hard. They’ve scraped up what they say is

JULIE ANN GRIMM

He’s now the CEO and chairman of the board of their company. “We were originally going to start with a few acres. We were going to gradually work our way up, but Steven comes in and he’s like, ‘all right let’s do this.’ He started buying farms and it’s been trial by fire,” Daeschel says. The volunteers that popped up in Moriarty were on a field the company leased after last year’s Colorado grower decided not to return. Plus, the growers hand transplanted more than a dozen other cultivars at two other plots in addition to two greenhouse locations. This year, another high-profile entrepreneur also came on board, former gubernatorial candidate Jeff Apodaca, who had been operating a business that provided harvest, finishing and marketing services for hemp producers. His language is full of

From left Steven Gluckstern, Gary Chavez and Cole Daeschel talk strategy in one of the Santa Fe Farms warehouses where hemp is dried and prepared for processing.

$6 million and are working on another $25 million they plan to invest in a large facility for drying and processing hemp at the Mesa Del Sol development southwest of Albuquerque. Apodaca already worked with farms around the state last year through a company he called Fathom. The merger with Santa Fe Farms just before harvest season upped its tonnage by 60%. At press time, the harvest total for the newly joined companies stood at 1.5 million pounds of biomass for oil extraction and 27,000 pounds of smokable flower from about 14 different growers. Gluckstern’s first job was picking tobacco in Wisconsin and he never intended to get near a farm again. Now, though, he says it’s exciting. Coming from a guy who owned an NHL hockey team and helmed Warren Buffet’s reinsurance division, among other high profile banking, philanthropy and investment jobs, that’s a vote of confidence. “For me, this represents a potential place for New Mexico to really cut its own future and, by the way, be a leader,” he says during an interview in the Moriarty field. He’s standing next to Apodaca among hemp stalks that are taller than their heads. “The real key is no one uses this plant in this form. You can smoke the top, which is the only thing that people do naturally. Everything else has to be transformed to something else. People are just figuring that out.” The farm is surrounded by signs that read “This Field Contains Industrial Hemp” and “0% THC,” because to the uneducated eye, it might look like an easy haul of marijuana. For legit hemp farmers, there’s always the specter of gray areas within the law and from others who flout the laws. Navajo Nation officials are fac-

ing an obstacle, for example, with a tribal member who planted thousands of square feet of greenhouses of what he says is hemp but that others claim is actually black market, high-grade THC. Santa Fe Farms is already growing more than the entire nation did in 2014, when the Farm Bill first allowed limited hemp production for research. By 2019, when states that had been waiting for federal approval formally kicked off their programs, the number of acres had grown from 220 to 293,000. The 2018 version of the Farm Bill defined hemp as a cannabis plant containing no more than .3% of the compound THC and removed it from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances. Almost everyone admits that’s an arbitrary standard developed as part of a study in the ‘70s, yet it’s the level upon which there was enough political consensus for success. Rigid testing programs restrict the level of THC at harvest, and too much of the compound can lead to mandatory crop destruction. There’s a movement underway to raise the limit (the psychoactive properties of THC not being discernable to most people until they reach about 7%), but unless that happens, the risk of a crop going “hot” with its naturally occurring chemicals remains a big gamble. It’s part of why, in 2019, the state Department of Agriculture issued 406 per-

SFREPORTER.COM

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

• OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

1330 Rufina Circle P: 505.231.7775 y Monday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm

JULIE ANN GRIMM

mits to growers to plant the crop. This year, just 282 sought the same permission, and even fewer made it to the still-ongoing harvest. For many growers who stayed in the game, the idea of starting small stuck. Of the 169 outdoor growing permits granted this year, the average number of acres of hemp per grower is 12, for a statewide total of an estimated 2,037 acres. North of Santa Fe, plastic tunnels in an acequia-fed fruit orchard also form the home base of High Grade Organic CBD, the state’s first certified organic hemp grower and manufacturer of hemp products. Soon, High Grade will claim another first: the premiere Santa Fe Farmers Market booth devoted solely to hemp. Partners Christopher and Taylor Bassett and Daniel and Sasha Scharf sent their crop from roughly a half-acre to a Colorado extraction plant last year, trading in a 1,300-pound truckload of hemp biomass for six cases of Mason jars of processed oil that they turned into tincture and chocolate bars at a turnkey processing facility back in New Mexico. Christopher Bassett is the lead grower, wedging cannabis next to cherry trees and between rows of melons. Farming always comes with risk, but jumping into hemp required taking on much more than just space on the farm. “Having to take it like we have, being a grower and a manufacturer, that takes a special partnership to make that happen. In the farming industry a lot people don’t go that route. In the wine industry, it’s a staple of that, of estate-grown wines, but your carrot grower is not going to be your carrot juice seller, most likely,” Christopher Bassett says. This year, they’re aiming to sell most of the crop as smokeable flower, which requires hand harvesting and curing, and which Scharf is responsible for keeping on the market. “The spectrum of hemp is all over the place with people harvesting on old

From left, Christopher Bassett and Daniel Scharf of High Grade Organic CBD, inspect a plant they grew alongside fruit trees near Lyden.

Roundup fields and using tractors to harvest versus us being certified organic and hand done with super attention,” he says. Hemp that’s destined for smoking versus a commercial manufacturing process seems to be emerging as a leading sector of the industry in Northern New Mexico. Brad Lewis, program director for the agriculture department’s Agricultural and Environmental Services division, says that’s partly because the intensive niche crop is expected to have a stronger market than commercial mass-harvested biomass. In 2019, the nation experienced the commercialization of hemp for the first time in a century. “When USDA legalized hemp for those states that have legal laws for hemp, we saw producers react and produce large amounts of hemp, large acres in the country,” Lewis tells SFR. “The other half of it is the extraction and manufacturing remain primarily at that niche market area in there, so we had a backlog of hemp because there weren’t enough

extractors in the country to extract it.” During this “glut period,” he says, the price of raw hemp took a dive, leading some growers to store their crop in the hopes of making it pay later. That experience is also among the reasons why fewer acres of hemp were planted by fewer New Mexico growers this year. Cannabis plants in New Mexico are regulated by three cabinet level agencies. Lewis’ team at the state Department of Agriculture controls hemp from seed to harvest; the New Mexico Environment Department issues permits for manufacturing and inspects products heading for sale; and the Department of Health oversees the licensure of growers, patients and dispensaries for the Medical Cannabis Program. While the governor’s office controls all three, the health department has a handful of rules that growers say are seriously impeding the industry. Both the agriculture and environment departments say they need more resources and only made

Your CBD Wellness Experts 2020

Enhance Your Health and Wellbeing through Hemp, Herbs and Essential Oils

Free Consultations No One Knows Our Products Better No Medical Card Needed Open to All! Locally Woman Owned & Operated Free Easy Parking

Hempapotheke.com 14

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

Aromaland.com

SFREPORTER.COM

Now carrying

HOST DEFENSE medicinal mushroom

it through the initial startup surge by cross-training some workers as inspectors for hemp and taking them away from other tasks. Jonathan Gerhardt manages the food program for the environment department, which includes overseeing permits and regular inspections for over 7,000 businesses in the state and, for the last two years, he’s added hemp as a whole new side project. But Gerhardt knows New Mexico is falling behind on the hemp program, holding back a critical area of adding value to the state economy. In the first year, the department approved 35 extraction and manufacturing facilities statewide and now has 24 applications pending, he explains. “We surged through that first nine months of applications, but it is just not maintainable. Unfortunately, what suffers is the turnaround time to get people up and operating and into this business and into this industry that they are eager to enter into.” Sandra Ely, chief of the bureau that includes Gerhardt’s program, says vacant

Santa Fe’s Largest Range of CBD Brands • CBD Tinctures • CBD Vape • CBD Pet Care • CBD Topicals • CBD Edibles • CBD Bath • CBD Infused Skin Care • CBD Nano Technology • Herbal Detox Formulas • Hush Kratom • Fortifying Mushrooms & Much More... All Products Third Party Tested Contaminant Free!

