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CannABusted Santa Fe passed decrim two years ago, but people are still going to jail for small amounts of marijuana

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NOT FEELIN’ IT Amy Davis started out just swell with a tribute to New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. Amy, ever so modestly, even let us know that Mr. Cunningham “inspired [her] to be cool.”

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Steven Hsieh’s amusing non-story about Hillary Clinton’s “close relationship” with Joe and Valerie Wilson accurately recounts an exchange of emails I had with the former ambassador in 2012, but fails to provide the proper context. At the time of the exchange, I was part of a group of historians and writers assembled by the State Department to advise on a series of education initiatives for the department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, which house a magnificent collection of Americana. The “national fine arts reception” to which the article refers was in fact a development event for the DRR, to which Secretary Clinton had invited us in gratitude for our service. Ambassador Wilson’s email facilitated a brief one-onone meeting, during which I presented the secretary with a DVD copy of my HBO series John Adams—only to discover that she had not only seen the miniseries, but could quote from it. That’s more than I can say for my own agent.

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ALI AND LORD BYRON

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Think you’ve got enough info about racism and politics? Community columnist Lee Miller offers his take on what Muhammad Ali and English Romantic Poet Lord Byron had to say about it.

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Dust-Up Over Gravel Rules

The county’s sand and gravel extraction codes fail to protect the viewscapes and quality of life along the Turquoise Trail, say two long-time residents of Cerrillos. The ordinance, they argue, should limit the scope and duration of mining. They also want mining farther removed from roads and residences.

With Santa Fe County’s Sustainable Land Development Code under sixmonth review, now’s the time for those questions.

While the regulations allow flexibility, they argue the default should fall in favor of the residents.

“It’s backward that the burden is on the citizens,” says Ross Lockridge.

“It seems that companies, if they think

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The 44 years they’ve lived in Cerrillos has been long enough to describes the mines in three words: dust, diesel and decibels, says resident Ann Murray.

“We need gravel, but it needs to be well-sited,” Murray says. “It’s nothing to put right next to a house or a school or a park.”

She learned as much in the mid’90s, when a gravel sifting operation expanded near Cerrillos.

The land development code allows small operations of less than 10 acres within 200 feet of property lines. Lockridge and Murray suggest something under 5 acres and 1,000-foot setbacks would be more appropriate, as would a two-year limit.

The county is in the midst of hosting public meetings on its land use code, with the next at 6 pm on Aug. 24 at the Rancho Viejo Fire Station (37 Rancho Viejo Blvd.) and at 6 pm on Aug. 30 at the Edgewood Fire Station (1 Municipal Way, Edgewood). (Elizabeth Miller)

Train to Somewhere A long-neglected train station at St. Francis Drive and Zia Road is set to begin serving passengers on a trial basis as soon as this fall if a private developer’s construction project goes as planned.

Zia Station has been a part of the vision from state and local officials since the New Mexico Rail Runner Express began serving Santa Fe in 2008, but trains have never delivered or picked up passengers there due to a series of delays—some economic, some logistic, some based on drama with some people who live nearby and who travel through the busy intersection.

Last year, developers with local contractor SF Brown managed to get the City Council to grant approval for a “kiss and ride” station that will allow for a study of passenger service, abandoning ideas of parking and adjoining commercial buildings for now.

This month, fences came down, others went up, and the project began in earnest.

“We’re just trying to keep our nose down and do what we need to do,” says Merritt Brown, a partner in the development. He’s not expecting a quiet path forward forever, though. “It’s just like anything. Land use discussions are controversial. We are ready to open that dialog again once we have the station open and it’s functioning.

Everybody made the commitment that we are going to watch it operate for a while.”

Construction could last a little over a month, including additional lights, sidewalks on both Zia and Galisteo roads and a fence along St. Francis.

Train managers say it won’t take much doing to begin using the station once the city gives the OK. The most recent round of schedule revisions added the stop to timetables. (Julie Ann Grimm)

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Short Supply Mother, producer sue health department over ‘arbitrary’ plant limits

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top economist spent the summer collecting information about the state’s medical cannabis market and says her study proves the health department’s strict 450-plant cap is responsible for an endless shortage of medication.

Current demand for cannabis exceeds supply by 2.26 tons, and the deficiency is forecast to grow to 6.8 tons by the first quarter in 2018, according to Kelly O’Donnell, a former regulation and licensing department secretary under then-Gov. Bill Richardson.

“Having a very limited supply of plant material prevents suppliers from innovating and offering the broader array of products like edibles, patches and lozenges, or products with different concentrations of specific cannabinoids—CBD, for example—that better target certain health conditions or the needs of different kinds of patients,” says O’Donnell.

Officials at the New Mexico Department of Health admit they haven’t done a good job predicting rapid growth in the program. Instead, rules are based on Secretary-Designate Lynn Gallagher’s concerns for potential Drug Enforcement Agency intervention.

She also worries that increased inventories could be diverted to the black market, create producer monopolies or up the potential for large crop disease.

Shortages are a huge problem for thousands of patients and caregivers, including Nicole Nuñez, the mother of 8-month-old Amylea Nuñez. Amylea suffers from life-threatening seizures, and Nuñez often has to travel to Colorado to buy the cannabis-derived oil that helps her infant, even though a producer says he can make enough here if the state gave the green light.

On Tuesday, local attorney Brian Egolf filed a complaint in state district court in Santa Fe on behalf of Nuñez (using her legal name, Nichole Sena) and licensed producer New Mexico Top Organics–Ultra Health, Inc. In part, the lawsuit states that “the program is still managed and governed by an arbitrary and capricious production limitation that ensures there will never be an adequate supply of cannabis in New Mexico.”

Egolf argues the health agency and Gallagher are ignoring a legally mandated duty to ensure an uninterrupted 90-day supply of cannabis medication for qualified patients.

“In this case, we thought a valid demand model/ analysis would be the most effective way to prove beyond any reasonable doubt the dire situation the NMDOH has placed patients’ wellness,” says Duke Rodriguez, Ultra Health’s president. “It’s hard to believe we have a $45 million program with no meaningful modeling, projections or vision from NMDOH on how this program should be operated.”

Nicole Nuñez wants to be able to buy enough of the cannabis-derived oil that she says prevents her daughter’s seizures.

The department could license more producers and 37,000 additional plants—more than double the rather than increase plant counts, but O’Donnell says 13,800 plants producers paid to grow between now that would only solve the problem for two years and and August 2017. This is still significantly less than the would not set up growers to benefit from economies 320,000 or more plants being cultivated in Colorado of scale or have enough material to develop specialty each month.

