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NOVEMBER 15-21, 2017 | Volume 44, Issue 46

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7 DAYS, METROGLYPHS AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 PHIL YOU IN 9 Former Senator Phil Griego testifies in his own defense PASSING NOTES 11 A Santa Fe High School student remains charged with terrorism

29 HERE IS GOOD, AND I AM GOOD

COVER STORY 12 BOUNDARY BUSTERS Santa Fe’s many public schools range in quality, and of course, parents want their kids to attend the best ones—but how should administrators figure out who’s hopping zone boundaries, and how should they deal with it?

Students from one of Santa Fe Performing Arts’ youth troupes invade the hallowed halls of Meow Wolf with experimental/ experiential theater they wrote themselves. Yes, it will be weird.

THE ENTHUSIAST 17 A WINDOW OUT Beautiful natural rock formations are (kinda) right in our backyard, but it seems like no one knows about them

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

SARA WEST SANTA FE

SORRY, TOURISTS We just spent the month of October in Santa Fe and our Verizon phones were practically useless. As we traveled around the area we found ourselves with no service at all in many areas.

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CRISIS RESPONSE We lived in Pojoaque recently and were having issues with a group of adult predators stalking our 10 year old daughter [after] being told many times that their contact was unwelcomed. Once we made the resolve to call the police when the harassment escalated, the lack of service from Verizon made a dangerous situation even more dangerous.

After a couple home break-ins, threats and firearms being discharged outside our home, we finally decided it was best to abandon the residence when we began fearing for our lives, especially since we could not get police response there when it really mattered.

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In a nutshell, my cell service is horrible and I am not alone in this problem. I live off of Highway 14 in the Lone Butte area ... and cannot make a call from my house. I have a landline ... that frequently “goes down” for weeks on end. ... I usually “save” all my calls for when I go to town, but even then the service is ridiculously bad. … I feel totally helpless to do anything, as I continue to pay $150/month to Verizon for 4G service which is a joke. ...

I have recently talked to no less than 10 people that go on and on about how bad their cell service is (all with Verizon) and how it’s gotten worse. One person said that they were told (by Verizon) that it’s because there’s too many cell services tapping into the one (?) cell tower.

Whatever—that’s not our problem.

They’re happy to continue taking our money every month. …

It’s a cruel joke that I live in the state capital and can’t complete a call without the dreaded “beep” followed by the ... message “call dropped.” Enough already.

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no way except by chance to find out which carriers even have service here. Any carrier will claim they serve an area just to get your business, then not give a damn after you’ve signed the contract. It isn’t as if the local cell towers are labeled as to which ones belong to which carriers or if the transmitters are even working.

Verizon still claims to serve the area even though they clearly do not. It would be useful to have regulatory rules for reporting cell tower data by which the public could determine which towers are operational and to which carriers they belong. It would also be useful to have regulatory consumer protection so that a customer who signs a contract with a company which does not in fact provide service is not at the mercy of the lying “service” provider to try to escape the worthless service contract. ...

Cell companies boldly lie to potential customers regarding service areas and suffer no repercussions. Then, companies which used to serve an area cease service (labeling your house a “marginally served area”), so customers are stuck in a contract with a carrier which no longer provides service.

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DEAD PLAZA Verizon’s service all over Santa Fe has become atrocious. Dropped calls on Rodeo Road—I can’t make a phone call inside or outside my house without walking around for five minutes looking for a spot where I get two bars. There are even dead spots around the Plaza!

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7 DAYS NASA LOOKING FOR HELP NAMING NEW PLANET Here comes Planety McPlanetpants!

VIRGIN GALACTIC SAYS 2018 IS THE YEAR FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT Hopefully in time for important people to defect from the planet before nuclear annihilation.

JUDGE INDICTS SANTA FE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO SET POLICE OFFICERS ON FIRE Luckily, the cops had their Segway scooters, making a quick and energy-efficient escape possible.

STATE MVD DIRECTOR WILL DURAN RESIGNS They should make him wait four hours, interact with multiple surly state workers and thrust him into a baffling labyrinth paperof incompletable paper work in order to get his final paycheck.

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EXPERTS SAY A NEWLY FOUND BILLY THE KID PHOTO IS WORTH MILLIONS We have a bunch of old photos in the basement and we’re pretty sure they’ll save newspapers forever.

PHIL GRIEGO TAKES THE STAND IN REAL ESTATE CORRUPTION TRIAL “In my defense, your honor, I was pretty sure I wouldn’t get caught.”

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LETTERS NEWS, NOV. 1:

NEWS, NOV. 8:

“MAKING BABIES”

“SEISMIC SHIFT AT WAREHOUSE 21”

THERE IS HOPE Kudos to Aaron Cantú for bringing yet to light an aspect of racism and its insidious impact on African Americans—this time, our babies.

Study after study has documented how “racism-induced stress” is linked with the high infant mortality rates for black infants. ...

As an African American mother and grandmother, I am aware of the stress among us black mothers caused by racial discrimination, which is a major factor that shows up in job discrimination … however, if one would try to put themselves in the shoes of an African American female, where we experience all kinds of slights and indignities daily from treatment by sales persons, waitpersons in restaurants, co-workers, bosses, sexual innuendos from men of all races—most of all representatives from the criminal justice system … even disparities of treatment in the healthcare world by nurses, doctors and other health professionals because of our skin color. ...

Thanks also to the Infant Mortality Project Leader Sunshine Muse and Nandi Hill, New Mexico’s only black midwife. More work needs to be done—we need the funds to do it. … Lastly, to the dominant culture—as people of color need your respect and kindness on a daily basis. With this article and more conscious raising around racist treatment—I am hopeful.

WANDA ROSS PADILLA FORMER PRESIDENT SANTA FE NAACP

THE ENTHUSIAST, NOV. 1: “HUNTRESS”

MORONIC DELIGHT I think Rachel Carson, credited by many as the founder of the modern day environmental movement and author of the groundbreaking book Silent Spring, speaks for many of us regarding [this] article. She wrote, “We cannot have peace among men [or women] whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.”

JAMES CORCORAN SANTA FE

SHAPIN’ KIDS I hope that Warehouse 21 will remain working for the kids of Santa Fe. It’s a safe place for them and the people that work there care so deeply. I hope it will always remain a place for the local youth.

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Phil You In Ex-senator testifies in his own defense at public corruption trial

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hil Griego told a jury he didn’t do anything illegal as he brokered the sale of a state-owned building that would earn him a $50,000 commission.

That’s not to say there’s nothing he would change.

“I should have told the whole world,” Griego said to his attorney of his involvement in the deal and his decision to keep it quiet.

Griego’s testimony Tuesday, which appears to have been a last-minute decision, closely followed the narrative of the real estate deal that’s been advanced by his defense attorneys: Griego didn’t seek out the payday, and he didn’t hide his role in it. When he had the opportunity to apply political pressure to push the transaction along, he stepped aside. When news of the deal broke in SFR and other newspapers, he answered questions. When his Senate colleagues decided to reprimand him, he resigned.

“I never intended to lie, cheat or steal for anyone, and signing this document would bring all these innuendos and accusations to an end,” Griego said of the statement of facts he signed following the 2015 Senate ethics investigation. By the end of his testimony, Griego dabbed at his eyes as he haltingly read his letter of resignation.

If a Santa Fe jury believes that Griego misplayed an effort at keeping the lucrative transaction at arm’s length, it could keep the 69-year-old grandfather out of prison. He faces eight counts related to public corruption, including fraud, bribery and perjury. Guilty verdicts could mean 20 years or more in state custody.

Prosecutors find it unlikely that a veteran of 19 legislative sessions could make so many unintentional missteps as the resolution necessary to put the sale in motion made its way through the Roundhouse.

On cross examination, Assistant Attorney General Mark Andrew Probasco challenged Griego’s claim that he was only casually following the resolution he’d asked staffers to draft. Griego testified he hadn’t read the legislative report that misstated the need for the sale; that the state was paying more in maintenance than it was earning in rent. Both sides have spent time talking about the duty lawmakers have to correct information they know to be wrong.

Probasco reminded jurors that Griego spoke in favor of the bill in front of a Senate panel, and walked the ex-senator through his testimony while comparing it to the language in the report.

“Isn’t it true that the sentences you spoke in the Senate Rules Committee are the exact sentences from the fiscal impact report?” Probasco asked. Griego admitted they were similar, though he wouldn’t say they were exactly the same. The ex-senator told the court he got his information from the state agency that was selling the property.

The building in question is in an historic part of Santa Fe on East De Vargas Street, right next to the swanky Inn of the Five Graces, owned by the Seret family. It had been used to house parts of the State Parks Division, but the Serets signed a 25-year lease on the property in September 2012. Within a year, the family had heard through idle chatter at a government office that the state wanted to sell.

Ira Seret, the colorful patriarch of the family that owns both the inn and a downtown antique store, testified that the family was pleased with its lease, which gave them the ability to spruce up the aging property and add both storage and a workout room to the hotel. It was also long enough to make that $250,000 in-

Phil Griego dabs his eyes near the end of his testimony. The case is likely to land in the hands of the jury on Wednesday.

vestment worthwhile. The Serets had also agreed to pay maintenance costs on the building.

Seret, like his son Sharif did a few days earlier in testimony, told the jury the family wasn’t especially interested in buying the property, but he worried that if he let someone else snap it up, he’d lose the lease to his new landlord. Through lease or through ownership, Seret told

I probably should have abstained [from the vote.] If I had done that I probably wouldn’t be sitting here today.

-Phil Griego, former senator

the court he was on the hook for much of the improvement and maintenance to the property, something that turned out to be quite a project.

“I can’t believe that people were inside that building,” Seret told the jury Monday.

Griego’s attorneys have sought to portray the urgency behind the deal as being driven not by the ex-senator, but by the state agency that feared it would get stuck with the aging property. When the deal was in its infancy in September 2013, Griego met with former Energy, Minerals

and Natural Resources Department Deputy Secretary Brett Woods.

“He didn’t go into great detail about the building. He just said it was a money pit,” Griego told the court.

The penultimate day of the 2014 legislative session was typically hectic on the Senate floor, as House members and senators lobbied the Senate majority floor leader to move their bills up the agenda for a vote, lest they run out of time in the filibustering that often takes place on the session’s last day.

Griego said he himself told Senate Majority Floor Leader Michael Sanchez twice that the resolution authorizing the sale was on the agenda. It was eventually moved up to a higher spot and brought to a vote.

Despite pushing Sanchez to give the measure a vote, Griego didn’t handle it on the floor. Later, however, as he tried to explain how he kept a safe distance from the legislation, the ex-senator told the court that the floor leader was “a show all unto himself. And no one, not even the governor, can apply political pressure to the floor leader.”

Though the official record still says Griego voted on the measure, video from that day shows him “taking a walk,” a politically expedient maneuver lawmakers sometimes use to avoid voting yes or no on legislation.

“My reason was to avoid an appearance of impropriety,” Griego told the court. “I probably should have abstained. If I had done that I probably wouldn’t be sitting here today.”

Griego is the final witness in the trial, which is likely to go to the jury on Wednesday afternoon.

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Police say they avoided a potential tragedy, but charges have been dismissed against two of three suspects, and public documents don’t show the teens had access to weapons.

Passing Notes One teenager accused of school shooting plot remains charged under obscure anti-terrorism law

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he Santa Fe District Attorney is using a little-known state anti-terrorism law originally passed to thwart armed militia and white supremacist groups to prosecute a student from Santa Fe High School.

Aaron Encinias is the last remaining defendant in a case where prosecutors say two handwritten notes are evidence of a plan to kill people at the school.

The Santa Fe Police Department issued a press release Nov. 9 to some local media declaring that police, Santa Fe Public Schools and others helped “avoid a potential tragedy” at Santa Fe High and that three students had been arrested.

But police officials refused to talk about whether they had any other evidence apart from the notes suggesting that a tragedy was imminent.

SFPD spokesman Greg Gurulé says the cases were the first in which police in the jurisdiction charged suspects with terrorism. On Tuesday, a state district judge in Santa Fe tossed out charges against two of the three students initially charged in the plot, but ordered Encinias remain jailed while his case proceeds.

At their court appearance, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed without prejudice charges against Julian Carter and Santiago Trujillo, who police claimed knew about the pair of notes containing vague outlines for a shooting plan.

Val Whitley, Carter’s lawyer, tells SFR that the thin evidence against his client makes it unlikely that the state will refile charges in the future.

“Both [Trujillo and Carter] will probably have trouble in school,” he says. “But there was nothing found in this case, just a note.”

Encinias, meanwhile, was ordered to remain in juvenile custody after Deputy

NEWS District Attorney Jason Lidyard showed Sommer the notes, which he claimed contained a “planning scheme to enter the school armed and conduct a school shooting.” He also argued Encinias was a danger to himself and others.

“The state believes detention is necessary for the time being, and [we’re] asking for a mental health evaluation to be conducted to see what we’re dealing with here,” Lidyard told Sommer.

A bailiff handcuffed Encinias at the hearing, but quickly removed the shackles after the teen’s lawyer, Mark Dickson, reminded the judge of rules prohibiting children from being shackled in court.

Encinias was born in 2003; Trujillo and Carter in 2002.

Encinias is being held at the Santa Fe County Juvenile Detention facility and will appear before a judge again on Wednesday Nov. 29. Lidyard said the state plans to present an amended petition at that hearing that may contain new charges.

Charging documents for the three teenagers indicate the primary evidence in the case is two letters, at least one of which was signed by Encinias, as well as Encinias’ confession to police.

According to police records, the first letter they reviewed was discovered by a group of students on school grounds on Nov. 7, but it bore the date “10/28/17.” It contained the names of several students and teachers marked for death and a small diagram of the school’s courtyard.

Separately, police also say they obtained a second note by a confidential informant on Nov. 9. The informant found the note, which allegedly outlined a “school shooting plan,” in the parking lot of the San Isidro apartment complex on San Ignacio Road. Neither of the notes have been released to the public.

Encinias remains charged with one count of engaging in terrorist activity, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of interference with public officials. The

Antiterrorism Act under which Encinias is charged was signed into law in 1990. A search by the Supreme Court Law Library yielded no record of it being cited in any criminal case in New Mexico since then.