Since 1986

Santa Fe’s Largest Selection of Terpene-Rich Essential Oils All Essential Oil Bath & Beauty Products available in Gallon Sizes at Wholesale Prices!

Don’t miss out! HELP US CONTRIBUTE TO A SUSTAINABLE PLANET!

HEMPIRE positions and a state hiring freeze stand in the way of those potential businesses beginning operations. “We are not able to process permits as quickly as we’d like to; we’re not able to educate the public or do as much outreach as we’d like to,” she says. “It’s a real challenge for us to manage this program without adequate fees or adequate general fund money.” In addition, a gap in state law requires the department to tightly regulate testing of final consumer hemp products made in New Mexico to ensure appropriate labeling and safety, yet it has no jurisdiction over hemp products from other states that are sold here—a scenario that disadvantages local producers. A different state law hurdle has Duke Rodriguez’s attention. As the state’s largest producer under the Medical Cannabis Program, his Ultra Health company was stoked about the potential of adding agricultural hemp. Cannabinoids such as CBD extracted from the plant are used in combination with regulated THC products to provide patients with desired formulas. During the first year of legal cultivation for the low-THC hemp plants, the Department of Health created a rule barring medical producers not only from growing and using their own hemp, but also from buying other New Mexico-produced hemp for the same purpose. “It was the real shocker,” Rodriguez tells SFR. “Ultra Health was in the practice…of buying finished biomass hemp from local New Mexico growers and then they came to us and said, ‘Are you going to buy from us today?’ and currently every producer is prohibited from buying hemp produced in New Mexico and using it in combination with our own products.” In other words, you can buy a hemp cigarette at an Allsups, but a certified nonprofit producer of medical cannabis can’t buy the same hemp to add to medicine. To that end: Ultra Health and five other businesses, including producers and laboratories, have joined in a lawsuit against the state in an attempt to reverse the rule and address other problems they’ve identified. The state regulation issues are compounded on Capitol Hill. A trio of agencies at the federal level will have a huge impact on the future of New Mexico’s—and the nation’s—hemp crops. Though insiders debate the finer points of jurisdiction and legislative intent, most everyone agrees the federal government’s definition of hemp’s allowable THC level is the biggest hurdle to farmers and producers. “Hemp is a farm product. That is victory,” says Doug Fine, a Mimbres-based

writer and cannabis entrepreneur. “The USDA, in crafting its regulations for hemp, is bound by an unworkable definition of hemp at .3% so that has to change at the federal level…or the industry can’t function. It’s too risky.” Fine, who published a book this year on small-scale hemp production called American Hemp Farmer, says New Mexico’s rules pave the way for success, but can only go so far until the federal standards—from the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)—make more sense. He sees the sharp drop in growers from the first year to the second as a natural phenomenon. “We are such infants in this industry— we are midwives, pioneers—that looking at numbers now would be like judging Babe Ruth’s career based on his first two games of his first regular season. We are wise, I think, to not read too deeply into immediate metrics,” he says, adding later, “There was going to be a correction on that anyway, from people who just thought it was a magic pot of gold and an instant get rich quick scheme— grow a bunch of CBD and the world is going to shower money on you.” Fine advocates for growers controlling the plant from seed through value-added products to the customer. While more

oil extractors are moving into the market, he says development of infrastructure in New Mexico to make use of the fiber components of the plant’s stalk could be feasible as soon as the state gets to about 3,100 acres of production. Even if hemp occupied more than 3,000 acres of New Mexico soil, it would be a far cry from a major crop. For reference, about 9,100 acres of green chile were planted in 2019. Yet, the CBD industry has gone nowhere but up in recent years. On the retail side, shopkeeper Gyana Basse is stocking goods from a number of New Mexico operations at her Hemp Apotheke on Rufina Circle and expects to soon launch her own line of skin care to go with a variety of health products she carries. Her husband Ralph Basse has manufactured body care products and essential oils through his Aromaland business for 35 years and now also produces a CBD line sold at Hemp Apotheke and elsewhere. Gyana Basse opened the store in May 2018 and says at first it was “very tricky because there was no regulation,” yet after the federal and state laws went into play, “it very quickly got much easier.” In addition to the popular tinctures and salves, her shelves also now include smokeables. “That is turning out to be quite a big business,” she says, explaining her connection with local growers at Santa Fe CBD and showing off its deep-green manicured strain called “Hempress D.”

Gyana Basse carries a number of Santa Fe CBD’s local products in her Hemp Apotheke. Others are manufactured next door at Aromatherapy.

Just a few days earlier, Charlie Talachy crouched down next to a short, bushy hemp plant near Alcalde. The 31-year-old graduate of NMSU’s ag program and former medical cannabis worker founded Santa Fe CBD with his cousin Adam Valerio, 33. It’s a classic partnership wherein “one of them is papers and one of them is plants,” he says. During the first year, the pair planted 2 acres of hemp on a 10-acre farm they leased in Hernandez. This season, they scaled way back, growing just 50 plants at Talachy’s home to develop seed stock while they continue to market bulk sales to retailers like Hemp Apotheke and Stag Tobacconist in Santa Fe and 420 Emporia in Española, along with their line of tinctures, muscle rub and prerolls from last year’s crop. Part of the reason for the scaling back was the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Talachy’s family. With two young daughters in remote learning rather than school, he has far less time to devote to the business. Next year, and in the future if the state allows more flexibility in cannabis plants with recreational adult use, he expects expansion—not just for their business but up and down the chain. “New Mexico tends to be local proud… It has potential to be so much for us, especially as a commodity in our state. We have so much agriable land that is not being used, traditional land that is not being used, especially around here, you can see all these parcels that are just used for grazing that have been fallow for years and years,” he says. Chavez is thinking the same thing in Moriarty as he refines his skills on a tractor that’s more than twice the size of the one he’d been using until a day earlier. As the tractor munches through hemp plants like something out of Ferngully and shoots material into a waiting semi truck, he’s explaining why his heart is in the game. “You have to be able to do it at scale. The way I look at it is we are trying to marry regenerative ag, sustainable ag with conventional ag in a way that we can use implements like this for certain practices and we can still keep our craft and our boutique-style smokeable flower,” he says. He’s quiet for a while, concentrating on all the points of contact he needs to monitor in the cab of the John Deere. “I really want to try to bring back the education and the youth into farming if possible,” he pipes up, a pair of yellow Air Jordans tapping on the tractor floor. “A dream of mine is to get Nike or someone else to sponsor us and get us farm gear. I don’t care if it’s Carhartt. I wanted to play professional sports and I have never heard of a farm getting sponsored by Nike but I bet we could if we could get them material made from hemp. I am going to pull it off— that is my dream right there.”

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

LEARN MORE AT

ENTERPRISEBANK.COM/IMPACT October is Oral Hygiene Awareness Month. Take advantage of our $99 initial appointment with exam, cleaning, and X-rays. Book your slot today!