As New Mexico’s aging population increases to 33 medications like Haley’s Hope, which costs Nuñez and her husband Ernie $175 for a single 2-ounce bot- percent of the state’s total population by 2030, supply tle. To extract the cannabinoids needed to make the could be further constrained as even more residents drug requires lots of flowering buds—generally more will qualify for the program. Other epidemiological than New Mexico producers are willing to set aside to trends will also affect the upward demand, O’Donnell says, including the number of patients manufacture the specialty medicasuffering from PTSD, chronic pain and tion. those with opiate use disorder who The lack of scientific modeling plan to petition the department to aland avoidable staffing deficits have An arbitrary already ensnarled program staff as low cannabis to be used as way to treat patient enrollments has rocketed addiction to prescription painkillers. and capricious up 81 percent since June 2015, from For now, Rodriguez and others are production 15,265 patients to 26,568 patients at left to question why the department last count in July 2016. Staffers spent imposed plant caps since the enabling limitation ... the entire summer catching up on a act in 2007 doesn’t specify a limit. backlog of applications that is still They also wonder why Gallagher is ensures there not resolved. ignoring New Mexico State University The plaintiffs claim the departscientists’ view that smaller crops are will never be an more likely to be affected by various ment’s restrictive plant cap makes it diseases than larger grows. impossible to keep up with patient adequate supply O’Donnell tells SFR that the health growth, and they want a judge to ordepartment may not be the best agender Gallagher to lift the agency’s “arof cannabis. bitrary” cap before patients’ health cy to oversee the program. While they is negatively impacted. do, market penetration or monopoliRodriguez hired O’Donnell to zation isn’t something the health deproduce the data-driven market report. She deter- partment should be concerned about.

“They’re already in over their heads trying to regumined that about 1.2 percent of the state’s population is currently registered in the program, but another late essentially an agricultural crop,” she says.

630,000 residents, or about 30 percent of the state’s Nuñez is aware that the DEA, like her daughter’s population, suffer from at least one of the program’s own doctors, refuses to recognize the drug’s mediciqualifying medical conditions. O’Donnell expects nal value—but Nuñez insists it’s a life-saver. many of them will begin to enroll in the program.

She’d like more places to access it in New Mexico.

To support a robust medical cannabis market in Better yet, Nuñez would like to have her insurance New Mexico as demand for medication increases, plan pay for her daughter’s cannabis. But that, she O’Donnell suggests the state’s 35 current growers will knows, is a different battle for a different day. have to increase harvest yields up to 600 percent by Read a Q&A with O’Donnell and Rodriguez at SFReporter.com early 2018 and be allowed to grow between 27,000 SFREPORTER.COM

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NEWS overnight. It’s going to take a number of years. … Some of our kids come in and need 24 credits.” Twentyfour credits, by the way, is an entire high school courseload. “You can’t get 24 credits in two months.”

Engage students must spend at least 10 hours on their schoolwork each week. Classroom work at Engage, located on Camino Entrada near the intersection of Cerrillos Road and Airport Road, consists primarily of one-on-one sessions with teachers, who are more commonly referred to as “graduation coaches.”

The coaches go as far as to drive to a student’s house and knock on their door if they haven’t shown up for school. Malone often tags along.

“There’s some kids that need us to come and knock on their door every day and say, ‘Hey, you’re smart.

Come get this credit done. You’re already halfway done,’” Malone says.

Malone seeks out recruits in any location where youth congregate in Santa Fe. He creates his own fliers and places them on cars.

“It’s harder to recruit kids in the summer,” Malone says. “This summer was hot and nobody’s outside.”

Malone, 25, says he loves what he does. In addition to working 40 hours a week at Engage and taking a full load at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Recruiter Air Malone is looking for you, high school dropouts.

Malone leads local hip-hop group SpaceMob SpaceCadets. He developed his can-do attitude through numerous personal struggles, including two periods of homelessness in Houston and Santa Fe, and having dropped out of SFUAD twice, once due to financial issues and later when he had a blood clot. Malone worked to pay off his school debt, lost 50 pounds to address his health issues, and took classes at Santa Fe Engage program gains more students despite low graduation rate Community College to reduce his course load when he returns to SFUAD as a junior this fall.

Though recruiting is one of his primary duties,

BY AN D R E W KOSS Yet Engage celebrated just its fourth graduate this Malone does much more. He says sometimes stusummer. Lexus Romero walked in the school dis- dents are more likely to share their problems with andrew@ s fre p o r te r.com trict’s summer ceremony at the SFPS administration him than with one of the coaches, who they see as building at 610 Alta Vista St. The district holds sum- authority figures. iron “Air” Malone pulls out of the Engage mer graduation proceedings for students who were Luis Vargas, 21, graduated from the Engage proSanta Fe parking lot at noon each day in unable to graduate in May due gram in March. He starts classa purple van affectionately nicknamed to missing credits. Romero es at Santa Fe Community Col“Barney.” He hits up Starbucks, the Santa kept working through Engage’s lege on Aug. 22 and plans to get Fe Place Mall and skate parks to recruit students for summer session in order to oba degree in computer science.

Santa Fe Public Schools’ high school completion pro- tain her diploma.

“Since I was a child, I’ve been There’s some kids gram.

“We can do our own gradufascinated with computers,” “When I get out of the car, I can’t be like, ‘Hey, ation party here on site, or Vargas says. “I opened up the that need us to come you look like a dropout. Do you have your diploma?’” they can participate in one of box and said, ‘What’s this weird Malone says. “I could offend a lot of people. So I have the high school graduations,” stuff?’ I’d be looking at the comand knock on their door to come at it from a very different angle.” says Engage Program Coordiputer chips. That sense of wonAs the sole recruitment coordinator for Engage, nator Diana Espinoza. “A lot every day and say, ‘Hey, derment always accompanied Malone looks for program candidates in the range of them don’t feel connected me.” you’re smart. Come get of 16 to 22 years old. He tells people about Engage, to those schools. Maybe they Vargas credits Malone with hands out fliers, and asks if “you or anyone you know” went to Santa Fe High two or kick starting his self-discipline. this credit done. You’re needs to get their high school diploma. He acknowl- three years ago, but now they “He helped me a lot,” Vargas edges that many of them probably throw the pieces of don’t really know anybody. For says, “knowing if I didn’t do it, already halfway done.’ paper out, but that doesn’t stop him from trying. them, it just feels weird to be in I was letting someone down. …

Engage is not a GED program, but rather helps that kind of ceremony.”