In her autobiography about her time as a state representative, A Woman in Both Houses, Pauline Eisenstadt writes that she was motivated to introduce the legislation based on a presentation by the Anti-Defamation League about the growing presence of “small paramilitary and antigovernment groups, such as skinheads and Aryan Nations” in the mountains and valleys of New Mexico and other states.

Under the act, it is a crime for anybody to train, practice, or receive instruction in the use of firearms and destructive devices in furtherance of a “civil disorder.”

Penalties include up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Besides the notes, no evidence has been presented by prosecutors to show that Encinias had access to weapons or made any other preparations to attack the school.

To Peter Langman, a psychologist who runs a website containing scholarly research on school shootings, a note listing the names of people to kill could be evidence that Encinias crossed the threshold from fantasy into actual planning. But he says terrorism charges in such a case are unheard of.

“My impression is it’s usually not a terrorism charge. It might be attempted murder or some other serious charge, but not one that has anything to do with terrorism,” he tells SFR. Langman suggests that the severity of the charges may be a local reaction to the spate of recent high profile mass shootings across the country, including one in Las Vegas and another in a Texas church where dozens of people were slaughtered.

District Attorney Marco Serna did not return multiple requests for comment.

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Santa Fe Public Schools’ unclear enforcement of zoning boundaries leaves the door open for discrimination and abuse

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osangela Rogers knows she can come off strong when it comes to her children.

“I’m like a mama bear,” she tells SFR with a laugh, raising her hands like claws, ready to attack.

Inside her home a few days before Halloween, her three children—a boy in sixth grade, and twin girls in third—watch a cartoon together. She’s at the kitchen table, sorting through piles of photocopied legal documents, affidavits and emailed correspondence between Santa Fe Public School employees that she obtained through public information requests. They point to events that unfolded over the last school year at Wood Gormley Elementary School, located in the wealthy South Capitol neighborhood and one of the best schools in the district, according to state public education academic rankings.

It began when Rogers’ daughters, one of whom lives with a learning disability, were singled out by a second-grade teacher on suspicion that their family did not truly live at the address they listed when the twins enrolled at Wood Gormley. The school’s then-principal, Douglas Moser, directed faculty via email at the beginning of the last school year to compile lists of students they suspected to be in violation of school zoning rules. Teachers were instructed to report students who might not live within the school’s designated boundaries or otherwise have permission to attend the school through the district’s competitive interzone transfer process.

The experiences of Rogers and her daughters offers a glimpse into Santa Fe Public Schools’ sparse guidance for how administrators should identify students who are attending schools outside their officially zoned boundaries.

The district superintendent and several school board members tell SFR they’re surprised by correspondence between elementary school officials showing what appears to be an effort to target certain students: undocumented children at one school and one family at another. The practice, which one official says traces back to the previous superintendent, has the potential to limit some students’ access to a chance at a better education.

Rogers, whose disputes with staff and parents associated with Wood Gormley had previously been reported in the Santa Fe New Mexican, contacted SFR in August to tell her story. Separately, SFR requested

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Children who live outside Wood Gormley’s boundaries but want to attend the high-performing elementary school face a competitive interzone transfer process. But as a recent graduate student’s research shows, even students who have been allowed to transfer into the school come from census tracts with similar levels of wealth.

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email correspondence from the district as part of our overall investigation into the transfer system and how the district patrols families who misrepresent their address to enroll in top schools. Those public records included Moser’s email to Wood Gormley faculty, which validated Rogers’ claim that the school took a special interest in removing her daughters.

Current school officials say previous leadership appears not to have kept track of how many students were asked to leave due to falsifying their home addresses, but the school’s reputation for protecting its boundaries is known among advocates. In September, Wood Gormley was named a Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education, a coveted accolade given to schools whose standardized test scores show high academic achievement or progress among students.

Through a district spokesman, the school’s current principal, Laura Jeffery, says she did not instruct faculty to compile similar lists this year, and maintains that school officials have not visited homes this year to verify addresses.

But for Rogers, whose son still attends Wood Gormley, difficulties stemming from last year persist. Nobody from the district will speak with her except a designated representative—not even her childrens’ teachers. It’s left her feeling isolated and like a criminal.

Across the country, some school districts are pursuing and even punishing “boundary-hoppers,” or families who lie about their home addresses in order to send their kids to better schools.

In at least seven states, parents have been prosecuted for boundary-hopping.

While the force of law could theoretically be used to extricate students from a school in New Mexico, SFPS officials who spoke to SFR could not recall a time when police were called to compel removal.

Parents often boundary-hop as a way to enroll their children in more academically enriching schools. In much of the United States, schools are financed largely through local property taxes, meaning schools in low-income neighborhoods tend to be less well-resourced.

By contrast, only 16.6 percent of funding for school districts across New Mexico comes from property taxes; 70 percent of public schools’ operating funding comes from the state. (The rest is federal funding.) But research shows that similar inequalities between neighborhood schools exist in Santa Fe just as they do as elsewhere.

The three schools that scored an “A” on state rankings at least twice in the last three years—Carlos Gilbert, Acequia Madre and Wood Gormley, all elementary schools—serve neighborhoods located in some of the wealthiest census tracts in the city. Wood Gormley’s zone overlaps four different tracts that have a combined median income of $63,500, according to government maps of 2013 data.

Even though SFPS has a policy of open enrollment that should in theory lead to greater school choice for families regardless of income, a 2016 academic report

by April Bo Wang—a Harvard School of Education doctoral candidate who conducted her professional residency in Santa Fe—found that the registration process “does not necessarily translate to de facto school choice.” On the whole, poor kids in Santa Fe attend underperforming schools while wealthy kids stay at high-achieving schools.

The district reports the number of students who requested to transfer dropped from 2,091 last school year to 1,367 this year. Only half the students’ requests were granted this year.

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BOUNDARY BUSTERS year, she’s eased requirements for registration so that parents and guardians only need to present one document as proof of residency, such as a utility bill, lease agreement or mortgage agreement, though she says some “very crowded schools” can ask parents to present two proofs of residence.

SFPS board member Steve Carrillo says that the district embarked on a “concerted and aggressive effort” to enforce boundary rules at the start of former superintendent Joel Boyd’s tenure in 2012.

That effort, he says, targeted families “suspected … to have committed fraud to get kids into schools,” and the district “stepped up home visits and mechanisms by which we would identify families and then let them know their options for their home schools where they’re zoned for.”

One focus of that campaign, Carrillo says, were the parents of students who had political contacts that they leveraged to get students enrolled in top schools.

SFPS does not keep a record of students who have violated boundary rules, so it is difficult to know the overall demographic profile of students found to be in violation of boundary rules. But in at least one school during the 2015-2016 school year, an administrator was concerned specifically that undocumented students were misrepresenting their home addresses to attend the school.

Emailed correspondence obtained by SFR shows that El Camino Real Academy Assistant Principal Kristy Dillingham told former Wood Gormley Principal Linda Besett in August 2015 that she had “a strong suspicion that many families are using friends and families [sic] addresses to get into [El Camino Real].”

“I am very concerned and nervous, especially with so many undocumented families at our school,” Dillingham wrote to Besett, who advised her colleague on the most effective times to conduct home visits—something Besett learned

over her eight years as principal at Wood Gormley.

El Camino was overcrowded at the beginning of that school year, and its staff sent letters home to families advising them that it would conduct random home visits “in order to validate and update registration information or to assess the validity of an attendance zone residence.”

The letter was based on a template that administrators at Wood Gormley and Amy Biehl Community School in Rancho Viejo had sent home to parents.

It indicated that El Camino would rely on “the force of law” so that families would “not develop the misconception that [boundary-hopping was] discretionary/flexible if they game the system.”

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writes to SFR in an email that she and the school’s principal did not conduct any home visits that school year because they “were not comfortable with the process for home visiting due to the families we served.”

An SFPS spokesman tells SFR that that no law enforcement action has been considered during the current superintendent’s tenure, but couldn’t provide an answer about similar past activity.

Kristin Greer Love, a staff attorney with ACLU of New Mexico, said it would be difficult to prove whether zoning enforcement broadly violated students’ civil rights.

“If it turns out that SFPS is enforcing residency requirements for students of color, but not white students, we would definitely be interested in investigation,”

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it youth writing organization in Boston, found that during the 2015-2016 school year only 65 percent of Wood Gormley students lived in the school’s official neighborhoods—among the lowest percentage of any school in the district. And even though the school is already zoned to serve a high-income area, students who transferred into the school from other zones were also from relatively wealthy areas.

“The number of low-income students at those schools is lower, and the number of [English language learner] students is lower, and the number of low-income and ELL students among transfers to Wood Gormley was lower than you would expect,” Wang told SFR in April.

The results of her study led Wang to conclude that the students who wound up transferring out of low-performing schools in the district tended to be native English speakers and identify as either white or non-recent immigrant Hispanic. They were also more likely to hail from higher-income families, leading to a concentration of privileged students at high-achieving schools.

Through 50 interviews with students, teachers and principals, Wang also found that a “significant negative bias” exists in SFPS toward recent immigrants. Although there is no official record of how many immigrants attend local schools, they are more likely to be ELL and lower-income, proxy measures that Wang used in her study. Those students were the least represented at high-ranking elementary schools like Wood Gormley, Acequia Madre and Atalaya.

Structurally, strict requirements for documents to prove a student’s home address were biased against families whose housing situation was fluid and who did not have easy access to internet and telephonic communications, Wang found.

However, school superintendent Dr. Veronica Garcia tells SFR that since she took the helm of the district last school

SFPS embarked on an aggressive effort to enforce boundary rules during the tenure of former Superintendent Joel Boyd (pictured), according to school board member Steve Carrillo.

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Superintendent Veronica Garcia, left, and school board vice president Maureen Cashmon, third from left, both say documents unearthed by SFR raise questions about fairness in boundary enforcement in the district.

wrote Love, who happens to also be a former Wood Gormley parent. “We would need to show a pattern where students of color or undocumented students were unfairly targeted. That would be difficult to do without hearing about the experience of specific students.”

Besides the Wang study and other anecdotal observations, no other evidence so far shows of a pattern of discrimination. But Israel Francisco Haros Lopez, the liaison for homeless high school students through the Adelante program in Santa Fe, which provides assistance for precariously housed students, says that prejudice exists in the schools.

“Just because we have that [sanctuary] status, we want to pretend that certain things don’t happen here; we’re still in the same realities,” says Lopez.

Rogers’ children are not undocumented, and her family is solidly middle-class.

But the trajectory of her family’s experience at Wood Gormley can be traced in a unique way to former principal Moser’s directive that teachers “compile and email a grade level list of students whom [they] suspect to be in violation of zone rules.”

Moser sent the email on Aug. 24, 2016, a week after students’ first day of school.

The Rogers home is not in the Wood Gormley area, but because her older son had been able to transfer into the school several years ago, she believed that her daughters would be enrolled also. The family’s neighborhood school received an “F” ranking from the state last year, but SFPS only gives transfer priority to students who have both a sibling enrolled at the desired school and whose zoned schools received an F twice within the last four years.

After officials denied Rogers’ request for her daughters to be transferred into Wood Gormley before the start of the last school year, she rented a small property within the school’s boundaries that they did not live in, then enrolled the girls using documents listing that address.

School officials discovered this during a home visit last October, but Rogers says she already felt singled out at the start of the school year by her daughter’s second-grade teacher, Chantal Tynes.

“The first day of school, this teacher kind of started making faces at me and telling me this is not going to work out,” Rogers claims. “This teacher was not really wanting my child.”

Public documents bear out the narrative that the school took a keen interest in her daughters.

“Just a reminder,” Tynes wrote to Moser on Sept. 27. “Is there word from the district regarding the Rogers twins? Have they been allowed an interzone transfer?

Are they staying at Wood Gormley for the remainder of the year?”

Moser replied that he had made another inquiry and was awaiting a response.

SFR’s attempts to contact both Moser and Tynes were unsuccessful. Neither is employed by the district this year.

Meanwhile, faculty and administrators were treating Rogers with increasing hostility, the emails show.

On Sept. 7, the school’s case manager, Jolene Vasquez, sent an email to administrative assistant LeeAnn Archuleta warning that Rogers was disrupting instruction in a classroom. In fact, as Vasquez admitted in a later email, the visit by Rogers had been pre-scheduled.

The next day, Vasquez emailed Moser, asking if the school could give Rogers a copy of a special education textbook in order to tutor her daughter at home.

Moser’s reply three days later was blunt: “No[.]” And later that month, emails show that a different teacher abruptly disinvited Rogers’ daughters from a tutoring program.

Perhaps we need to clarify with our principals to make sure it’s a fair criteria that is being set for everyone, [and] it’s not just based on a suspicion.

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Over the course of the next few months, the emails show degrading relations between Rogers and school officials.

Eventually, Wood Gormley Parent Teacher Club President Amy Fairchild filed a restraining order against Rogers, which was granted on April 3.

Around that time, Rogers, who is from Brazil, also reported an anonymous threat she received through the mail that read, in part: “Get your brood of deformed children out of our schools. Go back to your country of oversexed Brazillian perverts. People are watching you.”

Santa Fe police have not filed charges against any suspects in that incident.

Today, Rogers’ two daughters attend a different high-achieving school. She says that even though the restraining order was only a personal one between herself and Fairchild, the school has also kept her at arm’s length, filtering its contact with her through a representative.

“The way the district is acting toward me, it’s as if they have the restraining order toward me,” she says, noting that the court only imposed an order between her and Fairchild. “They have taken the law into their own hands, by telling me you cannot come to this school, you have to be escorted by the principal.”

Rogers insists that she’s been on the receiving end of a conspiracy by SFPS employees and other parents to malign her character. Regardless of the veracity of those claims, Principal Moser’s directive that teachers compile lists of students they suspect to be attending schools improperly has exposed the need for more guidance when it comes to regulating boundary-hoppers, says Superintendent Garcia.

“We have not sent a directive [to principals] to compile lists; what they should be doing is to be vigilant that when students register, they provide the appropriate proof of residency,” she tells SFR. “But the fact that you’re bringing this to my attention makes it clear that perhaps we need to clarify with our principals to make sure it’s a fair criteria that is being set for everyone, [and] it’s not just based on a suspicion.”

After reviewing several emails SFR obtained through a records request, SFPS Board Vice President Maureen Cashmon wrote to SFR that she was “concerned with some of the information.”