Facing an unprecedented financial crisis, we did not hesitate to turn to Enterprise Bank & Trust.” — Doug Lanham, Owner Jinja Bar & Bistro

444 St Michaels Dr, Ste B | 505.989.8749 | citydifferentdentistry.com 16

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

It should be surprising to no one that many of the most famous and/or seasoned writers often cull from personal experience to make their works sing. Interesting things happen to us all, and the bizarre goings-on of just about anyone’s lives can make for interesting lit fodder. The Institute for American Indian Arts’ Byron Aspass (Diné) knows this, and that’s why his upcoming continuing education virtual class, Journaling Into Creative Writing, is a solid choice for budding writers. In the class, Aspass will teach how using one’s journal as a jumping off point could and does lead to untold levels of creativity. Yes, these things are probably rooted in fact, but that doesn’t mean they won’t make for brilliant fiction or poetry details. (ADV) Journaling Into Creative Writing: 6 pm Thursday Oct. 22 and Tuesday Oct. 27. $34. iaia.edu

MARC ROMANELLI

PUBLIC DOMAIN

JOT THIS DOWN

DIGITAL-ISH

SFRE PO RTE R .CO M /ARTS/ S FR P I C KS

WORKSHOP THU/22 & TUE/27

COURTESY CCA SANTA FE

FILM FRI/23 AMERICAN OPERATIC What do you know about one-time sharecropper-turned-voting-activist and organizer Fannie Lou Hamer? Probably not a whole lot, but if the Santa Fe Opera and the Center for Contemporary Arts have anything to say about it, you will soon. Based on on a new one-act opera called This Little Light of Mine, the online event Is This America? delves into Hamer’s life and work. The virtual event itself shows three key scenes from the upcoming opera, which is slated to be filmed this month in Brooklyn. You’ll also meet the people behind the piece: Diana Solomon-Glover (the librettist), Beth Greenberg (the stage director) and Chandler Carter (the composer). We love these distinctly American operas, particularly when they’re really about something we should all learn a little something about. The election looms on the horizon— let’s all try to not be so privileged about it. (ADV) Is This America? Webinar 6 pm Friday, Oct. 23. Free. ccasantafe.org

COURTESY IMAGE

VIRTUAL EVENT SAT/24 HOCUS FOCUS At some point around this time of year, Hocus Pocus winds up playing at my house. I’m really more into actor Omri Katz as he applies to Eerie, Indiana, but I’ve got no problem with Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker being dorky witches from a bygone Disney era that seemed more interested in family fun than churning out the same basic movie over and over. Anyway, Najimy beams in through the internet and the auspices of the Lensic Performing Arts Center with tales from the movie, a moderated discussion and, we hear, a little of the ol’ Q&A action. I can think of about a million 30-somethings who just about passed out after reading this, so hurry up and get your tickets for the virtual fun. (ADV) Kathy Najimi Live Conversation, Q&A and Halloween Celebration: 6 pm Saturday, Oct. 24. $20. lensic.org

THEATER THU/22-SUN/25

Dramatic Royalty Theater Grottesco’s The King Without a Kingdom rides right into your home You need to realize it’s more intense to ask Theater Grottesco’s Artistic Director John Flax what the company’s upcoming show is about than you might think. Granted, the celebrated outfit has proven a mainstay of Santa Fe stages since as far back as anyone cares to remember, but when it comes to explaining the overall gestalt of a Grottesco production, nothing is as simple as it seems. “First of all, we’re working in the style of buffoonery,” Flax tells SFR of The King Without a Kingdom. “It’s a little-known western style that even predates commedia dell’arterte. It comes from medieval times, when in reality, not just in theater, people who were different were ostracized because people were afraid they were carrying evil spirits, so they were pushed out of the townships that were safe back then.” Originally, the show was supposed to be a mostly-improvised and chaotic piece wherein buffoons took the stage, performing fairy tales and almost performing over each other. As the show has now moved over to a pre-recorded Vimeo space, Flax says each actor per-

formed their section in one take, improvising a learned tale and putting their own touches on the story. “[Buffoons] evolved into the king’s fool,” Flax continues. “They were some of the only ones who could whisper in the king’s ear and maybe speak truth to power; the style is also connected to Mardi Gras, when people thought if they welcomed buffoons into the town, they could scare off evil spirtis.” The King Without A Kingdom will be available through the Theater Grottesco website for $10 starting Thursday, but before we forget—speaking truth to power? Scaring off evil? Buffoons? Does that mean this has anything to do with Trump and the election? “We like to deal with metaphor and ambiguity,” Flax says, “but I guess we can admit it...it is indeed based on our president.” THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM TALKBACK SESSIONS 6 pm Thursday, Oct. 22-Saturday Oct. 25 and 2 pm Sunday, Oct. 22. Free. theatergrottesco.org

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

A&C

S F R EPO RTER.COM / ARTS

What Are You Going to Do, America? Reflections on historical trauma and healing BY DA R RYL LO R E N ZO WELLINGTON @ a u t h o r s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

ANSON STEVENS-BOLLEN

n Monday, Oct. 12, 2020— Indigenous Peoples Day—the obelisk at the center of the Santa Fe Plaza was reduced to a pile of rubble. As is surely well known by now, the demolition occurred following days of escalating conflict between onlookers, a core group of determined Tewa women activists and police officers who, on Monday, eventually left the scene altogether. Afterwards, using tow ropes and chains, protesters pulled the monument down. I was present, and while I never entered the fray with the police officers, never wielded a chisel nor touched a rope, when the first segment of the obelisk collapsed, I cheered. When the next stone section plummeted, I cheered again. I don’t apologize. I regard the action that occurred on that most apropos day to have been healing. Yes, many object to the obelisk’s dismantlement on the grounds of law, procedure and policy. Many say conversations between the city and the activists should have continued. It’s too easy to point out how many historic civil rights actions—Rosa Parks not surrendering her bus seat, for example—violated legal policy, but it’s pertinent to point out that Mayor Alan Webber issued a statement in June promising the obelisk would be removed. He called it “the right thing to do.” He spoke at an event on the Plaza, solidifying that promise. But then Webber made no visible further efforts to carry through or reaffirm his commitment. He didn’t seek to clarify issues over who owned the obelisk with the Native Americans who regarded the structure to be a symbol of oppression. During this bizarre period of silence, tensions built. And following an initial peaceful day of demonstrations beginning

Saturday, Oct. 10, Webber called in police to break up protesters on the night of Sunday, Oct. 11. A volatile conflict became an inevitability. Now unfortunately, Webber has chosen to seek retribution by conspiring with the police to impose criminal penalties and seek “help rounding up people as we identity them.” This is a petty course of action that demeans the complexity of the situation. Criminalization perpetuates a cycle of repression, resentment

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

I don’t believe the tragedy on Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 was the property destruction—the tragedy was that public officials did not use the day to apologize for decades of failure.

and acrimony, while an act of benevolence has the capacity to soothe these tensions. Yes, I think the mayor should be a better statesman, be thankful no one was severely hurt, adopt a philosophical attitude and forgo all criminal penalties. Besides, on a practical level, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men won’t put the obelisk together again. I encourage public officials to remember the spirit of Martin Luther King. If it seems odd to call on MLK in association with property destruction, check the record. You’ll find that while King opposed destruction, he also opposed weighting rioters with criminal penalties and blame. King called the prevalent rioting in the late ’60s “at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality.” He deemed rioting “the language of the unheard.” The protesters who toppled the obelisk made legitimate efforts to speak their cause via peaceful protest for years. They’d been promised results. Native Americans instead received nonchalance, dithering and inaction. They were silenced, compounding hundreds of years of silencing. Which brings me to the subject of healing. For me, a Black American, healing entails understanding a phenomenon which has been called “social death,” in which entire communities feel negated. It is the collective weight of whole populations having been rendered voiceless. Social death also describes an impact that lasts for generations whenever another innocent victim, say, George Floyd, dies, because so many others have died for reasons along the same lines, under similar circumstances. Each time it happens, the