He helped me get halfway. He’d students complete their high school education to Four graduates in two years say, ‘I’ll get you to school, you’ve earn their diploma. Launched in 2014 as an effort may not sound like a lot, but just go to get through the rest.’” by the district to combat a graduation rate that hov- school officials say that with their busy schedules, When it comes to Engage, Malone says it’s not reers around 67 percent, Engage currently has 77 stu- it takes time for students to make up credits. Some ally about the numbers. “Who’s to say one program dents and 30 more expected in fall 2016, meaning the work more than one job while taking care of their is not worth one kid’s life? Even if we have only one program could soon meet its 125-student capacity. children. graduate, he got his diploma from here and now his Engage enters its third year under the leadership of “I think we face a lot of criticism, because we don’t life’s better,” he tells SFR. “This school is about getprincipal Theresa Baca, who took over after the de- have that many graduates,” says Engage math teacher ting rid of obstacles. … We will do anything possible parture of SFPS Superintendent Joel Boyd.

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SANTA FE PASSED DECRIM TWO YEARS AGO, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO JAIL FOR SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA

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t is the duty of the police department to make possession of one ounce or less of marijuana the lowest law enforcement priority,” reads the ordinance widely considered Santa Fe’s pot decriminalization order.

Under the rule, people caught carrying small amounts of marijuana in Santa Fe face a maximum fine of $25, the punitive equivalent of jaywalking or running a red light. Possession of pipes, grinders and other paraphernalia associated with marijuana use carry the same penalty. Most significantly, decriminalization encouraged the end of jail time as punishment for carrying less than an ounce of pot.

City Council approved the ordinance on August 27, 2014. But that hardly marked the end of marijuana arrests in Santa Fe. Local cops have sent on average more than one person to jail per month for petty pot possession in the last two years, according to an SFR investigation.

Santa Feans caught with small amounts of marijuana are paying the price with court fines and time away from work, and those are just the immediate repercussions. In the long run, a criminal drug conviction—even for marijuana—can follow someone for a lifetime.

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a public forum this month. But in an interview with SFR, the chief said some officers “adamantly oppose” the policy.

“I’m asking the people of Santa Fe to give us time.

Give us time and we’ll figure this out,” he says.

From time of passage through July of this year, SFR counted 36 instances of city police arresting people on marijuana charges, leading to jail stays ranging from a few hours to multiple nights.

Here are some of their stories: An 18-year-old and three minors smoked marijuana wax in a car parked outside a house party. Parents came to pick up three teenagers. The fourth went to jail.

A 46-year-old woman looked poised to pick up a citation for three joints when an officer noticed a bag of marijuana “sticking out of her bra area.” He arrested her instead. Caught in a lie, she spent the night in jail.

Another 18-year-old slept in jail this Memorial Day weekend, his first time behind bars, for possessing pot and a pipe. Before the arrest, he had been driving his inebriated mother and a hitchhiker, and police pulled him over because his passengers had stolen alcohol during a stop at Walmart.

The 36 people jailed in the last two years for marijuana lean on the young side, with a median age of 24.

The arrests tend to occur on the Southside. About 70 percent happened southwest of St. Michael’s Drive, mostly during traffic stops along Cerrillos Road.

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According to lawyers who work in magistrate court, the arrests more often affect people of color. It is difficult to verify the claim, however, since neither jail booking sheets nor police reports maintain consistent records on race as it pertains to Latinos. Most of the arrestees also meet income limits to qualify for a public defender.

“We’re not seeing anyone that’s attending the opera,” says Morgan Wood, the top public defender for the 1st Judicial District.

SFR also reviewed a limited number of criminal citations for people who did not go to jail for marijuana but still received state charges carrying heftier penalties than the $25 municipal ticket—a woman sitting on a bench at the Railyard and a man sitting in his car outside the Regal Stadium 14, for example.

The record of how often the police department cites under the city ordinance for marijuana possession isn’t totally clear. Department leaders have thrown out various answers for the number of administrative citations issued for pot.

Chief Gallagher says the department has issued 13 tickets under the ordinance in the last two years, but a request to inspect those tickets resulted in evidence of just eight.

And spokesman Greg Gurulé tells SFR he can’t be certain whether the eight citations “on record” or the 13 cited by the chief represent the actual number of pot possession tickets issued in the last two years.

(The Albuquerque Journal in April 2015 reported that

This is not the first time people have raised questions about the police department’s enforcement of marijuana possession. Early reports from SFR, the Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican and the Associated Press suggested city cops largely ignored it.

When asked about the arrests, Mayor Javier Gonzales reiterated his support for statewide legalization.

“Until the state catches up, I hope we are able to work to find better alternatives than taking people to the detention center,” he says. But beyond suggestions, the mayor says his hands are tied.

“I am not going to second guess or mandate to police officers which codes they should follow. They’re responsible for protecting the community and that’s going to be their call,” Gonzales added.

Although Gallagher admits the implementation of the policy has not been perfect, he maintains the department needs to enforce the code as intended.

“We definitely understand what the council has passed. It is our lowest priority,” he said earlier this month at a scheduled speaking event at Collected Works Bookstore.

Gallagher, who took over the department leadership when Eric Garcia stepped down the summer of 2015, says he has encouraged police officers in one-on-one meetings to always “consider” using the civil citations.

But not all 82 sworn patrol officers are on board. He says his own internal sample survey found about half disagree with the policy.

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the police department issued 17 citations.)

The department did not begin issuing the citations until May 2015, when after months of bureaucratic delay, the city adopted formal guidelines and officers finally had the right paperwork.

SFR analyzed hundreds of pages of jail booking data, police reports, and court filings for this story. In our final count, we did not include marijuana charges concurrent with other criminal offenses, such as driving while intoxicated or trespassing. We also excluded defendants who picked up marijuana charges during bench warrant arrests. (If we had included any of those cases, the number of people facing small-time possession charges from city cops under state law would climb to nearly 70.) Finally, as the county and state have yet to decriminalize the drug, we whittled out arrests made by other law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the city.

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“Some of our officers are adamantly opposed to it,” Gallagher says. “Look, we all have our personal opinions, but that shouldn’t change the way we enforce the law.”

Sgt. Troy Baker, president of the Santa Fe Police Officers Association, disputes any notion that the department has a problem following the ordinance. “I am seeing a lot of officers turn in marijuana and paraphernalia for destruction without filing any charges,” Baker says. “We’re not running around chasing people for marijuana. We have much larger issues here.”

At the bookstore, the chief brought up a 2015 analysis by the Drug Policy Alliance that found more than 50 criminal charges for marijuana possession since decriminalization, and offered an oft-repeated justification: Most were concurrent with other state offenses.

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to bifurcate the case,” Gallagher told the crowd.

When SFR asked the chief about the 36 arrests we found—composed strictly of marijuana and paraphernalia possession—the chief repeated his defense. Since paraphernalia is a separate charge, he suggested, it only makes sense to consolidate the cases in state court.