“Please rest assured we strive to have an open enrollment policy that meets the needs of our community,” Cashmon writes in an email. “It is important that this process is transparent and equitable.”

Board members Linda Trujillo and Lorraine Price, as well as Kate Noble, who has also launched a campaign for mayor, also did not respond to requests for comment.

For Rogers, the damage is already done. She believes her children are traumatized by the very public and painful events that took place over the last school year. Her daughters did not make educational progress last year based on their PARCC scores, something for which Rogers blames the hostility at Wood Gormley and the school district.

“I feel very stressed out,” she says.

“And I believe a lot of parents in this community feel the same way.”

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A Window Out Group hike brings attention to a lesser-known and little-loved corner of the Santa Fe National Forest

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rom Highway 84, it doesn’t look like much of a trailhead. Just a yellow cattle guard and, a little farther up the dirt road it crosses, a gate marking the start of the hike to Window Rock, one of the largest rock arches in the area. Hike all the way up to that massive gap in the dark, igneous rock, and it frames a view of the Sangre de Cristos.

“I grew up here and have been all over the world, but had just gone to Moab and Arches [National Park] and came back and then hiked to Window Rock soon after that—and I remember, it’s that same kind of feeling,” says Tana Beverwyk-Abouda, a lifelong Española resident. “It’s amazing and it’s right there, and we don’t take advantage of it. We drive to Utah.”

She first hiked to the formation four years ago with Jennifer Sublett, Santa Fe National Forest Española District’s volunteer coordinator. The two were teaming up. Beverwyk-Abouda was looking for opportunities to offer an employee health initiative as the then-community health director for El Centro Family Health Clinics in Española, and Sublett was searching out lesser-known trails in need of some love. An inventory of trailheads in January 2013 had revealed some basic problems.

“They aren’t marked, so you don’t even know there are trailheads leading way out into this beautiful area,” Sublett recounts.

“And we also noticed there was ton of trash at every trailhead.”

The trail to Window Rock runs up an arroyo for much of its four miles, and for decades, it was used as an impromptu dump. Sublett and Beverwyk-Abouda organized volunteers and hauled out thousands of pounds of garbage, including couches, televisions, broken plates, toothbrushes, a restaurant booth, a hairdryer, an ironing board and a blow-up doll.

Biannual hikes up the trail started as part of El Centro’s employee health programming and a service-learning project for local middle- and high-schoolers and other willing volunteers. The years have seen school board members, police officers, and representatives for Senators Martin Heinrich and Mark Udall’s offices come along on the hike. Archaeologists, biologists and geologists have joined to point out geologic features and teach hikers how to spot potsherds and how to identify historic trash—anything that dates to before 1967—that should be left in place.

“We just want to create some awareness—that’s why we keep this biannual hike going, just to introduce people to this

The Window Rock formation is a natural arch that rivals those in Utah.

area,” Sublett says. “We don’t have the trailhead signs up yet so they just don’t know about it.”

This fall’s hike starts at 11 am Saturday Nov. 18, and includes plans for hikers to pick up trash and install some signs.

“What we’re trying to do with the hike is create a community space that’s safe and supportive and local for people to not be afraid to do what they have to do to be healthy,” Beverwyk-Abouda says.

Hiking with an organized outing, she adds, assuages fears about exploring a new area that might dissuade hikers. The gate suggests to some that it’s private property now, but the Forest Service installed it just to stop the illegal dumping.

Some attendees aren’t sure they’ll make the full hike, having never before walked the round trip distance of 8 miles in sand.

That kind of trail surface means that even though it’s flat, it isn’t easy, and the last few hundred yards to the arch are very steep. The view of it from the arroyo, however, is still impressive.

On a larger scale, the hike is aimed to shift perceptions about the resources right in the backyard.

“Lots of the families around here go into the mountains and hike, but to think about hiking right there in our backyard was a little foreign,” Beverwyk-Abouda says. “There’s a need to do programming that reminds us of the beautiful place that we live in and to see it not just from a car.”

Sublett says it’s catching on—she’s seen footprints in the sand. Bird watchers and even cyclists on fat bikes have also passed through.

“If you get a chance to go out there, you’ll be amazed,” Sublett says. “It’s my favorite place to be in the fall, winter and spring.”

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EVENT WED/15 GIVE A LITTLE BIT It’s that time of the year when some of you just start thinking only of your damn selves, but we’re begging—begging—everyone to think about how it’s tough for so many New Mexicans in need. At the Boxcar Gives Back food drive, simply bring nonperishable foods to donate (and no, we don’t mean pumpkin pie mix or condensed milk—this isn’t an excuse to declutter your pantry), and not only will you pick up that smug satisfaction of having done something good for your fellow humans, you’ll get those sweet, sweet hip-hop, electronica and house tunes from DJ Saggaliffik. Win-win, suckers. (ADV) Boxcar Gives Back: 10 pm Wednesday Nov. 15.

Free. Boxcar, 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222.

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EVENT THU/16-SUN/18 ANIMAL-FREE We’ve finally hit a time when circuses that enslave animals are seen in a negative light, or even outlawed—but Cirque Italia has never really been about that anyway. The traveling troupe is more about comfortable seating, mermaids, dinosaurs, some sort of laser man and the incredible abilities of its international acrobats, dancers and athletes. This particular event hails itself as a “water circus,” which is a fancy way of saying there’s a 35,000-gallon water stage— and that’s just good clean fun that one can feel OK about and a great gathering for your family.

(ADV) Cirque Italia: 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday Nov. 16-18; also 1:30 and 4:30 pm Saturday and Sunday Nov. 18 and 19. $10-$50. Rodeo de Santa Fe, 3237 Rodeo Road, 941-704-8572.

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ART OPENING FRI/17 VESSELS We’ve got one word for you: Cups. Yeah, cups.

We all need ’em, we all have our favorites (mine is this big fat ceramic one that holds so much coffee), and we can always use more. Enter Santa Fe Clay’s Bottoms Up!, a show based on the wide world of cups. More than 150 artists from across the globe were invited to submit two cups each to the show, and things are bound to get weird (and beautiful). “The cup is one of the pivotal breakthroughs for civilized society and has remained an integral part of the lives of every human alive on this planet,” curator Jonny Leather tells us. “Cups are the most useful works of art I’ve ever owned.” (ADV) Bottoms Up! A Celebration of Cups: 5 pm Friday Nov. 17. Free. Santa Fe Clay, 545 Camino de la Familia, 984-1122.

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Go West Fall in love with Yul Brynner’s big ol’ head All anyone could talk about this time last year was the HBO series Westworld (which we loved, by the way), but many an annoying nerd just had to point out that it was actually the second time the Michael Crichton story had been filmed.

All hail 1973’s Westworld, a brilliantly cheesy Yul Brynner/James Brolin-led film about the dangers of technology, especially when played out against humankind’s darkest urges. In the film, Brynner is this totally bonkers android that unshackles itself from its programming to start killing fools in a (sorta-kinda) futuristic theme park. And though it may not share the complexities of the HBO version (nor does it feature local icon Tait Fletcher’s scene as a suicidal robot), it does check all the boxes one wants in such a film: Goofy? Check. Brynner’s bald head glinting in the sun? Check. Laughably dated ideas of future tech that make most modern-day people wince gleefully? Check.

Still, as a precursor to Jurassic Park and one of Brynner’s final films, it’s a culturally significant entry in American cinematic sci-fi history. “This was the very first Hollywood picture to use what we now call CGI,” producer Paul Lazarus tells SFR. “With a mind like

Crichton had, you trusted him.”

Lazarus, who has produced, directed or written more television and film than even seems possible, calls Santa Fe home these days—but back then, he and Crichton were idealistic Hollywood newbies who placed vision above all else. “This was his first feature film, and he said he wasn’t going to let [MGM executive] James Aubrey recut the picture.” Now, keep in mind that almost everyone gets cut in Hollywood (except for maybe Stanley Kubrick at that time), Lazarus continues; but Crichton insisted, saying, “No, I have a way to do it.” So the young filmmakers, precious about authority over the work, gave Aubrey just enough footage to cut him off at the pass. Lazarus says, “We were told we’d never work in Hollywood again.”

Of course, they did. And Lazarus, who appears for a Q&A before this week’s Westworld screening, will surely tell you more about that, plus other tales. (Alex De Vore)

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THE CALENDAR THU/16 BOOKS/LECTURES

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COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS AND CUSTOM HOME BUILDERS AIA Santa Fe 444 Galisteo St., 5776545 Partnerships with design-driven builders can help architects reach a broader client market.

5 pm, free KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: ENTHUSIASM: ENERGY & INNER STRENGTH Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Tibetan Buddhist teacher Wangdak travels to Santa Fe for a week of teachings.

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DANCE EMIARTE FLAMENCO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Dance from one of Santa Fe's finest performers.

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WED/15 BOOKS/LECTURES COLUMBINES: A RECENT AND SUCCESSFUL IMMIGRATION STORY Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, 467-9025 Scott Canning, horticulture and special projects director at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, presents a talk about the delicate-looking (but actually hardy) mountain flower.

6:30 pm, free

CIRQUE ITALIA Rodeo de Santa Fe 3237 Rodeo Road, 941-704-8572 A creative mix of entertainment and technology combines acrobatics, dance, contortion, and high-performance BMX and roller-skating (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7:30 pm, $10-$50 LAND COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES’ FORUM Turquoise Trail Charter School 13 San Marcos Loop, 986-4000 Hear from all three declared Democratic candidates for state land commissioner.

6 pm, free UNEARTHED: THE REAL STORY OF OIL AND GAS IN NEW MEXICO Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 A productive and depoliticized conversation about climate change and energy production in New Mexico.

7 pm, $10

As one of 10 artists of The Dark Nights of Winter, opening at Iconik Coffee Roasters on Friday, Britta Albrecht’s pensive watercolor landsapes juxtapose with other interpretations of the winter solstice. Also: We basically trust curator Niomi Fawn with our lives.

CONVERSATIONS AT HAND: NINA DALE ROSENBERG AND DAVID KRAKAUER Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 87505, 982-1338 Artistic invention and innovation are the topics when Rosenberg, program director at Los Angeles National Laboratories, and Krakauer, director of the Santa Fe Institute, get to chattin’.

6 pm, $5 DHARMA TALK BY FRANK OSTASESKI Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 "Everyday Bodhisattvas" is presented by Ostaseski, a pioneer in contemplative end of life care and co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project.

5:30 pm, free LAS GOLONDRINAS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT El Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Las Golondrinas has always been a cultural hub. In the park's Paloheimo Education Center, get a load of the information gathered as part of the organization's study of its history.

5:30 pm, free

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EMIARTE FLAMENCO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Fancy footwork from one of Santa Fe’s finest dancers.

7:30 pm, free

BILL FORREST Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free BOXCAR GIVES BACK FOOD DRIVE WTH DJ SAGGALIFFIK Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Bring nonperishable items and get your drink on (see SFR Picks, page 19).

10 pm, free CALVIN HAZEN El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Flamenco and classical Spanish guitar.

7 pm, free CODY JOE HODGES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Alternately raspy and smooth country tunes that bridge generational divides.

8 pm, free CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Enjoy Salvant’s wide vocal range, impressive control and smart interpretation of the ever-evolving genre of jazz.

7:30 pm, $29-$110

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time.

8 pm, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Happy hour and board games!

What's not to like?

6 pm, free

FILM BOW WOW FILM FESTIVAL Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., 216-5678 A 90-minute traveling film festival celebrates all things dog through the art of short film.

It’s a fun collection of films, including the Santa Fe Animal Shelter's viral hit “The Dog Bachelor.” Ticket sales benefit animal welfare organizations.

7 pm, $20

FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT: SAMHAIN CONCERT Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 From the husband-and-wife duo, music, poetry and stories for the Celtic New Year.

7:30 pm, $7-$15 MICHAEL UMPHREY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

6 pm, free RAMON BERMUDEZ TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Latin and smooth jazz guitar.

6 pm, free SANTA FE CROONERS Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 All the best swinging hits.

6:30 pm, free

MUSIC BILL FORREST Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards.

6:30 pm, free CACTUS SLIM AND THE GOATHEADS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Bluesy soulful rock. And significant beards.

7 pm, free EAMON FOGARTY Zephyr Community Art Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 Experimental, psychedelic rocky folk from New York City.

8 pm, $5-$10

THEATER OUR FAVORITE DISASTER Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Student actors delve into an original site-specific piece at Meow Wolf. Audience members travel through the space with the performers in this truly one-of-a-kind performance piece (see Acting Out, page 29).

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7:30 pm, $7-$15 HALF BROKE HORSES Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Country and Americana.

7 pm, free I.CONSCIOUS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Reggae from Zuni Pueblo. Get irie every Thursday, folks.

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

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6 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Live solo jazz guitar.

6 pm, free RIO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Brazilian bossa, samba and jazz.

7 pm, free TINA COLLINS DUO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Indie Appalachian Americana story songs as old as the hills.

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7:30 pm, $20-$30

THEATER OUR FAVORITE DISASTER Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 A truly one-of-a-kind performance piece (see Acting Out, page 29).

7 pm, $8

FRI/17 ART OPENINGS BOTTOMS UP! A CELEBRATION OF CUPS Santa Fe Clay 545 Camino de la Familia, 984-1122 Honor the humble drinking vessel with a special exhibition curated with an eye toward gift-giving (see SFR Picks, page 19).

5 pm, free GRADUATING SENIORS EXHIBITION Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2351 Head to IAIA's Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery for a glimpse at folks who will probably be the next big names in contemporary art.

Including mediums ranging from digital arts to jewelry to sculpture.

6 pm, free

GUNS TO ART form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., 982-8111 Faculty and students at Santa Fe Community College have turned firearms into stunning artworks. Tonight features a silent auction, too.

5 pm, free IGOR MELNIKOV: THE HUMAN VESSEL Turner Carroll Gallery 725 Canyon Road, 986-9800 In images taken from his dreams, Russian painter Melnikov presents the human vessel in the form of the nearly expressionless child.

5 pm, free RENDEZVOUS WITH LIGHT photo-eye Gallery 541 S Guadalupe St., 988-5152 Photographers David H Gibson and Chaco Terada exhibit over 35 works.