marginalized re-experience social negation, each time they die a little bit, too. It is pernicious gap that precludes closure, both on the sociological level, and on a personal level. I might read an article attempting to blame Tamir Rice, Eric Garner or Breonna Taylor for their own deaths. I might get into an argument over how much blame lay with the victims rather than the police officers who have not been prosecuted. These daily slights revive feelings of social death. It has always been ironic to me that movements, such as #MeToo, Black Lives Matter or Native American activism are simplistically associated with violence or extremism. These movements are primarily about healing. They seek criminal justice reforms, identify sexual predators and protest hurtful monuments because these movements refuse to accept that trauma will be an inevitable aspect of daily life. There is very little worse that Webber could have done from the vantage point of healing historical trauma and social negation than to have extended a boon only to inexplicably snatch it away. I don’t believe the tragedy on Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 was the property destruction—the tragedy was that public officials did not use the day to apologize for decades of failure to legally erase the words “Savage Indians” from one of the obelisk’s plaques (something which also had to be accomplished by community vandalism in the 1970s) and to sponsor a respectful removal accompanied by speeches encouraging all Santa Feans to appreciate the justice and inevitability of such an action, one made while hopefully looking toward the future. Sad that we’ll never know how that might have been, but healing and reconciliation tomorrow hinges on empathy and understanding today.

SFREPORTER.COM/FOOD

ALEX DE VORE

From a Balcony

Opuntia’s new second-story Railyard location hits all the right notes

Jeanna Gienke and Todd Spitzer say they’re close to reopening their restaurant, Opuntia.

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

“

e’re doing an interview!” Opuntia co-owner Jeanna Gienke shouts from the second story balcony to a friend on the Railyard street below. Said friend is asking about Gienke and partner Todd Spitzer’s timeline for re-opening the restaurant. I’ve just learned they’re aiming for sometime this week, maybe next week. “We’ll talk soon,” Gienke shouts down. On this particular day, at mid-morning, the outdoor scene is one of crisp and refreshing coolness. The sun shines, the mountains carve the horizon in the distance, and though visibly tired, Gienke and Spitzer exude a certain sense of satisfaction. They’re nearing the finish line after months and untold hours of work. It’s been nearly a year since Opuntia (1607 Alcaldesa St., upstairs, 7805796) as we know it has existed. After leaving their original location in the Baca Street Railyard (Cafecito now occupies the building) in search of a larger floor plan, Gienke and Spitzer briefly ran a temp Opuntia in

an adorable and welcoming tent-like space in the courtyard of the El Rey Court. But they’ve had their eye on the sprawling spot that once housed the mythical Railyard bowling alley even longer than you’d think. They were, in fact, barreling down on a much earlier opening date. “We wanted to open by April 15,” Spitzer tells SFR. “We wanted to open sooner—that was the original goal, with Bosque Brewing and some other businesses all trying to open at the same time—but we had to gut [the space]…” “And then COVID hit,” Gienke interjects. “The whole collective slow-down… there was kind of a reconfiguring of timelines, we slowed down. But Todd and I are pretty DIY people and ended up doing a lot of the construction ourselves. If anything, I think we’ve really learned how to adapt.” Spitzer says the extra time allowed him and Gienke to take stock of what they really wanted to present aesthetically. Without a construction crew to worry about, they began adding touches that are sure to make a big impact. The new Opuntia, for example, boasts a koi pond in the center of the room. Spiraling

out from there are dozens of plants curated by Gienke and sold through the business. In the previous location, space was at a premium—at the new Opuntia, Gienke can offer a wider array of flora from all sizes and price points. Seating areas dot the room, in open spots for extroverts and, according to Gienke, a row of booths for introverts, all closed off from one another and featuring light boxes installed against the wall that frame outdoor shots (think trees) by local photographer Janet Russek. The effect creates faux windows, as it’s one of the only walls at Opuntia without them, and that is both clever and sure to be appreciated by folks who like dining incognito without giving up light. The menu, meanwhile, is still being developed in-house by Spitzer and longtime Opuntia collaborator Kim Müeller, formerly of Izanami, to take advantage of the larger kitchen space. “We’re starting off with the hits off the original menu, and we’re starting limited,” Spitzer says, explaining that offering a robust but well-packaged to-go program is of the utmost importance right now. “Kim has designed an expanded dinner menu, though, because we’re in an actual kitcken now, so we’ll have more bowls—like, we’re adding a Middle Eastern bowl—and things like falafel and kebabs. We’ll be baking our own bread from scratch.” “Our toast will be over the top,” Gienke adds with a laugh. “Then for dinner, we’ll have more dinner-type entrees,” Spitzer continues. “Flat breads and all sort of goodies. Same concept, but expanded, and still affordable.” Gienke and Spitzer also brought back pastry chef Kim Frick for a wider array of dessert options. The menu hasn’t been

FOOD

nailed down completely just yet, but we can reportedly expect another greatest hits list as well as some creative entries like a macha tea cake or Earl Grey tea cake that are sure to evolve over time. “We never really had the equipment to let her show off,” Gienke explains, “and we’re excited for the tea-inspired desserts.” Opuntia’s tea selection is still under review as well, but Spitzer says the list will be broad without becoming overwhelming. Same goes for coffee. Spitzer sprang for a Modbar in-counter espresso machine, which is operated with what looks like a super computer just below its nozzles. “It’s pretty ridicuous,” he says jokingly, “but we have really amazing baristas, and they’ll have really amazing equipment.” Most of those will be rehired, by the way, as will the original kitchen staff (Full disclosure: my brother has worked for Opuntia off and on for some time). Given COVID-19, Gienke says, it was important to stay faithful to workers who’ve stood by the restaurant, especially during the transition between buildings. This will possibly even include a bicycle delivery person (I saw the bike—it’s awesome), but Gienke says she likes to “imagine friends meeting in the Railyard and us bringing them down food.” With a redesigned to-go program created to cut down on waste and also keep the food as hot and presentable as possible, though, you won’t necessarily have to sit in the Railyard to expect a fresh meal. Still, the new Opuntia feels like a turning point for the downtown public plaza. Second Street Brewery and the temporarily closed Violet Crown Cinema have long anchored the gathering space, but with Bosque Brewing open and the upcoming inaugural day for Opuntia, it’s finally becoming what it was envisioned to be all along. “We like to think it’s like throwing a party and inviting everybody,” Gienke says, pointing out COVID-Safe Practices will be staunchly observed. “Watch our Facebook page for announcement. Find us upstairs. Take the elevator.”

3811 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, NM • (505) 933-6872 For dentist information visit ComfortDental.com. Services provided by a state licensed general dentist. Comfort Dental branded Dental practices are independent franchises owned and operated by State licensed General Dentists. SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

MOVIES

RATINGS

David Byrne’s American Utopia Review

BEST MOVIE EVER

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa!

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

It’s only slightly odd for Talking Heads front man David Byrne to claim his 2019 Broadway show, American Utopia, is merely based on the album and tour of the same name—it’s pretty much a concert. In fact, it absolutely is a concert (witty banter betwixt songs included). But rather than re-performing the live show he’d toured and call it a day, Byrne does his fans and newcomers a solid by assembling one of the greatest international bands of all time, tossing it onto a minimal stage to play a combo of new songs and hits and then hiring Spike Lee to direct the thing. It’s borderline magical (and will be to many) and does that super-fun up-close-and-personal thing that seems to grow more popular the longer we’re pandemic-ing. But Utopia doesn’t quite reach the Elysian heights you maybe expected or heard about from Byrne’s legions of adorers. Love him or like him, though, you’ll never mistake his style for someone else’s. Plus, the man’s got jams. What else could you want from one of the most seminal songwriters of our time and the creator behind 1984’s Stop Making Sense, arguably the single greatest contemporary music movie?