SFR noted that possession of marijuana paraphernalia also carries a $25 fine under the new municipal ordinance.

Gallagher’s response: “If that’s the case, I might have to educate some officers.”

After reviewing six of SFR’s cases, Gallagher says some other factors that could justifiably trigger an arrest include prior police encounters, involvement of a vehicle (even parked cars) and failure to cooperate with an officer.

Under New Mexico’s controlled substances statute, first-timers found with less than an ounce of marijuana face up to 15 days in jail and a $100 fine.

Subsequent strikes carry up to a year and a $1,000 fine.

And then there’s the fine print.

Criminal drug convictions also incur surcharges that dwarf municipal fines, even in cases where a judge defers sentencing or hands down lenient punishments.

Magistrate court collects $75 from anyone found guilty of drug misdemeanors, including petty marijuana possession. Another $40 of mandatory fees helps fund court facilities, corrections and the state judicial system.

That’s per conviction. If a defendant gets tagged with paraphernalia in addition to marijuana possession, they’ll owe twice as much.

And they better pay up or risk paying more. Missing a payment or court date triggers a bench warrant for a person’s arrest, which automatically incurs a $100 fee, not to mention additional jail time.

Even those who skirt conviction can take a big hit in the wallet. While magistrate judges typically release firsttime marijuana defendants without bond, those deemed flight risks might find themselves paying hundreds to get out of jail.

The 18-year-old who was driving his inebriated mother had his car impounded as he got arrested for marijuana. It cost $1,200 to get his Impala back, he says. He originally paid $900 for the car.

Perhaps the most severe consequences, however, aren’t written in the books. An arrest, even if it does not lead

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A criminal marijuana conviction can disqualify a person from jobs, federal student loans and public housing assistance. Repeat offenses for undocumented immigrants can lead to deportation.

And it’s people who need government services the most who could find themselves disqualified for small amounts of marijuana. Wood, the public defender, tells SFR, “Most of the people arrested on these charges are our clients.”

The Law Offices of the Public Defender, which uses federal poverty guidelines to determine eligibility, entered appearances on 20 of the 36 cases.

In the summer of 2014, when Santa Fe’s elected officials voted to decriminalize marijuana, they knew they couldn’t explicitly order police to ignore state laws. So the City Council encouraged law enforcement to try something new, creating an option for police officers to look in a less punitive direction.

City cops were suddenly imbued with the extraordinary power to determine whether a person caught with pot should shell out three hours of minimum wage or sleep in the slammer.

“So two people caught on the same day with less than one ounce could be treated completely differently?” surmised City Councilor Christopher Rivera in discussions before the Council voted to pass the decriminalization ordinance.

“Yes sir,” replied Deputy Chief Dale Lettenberger, who retired last year.

Potential problems that opened with this door were not lost on Rivera.

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No one SFR spoke with for this story—attorneys, advocates, police officials, and judges—has a problem with granting police officers some discretion over how to charge marijuana possession. But people still have concerns over the ambiguity of how those determinations are made.

“If the chief isn’t limiting officer discretion, that is a policy decision that needs to be addressed,” says David Segura, the presiding judge for Santa Fe County magistrate court. Segura served in the city police department for 20 years before retiring as a captain in 2000.

“We would hope that a culture would be set that makes it very clear under what circumstances an officer

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can arrest under state law,” says Emily Kaltenbach, director of the New Mexico division of the Drug Policy Alliance, an organization that spearheaded the push for decriminalization.

Police reports offer some clues as to why officers might have opted for state charges over municipal citations.

One arrestee reportedly matched the description of a suspected car burglar.

He ultimately only got pegged with marijuana possession, and a judge dismissed the case for lack of prosecution.

Another man reportedly got into a physical fight with his girlfriend. (In the report, both the arrestee and girlfriend claim it was strictly verbal.) An officer arrived on the scene before cuffing and frisking the man. During that process, the 24-year-old volunteered a bag of marijuana in his front right pocket.

“I didn’t do nothing yo,” the arrestee says, according to the police report.

“The weed, it’s a 35-dollar ticket right?

So you can’t arrest on that and you have to let me go.”

The officer, though, writes that he “told [the man] I don’t know what he was talking about and informed him of statute 30-21-23(B)(1). Anyone found guilty of this is subject to arrest.”

“Don’t arrest me. Just give me a ticket,” the man allegedly responded.

“Please just let me go.”

He spent the night in jail.

Other cases seem to defy common sense. In June, a man received municipal citations for panhandling and prohibited camping. He also got slapped with a state citation for marijuana possession, meaning he will have to go to two different courthouses to resolve one police stop’s worth of allegations.

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In another case, four officers responded to a call reporting two men blasting loud music in a parked car at 3 am. Will, who asked SFR not to publish his last name, sat in the driver’s seat, where he had been smoking with a friend. They were parked on Will’s driveway in a subdivision off Agua Fría.

Smoke wafted out of the 20-year-old’s window as an officer asked him if he had any narcotics in the vehicle. Will volunteered a “piece of paper containing a small amount of marijuana,” according to the police report. The officer arrested Will and drove him to jail for the first time in his life, where he spent the next 18 hours.

A month later, Will went to court. He waited in Judge Donita Sena’s gallery for two hours, but the police officer who arrested him did not show up that day.

Sena dismissed the case. (Arresting officers act as prosecutors in magistrate court.)

“It was bullshit to spend a night in a jail for nothing, basically. I mean, I could see if I had a whole ounce of weed or a pound,” Will says.

His experience reflects a common trajectory of criminal marijuana charges in Santa Fe—from arrest to jail to dismissal.

While police officers generally charge marijuana possession in state court, they seem less motivated to follow these cases through the judicial system.

Of the 36 cases counted by SFR, 12 led to convictions. Officers either failed to show up to court or declined to prosecute in 15 cases, resulting in dropped charges. The remaining cases are pending.

The tendency to decline prosecution has not been

lost on those who represent low-level marijuana clients. Ethan Nissani, a local criminal defense attorney, says he will “always advise my clients to fight those cases, because if you keep showing up these cases go away.”

Meanwhile, the magistrate court bench says it supports leniency when it comes to petty pot misdemeanors.

“Most of the judges here are cognizant of the impact of marijuana convictions on young people, so we encourage a resolution that has the least impact,” says Judge Segura.

Santa Fe’s decriminalization ordinance came during a national reckoning over the so-called War on Drugs.

A growing number in Washington are questioning the wisdom of locking people up for victimless drug crimes. Bipartisan efforts to reduce sentences for drug offenses have been stirring for years now—from city halls to Capitol Hill.