5 pm, free SMALL WORKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Cheri O'Brien Fine Art 618 Canyon Road, 425-308-2061 Following in what has become a bit of a holiday tradition among Santa Fe galleries: A show of small works perfect for tucking into suitcases and stockings. Featuring some SFR fave artists including Jennie Cooley and Spencer Kimball.

Through Dec. 11.

5 pm, free THE DARK NIGHTS OF WINTER Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., 428-0996 Curated by Niomi Fawn, 10 artists present their work in a group show featuring the dark, strange, hopeful and cold feelings brought up by the winter solstice. Featured folks include Elisa Keir, Anastasio Wrobel and Shakti Kroopkin.

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The Gigante-est

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Four years in, Bella Gigante remains the consummate Santa Fe drag queen

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

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’m pissed off at Richard Peters, aka drag queen Bella Gigante, when we meet at new mac and cheese restaurant Macalicious on Guadalupe Street. There’s no parking, and I wind up driving all around the neighborhood looking for a meter. But he doesn’t seem to mind my saltiness when I finally arrive. He’s pretty salty, too.

Of course, Bella Gigante as we know her has only existed a mere four years (her band, Hella Bella, for just about one), well after a time when it must have been terrifying for people to dress outside of their gender (or lack of one)—and this is semi-progressive Santa Fe, after all—but it’s still quite the feat to spend so much time dolling oneself up and performing, a notion Peters confirms.

“We’ve talked about it before, but you’re a bit of a rarity in the drag world in that you actually sing rather than lipsync,” I tell him.

“More drag queens are doing it,” he responds.

“Oh good,” I say, “because when I’ve spent $20 on a show and see a drag queen just lip-syncing, I start to wonder what I’m paying so much for.”

“Well, there’s the three or four hours you need to get ready; all the clothes and makeup,” he says. “That stuff gets expensive.”

Fair enough.

Peters grew up in St. Louis as a churchgoer who cut his performance teeth on gospel. He stayed relatively close to home for college, attending Southwest Baptist

University in Bolivar, Missouri, as a vocal major. There, he says, he was “earmarked by the teachers for opera.” His vocal range, by the way, is straight-up bass, but he gravitated toward musical theater instead. “I don’t mind listening, like, on the radio when it’s done well,” he says. “But I don’t get the opulence and the pageantry of opera.”

“That’s kind of weird,” I respond, “since you’re a drag queen and all.”

“Ah, but I connect with people,” he says.

“There’s no wall there—I still connect from a real place, and for me, it’s about my natural connection from my soul; everything that spews out of my mouth comes from a real place within myself. Nothing is facade.”

Not performance-wise, anyway. Peters spent time working at local costume shop

There’s a moment in a song when you can take a rest and there’s not a peep in the entire house.

-Bella Gigante

Bella Gigante will haunt your dreams.

Costumes! Limited. The tips and tricks he picked up from styling women, when applied to his own creation, may tread into facade territory—but he ain’t faking when it comes to the singing. Hella Bella may be one of the first drag queen-led rock ensembles ever, according to Peters, who further explains that while most drag shows are about an overall experience, hers are firmly planted in a music-first mandate. Perhaps you saw her band at last summer’s David Bowie tribute concert in the Railyard? If not, they blew everyone out of the water. Currently, Hella Bella has a catalog of 27 covers (“Knights in White Satin” is her favorite right now), though she does strip down to voice and piano from time to time with pianist Melanie Monsour along for backup. Bella can’t choose a preferred performance style.

Still, as far as alter-egos go, the character elicits a certain degree of freedom.

“There’s a lot of Richard in Bella, there has to be; but I say things I would normally try to not say,” he says. “Bella has no filter, and it pisses people off, but I think I get more people laughing than angry.”

Indeed, there’s a level of not taking things

too seriously required to be a drag queen ( just look at the undisputed monarch of all drag, RuPaul) or to attend a performance. But even so, Peters says it can sometimes throw people that Bella’s dayto-day identity is that of a “big, burly gay man who likes to camp and barbecue and fish.” There’s something in there about not judging a book. But I digress.

“I always like to ask people from cover bands why we should care about them if they don’t write their own songs,” I say.

“If I get to sing for a living and people love those songs, I’m going to do them,” Peters responds. “Sometimes you go see a band who does their own stuff and it’s like vocal masturbation. … There’s a moment in a song when you can take a rest and there’s not a peep in the entire house. They’re there with you. You’ve taken them.”

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CAROL ANTHONY: PAINTING 1975-2015 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 The artist signs copies of the new hardcover retrospective, including works that evoke feelings of melancholy, nostalgia, solitude.

4 pm, free DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES: WHAT DISTINGUISHES A PERSON FROM A WORD? St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 Explore why one might want to undertake a reading of the works of Charles Sanders Peirce, the eccentric and challenging thinker. SJC tutor Grant Franks presents the lecture in the Great Hall, Peterson Student Center.

7:30 pm, free KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: GREEN TARA MEDITATION Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Meditation practice for the removal of obstacles.

4 pm, $20 KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: THE WISDOM OF COMPASSION Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 Make a conscious effort to cultivate an altruistic mind through practice.

6:30 pm, $20 LASER SANTA FE: AN EVENING OF ART AND SCIENCE Cloud 5 Project Space 1805 Second St., 954-1274 Presented in conjunction with Biocultura, an artist, a scientist and a curator cross-pollinate their research in an evening of presentations and discussion.

6:30 pm, free SFAI140 Santa Fe Art Institute 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 424-5050 Twenty inspiring talks and performances, 140 seconds each. With that many speakers in one evening, the energy and ideas shared are electric.

7 pm, free WERS IN SANTA FE: GOOD FOR BUSINESS OR A JOB KILLER? Santa Fe Area Home Builders 2520 Camino Entrada, 982-1774 Is the Water Efficiency Rating Score harmful to businesses who use water in outdoor environments, or is it actually a great benefit to them?

8 am, free

CIRQUE ITALIA Rodeo de Santa Fe 3237 Rodeo Road, 941-704-8572 A creative mix of entertainment and technology has a strict animal-free policy, so attend sans guilt (see SFR Picks page 19).

7:30 pm, $10-$50 FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 Meet the fiber artists turning traditional crafts into contemporary wonders. Live music, wine, refreshments and a silent auction make the kickoff evening even better (see A&C, page 25).

5 pm, $10 PHILANTHRO-MEDY The Candyman Strings & Things 851 St. Michael's Drive, 983-5906 Candyman presents an evening featuring stand-up comics; half of the evening's proceeds benefit Kitchen Angels, the local meal-delivery nonprofit.

6:30 pm, $20 RECYCLE SANTA FE ART FESTIVAL Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 The 19th annual Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival is the best spot to buy local and recycled holiday gifts at the art market. The weekend kicks off with the famous Trash Fashion and Costume contest at 7 pm tonight (that's $15-$20).

5 pm, $5-$20

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 The National Institute of Flamenco presents a performance.

6:30 pm, $25

MUSIC BROOMDUST QUARTET Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 Get your cosmic country fix.

7 pm, free CS ROCKSHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Classic rock, y'all.

9 pm, $5 CHANGO Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Covers from the '80s till now.

10 pm, $5 DJ ZAK Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 It's a DJ dance party—you know what to do.

8 pm, free DANIELE SPADAVECCHIA Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old, 984-7997 Acoustic jazz, swing, Latin and Italian classics.

7 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Piano standards and Broadway faves.

6 pm, $2

GRIEVES Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 The Seattle-based rapper swings through on tour with drums, thick synths and warm basslines to create songs that range from dark to upbeat (see 3 Questions, page 27).

7 pm, $20 HALF BROKE HORSES Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Country and Americana.

6 pm, free HIGH DESERT SAXOPHONE QUARTET First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 What could be better than one saxaphone? You guessed it: four saxaphones.

5:30 pm, free JESUS BAS La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Spanish and flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free LITTLE LEROY AND HIS PACK OF LIES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Party-time rock 'n' roll.

8:30 pm, free LONE PIÑON Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 A fresh take on Norteño ranchera music.

6 pm, free THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 8 pm, free RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free THE THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jazzy piano-led jams.

7:30 pm, free THE TODDLERS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Americana folky tunes on the deck for your enjoyment.

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THEATER RED LIGHT WINTER Greer Garson Theatre at Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6439 The love triangle between American college bros Matt and Davis and an Amsterdam prostitute named Christina explores more than adolescent sexuality and delves instead into the human condition. The play was nominated for a Pulitzer in 2005.

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Española Valley Fiber Arts Center celebrates annual Fiber Fiesta

COURTESTY ESPAÑOLA VALLEY FIBER ARTS CENTER

Fiber Fever

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BY LIZ BRINDLEY a u t h o r @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m @lizbrindley_artwork

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trail of fiber art stretches back through New Mexican history to roughly 800 CE (if not earlier), when cotton was introduced to Pueblo land via trade routes in Mesoamerica. As the material made its way up the Rio Grande Valley, the traditional Rio Grande style of weaving was born. Fiber works have unfolded throughout history and continue to receive attention in the Southwest thanks to dedicated artists and organizations like the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center, a Northern New Mexico nonprofit devoted to local fiber artists, as well as visiting weavers and crafters.

The center aims to share the history of fiber arts while shining a light on its contemporary place in society through educational programs, opportunities for local fiber artists to sell their wares and community events. This weekend heralds the fifth annual Fall Fiber Fiesta for local artists to connect with community members and celebrate the handmade.

Director of Operations April Jouse explains that “some of the work is the traditional Rio Grande style weaving, the style many people think of when they think of fiber arts in New Mexico, but a

Heads up! You can find wearables—like this number by artist Karen McGrath—and other fabrications throughout the weekend at the Fall Fiber Fiesta at the Scottish Rite Temple.

lot of it is very contemporary and more innovative. We have a rich textile heritage in New Mexico and that translates into a contemporary vision as well.”

Jouse says the event was founded in 2012 to embody a two-fold mission: to create opportunities for local fiber artists to sell their wares, as well as educational possibilities for the public. The first Fall Fiber Fiesta started small, as a holiday sale in a single room at Santa Fe’s St. John’s United Methodist Church. After two short years, however, it moved to the Scottish Rite Temple where it has, as Jouse describes, bloomed in attendance by both artists and shoppers ever since.

This year, 44 creators from the Southwest region participate, many of whom have achieved national recognition for their work. Artists must apply for consideration and are selected by a panel of

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fiber artists and the Fiber Arts Center staff and board (many of whom are artists themselves). Among those accepted this year are Perla Kopella of Southern Colorado, who uses local alpaca and merino wool to create felted works; the Ramah Navajo Weavers Association, whose members have, according to its website, worked for more than 20 years in traditional Navajo wool preparation, hand spinning and weaving; plus Northern New Mexico duo Amanda Speer and Dane Daller, who focus on hand-dyeing techniques in their collaborative fiber arts project, The Warp Zone. “It continues to be a great venue for our work regardless of where you are in your ‘making’ process,” fourth-time participant Kopella says. [The center] has mentored, sustained and motivated me to be what I am right now.”

The public is encouraged to chat with the artists about their process and passion this Friday at the kick-off artist reception and silent auction (not to mention get first dibs on all of the fantastic merch), and Jouse tells SFR that visitors can expect to see a wide variety of piecers (artists who craft new pieces from patches of old ones), crocheters, felters and weavers, plus people who dye and create their own yarn. “The focus is diversity,” Jouse says. “Both of the arts, but also price points; if you give your kids a $10 bill, hopefully they can find something to take home just as easily as someone who is looking for a $300 blanket.”

You won’t just leave with art, either, thanks to Dixon’s Vivac Winery and food from Two Sprout Farm. And though tickets are required to attend Friday’s event, Saturday and Sunday kick off free admission days featuring live demonstrations such as spinning, weaving and colcha, a traditional Spanish Colonial embroidery technique. Further educational opportunities include Walk In and Weave, a program that allows participants to reserve a loom and create their own 26-by-36-inch rag rug (no prior experience is required) and lessons in basketry and dyeing (check out Española Valley Fiber Arts Center’s website for more info).

And tha’ts not all. “Sometimes people don’t know that we are a resource just outside of Santa Fe,” Jouse explains. “We are here for classes and fiber arts education; we have been here quite a while and have a good diversity of experience to pull from.”

FALL FIBER FIESTA Artist Reception and Silent Auction: 5 pm Friday Nov. 17. $10.

Community Days: 10 am-5 pm Saturday and Sunday Nov. 18 and 19. Free.

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tionship up is definitely going to happen if you don’t.

I’m a 34-year-old gay man. I’ve never had a long-term relationship. Are long-term relationships even necessary nowadays?

I was honored to appear with Esther Perel at the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver, BC, a few weeks ago to discuss her new book, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity. Questions were submitted on cards before the show—some for me, some for Esther, some for both of us— and we got to as many as we could during the event. Here are some of the questions (mostly for me) that we didn’t get to.

I’ve never slept with anyone. My current boyfriend has had sex with many, many partners.

He knows I’m a virgin, but I’m worried. Any tips on how I can avoid performing like the amateur gay man that I am?

Give yourself permission to be bad at it— awful at it, inept and halting and awkward.

And remind yourself going in (and out and in and out) that whatever happens, this isn’t the last time you’ll ever have sex. Some people are good at sex right out of the gate, but most people need a little practice before they catch a groove. But nothing guarantees a bad first experience (or bad millionth experience) quite as effectively as faking it. Faking is always a bad idea—faking orgasms, faking interest, faking confidence—so don’t fake. Just be.

How would you help a woman who has never experienced an orgasm?

Do you believe the hype about Vancouver being a hard place to date? Any advice for a single lady searching for a long-term hetero partnership?

Everywhere I go—New York, Chicago, Toronto, Dallas, Los Angeles—I hear the same thing: [Name of city] is a uniquely hard place to date! I also meet happily partnered people everywhere I go, which leaves me disinclined to believe the hype about Vancouver or anywhere else. “This city is a hard place to date!” is often said in frustration by people who haven’t found their .64 yet (the motherfucker they can round up to “The One”) or by people who are doing something wrong—they’re sabotaging their relationships somehow (unresolved personal issues, too many deal breakers, irrational expectations)—and instead of working on their own shit, they’re blaming the city where they happen to live.

I would gift her a mild pot edible and a powerful vibrator.

How does someone in a straight-presenting, long-term relationship come out as being bisexual/pansexual?