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 WORST MOVIE EVER

A CALL TO SPY

+ AMAZING WOMEN - STRANGE PACING; NOT ENOUGH NOOR KHAN

So, circa-1940, right about after the time Hitler traipsed into France to declare “Yeah, this is all mine now,” Britain’s Special Operations Executive (kind of like their CIA) was like, “Hey, you know what? The world’s super-misogynist, so if we trained some women how to do spy stuff, they could probably operate in France without calling a lot of attention to themselves!” And so they did. It’s a rather fascinating and thrilling bit of history told in great detail by filmmaker Lydia Dean Pilcher (Radium Girls) in A Call to Spy, one of the deeper non-documentary dives into the subject. Recruiting from various military branches, secretarial pools, diplomatic administrators and the like, the SOE’s Vera Atkins (Castle’s Stana Katic) cobbles together a small batch of the first lady spies, sends them into Lyon and pretty much turns the tide of things for both the war and women forever. And though the film claims inspiration from numerous lady spies of the day, it mainly focuses on the efforts of the American Virginia Hall (spy name Bridgette, eventually the first woman agent of the CIA and played by Sarah Megan Thomas, who also produces here) and England’s Noor Inayat

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

•

8 + BYRNE RULES; THE MUSIC, DUH - COULD HAVE GONE DEEPER

Here, however, Byrne plumbs the depths of his psyche in a way that feels more vulnerable than ever. Rampant throughout Utopia are thought pieces on a house vs. a home, Byrne’s relationship to brains and their chemistry (he’s famously autistic) and some pretty sweet if restrained and simplistic dance moves choreographed by Annie-B Parson. The highlight, though, comes with Byrne’s cover of Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout,” wherein his ragtag band of singers, dancers, percussionists and rhythm-ers implore the audience to consider the countless Black Americans killed across time. “Say her name,” they command, or “say his name. Say their name.” Sandra Bland. Ahmaud Arbery. Emmett Till. It’s a powerful tribute and an example of an artist using their

Khan (spy name Madeline, England’s first-ever wireless operator, female Muslim war hero and literal Indian royalty/descendent of Tipu Sultan; Radhika Apte). It’s disappointing the bulk of the film goes to Hall’s exploits given Khan’s pedigree and resume and Atkins’ overarching war efforts, though the American certainly spent more time in the field bombing trains and busting resistance members out of jail and doing other things that are probably more exciting for film. Thomas brings a quiet dignity to the role and achieves more with a simple expression than seems possible. Apte, on the other hand, does what she can with less screen time and would-be inspiring lines like “I couldn’t just sit by and do nothing!” that tiptoe up to ham-fisted but make a certain kind of sense given the real-life woman’s obvious dedication (she apparently never spilled a secret after being captured by Nazis). Atkins cuts an intriguing story as well, a Romanian Jew repeatedly denied British citizenship despite her innumerable contributions to the liberation of France and Europe at large. She, too, gets fewer minutes than Hall, which becomes another disappointment given Katic’s bubbling rage and hard-won heartache in the face of duty and something larger than herself. Pity, then, that the overall feel of the film is that of a BBC miniseries. It certainly tracks

SFREPORTER.COM

platform for good. It also strikes a somber tone without keeping us there for good; the in-film audience, who danced in the aisles mere moments earlier, sits at attention while family members of the slain hold up large scale photos offstage. It’s chilling, but vital and hopefully reaches someone, especially as we barrel toward the election. It also solidifies Byrne’s reputation as enduringly relevant, and though it might have been nice to get a little more insight into the nuts and bolts of the songs or even just the performance itself, folks will be talking about this one. As well they should.

that Pilcher is trying to pack a lot of story into a brief couple hours, but some scenes feel unnecessary or burdensome, others too brief. Those who didn’t know should take notice, however, particularly misogynists and closeted fascists. There was a time when the globe united over things like this, and unsurprisingly, women led the way in with more important actions than we realize. Invaluable history lesson? No question. Great movie? Maybe not. (ADV)

Amazon, PG-13, 123 min.

OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES

+ FOOD AS ART - WHEN DOES TASTE-O-VISION GET HERE?

When the Metropolitan Museum of Art aimed to throw a party in New York along with the opening of an exhibition on visitors to Versailles between 1682 and 1789, its live arts department met the challenge with an obvious center point: cake. The department, part of the 2,000-person workforce that runs The Met, typically works with artists including dancers and musicians, but this time the artists were culinary performers who use sugar as their medium. Celebrated London chef Yotam Ottolenghi invites five others to create works and desserts for

DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA Directed by Lee HBO, TV-14, 105 min.

the 2018 opening, and Director Laura Gabbert, who brought the world onto the plate of late LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold in City of Gold, cooks up the same success here, combining the stories of the food with the stories of the people who make and eat it. Before he became a pastry chef, cookbook author and overall food phenom Ottolenghi, who hails from the Jewish side of Jerusalem, was first a scholar of philosophy and art. He trolled Instagram to seek out the chefs he thought were creating cakes in the spirit of Versailles in its heyday, a showplace of the progress of technology, and the pinnacle of European art and culture. Cakes themselves, he notes, were a technological breakthrough of the time, bringing together the chemistry of refined sugar and cream into a transformative delight. We learned an immense amount during the piece. For example, Marie Antoinette probably never said “Let them eat cake,” but it was among the sentiments used to vilify her and the rest of the monarchy culture in the face of widespread starvation and poverty among the people. Lest we forget: The golden age of Versailles ended in revolution that came from its polarization. Excess and opulence also means exclusion and envy. You need not be a foodie nor a history buff to enjoy Cakes, but people with both interests undoubtedly will. (Julie Ann Grimm)

75 min., NR, Amazon Prime

SFR CLASSIFIEDS 2 Ways to Book Your Ad!

L I LY B 30

48 52 57

54 62

ACROSS 1 Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nineyear-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] were written by Ella.} 5 Green paper that you pay with [E] 9 They make up stairs [E] 14 Make goo-goo eyes at 15 Tennis’s Arthur ___ Stadium 16 Like some dirt bike tracks [S] 17 Fearsome cat that spends moolah on Lamborghinis and mansions? [S] 19 Former “Come on down!” announcer Johnny 20 “I ___ open this jar. Can you help, Daddy?” [E] 21 Monkey that eats curtains? [E] 23 “Gimme ___! ... What’s that spell? Ella!” [E] 24 There are 100 in a century (abbr.) [S] 26 Something a toy poodle says [E] 27 Rat-a-___ [E] 28 Something that people say in awe [E] 30 Pookums [E] 35 Scaly creature that likes to eat frosted sweets? [S] 37 Ninja Turtle that wears red, to his friends [S] 40 Getting from ___ B 41 Kid that can have a cellphone [S] 42 Bird that smokes and does vandalism? [E] 47 Sneaky little animal [E] 48 ___ gin fizz 49 Kid who is “epic!” [S]

www.FandFnm.org

55 61

We have many kittens available for adoption. For an application, please visit our website.