Of those efforts, marijuana policy represents the lowest-hanging fruit. At the same time, it’s bound to be one of the most effective ways to chip at America’s incarceration rate, the highest in the world. Marijuana accounts for about half of all drug arrests, according to a 2010 study by the American Civil Liberties Union.

A poll this summer found that more than half of Americans support the full legalization of the plant.

In New Mexico, the figure could be much higher. A 2016 survey by Research and Polling Inc. found 86 percent of state residents ages 18 to 34 support it.

Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana, while another 23 states have passed decriminalization legislation.

Voters in Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties passed non-binding referenda indicating their support for decriminalization, and a proposal to decriminalize

pot in Albuquerque garnered city council approval before dying by mayoral veto. Statewide efforts to legalize or decriminalize pot have also emerged in the last couple years, though none have been successful.

Our city short-circuited its route to decriminalization. In the summer of 2014, more than 6,000 registered voters in Santa Fe signed a petition to put an ordinance on the ballot. To save an estimated $80,000 for the election, the council bypassed a citywide vote and enacted decriminalization right there in City Hall.

It was the second major legislation passed that year reflecting the national sea change over drug policy. Just months prior, the city kicked off Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, a program that directs low-level drug offenders to treatment instead of jail.

Aside from the moral calculation of a less punitive approach to drug offenses, these two policies garnered significant support for another reason: They save time and money. News that city police, more often than not, continue arresting and criminally citing marijuana users defuses enthusiasm over the ordinance’s potential fiscal impact.

“There should be some baseline level of education provided to our officers about both laws and the impacts of enforcing each law,” Councilor Joseph Maestas tells SFR when we shared our findings. “They should know it costs more money, it takes much more resources, when you enforce the state law versus the city law.”

“We don’t have the opportunity to intervene with a defendant if there is something else going on, like if they are self-medicating. If we could just get everybody out of jail, we could work with them, maybe get them some resources, some medication,” Wood tells SFR. “But we don’t have the time to do that, especially with all these cases being filed.”

But for citizens who spoke in favor of the ordinance, the issue remains a matter of personal conscience.

Before the Council cast its approval for decriminalization, William Wadsworth, a 74-year-old retired electrical engineer, spoke before the chamber. He said he “smoked marijuana for approximately 60 of those years.”

“Get this done with,” he said. “There’s been enough damage done to our young people. I was one of the fortunate few that never got caught.”

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“A lot of artists are playing with it, but there isn’t a lot of wall space being given to it.” The aforementioned mind-expanding works, as well as others—like traditionally devout Mormon bonnets made of pearl push-pins and sculptures comprised of stacked pairs of pants—appear at the innovative gallery through September.

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Curation is a creative process which attempts to communicate an idea or emote a feeling through a body of work. Frank Rose, curator and director at new-ish gallery form & concept, walks the path less traveled when it comes to curating the Santa Fe art scene. Rose produces shows of contemporary works from nontraditional mediums, such as fashion.

“It’s like following bread crumbs,” he tells SFR of his curation style. “It’s very intuitive, and I love working that way.” ReFashion, form & concept’s newest show, expands the definition of curated fashion by exploring some of the preconceptions surrounding it. “Not all the works are wearable; in fact, most of them aren’t,” Rose says.

“Imagine a backpack where you could only put the ingredients for pancakes,” he continues, describing the efforts Albuquerque-based artist Casey Smith, who creates bizarre bags. “It’s taking something general and open-ended and narrowing it down.” Some artwork in this exhibition presses the bounds of other fashion preconceptions too, such as permanence and disposability.

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briefly (Martin says he didn’t pursue music while living in Southern California), but his ultimate goal—to be a marginally ’ve had some success as a sideman, but I successful regional act—still exists, albeit think the endgame for any musician who in a bit of a vacuum. The Josh Martin wants to be an artist is to be fully expressing Trio, a band that features bassist Margayourself as an artist,” Josh Martin told me ret Burke and drummer Dave Schaffer, on a recent morning. Martin, a multi-instrumentalist does play originals, but also a good numwho has played with everyone from Mary and Mars ber of covers.

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ANTIQUE AMERICAN INDIAN ART SHOW SANTA FE El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Are you art-marketed out yet?

Of course you aren’t. Stop by this one to see some of the greatest vintage and current Indian art.

11 am - 5 pm, $12 EQUUS FILM FESTIVAL VIP OPENING NIGHT The Screen 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6494 Hosted by the Horse Shelter, the festival brings films about horses from around the world to one screen and kicks off by showing Their Last Ride, a documentary bringing awareness to horse slaughter, and Horse Shelter Diaries, made right here in Santa Fe. 6 pm, $25 FULL MOON MEDICINE WATER WHEEL CEREMONY Frenchy's Field Osage Avenue and Agua Frí­a Streets Worship the new moon and all its possibilities by taking a walk through the labyrinth, because those things are somehow connected.

5 pm, free INDIGENOUS FINE ART MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta, 819-3695 Works representing indigenous cultures in mediums like jewelry, painting, beaded and leather work are just some of what you can see at IFAM, which allows its artists to branch out from strict traditionalism, making room for innovation, (see A&C, page 25.)

9 am- 5 pm, free OPEN HOUSE WITH THE GROWING THUNDER FAMILY Ralph T Coe Foundation for the Arts 1590 B Pacheco St., 983-6372 A family of Indian Market award winners joins its matriarch, Joyce Growing Thunder, while she demonstrates her artistic process.

11 am, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET KICK OFF PARTY Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 Urban art battles, muralists, light art installations and performing artists come together to celebrate the opening of the world-renowned art market.

8 pm, free

INDIA NIGHT BUFFET Raaga 544 Agua Fria St., 983-4931 See a movie titled Water, which is set in the ‘30s and tells the story of a group of widows at an ashram, and eat Indian food buffet-style at the event hosted by the Council on International Relations.

5 pm, $50

FILM RED NATION FILM FESTIVAL: NIGHT BEFORE THE OSCARS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 The festival enters its 20th year with the documentary film that depicts interviews with today’s most well-known Native American actors just before the 2016 Oscars (see SFR Picks, page 19.)

8:30 pm, $7- $75

MUSIC GARY VIGIL Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Get real happy at this happy hour concert where Vigil plays covers in a variety of genres, and the beers are $4.

6 pm, free CACTUS SLIM & THE GOATHEADS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 These guys like to rock out, so join them for a rockin' time.

8 pm, free CANVAS Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 A collaboration between artist Ellen Babcock and New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble presents a program of music exploring the boundaries of visual and auditory experience.

6:30 pm, $10 DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Geist plays Broadway tunes with the serious talent of a guy who's made music with legends like Sondheim.