I’m a woman in my mid-30s. Sometimes I want to bang it out in 30 seconds but my husband wants 45 minutes. What do we do?

Someone opens a mouth—preferably their own—and says the words “I’m bisexual/pansexual.”

Your husband has a nice solo stroke session for 44 and a half minutes, and then you climb on top or slide underneath for the last 30 seconds.

My partner and I are in a super fantastic LTR. Totally committed. But we do talk about reopening our relationship (it was open in the early years). My fear is losing control of myself and falling for someone else. How can I explore opening the relationship without detonating it?

Have you ever thought about moving to Vancouver?

Frequently between January 20, 2001, and January 19, 2009, and constantly since January 20, 2017.

I’m a 34-year-old woman. My 40-year-old boyfriend used to date his sister-in-law. One time he said he thought it would be funny if I asked her who was better in bed: him or his brother. Is this weird or is it just a man thing?

It could be both—a weird man thing—but seeing as your boyfriend asked only once, he’s clearly not obsessed. The question presumably made you uncomfortable (which is why you’re asking me about it), and here’s how you shut it down if he ever asks again: “I could ask her who’s better in bed or I could go fuck your brother myself and report back.”

What do I do if my wife doesn’t want an open relationship and I do? We haven’t had sex in 11 years, but we are still in love and have two young children.

I don’t understand monogamous but sexless marriages. Because if your relationship is monogamously sexless… wouldn’t that mean you don’t have sex only with each other? Setting that aside aside…

Your wife probably and perhaps reasonably fears that opening up your marriage could result in you leaving her for some woman you’re fucking. But if you’re unwilling to go without sex for the rest of your life, you’re going to wind up leaving your wife in order to meet some woman you can fuck. So the thing she fears might happen if you open the rela-

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Long-term relationships are nice—I’m happy with mine—but not strictly necessary. They’re not oxygen, iodine, or cannabinoids. The pressure to pair off can make LTRs feel not just necessary but compulsory, and the negative cultural messaging around being single and/ or enjoying a series of successful short-term relationships (single people are losers, serial daters “just can’t commit” or are losers) certainly doesn’t help.

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If you define “falling for someone else” as a bomb that has to destroy your super fantastic LTR, and you inevitably catch feelings for someone you’re fucking, well, then you’ll have to either refrain from fucking other people or convince yourself that you can love more than one romantic partner at a time.

Is there a way to compromise if one partner wants kids and the other does not?

There’s no such thing as half a kid—at least a live one—so there’s no room for compromise here. Someone has to give or someone has to go.

I’m in a relationship that involves BDSM and Japanese-style bondage. I often have marks left on my body: bruising, scratches, rope marks, etc. I am afraid my children and friends will notice. Any suggestions for how to explain this to people? I don’t want to wear longsleeve shirts for the rest of my life.

Wear long-sleeve shirts and lie to your kids— you’re taking a martial-arts class while they’re at school, you fell into a blackberry bramble— but tell your friends the truth, lest they think you’re in an abusive relationship.

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ROBIN HOOD Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, 955-2820 New Hampshire's Hampstead Stage Company swings through Santa Fe with its rendition of the common thief with the heart of gold, perfect for audiences of all ages (but especially good for kids).

3:30 pm, free

THE FUTURE OF LIGHT IN MEDICINE: WHY THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM WON OVER THE NOBEL PRIZE Cloud 5 Project Space 1805 Second St., 954-1274 A presentation and panel discussion on the future of light and how circadian rhythms are changing the future of medicine.

10:30 am, free

WORKSHOP

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COMMON LEGAL ISSUES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN SANTA FE First Judicial Courthouse 225 Montezuma Ave., 577-2250 A free legal workshop for seniors, family members and others who work with seniors.

10-11:15 am, free

FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 A performance by the National Institute of Flamenco.

6:30 pm, $25

SAT/18 BOOKS/LECTURES EQUIPMENT TO HELP YOU HEAR BETTER Natural Grocers 3328 Cerrillos Road, 474-0111 Romy Pierce of ATS Resources in Albuquerque presents the latest, most technologically advanced hearing enhancement devices.

10 am, free GREGORY MCNAMEE: TORTILLAS, TISWIN, AND T-BONES Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., 986-0151 Author McNamee reads and signs his new book, which explores the ethnocultural history of food traditions of the Southwest.

6 pm, free JOHN LOCKLEY: LEOPARD WARRIOR Ark Bookstore 133 Romero St., 988-3709 Lockley speaks on the African teachings of ancestry, instinct and dreams. He was one of the first white men in recent history to become a Sangoma (traditional healer) in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa.

2 pm, free KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: SOJONG & LOJONG TRAINING INTENSIVE Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 This two-day training teaches Buddhist practices to build resilience and lower stress, for healing and purification.

10 am and 2 pm, $25-$50 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Travel Bug Coffee Shop 839 Paseo de Peralta, 992-0418 Linda Tanner and Gary Iverson present a slide lecture on their travels in the Pacific country.

5 pm, free

EVENTS CIRQUE ITALIA Rodeo de Santa Fe 3237 Rodeo Road, 941-704-8572 A creative mix of acrobatics, dance, contortion, and high-performance BMX and roller-skating abides by a strict animal-free policy, so attend sans guilt (see SFR Picks, page 19).

1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 pm, $10-$50 FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 As one of the hubs of fiber arts in the world, Northern New Mexico sure does have some fantastic artists in the craft. Everything fibrous, from jewelry to wall hangings to wearables (see A&C, page 25).

10 am-5 pm, free LOCAL COMIC CREATORS AT YOUR LOCAL COMICS SHOP Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave., 992-8783 New Mexico-based writers and artists present creator-owned books for sale, give presentations on how they work and show samples of their process.

Noon-4 pm, free RECYCLE SANTA FE ART FESTIVAL Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 The best spot to buy local and recycled holiday gifts.

These recycled creations are everything from rustic to elegant, and each year features new faces from around the country.

9 am-5 pm, free SKATE PARTY UNDER THE SEA Rockin' Rollers 2915 Agua Fría St., 473-7755 Strap on your wheels for a night of rollerskating under the sea featuring live ‘n’ dreamy rock ‘n’ metal music from bands Mirror Travel, Sex Headaches and Tropical Girls. Skate rental is $5 if you don't have your own.

8 pm, $6-$10

MUSIC THE BARB WIRES Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Soulful blues on the deck.

Judging from how warm it’s been lately, this will be a treat in the sunshine.

2 pm, free BUSY McCARROLL BAND Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Cosmic gothic Americana.

6 pm, free CONTROLLED BURN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock 'n' blues.

9 pm, $5 DAVID GEIST AND JULIE TRUJILLO Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Geist’s piano standards could only be made better by vocals from Trujillo. Lucky us, that’s happening tonight.

6 pm, $2 DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BILL FORREST Vanessie 427 W Water St. , 982-9966 Piano standards. Doug starts, Bill takes over at 8 pm.

6 pm, free HALF BROKE HORSES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Country and Americana.

1 pm, free HANDEL'S MESSIAH Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 It's a staple of the holiday season, so don’t miss the Santa Fe Symphony's acclaimed annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, featuring the full Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

7 pm, $22-$80 HELLA BELLA Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Did you get into the soldout He-She Bang? No? Yes? Either way, join an afterparty with rock 'n' roll from this outfit headed by the fabulous Bella Gigante (see music, page 23).

8 pm, $10 LEFT BANK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Parisian tunes. Just kidding, they’re not French. Or are they?...

6 pm, free MARK'S MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL SHOW Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 These Southern Colorado indie rockers are starting to develop a Santa Fean following. We suggest calling their fans Carnies.

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NEXT 2 THE TRACKS Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Outlaw rock.

10 pm, $5 PHYLLIS LOVE Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

6 pm, free REVÍVA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Burqueño reggae-rock.

They've played a bunch with Ozomatli, if that gives you an idea of what you're in for— fun, energetic, positive jams.

8 pm, $15 RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

7 pm, free RYAN CHRYS & THE ROUGH CUTS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Modern outlaw country from Denver.

10 pm, free SPADAVECCHIA TRIO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Santa Fe's hardest-working gypsy jazz guitarist brings a couple friends to a night of music. Spadavecchia is joined

by Kyle Driscoll on guitar and Casey Anderson on bass.

7:30 pm, free STILETTO SATURDAYS Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 It's a dance party with DJ 12 Tribe.

9 pm, free THE PLEASURE PILOTS La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Original and classic R&B. 8 pm, free

OPERA THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 The Met: Live in HD presents the American premiere of the fantasy opera about a dinner party from which the guests can't escape. Presented in collaboration with The Santa Fe Opera.

11 am, $20-$28

THEATER RED LIGHT WINTER Greer Garson Theatre at Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6439 The love triangle between American college bros Matt and Davis and an Amsterdam prostitute named Christina explores more than sexuality and delves instead into the human condition. Directed

by SFUAD student Triston P Pullen as his senior thesis.

7 pm, free

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ROBIN HOOD Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., 955-4860 New Hampshire's Hampstead Stage Company presents the common thief with the heart of gold for audiences of all ages (but especially good for kids). Two professional actors each play multiple roles.

2:30 pm, free SUPERHEROES Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 SFPA's young actors present a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explore how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes.

2 pm, $5-$8

WILLY WONKA James A Little Theatre 1060 Cerrillos Road, 476-6429 Pandemonium Productions presents 60 Santa Feans ages 6 to 16, accompanied by a fantastical set, a live band and all the bells and whistles.

2 pm, $6-$10

WORKSHOP FINANCIAL FITNESS FOR LIFE Homewise 1301 Siler Road, Bldg. D, 983-9473 This workshop covers all kinds of useful stuff—create financial goals, reduce debt, repair your credit, learn how to budget and more.

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In August, the Seattle-based songwriter/musician/MC known as Grieves released his fifth full-length album, Running Wild. It’s earned him no shortage of praise— which is, to be fair, a pretty regular occurence for the guy.

Still, having seen Grieves straight wreck Santa Fe once before, we just knew he’d make the perfect 3 Questions subject ahead of his Meow Wolf show this Friday Nov. 17 (7 pm. $20. 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369). And it goes a little something like this ... (Alex De Vore)

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I read recently in an interview that you’ve become “more mature.” What the hell does that mean?

I don’t know! I think that’s what people use to say something is different. I mean, assuming what? My previous work was immature? If anything, this record is more authentic to who I am as a human being, and if taking that step makes me more mature ... if you’re looking at it from a standpoint of seriousness, my previous records would probably stand up to be a bit more mature.

Running Wild was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden.

Was there any particular impetus behind that?

Kind of. I always wanted to work with the [Swedish] producer Chords, and it had never worked out, timingwise. He had the available time, so I flew out for a week and made three or four songs and was happy with the experience. His team got back to me and said, ‘Alright, let’s do it,’ and that doesn’t really happen off the bat.

I’ve known his body of work for a long time. ... I don’t want to do the same shit I’ve been doing. I want to tackle new ground.

You’re known for full-length albums. Do you think there’s still a place in the industry for that, even since it’s become so singles-heavy?

To be fair, I have no idea. I do want to dabble with singles—I have all this material I’ve never released—but I need to find a way that feels cohesive to me and not just random. That doesn’t work for me, especially in gauging the depth of an artist. But I do want to try things differently. I don’t want to be the old dude who refused to get with the times.

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THE CALENDAR THE HEART OF TEACHING Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396 Teaching and healing are important life paths, but they sure can wear a soul out. If you're feeling spent, a daylong retreat can help you develop focus, clarity and peacefulness with master teacher Henry Shukman.

9:30 am-4 pm, $25-$100

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LOUD DECEMBER 6 | 6:30 PM at Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle Winning works of fiction and nonfiction will be published in the Nov. 29 print edition and online.

JOURNEYSANTAFE: SHANE WOOLBRIGHT Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Woolbright, a former assistant city manager (assistant TO the city manager?) in Oklahoma and Sierra Club Northern New Mexico energy utility expert, shares his insights into crucial climate change challenges that face New Mexico. As a former electric utility executive, Woolbright has rare insight.

11 am, free KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK: SOJONG & LOJONG TRAINING INTENSIVE Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Bodhi Stupa 3777 KSK Lane, 469-3443 This two-day training teaches Buddhist practices to build resilience and lower stress, for healing and purification from one of the first of the younger generation of Tibetan Buddhism teachers in America.

10 am and 2 pm, $25-$50 MODERN BUDDHISM: IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive, 292-5293 Meditate on the wisdom of gratitude, patient acceptance and how kindness is key to attaining harmony and fulfillment with others.

10:30 am, $10 MUSIC OF THE OPPRESSED: FLAMENCO IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 As part of a multi-week course designed to be informative, interactive and illustrative of the flamenco culture, Fernando Barros discusses the importance of the dance and musical style in Spanish culture.

6:30 pm, $20 SANTA FE FREE THINKERS’ FORUM Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road, 982-9674 The discussion group gets together at the break 'o' dawn (not really) to discuss “What Might be Humanist Alternatives to our Nation’s Dysfunction and Decline?”

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EVENTS CIRQUE ITALIA Rodeo de Santa Fe 3237 Rodeo Road, 941-704-8572 A creative mix of entertainment and technology combines acrobatics, dance, contortion, and high-performance BMX and roller-skating with a strict animal-free policy (see SFR Picks, page 19).

1:30 and 4:30 pm, $10-$50 FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 From jewelry to wall hangings to wearables, not to mention raw materials, this is the place to be for fans of fiber, cloth, quilted or otherwise stringy art (see AC, page 23).

10 am-5 pm, free HARVESTING OF THANKS Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Fría Street Next week is National Be Thankful Week, but get a start on your gratitude with a pensive walk. Reflect, release and restore with a peaceful journey through the labyrinth.

2 pm, free NEW MOON CEREMONY Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Fría Street Bundle up, bring water to bless, and celebrate the new moon at the medicine water wheel.

5 pm, free RECYCLE SANTA FE ART FESTIVAL Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 We especially love this one for how innovative the artists get—their recycled creations are everything from rustic to elegant, and each year features new faces from around the country.

10 am-5 pm, free THE GATE OF SWEET NECTAR LITURGY Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 Chant the Gate of Sweet Nectar Liturgy, which calls out to those who are lost and left behind, those who hunger and thirst, including those parts of ourselves that we think of as insufficient and lacking.