52 The ___ on the Shelf [S] 54 Sid: “I’m not ___ years old anymore.” Me: “No, I mean ___ as in ‘I ___ some food.’” 55 Palindromic Turkish title 56 Water animal with flippers that makes barters 24/7? [S] 61 Wants really badly [S] 63 Go off-script (sorry, Ella, it doesn’t mean “get more pounds”) 64 Slow animal that grows wings and gets in your clothes? [E] 66 She was a princess “long ago” [E] 67 “The coolest kid in the universe” [E] 68 Lake that sounds scary [E] 69 Me: “How about the clue ‘Used needles,’ Ella?” Ella: “No, new needles. You have to use them because it affects the fabric more than you expect.” 70 Martens and McStuffins, for instance [S] 71 Air France fliers, once

DOWN 1 Type of wild “kitty-kitty” :) [E] 2 Type of lizard in “Sing” [E] 3 Horse’s mesh protection against pests, maybe 4 Sinn ___ (Irish political movement) 5 Spike thrown in the road to stop robbers [S] 6 “___ was saying ...” [E] 7 Like show horses’ feet 8 “___ Danger” (Nickelodeon show) [E] 9 Quaint stores (you’d think, based on how they’re spelled) 10 Piece that goes on the floor [S] 11 Queen in Arendelle [E]

12 Water drop sound [E] 13 “Auld Lang ___” 18 Something said in an “argument party” [S] 22 Teacher’s helper [E] 25 Region with Legoland, informally [S] 29 Dislikes [S] 31 Poker money 32 “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly ___ Jepsen [E] 33 “I Like ___” (‘50s political slogan) 34 “Hallow” ending 35 Someone who might cook meatballs for you [S] 36 Animal that’s cute, fuzzy, lazy and gray [E] 37 ___ for “Ricky Bubwick” (apparently a name that Sid just made up) 38 Everyone [S] 39 Toilet paper layer 43 Turns evil or moldy [E] 44 Remote control car part [S] 45 Tag situations? [S] 46 Looks rudely 49 Enjoys, as food [S] 50 “Understood” [S] 51 Marks that are lines [S] 53 Popular [E] 56 Parents “who do puzzled goodness” [S] 57 Brickell whose band is the New Bohemians 58 “There ought to be ___” 59 It may be parallel [E] 60 Olympic hurdler/bobsledder Jones 62 Drinks that are alcoholic [S] 65 “Waterfalls” trio

FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED FOR ADULT CATS OF VARIOUS AGES SANTA FE CATS not only supports the mission of FELINES & FRIENDS from revenue generated by providing premium boarding for cats, pocket pets and birds, but also serves as a mini-shelter for cats awaiting adoption. For more information, please visit www.santafecats.com

Staying in to stay safe?

Let the

come to you!

subscription

sfreporter.com/shop

CROSSWORD PUZZLE SPONSORED BY:

NEW ARRIVALS! GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey Hardcover, Non-Fiction $30.00 JR by William Gaddis Softcover, Fiction $24.95

202 GALISTEO STREET 505.988 . 4226 CWBOOK STORE .COM

SOLUTION

S Y N E

R I E A K E E E N

D A S H E S

Pres t

on 29

35 38

ROWAN was rescued together with his littermates RAE, ROHIT, ROTH, RAKEL, RACHEL and RAND together with their mother, RAELYNN from a ‘kill shelter’ in southern NM. These kittens were raised in a loving foster home and are sweet and playful. If not adopted with a sibling, they should go to homes where there is another kitten or young cat to play with. ROWAN and his sibling are 3 months old.

P L O P

SAMIRA is one of seven cats surrendered to F&F when their owner abandoned over twelve animals with her ex who could not take care of so many animals. She is very social and loving. She purrs the minute she is petted and follows people around like a dog. She came from a home with two dogs, so would be happy with a cat-friendly dog. SAMIRA is approximately 5 years old.

E L S A

I G U A N A

B O B C A T

21 24

R A I L S L

I G E T I T

S A V O R S

S H S T H E H I O L O N D R A P E Y I P H D E A A K E S N T O T E A G L E S L O E A T E C R A L O T H S L L L A E O C S S

C A A S L I T R S O O P C A A L X L F E A M E D

316-2281

F F L E Y I N N N O Y E T O C U P H L E G Y F O E S B A D

City of Santa Fe Permit # 20-04

L I N E

CALL FELINES & FRIENDS

A L A W

BE MY FUR-EVER FRIEND!

E D I E

“Rhymes at the Zoo”—a group effort for Take Your Kids to Work Day. [#831, May 2017] by Matt Jones

EMAIL: Robyn@SFReporter.com

D A D S

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

CALL: 505.988.5541

SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

SFR CLASSIFIEDS 2 Ways to Book Your Ad!

CALL: 505.988.5541

EMAIL: Robyn@SFReporter.com

MIND BODY SPIRIT ACUPUNCTURE Rob Brezsny

Week of October 21st

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do,” testified Aries chanteuse Billie Holiday. She wasn’t suggesting that she had a stylish way of crooning about fine dining. Rather, she meant “hunger” in the sense of the longing for life’s poignant richness. Her genius-level ability to express such beauty was due in part to her skillful vocal technique, but also because she was a master of cultivating soulful emotions. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, is to refine and deepen your own hunger.

for most of his career has been an Independent. But now I’m a staunch advocate for the Democrats. Why? Because Republicans are so thoroughly under the curse of the nasty, cruel, toxic person known as Donald Trump. I’m convinced that it’s crucial for our country’s well-being that Democrats achieve total victory in the upcoming election. In accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to do your personal equivalent of what I’ve done: Unambiguously align yourself with influences that represent your highest, noblest values. Take a sacred stand not just for yourself, but also in behalf of everything you love.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Renata Adler expresses my own feelings when she writes, “Hardly anyone about whom I deeply care resembles anyone else I have ever met, or heard of, or read about in literature.” I bet if you’re honest, Taurus, you would say the same. It’s almost certainly the case that the people you regard as worthy of your love and interest are absolutely unique. In the sense that there are no other characters like them in the world, they are superstars and prodigies. I bring this to your attention because now is an excellent time to fully express your appreciation for their one-of-a-kind beauty—to honor and celebrate them for their entertainment value and precious influence and unparalleled blessings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity,” said fashion writer Diana Vreeland. Here’s how I interpret that: People who care mostly for their own feelings and welfare, and who believe they’re more important than everyone else, are boring and repellent. But those who enjoy looking their best and expressing their unique beauty may do so out of a desire to share their gifts with the world. Their motivation might be artistry and generosity, not self-centeredness. In accordance with cosmic potentials, Scorpio, I invite you to elude the temptations of narcissism as you explore benevolent forms of vanity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If you cannot find an element of humor in something, you’re not taking it seriously enough,” writes author Ilyas Kassam. That’s a key thought for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. Levity and joking will be necessities, not luxuries. Fun and amusement will be essential ingredients in the quest to make good decisions. You can’t afford to be solemn and stern, because allowing those states to dominate you would diminish your intelligence. Being playful—even in the face of challenges—will ensure your ultimate success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Yes, do let people see you sweat. At least for now, be forthright and revelatory. Let people witness your secret fire, your fierce tang, your salty tears, and your unhealed wounds. Hold nothing back as you give what you haven’t been able to give before. Be gleefully expressive as you unveil every truth, every question, every buried joy. Don’t be crude and insensitive, of course. Be as elegant and respectful as possible. But make it your priority to experiment with sacred vulnerability. Find out how far you can safely go as you strip away the disguisCANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m hoping the horoscopes es that have kept you out of touch with your full power. I wrote for you in late August helped propel you into a CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Between 2008 and higher level of commitment to the art of transforma2017, Southern California had two sizable earthquakes: tion. In any case, I suspect that you will have the 5.5 and 5.1 on the Richter scale. But during the same chance, in the coming weeks, to go even further in period, the area had 1.8 million small quakes that were your mastery of that art. To inspire you in your efforts, mostly too mild to be felt. The ground beneath the feet I’ll encourage you to at least temporarily adopt one or of the local people was shaking at the rate of once more of the nicknames in the following list: 1. Flux every three minutes. Metaphorically speaking, Luster 2. Fateful Fluctuator 3. Shift Virtuoso 4. Flow Capricorn, you’re now in a phase that resembles the Maestro 5. Alteration Adept 6. Change Arranger 7. mild shakes. There’s a lot of action going on beneath Mutability Savant 8. Transition Connoisseur the surface, although not much of it is obvious. I think LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “When one is a stranger to this is a good thing. The changes you’re shepherding oneself, then one is estranged from others, too,” are proceeding at a safe, gradual, well-integrated pace. wrote author Anne Morrow Lindbergh. “If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): No American woman was allowed to earn a medical degree and practice as a phyOnly when one is connected to one’s own core, is one connected to others.” In bringing these thoughts sician until Aquarian-born Elizabeth Blackwell did it in to your attention, Leo, I don’t mean to imply that you 1849. It was an almost impossible feat, since the all-male are out of touch with your deep self. Not at all. But in college she attended undermined her mercilessly. Once my view, all of us can benefit from getting into ever- she began her career a doctor, she constantly had to closer communion with our deep selves. In the com- outwit men who made it difficult for her. Nevertheless, ing weeks, you especially need to work on that—and she persisted. Eventually, she helped create a medical school for women in England and made it possible for are likely to have extra success in doing so. 476 women to practice medicine there. I propose that VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My cosmic tipsters told we make her your patron saint for now. May she inspire me that you will be even smarter than usual in the you to redouble your diligent pursuit of your big dream. coming weeks. As I scoured the heavenly maps, I Here’s your motto: “Nevertheless, I’m persisting.” detected signs that you have the potential to be a skilled code-cracker, riddle-decipherer, and solver of PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Henry David Thoreau wrote, “I fear my expression may not be extravagant knotty problems and tricky dilemmas. That’s why I enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow suggest you express gratitude to your beautiful brain, Virgo. Sing it sweet songs and tell it how much limit of my daily experience, so as to be adequate to the truth of which I have been convinced.” You’ll be wise to you love it and find out which foods you can eat to have a similar fear, Pisces. According to my analysis, you strengthen it even more. Now read Diane can generate good fortune for yourself by transcending Ackerman’s description of the brain: “that shiny mound of being, that mouse-gray parliament of cells, what you already know and think. Life is conspiring to nudge you and coax you into seeking experiences that that dream factory, that petit tyrant inside a ball of will expand your understanding of everything. Take bone, that huddle of neurons calling all the plays, advantage of this opportunity to blow your own mind! that little everywhere, that fickle pleasuredome.” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I vote in American elections, but I’ve never belonged to a political party. One of my favorite politicians is Bernie Sanders, who