6 pm, $2 LATIN NIGHT Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 VDJ Dany plays all the bachata, cumbia, reggaeton and Latin dance jams you can handle. And then there are even more of those things after that.

9 pm, $7 LILLY PAD LOUNGE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Rebel Frog brings you the best in old-school funk, hip-hop and soul.

10 pm, $7 RAILYARD REUNION Derailed at the Sage Inn 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 They play Americana with an upbeat tempo.

6:30 pm, free RIO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jive with the Brazilian jazz and samba for which this band is known.

7 pm, free RON HELMAN JAZZ TRIO 401 Fine Neighborhood Dining 401 S Guadalupe St., 989-3297 Jazzy tunes played by Helman on the flugelhorn, Bert Dalton on piano and John Blackburn on bass.

6:30 pm, free

SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Chamber musicians play classical renditions of Schumann, Ruders and Smetana.

6 pm, $74 SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: JULIA HSU St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 The rock-star pianist plays two compositions by Beethoven.

Noon, $36 TALIA KEYS Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Keys loops a blend of pop, rock and reggae while playing a variety of instruments.

10 pm, free THE SANTA FE REVUE Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 They will probably cover one of your favorite songs, if you like Americana.

6 pm, free ZIGGY MARLEY The Bridge @ SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 424-3333 This Marley followed in his father’s footsteps and is a reggae artist with 12 albums under his belt. The seven-time Grammy winner comes to perform his classics and new material.

7:30 pm, $44

OPERA VANESSA Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 In the Pulitzer-winning opera, an aging aristocrat waits for a married man's return after their affair 20 years before, but when a handsome, unexpected stranger appears at her door, the plot thickens.

8 pm, $41- $243

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7:30 pm, $10

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6 pm, $45

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FRI/19 ART OPENINGS CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART EXHIBITION Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 The annual show opens for the 10th time and exhibits work from nine different Native artists spanning three generations, with a reception celebrating two solo-shows opening at the gallery as well.

Through Sept. 10.

5 pm, free

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Nocona Burgess’ “Billy Joshua, Cayuse” is on view at Giacobbe-Fritz Fine art as part of his solo exhibition, American Indian Cowboy opening Friday.

INDIAN MARKET PREVIEW Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 This is the only opportunity to see many phenomenal awardwinning pieces before they find new homes during the opening day frenzy.

7:30 pm, $50 INDIAN MARKET OPENING RECEPTION EXHIBITION Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave., 501-6555 The exhibit presents work by the gallery’s entire selection of artists and hosts a reception for this inclusive show. See works by Carrie Fell, Kevin Red Star, Tom Palmore and more.

5 pm, free DOLORES PURDY Morning Star Gallery 513 Canyon Road, 982-8187 The watercolorist works in the rare and totally rad medium of ledger art and is known for her whimsy and bold use of color.

10 am, free EDDY SHORTY AND DEAN MABE: OTHER TIMES AND PLACES Gallery 901 708 Canyon Road, 304-7264 Shorty, a Navajo sculptor who works in the stone-carving tradition, and Mabe, a landscape painter, present their newest works together. Through Sept. 9.

5 pm, free

INDIAN MARKET GROUP SHOW Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road, 988-3444 Scott Rogers, Ken Rowe and Vala Ola exhibit new sculptures with paintings

by Sue Krzyston and Monte Yellowbird. Through Aug. 27.

5 pm, free JOHN NIETO: NEW WORLD TREASURY Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, 983-8815 Nieto, who created the official poster for the 2002 Winter Olypmics, presents his newest works. Through Sept. 8.

5 pm, free NOCONA BURGESS: AMERICAN INDIAN COWBOY SHOW Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art 702 Canyon Road, 986-1156 Burgess, a Comanche artist who received a degree in fine art from IAIA, presents his newest portraits of American cowboys who lived between 1900 and 1950. Through Sept. 2.

5 pm, free OJIBWE CHIPPEWA Silver Sun 656 Canyon Road, 983-8743 See the newest works from artist best known for his bear sculptures, at the Indian Market reception. Through Oct. 31.

4 pm, free

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REFASHION form & concept 435 Guadalupe St., 982-8111 Adult onesies modeled after childhood heroes and bonnets made of pushpins in the devout mormon style are on display in this exhibition.

Through Oct. 30. (See SFR Picks, page 19.)

5 pm, free RICK BARTOW: BIG CROW Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 Bartow presents his newest works on paper. Through Sept. 10.

5 pm, free ROSE B SIMPSON: EMOTIVE Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 Simpson's work pushes the bounds of contemporary Native art and she is one of the most well-known Native American ceramicists today.

Through Sept. 10.

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Hi, Felicia An artist featured at the Indigenous Fine Art Market on inspiration and identity

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Her identity does cast a net of inspiration for her work. “It’s very important to not negate your history as a person,” Gabaldon says. “I am trying to express multiple identities and reclaim my roots by expressing these cultures, which is why my work blends Catholicism, Mexican folk and the Native American Indian aspect as well.”

Presenting multiple identities in life may not be as easy as it is in her work, however. “People are always like well, you know, I’m not brown enough to be Chicana, but I’m not white enough to be this,” she says, explaining a few dubious glances she received at the annual Indigenous Fine Art Market (which only allows Native American participants) last year.

IFAM is the younger Native art market that occurs each August, concurrent with Indian Market on the Plaza. IFAM was born in 2014 in the aftermath of a disagreement that divided the higher-ups

of Southwestern American Indian Arts (SWAIA), the nearly 100-year old institution that produces Indian Market. With an emphasis toward inclusion and a broader idea of what can be considered “art,” IFAM has quickly gained on its older and more established competitor.

For her part, Gabaldon drops pins on inspirational locations throughout her life: a trip to Bali through UNM’s art program, or her first few months in Berkeley. “When I moved out here to the Bay Area, I was pretty much still experimenting with things,” she says, “and graffiti … the idea of collaging and layering, inspired me, and a lot of graffiti artists do denim jackets.”

Gabaldon has painted seven denim jackets since she had the idea for making her art wearable. All the jackets were commissioned, as Gabaldon likes them to be one-of-a-kind. She brought two jackets with her to IFAM last year and, she says, “they sold within the first hour, on the first day; it’s like wearing a painting on your back.”

And denim jackets aren’t something you can necessarily see at both art markets. SWAIA’s Indian Market has more rigid guidelines about traditional artworks, whereas Gabaoldon says that IFAM is “definitely a little bit more modern in the way it is approaching new artists, not necessarily that they are young, but they are ranging in work [and] people are going there to see the difference in art.”

See Gabaldon’s jackets, original paintings on wood and prints at IFAM, or a selection of her originals on wood at Beals & Co. in an upcoming group show titled Transitions in Traditions, opening Aug. 20.