5:30 pm, free

FILM A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Based on Amos Oz’ book of the same name, a heartfelt rendering of his memories growing up in Jerusalem before the establishment of the State of Israel and a story of a family with hopes and dreams living through the terror of war. Presented by the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival.

11 am, $8-$12

FOCUS Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Based on Arthur Miller’s only novel, the film centers on Lawrence Newman (William H Macy), who is mistaken as Jewish in an anti-Semitic neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Introduced by Emmy Awardwinning screenwriter Kirk Ellis and presented by the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival.

4:15 pm, $8-$12

MUSIC CURRY SPRINGER DUO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock 'n' roll.

8 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Gotta get that smooth, smooth piano.

6:30-9:30 pm, free GUSTAVO PIMENTEL La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Classical flamenco guitar.

6 pm, free HANDEL'S MESSIAH Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 ‘Tis the season, folks.

The Santa Fe Symphony's acclaimed annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, featuring the full Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

4 pm, $22-$80 HIGH DESERT SAXAPHONE QUARTET Santa Fe Woman's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, 983-9455 If you missed them at the TGIF music recital on Friday, now’s another chance to get your sax fix. Four saxaphones, along with with pianist Peggy Abbott, perform jazz and classical tunes.

2 pm, $10 KITTY JO CREEK Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Bluegrass on the deck.

3 pm, free MICHAEL UMPHREY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

6 pm, free NACHA MENDEZ La Boca (Taberna Location) 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Creative but rooted takes on Latin music.

7 pm, free PAT MALONE AND JON GAGAN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Jazz on guitar and bass.

7 pm, free SANTA FE REVUE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Americana covers and originals from our go-to all-star Santa Femous lineup.

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he lights dim. Everyone stops talking.

WoooooOOOOOOOOO mmmmmmmm….

“Okay,” Tara Khozein says with only a hint of exasperation. “You’re just gonna have to ignore that when it happens.”

She is surrounded by the nine student actors of Santa Fe Performing Arts’ fall production, and they’re rehearsing their site-specific original play in Meow Wolf.

Anyone who’s visited the House of Eternal Return knows what room they must be in (the kitchen) and what must have happened (someone touched the dining room table). The impossibly low sonic waves that make their way into your molars are only one of many distractions in the space, but the venue can’t be beat for what these students have created.

Having met after school since August, the nine students and teacher/director Khozein have pieced together Our Favorite Disaster, a series of studentwritten vignettes that take place in various rooms of Meow Wolf. They’ve also adapted the piece for a traditional stage and will perform it at SFPA as well, but today’s rehearsal is for figuring out how they fit into the multiverse.

Right now, in the kitchen, each student has come up with a monologue of sorts, ranging in tone from absurd to relatively realistic, whether it’s a mach-speed story about baking a strange cake (Raven Callaway-Kidd) or the dangers of chemical cleaning products (Tia Kutsko, who will snatch that dish sponge out of your hand). The actors’ personalities emerge, including a faked accent from Emma M—make that multiple faked accents. Or

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maybe she doesn’t even have an accent at all. We’re not sure. Either way, it’s funny.

Caden Kalfin’s humor is dry as a bone, injecting pop-culture references in a way that, despite his age (14 and a half ), evokes an awkward adult trying to sound cool (after entering with a “whattup, fam,” he takes a video of Shiva Eickermann and Tate Stanford’s perfectly comically timed top-hatted monsters on his exploding Galaxy S7, declaring it will be “poppin’ with likes”). Adara Rodriguez may be the most regal of the bunch—until she launches into her monologue and reveals the ability to be utterly silly, declaring deep love for a serving spoon. (She also sings to it.)

As the students go through their monologues I notice that one, Blaze Frost, is standing to the side. I ask Khozein about her role.

“All of the kids headed up one piece, and most of them wrote themselves into their piece … but Blaze very intentionally said, ‘I don’t want to be in this, I want to watch,’” Khozein explains. “So she stood out.”

Many young people get into theater because they want to be center of attention (this writer included; takes one to know one). For a young performer to already realize the importance of being an observer is remarkable. Indeed, Blaze

seemed to enjoy standing in the doorway, laughing at her classmates’ antics and tweaking their blocking as they went.

It always goes that when kids are given the freedom to do what they want, they come up with something funnier than you ever expected. The loose rein Khozein and SFPA have given this cast has proven again that, when encouraged to make use of their best talents, age isn’t much of a factor when it comes to creating something great. (The oldest of these actors is 16.)

“They’re so unselfconscious,” Khozein says fondly. However, as they composed the show, she says, “some of the writing was too sentimental, or they took on themes they aren’t ready for. So some of them needed to be shifted or reeled in or cut—and I made that part of the class.”

Anyone who’s edited or critiqued a grown adult’s creative work would probably agree: For every artist, a class in chopping should be mandatory. “This is what it means to be in a collaborative process,” she says of the culled material. “They were super generous in content—and then were able to let go of it.”

At one point during the Meow Wolf rehearsal, I am sitting in a small room with three students as they run through what they call “the echo scene.” One actor has become shipwrecked and is communicating with echoes of her own voice.

At first, Tula Dillman-Stanford, the survivor, is scared and confused—but soon the voices calm her. “Here is good,” they say.

“Here is good,” she replies. “And I am good.”

“Here is good, and I am good.”

Even just sitting on the floor in this cubby, crouched with the students as they’re running through the lines— no acting or blocking or sets or props involved—it’s poignant, really. It feels like pure, honest artistic expression.

And then the clock hits 6 pm. Khozein finds each small group of students to say it’s time to go home.

“Is class over?” someone asks incredulously.

“Yes,” Khozein says apologetically, hoping the students aren’t frustrated.

“We’ll work fast …”

Her apology is cut short by Tate, who calls out: “But it was just so fun!”

The actors gather their props, sweaters and backpacks, and head from their multiverse back to our universe.

OUR FAVORITE DISASTER

In the student-created world of Our Favorite Disaster, stand-up comedians have to amuse humor-hungry cave creatures to escape in one piece. Yikes.

7 pm Wednesday Nov. 15. $12.

Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 7 pm Thursday Nov. 16. $8.

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THE WHITE BUFFALO The Bridge @ SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 557-6182 Dark folk, countrified soul, cinematic storytelling and roadhouse-worthy rock.

7:30 pm, $20-$25

THEATER ROBIN HOOD Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 New Hampshire's Hampstead Stage Company presents an interactive educational production performed by two professional actors, each playing multiple roles.

1:30 pm, free SUPERHEROES Santa Fe Performing Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-7992 SFPA's young actors present a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explore how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes. Audience members can dress up like a superhero for $5 tickets.

2 pm, $8 WILLY WONKA James A Little Theatre 1060 Cerrillos Road, 476-6429 Pandemonium Productions celebrates its 50th (!) production featuring Santa Fe's student actors, aged 6 to 16.

2 pm, $6-$10

MON/20 BOOKS/LECTURES SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Chris Fisher presents a talk on the mysterious location in the Honduran rainforest, where he was an archaeologist. The mission was recently given the nonfiction treatment in a book by local author Douglas Preston.

6 pm, $15

GEEKS WHO DRINK Draft Station Santa Fe Arcade, 60 E San Francisco St., 983-6443 Stellar quiz results can win you drink tickets for next time.

7 pm, free THE GAME THING Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., 954-1068 So many board and strategy games, so little time. Bring one or learn one while there.

6:15 pm, free

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

7:30 pm, free COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Michèle Leidig hosts Santa Fe's most famous night of karaoke. This week’s suggestion from SFR: “Station Wagons” by the Left Rights, if Michèle has it.

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

6:30-9:30 pm, free JONWAYNE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Hip-hopper Jonwayne has penned a new album that examines the fragility of the celebrity and showmanship of the rap scene. So the intent is there, as well as a prolific ability to create shitloads of music ... Thankfully he’s is also deft and talented.

8 pm, $15 MICHAEL UMPHREY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

6 pm, free STUBBORN SON Duel Brewing 1228 Parkway Drive, 474-5301 A mix of the visual stylings of the 1960s and the sonic infusions of the '70s and '80s.

The year 1971 often comes up among folks who value justplain-good rock ‘n’ roll, and these dudes hope to emulate the feeling of that year with their sound.

6 pm, free WILL SCHREITZ WITH CURTIS BOUCHER AND THE CINAMMON URNS Zephyr Community Art Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 The Cinammon Urns (daydream country tunes) and Curtis Boucher (solo pensive-but-catchy guitar jams) get the crowd warm for Will Schreitz, who celebrates the release of a new tape, Live At My House (is that a directive or a description of a concert venue?).

8 pm, $5-$10

TUE/21 DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Show off your best tango moves.

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EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 This quiz can win you drink tickets for next time.

8 pm, free METTA REFUGE COUNCIL Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 Those struggling with illness and loss in a variety of its forms have an opportunity to share life experiences in a setting of compassion and confidentiality.

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FILM WESTWORLD (1973) Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 A screening of the film is preceded by a Q&A with producer Paul Lazarus (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7 pm, $9-$10.50

MUSIC BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Honky-tonk and Americana from the Santa Fe legend who pretty much invented the genre. (That’s hyperbole. He’s not that old. But he is that good.)

7:30 pm, free CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Santa Fe's favorite night of music and camaraderie. Bring your instrument to join in, but make sure your skills are up to snuff.

8:30 pm, $5 CHUSCALES La Boca (Original Location) 72 W Marcy St., 982-3433 Exotic flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY AND BILL FORREST Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano standards. Doug starts, Bill takes over at 8 pm.

6 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 Live solo jazz guitar.

6 pm, free PHYLLIS LOVE Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Piano standards.

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designed to lift the mood and increase blood flow. It tasted like a warming and delicately flavored confection.

But if New Orleans jazz nostalgia is the inspiration, the cocktail list needs to be tightly focused on the classics. Even though I appreciated the garden-to-glass sensibilities of my drink, it doesn’t totally fit. As for Tonic’s wine list, there are interesting examples of wine styles I like—the Laporte Cabernet-Franc ($11), the Antech “Cuvee Emotion” from Limoux ($13)—but think of the potential if it had a commitment to pouring wines that equaled the curated level of the available Vegan poutine with miso and tofu?

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spirits in terms of style and ethos. Why not be the first restaurant in Santa Fe to use a Coravin (a tool for pouring wine that replaces wine drawn out of the bottle through a needle with inert gas so the wine stays fresh) for the sake of better bythe-glass pours? The beer list is mostly local with some domestics, but if you’re not going to throw some PBR to the people, why not pour an actual classic German lager instead?

Perhaps Tonic’s niche appeal could be rooted in well-priced and satisfying latenight food offerings. I sampled the vegan poutine ($10) made with miso and tofu, and it was an expected but not unwelcome example of the kind of salty, umami-rich bar food that can sustain you at 1 in the morning. I also had the black garlic chicken nuggets ($8), which were my favorite item so far on the menu—garlicky and crunchy on the outside without being too dry on the inside. They’re perfect with the Larceny bourbon if you’re in the mood.

The whiskey list, despite—or maybe because of—its omissions, is thought-provoking. I almost wish the bar was exclusively focused on whiskey, since it fits with the theme more than the diverse directions of the other aspects of Tonic’s beverages.

We live in such a strange headspace when it comes to the restaurant scene in Santa Fe, at once empowered by our history and handicapped by it.

We don’t want chains and coroporations colorlesssly clouding our landscape, but we’re seldom equipped to sustainably offer anything other than middle-of-the-road tourist traps and dive bars. But I do appreciate Tonic’s wild and almost self-indulgent stand against a reality as weighty and inevitable as gravity. I hope it figures out how to fly.

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ituated next to Café Pasqual’s, new Santa Fe restaurant/bar Tonic (103 E Water St., 9821189) aims to occupy the liminal space between aspirations to classicalism and a new paradigm in Santa Fe that is the small, tightly curated restaurant of limited focus. Maybe it’s hard to bank on covering the costs of starting a restaurant here (the rent, the insurance, the gas bill, the liquor license) on a concept that would only appeal to a minor demographic of an insular mountain town; maybe there’s something about living in a landscape so large that makes it hard to think small.

Open till 2 am and serving food till close—plus featuring a selection off the beaten-to-death path of cheap, late-night alcohol in Santa Fe, Tonic’s decor is a homage to New Orleans art deco-inspired jazz bars, reinforced by clear chandeliers and leather booths. The space acts as a potential music venue, with acoustically treated walls and a filled stage to reduce echo and encourage clarity. I found myself wishing the chandeliers were closer and the light more diffuse, and for a little more grittiness and stain—maybe dim candlelight and huge tropical plants to bring the humid heaviness of a summer night on the bayou.

Only a month into Tonic’s run in the old Atomic Grill space, and I’ve been impressed with its direction—but I’m wor-

ried about it. I worry it will be too hard to proselytize the virtues of Elijah Craig when everyone just wants Jack Daniels.

Tonic’s beverage program is almost unabashedly eclectic. You won’t find Jim Beam or Jameson or PBR or Bud Light, but there’s no less than five different kinds of Japanese whiskey. Can you have a successful bar in Santa Fe without appealing to people who exclusively drink mainstream brands? And when someone comes in who wants something familiar, do you have the staff in place to teach them otherwise? I’m a certified sommelier practicing my craft in Santa Fe, and I long ago stopped trying to wrest Belle Glos or Rombauer chardonnay away from my guest’s preferences—but then, maybe I’m giving up too easily.

It’s depressing to think that appealing to the more conventional common denominator might be the only way to succeed in this town. “We want to make people comfortable to try new things,” says owner and general manager Winston Greene.

In that vein, I had the “Bliss Behind Your Eyes” cocktail for $10, a sotol-based cocktail served in a Georgian glass, with cinnamon syrup and grapefruit bitters. The sotol was infused with damiana, dandelion root and wormwood, an herbal blend

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Kota Ezawa’s “Empty Frame” is part of The Crime of Art at SITE Santa Fe, an exhibit of light boxes and video animations depicting infamous historic museum heists.

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road, 471-2261 Closed for the season; reopens June 1, 2018.

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 A Great American Artist.

HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 Divergent/Works. Through Jan. 14, 2018.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Daniel McCoy: The Ceaseless Quest for Utopia; New Acquisitions; Desert ArtLAB: Ecologies of Resistance; Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art. All through Jan. 2018.