Homework: Name five things you do to make yourself feel good. Then think of another thing to add to the list. FreeWillAstrology.com

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone © CO P Y R I G H T 2 0 2 0 R O B B R E Z S N Y at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. 22

OCTOB ER 21-27, 2020

•

SFREPORTER.COM

DR. JOANNA CORTI, DOM Powerful Medicine, Powerful Results. Homeopathy, Acupuncture. Micro-current (Acupuncture without needles.) Parasite, Liver/ cleanses. Nitric Oxide. Pain Relief. Transmedium Energy Healing. Worker’s Compensation and Auto Accidents Insurance accepted 505-501-0439

ANGELIC GUIDANCE

ASTROLOGY

PSYCHICS

Ayurvedic Astrology brings balance to mind, body and spirit. When all the 3 bodies are balanced then disease cannot take over. Some diseases are brought in by a past life occurrence and we look to heal that from the root of the issue. Book your appointments today. $108 for an hour consultation. 505 819 7220. 103 Saint Francis Dr.

LOVE. CAREER. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? Psychic/Tarot Readings and Spiritual Counseling. Evening appointments and phone readings now available. For more information call 505-982-8327 or visit www.alexofavalon.com

REFLEXOLOGY

CALL 988.5541 MASSAGE THERAPY

RAPHAEL WEISMAN Channel of Angelic Wisdom and Guidance HeartThread Sessions Emotion Code Release Shungite for EMF Protection and Healing Lifewave Stem Cell Activation Minister In Person (Santa Fe) or Telephonically Recording provided (575) 770-1228 www.RaphaelWeisman.com

SF REFLEXOLOGY, LLC Holistic wellness orientation, harmonizing from head to toe. SFReflexology.com Julie Glassmoyer, CR 505/414-8140 TANTRA MASSAGE & TEACHING Call Julianne Parkinson, 505-920-3083 Certified Tantra Educator, Professional Massage Therapist, & Life Coach LIC #2788

ARE YOU A THERAPIST OR HEALER? YOU BELONG HERE IN MIND BODY SPIRIT!

2020

WRITING CONTEST Entries now open!

Fiction theme: PIVOT

Nonfiction theme: NOT-SO-BRAVE NEW WORLD

Win $100 cash plus prizes from the Soap Refill Station

Entry details at

www.sfreporter.com/contest

SFR CLASSIFIEDS 2 Ways to Book Your Ad!

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE TO CREDITORS/ NAME CHANGE STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF DIANA CARLA MONTOYA Case No.: D-101-CV-2020-01838 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Diana Carla Montoya will apply to the Honorable Bryan Biedscheid, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:30 p.m. on the 29 day of October, 2020 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Diana Carla Montoya to Carla Montoya Montoya. KATHLEEN VIGIL, District Court Clerk By: Corrine Onate Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Diana Carla Montoya Petitioner, Pro Se STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE COUNTY NO. 2020-0166 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE LOUISE CARTER, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Melissa Adair has been appointed personal representative of the Estate of Katherine Louise Carter. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, located at the following address: P.O. Box 1985, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1985. Dated: October 6, 2020 /s/ John B. Hiatt, Attorney for the Personal Representative GRAESER & McQUEEN PO Box 220 Santa Fe, NM 87504-0220 505-660-8813

CALL 988.5541 TO PLACE YOUR AD TODAY!

SERVICE DIRECTORY

STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH A. CATANACH, DECEASED. NO. 2020-0097 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the estate of the decedent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice to creditors or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, located at the following address P O Box 1985 100 Catron Street Santa Fe, NM 87504 Dated October 6, 2020, Bonnie Catanach, Personal Representative, 3136 Jemez Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507. STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JANINE NOE, Deceased. No. D-117-PB-2020-00040 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four moths after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned Personal Representative in care of Karen Aubrey, Esq., Aubrey Law Firm, LLC, Post Office Box 8435, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-8435, or filed with the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County Judicial Complex, Post Office Box 2268, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2268. Dated: 9-08-2020 ARTHUR BRIAN NOE LAW OFFICE OF KAREN AUBREY By: Karen Aubrey P.O. Box 8435 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-8435 (505) 982-4287: facsimile (505)986-8349 ka@karenaubreylaw.com

CHIMNEY SWEEPING

Received an outrageous price to have work done on your chimney? Call Casey’s for an honest assessment and a fair price. Serving Santa Fe for 42 years! 505-989-5775

CONSTRUCTION & CONTRACTORS

Get your FREE custom quote to OWN a SOLAR ENERGY power system: - SAVE MONEY AND ENVIRONMENT - ADD INSTANT HOME EQUITY - $0 DOWN at 2.99% - U.S. MADE - HOMEOWNER WITH GOOD CREDIT? Call Eric (575) 779-7958; esalcido@ionsolar.com

CALL: 505.988.5541

EMAIL: Robyn@SFReporter.com

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS STRESS RELIEF FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES: If you are experiencing heightened stress or anxiety, meet with us on Zoom to learn simple mindfulness and relaxation techniques, participate in supportive conversation and listening, and explore emotions with artmaking. Facilitated by two Southwestern counseling students via Zoom through Tierra Nueva Counseling Center. Group will meet every Thursday evening, 6:00-7:30 pm, beginning October 22 and ending December 3. Call 505-471-8575 to register.