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here is muse in melancholy, and it feeds Felicia Gabaldon’s work. “My style was born out of longing for home,” the young artist says. Gabaldon left New Mexico for the Bay Area five years ago and says that “the first year was really rough; I thought it was going to be all fun and games, an easy change, but it was really difficult. I felt like I had left a lot behind.”

About two years into her relocation, something changed. “I would go back home and I would get waves of nostalgia,” she says. “One day it receded, and this body of work was born and I felt like I had my style.”

Gabaldon proudly displays her desert history in her artwork. Her paintings feature a variety of subjects, plucked from amongst the sand and cactus. Wolves and rabbits dance across her canvases—which are often not canvas at all, as she prefers to paint on wood—in revolutions of sunset tones and flowers. In others, women are featured in portrait form, profiles filled with Southwestern textile patterns or the partial anatomy of birds of prey.

While it’s easy to see the Native American influence, the emerging painter says that particular part of her ethnicity does not entirely explain her process. “I try to express to people that I am obviously mixed race; I am Hispanic, my last name is Spanish; I am from New Mexico, from a very old family,” Gabaldon says. “My intent with my work is to express the beauty of all of those cultures, and not to single one out and say that I am more one than You’d be lucky to model one of Gabaldon’s one-of-a-kind, hand-painted denim jackets. the other.”

INDIGENOUS FINE ART MARKET (IFAM) 9 am–5 pm Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 18-20. Free.

Santa Fe Railyard, Market and Alcadesa Streets, 819-3695.

TRANSITIONS IN TRADITIONS 5-7 pm Saturday, Aug. 20. Free.

Beals & Co., 830 Canyon Road, 577-5991.

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DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for three weeks—but you won’t be reading old columns in my absence, and you won’t be reading columns by anyone who isn’t Dan Savage.

You’ll be reading new columns, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me.

Our second guest Dan Savage is 32 years old, single, and living in London. Dan Savage got his professional start working in promotions at the legendary London nightclub G-A-Y. He’s now 10 years into a career in theater arts marketing and currently works for some of the West End’s biggest hit musicals.

Dan has never written a sex-advice column before, but he occasionally gets angry tweets that were meant for me.

A quick word about qualifications: Advice is defined as “an opinion about what could or should be done.” We’re all entitled to our opinions—but only Dan Savage, theatrical marketing exec, is entitled to share his opinions in my column this week. Take it away, Dan! I’m an early-30s bi woman. As I have more relationships, I have started to see a pattern in that I find sex much hotter when there is some degree of confusion or forbidden-ness.

So relationship sex can get boring quickly. I know there’s not necessarily a good answer for why, but any suggestions on what to do about this? I want to have great sex with a partner for life! Maybe my expectations about good sex in a long-term relationship are unrealistic? I know it’s not always going to be crazy passion, but how can I sustain amazing sex in a relationship?

-Passion Fades From This A problem you and I share! The fun is in the chase, the excitement of someone new, and that first time. You may return for a second or maybe a third time—but then what or who is next? Often regardless of whatever feelings may have started to develop.

For those who don’t understand, just imagine we’re talking about food. You like food. You like lots of different types of food.

Right now, your favorite food is hot dogs.

But you don’t want to eat that every day.

Occasionally, you might want an all-you-caneat sushi buffet.

I believe the secret to a good relationship— besides love and passion—is keeping it downright dirty! It’s about keeping that spark alive. If the fun starts to fade, spice it up with toys, games, risky locations, additional people, rubber dog masks—you can’t know what will excite you both until you give it a try! But that’s the key, that you both like it.

There are millions of people all over the world in long-term relationships that on the face of it maintain a fun and healthy sex life— can it really be that hard? Or maybe long-term relationships aren’t for you, PFFT! I am a 65-year-old male new to gay relationships. I placed a listing on SilverDaddies and have had a LOT of responses from great young guys. I have met only one guy so far. He is 23 and says he has had only a few girlfriends and has not had any gay experiences. He is so passionate. Very oral. Long kissing sessions, and he puts his tongue EVERYWHERE. Very submissive and insatiable. Of course I use condoms. I asked him what he gets out of this.

He said he gets an intensity he can’t explain over pleasing an older man that he doesn’t get from sex with a female. Being a sub makes him rock hard, and with a woman, he has to be the performer. He considers himself straight,

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since he is attracted only to older men and is only a bottom. In any case, he will be back at grad school soon, and I will no doubt have another partner. I have never had an STD. I don’t want to get one now. I talked to a clinic over the phone about getting the HPV vaccine, and they thought it was funny and would not do it. I will be seeing young guys who are sexually active, so I think I should be able to get this vaccine. I do not want cold sores or warts or whatever at my age.

-This Old Pop I think it’s great—if you don’t mind me saying—that in your advanced years you are able to embark on this new sexual adventure and experimentation, TOP! And you have a hot 23-year-old visiting you for regular sex— something a lot of people much younger than you would kill for!

As long as you are safe and wear a condom, you shouldn’t put too much stress on yourself regarding STIs. Maybe just don’t go around picking up boys off street corners who look like they need a good wash.

My personal opinion is this guy may not be being as honest with you as you’d have hoped. A 23-year-old straight guy, in his first homosexual encounter, being “very oral” and “only a bottom” and putting “his tongue everywhere”—that sounds to me like someone who knows what they’re doing. My experience of first times is generally a quick fumble and an even quicker ejaculation.

Regardless, he is soon to leave, TOP, and you will find a new sexual partner. Advice from a YoungTOP to an OldTOP: Go with the flow and be safe, but most of all enjoy it! (And to older gay gentlemen who think you can’t get any: TOP is! You can!)

I am 39 years old and my husband is 51; we have been together nine years and married four. This morning, he was jacking off on my arse during foreplay and watching porn on his phone, which is not unusual. The problem is when I looked to see what he was watching (we often watch porn together), he got a little mad. I let it go, but when he got in the shower, I looked at his phone and saw that he was watching gay porn. MEN. I don’t think I have a problem with that, but it kind of threw me. Should I be worried that he is secretly on the down low? Or does he just like to look at gay porn occasionally? When I’m giving him a blowjob, he also enjoys me licking his arse.

I don’t know how to confront him with what I have seen on his phone?

-Perspiring Over Relationship Now People look at all sorts of things online and are turned on by others. Man-on-man porn clearly does it for your man, or maybe this was the first time that he’d looked. Either way, the fact that he was doing this secretly while humped over your naked body and jacking off onto your arse is wrong. And he knows that: He hid the phone!

Rather than confronting him and creating a massive issue, why not suggest that you watch gay porn together. See what happens? If he is hiding the fact he’s gay or bi, I’d be surprised that he’d blatantly flaunt it like this… perhaps he wanted you to catch him? He wants you to know what else he’s into but doesn’t know how to tell you?