Action Abstraction Redefined.

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MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 623 Agua Fría St., 989-3283 Silent auction benefit exhibit. Through Dec. 17.

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MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy. Through Dec. 31. Frank Buffalo Hyde: I-Witness Culture. Through Jan. 7, 2018. Stepping Out: 10,000 Years of Walking the West.

Through Sept. 3, 2018.

MUSEUM OF INT’L FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Sacred Realm; The Morris Miniature Circus; Under Pressure. Through Dec. 2017. Quilts of Southwest China. Through Jan. 21, 2018. Negotiate, Navigate, Innovate. Through July 16, 2018.

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 Time Travelers: and the Saints Go Marching On. Through April 20, 2018.

NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 A Mexican Century: Prints from the Taller de Gráfica Popular and Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. Both through Feb. 11, 2018.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Closed for restoration through Nov. 24.

PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS 105 W Palace Ave., 476-5100 Tesoros de Devoción.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 In T’owa Vi Sae’we: Coming Home Project.

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Dan Namingha: Conception, Abstraction, Reduction.

Through May 18, 2018.

SITE SANTA FE 1606 Paseo De Peralta, 989-1199 Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art. Through Jan. 10, 2018.

Future Shock. Through May 1, 2018.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 Beads: A Universe of Meaning.

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We have been to Sacramento. And like the Joan Didion quote that kicks off filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, we agree that Christmas there would surely be horrible. But then again we wonder, as does the film: Why would we think we’re too good for such a place? What are we rushing toward—or from? And when did we start to believe that the next step, next place, next milestone was the last piece of a puzzle that could finally make us happy? And do we even know how to be anymore?

We follow Christine (or Lady Bird, depending on whom you ask—Saoirse Ronan of The Grand Budapest Hotel) in her final year at a Catholic girl’s high school in the Northern California town circa 2002. It’s one of many facets shared with scriptwriter Gerwig, who also hails from Sacramento and attended Catholic school.

Lady Bird is fairly mundane as characters go; a misfit weirdo longing for more than her hometown for typical teenaged reasons, but never quite

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anything enough to belong to any of the laughably perfect subcultures: closeted theater kids and super-serious rock band dorks; queen-bee mean girls in short skirts, and those best friends we hurt and left behind for reasons we still don’t fully comprehend. In the end, the moral might be about being true to oneself, sure—but it’s also important to find comfort where one can.

Ronan is utterly brilliant as an average teen convinced she’s anything but; ditto for her mother Marion, played so flawlessly by Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) that we can’t help but think of our own collective mothers and their innate ability to transcend passive aggression into an art form.

We believe Ronan and Metcalf are related in ways

that most films never begin to approach—a matter of onscreen chemistry, but also a testament to the ability of each actress and Gerwig’s spot-on script.

Lady Bird could have been ripped from any of our lives and will no doubt feel painfully familiar to some, but it also comes with catharsis and gently suggested lessons rather than underestimation of its audience. A simple story told well shouldn’t be so surprisingly refreshing and moving, and yet here we are. Brava.

LADY BIRD Directed by Gerwig With Ronan and Metcalf Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 93 min.

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Blockbuster cinema hasn’t focused on the whodunnit genre nearly as much as it has on others in recent decades, so the snowy sojourn of the Orient Express this fall is nothing if not different. But it’d be untrue to say that contemporary moviegoers aren’t intimately familiar with—and always half expecting—the plot twist that comes with the classic murder mystery. In that respect, this adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express fits within the standards of the day.

Based on a 1934 novel that was part of Agatha Christie’s prolific library of titles, the script—tackled by writer Michael Green, who we can blame for the 2011 Green Lantern trainwreck—is smart. We were expecting boredom at the hands of England’s English from 80 years ago, so the crisp exchanges between globetrotting characters keep the plot chugging along at a unexpected clip. Even under that amazing mustache, director and starring actor Kenneth Branagh’s diction as the best detective on the planet,

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Hercule Poirot, didn’t waver. Johnny Depp’s mouthful of East Coast gangster is a little mushy, but we don’t linger on him long enough; there’s too much else to look at, and listen to.

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professor. Or is he? Is she?

The setting is remarkably lovely. From the cerulean shores of Malta through mountainous terrain somewhere between Paris and Istanbul, audiences are no doubt loving the escapism of this retelling the way we did. But, like every other movie made from a book, readers who want a movie version of the tome will be disappointed. Come on, though—how many of us actually read the thing or remember how it ends? We’ve gone out of our way here to not so much hint at the conclusion. Let us know if you figured it out before the big reveal.

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Wednesday, Nov 15 11:45a Chavela* 12:00p Dina 1:45p Chavela* 2:15p Loving Vincent 3:45p Loving Vincent* 4:15p Faces Places 5:45p Chavela* 6:15p Faces Places 7:45p Dina* 8:15p Loving Vincent Thursday, Nov 16 11:45a Chavela* 12:00p Dina 1:45p Chavela* 2:15p Loving Vincent 3:45p Loving Vincent* 4:15p Faces Places 5:45p Chavela* 7:00p Fabulous Thursdays: BPM (Beats Per Minute) 7:45p Dina* Friday - Saturday, Nov 17 - 18 11:00a Faces Places* 11:15a BPM 1:00p Loving Vincent* 2:00p The Square 3:00p BPM* 4:45p The Square 5:45p BPM* 7:30p The Square 8:30p Loving Vincent* Sunday, Nov 19 11:00a Santa Fe Jewish Film Fest: Literary Jewels (A Tale of Love & Darkness) 11:15a Faces Places* 1:15p The Square* 1:30p BPM 4:00p Santa Fe Jewish Film Fest: Focus* 4:15p The Square 6:30p BPM* 7:00p The Square Monday - Tuesday, Nov 20 - 21 11:00a Faces Places* 11:15a BPM 1:00p Loving Vincent* 2:00p The Square 3:00p BPM* 4:45p The Square 5:45p BPM* 7:30p The Square 8:30p Loving Vincent* *in The Studio

It’s one of those fire demon smashing kinda weeks for the Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok.

Japanese subculture.

Blade of the Immortal, Miike’s 100th feature film, is essentially a love letter to Japanese cinema and mythology, the samurai film and the directors who came before and shaped the field.

In a post-feudal Japanese era, the masterless samurai Manji (Takuya Kimura) is cursed with immortality by an ancient crone. Left to ponder past failings, Manji becomes a recluse until Rin (Hana Sugisaki), the young heiress of a famed dojo, enlists his help in avenging the murder of her family. It seems an upstart young sword school finds the peace-driven lack of discipline in most dojos unacceptable and has aimed to either ensnare them within a network of shadowy schools or kill all who would oppose them. Neat. Manji, of course, takes the job, and proceeds to kill pretty much anyone who crosses his path.

For fans of anime classics such as 1993’s Ninja Scroll, Blade of the Immortal hits all the right notes—from the devilish cadre of adversaries with seemingly fantastical powers and abilities to the slowly forming relationship of the main characters. Manji and Rin’s is a more sibling-like union, but observing her reach her potential as our hero trudges toward redemption in a rapidly changing era that wishes to forget him is satisfying for samurai fans, ninja fans, anime fans, Japanophiles and otaku (Google it) alike.

Manji’s immortality makes for some truly astonishing gore as well, though it never feels gratuitous so much as it does authentic; sword battles, of course, are many.

Unexplored to any meaningful degree, however, is the changing nature of the era in Japan’s history. Battles become borderline tiresome as well due to a long running time. Still, it’s hard not to be entertained by the various twists and turns and, for anyone with even a passing fancy in Japanese moviemaking, Blade of the Immortal may just have become king. (Alex De Vore) Jean Cocteau Cinema, R, 140 min.

to life by over 60,000 actual oil paintings from 125 artists done in Van Gogh’s postimpressionist style. It’s all at once jaw-dropping from both aesthetic and technical standpoints, and it seems like another iconic piece finds its way into the film every few seconds. Outside of this feat, however, lies a fairly middling story about the famed painter’s pros and cons as told through those who met or knew him in the small village of Auvers. Did you already know Van Gogh was tortured? Of course you did.

Quite well-known was brothers Vincent and Theo Van Goghs’ affinity for correspondence, so when the postman Roulin discovers a final undelivered letter written by Vincent, with whom he shared a friendly relationship, he sends his son to Auvers to deliver it. The son, unhappy with the assessment that his father’s friend committed suicide, becomes fixated on getting to the bottom of his untimely death.

This is all well and good, and again— gorgeous. But it’s really just that the son presses the villagers in a completely unnatural manner, and the way everyone he meets has numerous in-depth memories of Van Gogh’s time in their town feels like a stretch. The story begins to unravel and stall, and the main performance from Douglas Booth (Noah) falls flat under a run-of-the-mill screenplay that could have really stretched out and done something wonderful, but didn’t appear to have been given enough time. The most exciting actor to appear is Chris O’Dowd, who plays the postman himself, but even he disappears almost immediately.

Bummer.

Still, it’s fun to wonder which paintings are which and, if nothing else, it truly is an astounding creation. It’s worth seeing for the visuals alone, just don’t expect it to grab you beyond its reminder that Van Gogh was a genius unappreciated in his own time. (ADV) Center for Contemporary Arts, Violet Crown, PG-13, 94 min.

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Before we go any further, it’s important to know one thing about Loving Vincent: it is gorgeous— like, GORGEOUS. But it’s just not quite where you’d want it to be in terms of narrative content, and it becomes increasingly difficult to stay engaged.

See, Loving Vincent is touted as “the world’s first fully painted feature film” by its filmmakers, and this is true; famous Van Gogh subjects (such as the postman Joseph Roulin and his son Armand, or Dr. Paul Gachet) become characters who inhabit a world that is brought

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Marvel Studios has an ongoing publicity problem with their Thor films; namely, they can’t seem to decide on an identity or tone. Thor was fine, Thor: The Dark World was a mess, and now, with Thor: Ragnarok, they seem to have simply decided to lean way hard into the feeling and aesthetic of the (arguably) superior and more popular series Guardians of the Galaxy.

We rejoin the titular Norse god (Chris Hemsworth) in the events after the previous Avengers film. He’s struck out on his

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Julianne Moore and Matt Damon bum out everyone with high hopes for Suburbicon. own to get answers for these horrible visions he keeps having, but it seems like the only real thing he’s picked up is a pithy sense of humor. One could say this is about character growth, but really it seems like the filmmakers saw Hemsworth in the Ghostbusters reboot, realized he can be kinda funny, and chose to focus on that. It’s light at first and even borderline enjoyable, but before long he just starts to feel like a cheap Starlord clone sans Chris Pratt’s everyman charm.

Still, when a heretofore unheard of sister of Thor’s named Hela (the goddess of death, played cooly and enjoyably by Cate Blanchett) shows up with a bunch of hurt feelings and violent ambitions, Thor and his adoptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) are swept up into crazy galaxy-spanning antics and lessons about what’s actually important in life. Spoiler alert: It’s family or something.

Along the way, of course, other Marvel characters appear to lend a hand or comic relief, like the dickish Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) or the Incredible Hulk—who would have been a nice surprise if the trailers hadn’t insisted on spoiling it. Thanks, internet— for nothing. Jeff Goldlbum is fine, also, as … himself, actually; he always just plays himself, though his unhinged intergalactic slave master character does squeeze out a few chuckles.

Everything else shakes out just like you thought it would, but if it weren’t for a seriously hysterical one-liners from an alien voiced by director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows), we might have already forgotten about this in favor of better Marvel films.

Seriously, guys, don’t start pigeon-holing yourselves now. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 130 min.

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Oh wow, George Clooney directs a film from a screenplay written by the Coen Brothers, and Matt Damon and Julianne Moore are in it, so it should at least be a fairly entertaining popcorn kind of flick—false! Suburbicon is mostly just weird and confusing with the bulk of the suspense fizzling out thanks to telegraphed plot beats and a meandering series of non-events bookended by Fargo-esque darkness that never quite gets there.

Damon is Gardner Lodge, some outwardly normal 1960s American dad who runs afoul of some very bad men. The in-too-deep trope works hard here as everyone from the bad guys and insurance investigators attempt to muck up his sinister plans. Unfortunately, Suburbi-

con seems to save the good stuff for offscreen moments or unseen prologue nonsense that we’re supposed to just understand already happened. This is baffling and cumbersome, especially with its holier-than-thou subtext about racism and the flawed nature of the American dream. Subtext, in fact, implies subtlety, of which Suburbicon has none.

Young Noah Jupe does surprise as Damon’s son Nicky, as natural a performance as we actually get out of the film, whereas literally everyone else—even True Detective villain Glenn Fleshler, who is usually superb, falls flat under Clooney’s seeming insistence to point out how very creepy Levittown-type suburban tracts actually were (and are). Oscar Isaac (Star Wars) brings a brief respite of levity in his too-short appearance, but even he’s gone before we know it, and it’s back to Damon struggling for nuance when he should really just stick to Bourne movies or acting like he didn’t know what was up with Weinstein.

Kudos are in order for both art direction and an intense dedication to capturing the atmosphere of the 1960s, but methinks that if any other filmmakers had taken a stab at such a tale, it might never have been made. So here’s to you, Coen Brothers—you truly did help your buddy and his buddy make a movie. It still hurts, though, that anyone else might think it’d be worthwhile. (ADV) Violet Crown, R, 104 min.

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Rob Brezsny

Week of November 15th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after,” observed Henry David Thoreau. The spirit of Thoreau’s observation is true about every one of us to some extent. From time to time, we all try to satisfy our desires in the wrong location, with the wrong tools, and with the wrong people. But I’m happy to announce that his epigram is less true for you now than it has ever been. In the coming months, you will have an unusually good chance to know exactly what you want, be in the right place at the right time to get it, and still want it after you get it. And it all starts now.

Before transmutation is possible, you must pay a debt. 4.