ADVERTISE AN EVENT, WORKSHOP OR LECTURE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY ANNOUCMENTS ROBYN@ SFREPORTER.COM

HANDYPERSON

Safety, Value, Professionalism. We have grown to become the largest, best trained, best equipped, top rated chimney service company in New Mexico. We sell, service, inspect, restore, and troubleshoot fireplaces, wood stoves and chimneys. Free check-up of your fire extinguishers, smoke and CO alarms, and dryer vents with every chimney cleaning. CSIA, NFI and CDET Certified. Worker comp coverage for all employees. GB-98 commercial and residential contractor license #392671. Baileyschimney.com. Call Bailey’s today 505-988-2771

— In Fond Memory of Those We Served —

JONATHAN THE HANDYMAN OF SANTA FE Carpentry · Home Maintenance · Windows & Doors · Portales · Painting: Interior & Exterior · Landscaping & Fencing · Tile Work · Stucco Repair Reasonable rates, Reliable. Discounts available to seniors, veterans, handicap. Texts welcome or call and leave a message at 670-8827 Call back within 6 hrs guaranteed. www.handymannm.com

FURNITURE

LAND FOR SALE

FURNITURE WANTED As you may know, the SF Reporter is moving in just a month. We are in search of Office Lobby Furniture and bookcases for our new headquarters! Please contact Anna at 505.395.2904

WELCOME TO LAMY, this 12.5 acre lot will provide spectacular sunrise and sunset views from this developed (utilities at the lot line) property. Bordered to the South by the Gallisteo Reserve and to the East by a conservation easement, assures unobstructed views of the Sangre de Cristos and the Ortiz Mountains. This is a fantastic opportunity to experience the landscape of a lifetime. There is easy access (approximately 8 miles to gas/shopping/ etc) to Eldorado. Less than 30 minutes to Santa Fe. If you have been looking for a spot to build your dream home in the southwest, look no further. Price $149,900. 18 Alyssa Court, Lamy MLS® #202004118. Mara Melton, Home & Land Professionals LLC. 505-699-0407

LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPES BY DENNIS Landscape Design, Xeriscapes, Drip Systems, Natural Ponds, Low Voltage Lighting & Maintenance. I create a custom lush garden w/ minimal use of precious H20. 505-699-2900

ART THE CHIMNEY SWEEP 17 years serving Northern New Mexico. Full service Chimney Sweep/Dryer Vents. We will beat any price! 505-982-9308

MARKETPLACE REAL ESTATE

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FRENCH OR SPANISH LESSONS for Beginners. Experienced tutor. Reasonable rates. In person wearing masks Call 629-3607; Leave message.

SPACE SAVING FURNITURE Murphy panel beds, home offices & closet combinations. 505-470-8902 or wallbedsbybergman.com

SFR CAN PROCESS ALL OF YOUR LEGAL NOTICES FOR THE MOST AFFORDABLE PRICES IN THE SANTA FE AREA. SFREPORTER.COM

•

OCTOBER 21-27, 2020

WE BUY DIAMONDS GOLD & SILVER

SOCIAL DISTANCING?

WE OFFER PICK-UP AND DELIVERY OF YOUR VEHICLE, OR FREE TOWING! MODERN AUTOWORKS 1900 B CHAMISA ST. 505-989-4242

GRADUATE GEMOLOGIST THINGS FINER Inside La Fonda Hotel 983-5552

IExperience LOVE TOReferences ORGANIZE “TRUMP IN A CAGE” Sue 231-6878

Diamonds and GOLD LET'S GO FLYING! Year Accident-Free WE BUY AND SELL 40+ Instructor

BASE PRICE: $25 (Includes 1 LARGE line & 2 lines of NORMAL text) CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEXT WITH THE FOLLOWING UPGRADES: COLOR: $12/Line (Choose RED ORANGE GREEN BLUE orVIOLET)

SILVER • COINS JEWELRY • GEMS TOP PRICES • CASH 3 GEMOLOGISTS ON STAFF

ADDITIONAL LINES: $10/Line | CENTERED TEXT: $5/AD BOLDED LINE:$10/Line | HIGHLIGHT $10

DEADLINE 12 NOON TUESDAY

ROBYN@SFREPORTER.COM 505-988-5541

Earthfire Gems 121 Galisteo • 982-8750

CHECK OUT WEIRDNEWS.INFO new online newspaper

Come join us for an Art Show in the plaza Sunday, 10/25 @ 12:30

TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP

Medical Card Consults Newagemedicalsf.com

Positive Psychotherapy Career Counseling SAM SHAFFER, PHD 982-7434 www.shafferphd.com

505-469-8581 calls returned within 24hrs

FURNITURE WANTED TENNIS LESSONS SFR is moving in a month. We

are in search of Office Lobby Furniture and bookcases for our new headquarters! Contact Anna at 505.395.2904

ADOPT ME, PLEASE!

TEXTILE REPAIR 505.629.7007 VOTE, DAMMIT!!!

w/ a pro who has 25 yrs. experience Adults & Kids 6 & over; After school lessons available. Racquets Included! call Coach Jim 505.795.0543

TEXAS BBQ!!!

then come get a movie Fri-Mon 12-6pm VIDEO LIBRARY 839 P de P 983-3321

3134 RUFINA ST UNCLEDT.COM

720-641-6742

TAKEOUT, DELIVERY? Let the community know about your takeout and delivery service here on the Sana Fe Reporter’s backpage! ROBYN@SFREPORTER.COM 505-988-5541

XCELLENT MACINTOSH SUPPORT 30+yrs professional, Apple and Network certified. xcellentmacsupport.com • Randy • 670-0585

ESPAÑOLA HUMANE 108 Hamm Parkway Española, NM 87532

505-753-8662

EspanolaHumane.org • petango.com/espanola OCTOBER IS ADOPT A SHELTER DOG MONTH, PITBULL AWARENESS MONTH, and

Meow Meow

we are also participating in the ADOPT A FOSTER DOG CAMPAIGN: Daisy Meow Meow fits all three criteria! Darlin’ is one heck of Daisy is deaf – she can’t hear a handsome a thing, but somehow, that kitty! This 6 just makes her more open to month tuxthe world and all that it has to offer. Her foster family edo boy would love to spend autumn reports that this 3 year old days chasing a catnip toy, or curled up 56 lb ray of sunshine loves in a window nook to watch the leaves all people of all sizes – AND fall, or engaged in a philosophical she loves other dogs! She has meow chat while you sip a piñon cofthe cutest speckly-spotted fee. Look into his golden apple eyes ears you ever did see, and this super social, active gal and you’ll know he’s the one! Apply is ready for furever: spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, on our website to adopt this neutered, UTD on vaccines and dewormer, and heartworm negative. vaccinated, and microchipped new purrfect best friend! Apply to adopt Daisy on our website! SPONSORED BY

Daisy

r po

t Lo

cal Jour

Origins

na li

Su p

MOOKIE AND THE ROADGANG

Open Every Day Only At @Traveler’s Market Daily

542 N Guadalupe

santa fe, nM 87501 505-989-7667 store open 11-5

sfreporter.com/friends Check out Dashing’s facebook page for daily specials - LIKE us on facebook and get more promos

Delivering Santa Fe’s favorite restaurants for over 16-years

Dashing Delivery

DECEM BER 18-31, 2019

•

SFREPORTER.COM

.com

Get the Dashing Delivery app:

Open 7-days: 4:30-9pm Lunch M-F: 12-1:30pm

505-983-3274