Don’t be held captive by your beliefs. 5. If you’re given a choice between profane and sacred love, choose sacred.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The next ten months will be an ideal time to revise and revamp your approach to education. To take maximum advantage of the potentials, create a master plan to get the training and knowledge you’ll need to thrive for years to come. At first, it may be a challenge to acknowledge that you have a lot more to learn. The comfort-loving part of your nature may be resistant to contemplating the hard work it will require to expand your worldview and enhance your skills. But once you get started, you’ll quickly find the TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I predict that during the next ten months, you will generate personal power and process becoming easier and more pleasurable. good fortune as you ripen your skills at creating SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Everything that can be interesting forms of intimacy. Get started! Here are invented has been invented.” - Charles H. Duell, Director of some tips to keep in mind. 1. All relationships have the U.S. Patent Office, 1899. “Heavier-than-air flying problems. Every single one, no exceptions! So you machines are impossible.” - Lord Kelvin, President, Royal should cultivate relationships that bring you useful and Society, 1895. “All the music that can be written has educational problems. 2. Be very clear about the already been written. We’re just repeating the past.” - 19thqualities you do and don’t want at the core of your century composer Tschaikovsky. “Video won’t be able to most important alliances. 3. Were there past events hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. that still obstruct you from weaving the kind of People will soon get tired of staring at a box every night.” togetherness that’s really good for you? Use your filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck, commenting on television in imagination to put those events behind you forever.

1946. I hope I’ve provided enough evidence to convince GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be entertaining an you to be faithful to your innovative ideas, Scorpio. Don’t internal dialog that sounds something like this: “I need a let skeptics or conventional thinkers waylay you. clear yes or a definitive no… a tender revelation or a radical revolution… a lesson in love or a cleansing sex marathon—but I’m not sure which! Should I descend or ascend? Plunge deeper down, all the way to the bottom?

Or zip higher up, in a heedless flight into the wide open spaces? Would I be happier in the poignant embrace of an intense commitment or in the wild frontier where none of the old rules can follow me? I can’t decide! I don’t know which part of my mind I should trust!” If you do hear those thoughts in your brain, Gemini, here’s my advice: There’s no rush to decide. What’s healthiest for your soul is to bask in the uncertainty for a while.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to storyteller Michael Meade, ancient Celtic culture believed that “a person was born through three forces: the coming together of the mother and father, an ancestral spirit’s wish to be reborn, and the involvement of a god or goddess.” Even if you don’t think that’s literally true, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to have fun fantasizing it is. That’s because you’re in a phase when contemplating your origins can invigorate your spiritual health and attract good fortune into your life. So start with the Celtic theory, and go on from there. Which of your ancestors may have sought to live again through you? Which deity might have had a vested interest in you being born? What did you come to this earth to accomplish? Which of your innate potentials have you yet to fully develop, and what can you do to further develop them?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I predict that starting today and during the next ten months, you will learn more about treating yourself kindly and making yourself happy than you have in years. You will mostly steer clear of the mindset that regards life as a numbing struggle for mere survival. You will regularly dream up creative ideas about how to have more fun while attending to the mundane tasks in your daily rhythm.

Here’s the question I hope you will ask yourself every morning for the next 299 days: “How can I love myself wth devotion and ingenuity?”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to buy a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers. But you’re also more likely than everyone else to throw the ticket in a drawer and forget about it, or else leave it in your jeans when you do the laundry, rendering the ticket unreadable. Please don’t be like that in the coming weeks.

Make sure you do what’s necessary to fully cash in on the good fortune that life will be making available.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the game of basketball, if a player is fouled by a member of the opposing team, he is given a “free throw.” While standing 15 feet away, he takes a leisurely shot at the basket without having to deal with any defenders.

Studies show that a player is most likely to succeed at this task if he shoots the ball underhanded. Yet virtually no professionals ever do this. Why? Because it doesn’t look cool. Everyone opts to shoot free throws overhand, even though it’s not as effective a technique.

Weird! Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks, Capricorn. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be more likely to accomplish good and useful things if you’re willing to look uncool.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991, Aquarius rock star Axl Rose recorded the song “November Rain” with his band Guns N’ Roses. It had taken him eight years to compose it. Before it was finally ready for prime time, he had to whittle it down from an 18-minute-long epic to a more succint nine-minute ballad. I see the coming weeks as a time when you should strive to complete work on your personal equivalent of Axl’s opus.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor whose work led to the creation of electric lights, recorded music, movies, and much more. When he was 49 years old, he met Henry Ford, a younger nnovator who was at the beginning of his illustrious career. Ford told Edison about his hopes to develop and manufacture low-cost automobiles, and the older man responded with an emphatic endorsement. Ford later said this was the first time anyone had given him any encouragement. Edison’s approval “was worth worlds” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This may be the most miscelto him. I predict, Pisces, that you will receive comparalaneous horoscope I’ve ever created for you. That’s aproble inspiration from a mentor or guide or teacher in the pos, given the fact that you’re a multifaceted quicknext nine months. Be on the lookout for that person. change artist these days. Here’s your sweet mess of oracles. 1. If the triumph you seek isn’t humbling, it’s not the Homework: Is there a belief you know you should live right triumph. 2. You may have an odd impulse to reclaim without, but don’t yet have the courage to leave behind?

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Complex, 225 Montezuma Stephen T. Pacheco, Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, District Court Clerk at 1:30 p.m. on the 28th day of By: Bernadette Hernandez, November, 2017 for an ORDER Deputy Court Clerk FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Submitted by: Mariam Sharon Gorman to Autumn Michelle Ryan Miriam Sharon Gorman.

Petitioner, Pro Se STEPHEN T. PACHECO, STATE OF NEW MEXICO District Court Clerk COUNTY OF SANTA FE By: Gloria Landin FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Deputy Court Clerk COURT IN THE MATTER OF Submitted by: Mariam Sharon A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF Gorman NAME OF Maria Reyes Romero Petitioner, Pro Se Case No.: D-101-CV-2017-03126 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME STATE OF NEW MEXICO TAKE NOTICE that in accordance COUNTY OF SANTA FE with the provisions of Sec. 40-8FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT 1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA COURT IN THE MATTER OF 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Maria A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF Robert James MacLean Reyes Romero will apply to the Case No.: D-101-CV-2017-02873 Honorable Gregory S. Shaffer, NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME District Judge of the First Judicial TAKE NOTICE that in accordance District at the Santa Fe Judicial with the provisions of Sec. 40-8- Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Robert at 2:30 p.m. on the 28th day of November, 2017 for an ORDER James MacLean will apply to the FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Honorable Gregory S. Shaffer, District Judge of the First Judicial Maria Reyes Romero to Mary Reyes Romero.

District at the Santa Fe Judicial STEPHEN T. PACHECO, Complex, 225 Montezuma District Court Clerk Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, By: Gloria Landin at 1:30 p.m. on the 28th day of Deputy Court Clerk November, 2017 for an ORDER Submitted by: FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Maria Reyes Romero Robert James MacLean to Jerad Petitioner, Pro Se James MacLean.

STEPHEN T. PACHECO, STATE OF NEW MEXICO District Court Clerk COUNTY OF SANTA FE By: Victoria Martinez FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Deputy Court Clerk IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION Submitted by: Robert James FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF MacLean Mary Josephine O’Bryan Petitioner, Pro Se Case No.: D-101-CV-2017-03138 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME STATE OF NEW MEXICO TAKE NOTICE that in accordance COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST with the provisions of Sec. 40-8JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN 1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA THE MATTER OF A PETITION 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Mary FOR A CHANGE OF NAME OF Josephine O’Bryan will apply GRISELDA ALBRIGHT Case No.: D-101-CV-2017-03073 to the Honorable DAVID K. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME THOMSON, District Judge of TAKE NOTICE that in accordance the First Judicial District at the with the provisions of Sec. 40-8- Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, 1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA New Mexico, at 9:00 a.m. on the 1978, et seq. the Petitioner 8th day of January, 2018 for an Griselda Albright will apply to the honorable Raymond Z. Ortiz, ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME District Judge of the First Judicial from Mary Josephine O’Bryan to Mamie Jo O Bryan.

District at the Santa Fe Judicial STEPHEN T. PACHECO, Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 10:00 District Court Clerk a.m. on the 15th day of December, By: Bernadette Hernandez 2017 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE Deputy Court Clerk OF NAME from Griselda Albright Submitted by: Mary Josephine O’Bryan to Griselda Cee. Petitioner, Pro Se Stephen T. Pacheco, District Court Clerk STATE OF NEW MEXICO

By Gloria Landin, IN THE PROBATE COURT Deputy Court Clerk SANTA FE COUNTY Submitted by: Griselda Albright No. 2017-0169 Petitioner, Pro Se

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Alfonso U. Barela, DECEASED. 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 (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 personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe, County, New Mexico, located at the following address: 102 Grant Avenue - PO Box 1985, Santa Fe, NM 87504.

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Virginia L. Garcia 229 Villeros St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-988-4613 Raymond B. Barela 55 Vereda Serena Santa Fe, NM 87508 505-986-1372 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Silvia Lopez Xicay Petitioner/Plaintiff vs.

Edwin Bamack Garcia Respondent/Defendant Case No.: D-101-DM-2017-00211 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO Edwin Bamack Garcia.

GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that Silvia Lopez Xicay, the above-named Petitioner/Plaintiff, has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, The general object thereof being: to establish parentage, determine custody and timesharing and assess child support.

Unless you enter your appearance in this cause within thirty (30) days of the date of the last publication of this Notice, judgment by default may be entered against you.

Silvia Lopez Xicay 2721 Walnut St Santa Fe, NM 87507 WITNESS this Honorable SYLVIA LaMAR, District Judge of the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, and the Seal of the District Court of Santa Fe/Rio Arriba/Los Alamos County, this 6th day of November, 2017.

STEPHEN T. PACHECO CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Angelica Gonzalez Deputy Clerk

LEGAL NOTICES ALL OTHERS AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE/ D-101- CV-2016- 00163 DAVID RAY WILKERSON STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. PLAINTIFF, V. DAVID RAY WILKERSON,; JOHN DOES I-V, INCLUSIVE; JANE DOES I-V, INCLUSIVE; BLACK CORPORATIONS I-V, INCLUSIVE; WHITE PARTNERSHIPS I-V, INCLUSIVE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF EACH OF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, IF DECEASED, DEFENDANT(S).

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE NO: D-101- CV-2016- 00163 Please Take Notice that the above-entitled Court, having appointed me or my designee as Special Master in this matter with the power to sell, has ordered me to sell the real property (the “Property”) situated in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, commonly known as 400 Griffin Street, Santa Fe New Mexico 87501, and more particularly described as follows: An undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1212, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unites), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, A Condominium (the “Project”); (Ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit: and (iii) nonexclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes. during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, A Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).

Unit Number: 2221 Vacation Week Number: 46 Unit Type: 1 Bed Room Initial Occupancy Year: 2011 Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Timeshare Interest Floating Annual Year Timeshare Interest The sale is to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, on the front steps of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, City of Santa Fe, County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, at which time I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America, the Property to pay expenses of sale, and to satisfy the Judgment granted to Villas De Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc. (“Villas De Santa Fe”). Villas De Santa Fe was awarded a Default Judgment Decree of Foreclosure on July 28, 2017, in the principal sum of $3,243.24 plus attorney fees and tax in the sum of $1,477.69 and attorney costs in the sum of $786.85 for a total amount of $5,507.78 plus interest thereafter at the rate of 8.75% per annum from July 28, 2017, until the property is sold at a Special Master’s Sale, plus costs of the Special Master’s Sale, including the Special Master’s fee in the amount of $212.88, plus any additional attorney fees and costs actually expended from the date of this Default Judgment until the date of the Special Master’s sale, plus those additional amounts, if any, which Plaintiff will be required to pay before termination of this action for property taxes, and insurance premiums, or any other cost of upkeep of the property of any sort. Notice Is Further Given that the real property and improvements concerned with

herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due. Villas De Santa Fe its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property, subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any. Notice Is Further Given that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption. Prospective Purchasers At Sale Are Advised To Make Their Own Examination Of The Title And The Condition Of The Property And To Consult Their Own Attorney Before Bidding. By: /s/ Robert Doyle, Special Master, P.O. Box 51526, Albuquerque, NM 87181, 505-471- 4113.

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE/ D-101-CV-2016-00171 GEORGE STOUMBIS STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. PLAINTIFF, V. GEORGE STOUMBIS,; JOHN DOES I-V, INCLUSIVE; JANE DOES I-V, INCLUSIVE; BLACK CORPORATIONS I-V, INCLUSIVE; WHITE PARTNERSHIPS I-V, INCLUSIVE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF EACH OF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, IF DECEASED, DEFENDANT(S).

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE NO: D-101-CV-2016-00171 Please Take Notice that the above-entitled Court, having appointed me or my designee as Special Master in this matter with the power to sell, has ordered me to sell the real property (the “Property”) situated in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, commonly known as 400 Griffin Street, Santa Fe New Mexico 87501, and more particularly described as follows: 1 Timeshare Interest(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (1) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) nonexclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance SFREPORTER.COM

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with the provisions of the thencurrent Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe county, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).

Unit Number: 2115 Vacation Week Number: 21 Unit Type: 1 Bed Room Initial Occupancy Year: 1999 Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Timeshare Interest.

Timeshare Interest Floating Annual Year Timeshare Interest The sale is to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, on the front steps of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, City of Santa Fe, County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, at which time I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America, the Property to pay expenses of sale, and to satisfy the Judgment granted to Villas De Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc. (“Villas De Santa Fe”). Villas De Santa Fe was awarded a Default Judgment Decree of Foreclosure on June 27, 2017, in the principal sum of $2,880.10, plus attorney fees and tax in the sum of $1,477.04 and attorney costs in the sum of $1,028.87 for a total amount of $5,386.01, plus interest thereafter at the rate of 8.75% per annum from June 27, 2017, until the property is sold at a Special Master’s Sale, plus costs of the Special Master’s Sale, including the Special Master’s fee in the amount of $212.88, plus any additional attorney fees and costs actually expended from the date of this Default Judgment until the date of the Special Master’s sale, plus those additional amounts, if any, which Plaintiff will be required to pay before termination of this action for property taxes, and insurance premiums, or any other cost of upkeep of the property of any sort. Notice Is Further Given that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due. Villas De Santa Fe, its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property, subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any. Notice Is Further Given that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption. Prospective Purchasers At Sale Are Advised To Make Their Own Examination Of The Title And The Condition Of The Property And To Consult Their Own Attorney Before Bidding. By: /s/ Robert Doyle, Special Master, P.O. Box 51526, Albuquerque, NM 87181, 505-471- 4113.

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