Although it’s rarely spoken about, a lot of straight men like the odd finger or tongue in the bum. It’s not a sign of homosexuality!

Maybe this could be taken further? You could go all out and strap one on and dominate him like a bitch!

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THE SPACE WITHIN ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, 982-1320 This visual exploration of space opens perceptions about spatial relationships and interpretation. Through Oct. 31.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES GRETCHEN EWERT Patina Gallery 131 W Palace Ave., 986-3432 Ewert leads an unscripted discussion about her work and the connection between man and nature.

3 pm, free

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Have your tapas with a side of fancy footwork.

6:30 pm, $25

EVENTS ANTIQUE AMERICAN INDIAN ART SHOW SANTA FE El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Summer in Santa Fe means all the art markets, and this one brings some of the greatest vintage and current Indian art.

11 am - 5 pm, $12 INDIGENOUS FINE ART MARKET (IFAM) Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta, Works representing a plethora of Indigenous cultures make up this show. Jewelry, paintings, beaded and leather work are just some of the mediums represented in the show which allows its artists to branch out from strict traditionalism, making for an exciting event (see A&C, page 25).

9 am, free RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 Enjoy live pop-rock by Chris Abeyta while you buy directly from local artists.

10 am - 1 pm, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET: EDGE Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 See a different side of this market in a curated exhibit of contemporary works that think outside the box of strict tradition.

5:30 pm, free TRICKSTER COMPANY POP UP IAIA MoCNA 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 The Trickster Company highlights innovative Native designs with its focus on Northwest Native art and it brings a collection of jewelry, fashion and skateboards to the museum gift shop.

10 am - 5 pm, free

FILM RED NATION FILM FESTIVAL: NORTH MOUNTAIN AND AWAKING IN TAOS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 The festival brings two films to the screen today. The first film, North Moutain, shows at 4 pm and tells the love story of a young aboriginal hunter and an ex-con. Awaking in Taos plays at 7 pm and represents the biographical story of Mabel Dodge Luhan (see SFR Picks, page 19).

4 pm, $12

MUSIC AMERICAN JEM Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, 955-0765 Catch the trio as they play eclectic Americana.

6:30 pm, $15 CHANGO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Hear pop and rock covers from the past three decades.

8:30 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Geist plays Broadway tunes with serious talent. He rocks the piano every time.

6 pm, $2 DJ MARK FARINA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 982-9966 Farina makes downtempo house music, so ... slow techno? Celebrate Mushroom Jazz’s 25th anniversary with the group’s creator.

8 pm, $20 DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 The smoothest piano tunes around. So. Damn. Smooth.

6:30 pm, free HEALING WATERS Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 A program of spontaneous music that emphasizes the dynamic between space and sound is a collaboration between local sculptor Ellen Babcock and the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble.

6:30 pm, $10 JOSH MARTIN TRIO Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Three talented local musicians play live jazzy rock (see Music, page 22).

7 pm, free KINETIC FRIDAYS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Move around to the beat. We think it’s called dancing.

9 pm, free LITTLE LEROY AND HIS PACK OF LIES Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 A whole lot of classic rock.

7 pm, free

LIZ CASS AND KAREN WHITE First Presbyterian Church SF 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Start your weekend on a classy note with Cass, a mezzo soprano, and White, a pianist, and their dazzling program of Chopin and Brahms.

5:30 pm, free PAW & ERIK Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Enjoy the afternoon sun on the tavern deck as the duo plays bluegrass covers and originals.

5 pm, free RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Roybal performs a selection of Native flute and Spanish guitar.

7 pm, free THE BLUES REVUE Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Help the quartet send one of its members off to Europe at this celebratory gig, sure to be chock-full of blues classics.

6 pm, free

OPERA CAPRICCIO Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 In the final operatic creation from R Strauss, two alluring women play out the metaphorical battle of the operatic world the one between words and music.

8 pm, $43- $286

THEATER THE PASSIONS OF MABEL DODGE LUHAN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A one-woman show based on the writings of Dodge Luhan, who was a celebrated patron of the arts and friend to legends like Georgia O'Keeffe.

7:30 pm, $20

SAT/20 ART OPENINGS #SFO60 PHOTO EXHIBIT Iconik Coffee Roasters 1600 Lena St., 428-0996 A three-way collaboration between Simply Santa Fe, Curate Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Opera features photography from a series of Instameets at SFO. Through Aug. 21.

4 pm, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-5220 Feast your eyes on couture fashion made by Native designers in the third annual catwalk show.

1 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES JOYCEGROUP SANTA FE St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 684-6000 Join James Joyce lovers to read and discuss his master works in the weekly morning group in Winiarsku seminar room 201.

10 am, free

DANCE FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 See flamenco dancers perform and simultaneously enjoy a Spanish dinner. It's like you're in Spain, almost.

6:30 pm, $25

EVENTS INDIGENOUS FINE ART MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta, Amazing works of art representing a plethora of indigenous cultures in mediums like. jewelry, painting, beaded and leather work are just some of the mediums you can see at IFAM, which allows its artist to branch out from strict traditionalism, making for an exciting show, (see A&C, page 25.)

9 am, free SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta, Choose from a great selection of local produce, meats and cheeses you can get directly from the farmer. Plus all the ingredients for a lovely weekend dinner.

7 am - 1 pm, free SANTA FE POW WOW Genoveva Chavez Community Center 3221 W Rodeo Road, 955-4000 The 12th annual event is a celebration of all nations and cultures. See dancers, drummers, singers and artist booths.

5 pm, $5 SWAIA INDIAN MARKET Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-5220 The annual event comes for the 95th time, with a whole crap ton of people and just as many jaw-dropping works of art.

7 am - 5 pm, free

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SWAIA INDIAN MARKET: EDGE Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 See a different side of this market in a curated exhibit of contemporary works.

5:30 pm, free TRANSITIONS IN TRADITIONS Beals & Co. 830 Canyon Road, 357-0441 Displaying a continuum of Native American artwork, this show is a study of connections through generations of artwork. Through Sept. 3. (See A&C, page 25.)

4 pm, free

The Lensic Performing Arts Center announced big changes recently including that it named a new executive director.

Joel Aalberts, who leaves his job as ED of Eastern Kentucky University’s Center For the Arts, will become only the second such administrator in Lensic history when Robert Martin steps down at the end of next month. He’s an interesting dude, that’s for sure, and he comes with some extra Santa Fe knowledge. Behold—3 Questions! (Alex De Vore) In addition to your administrative work, we hear you’re also a performer?

I have done lots of performing in my life, and I do hope to get back to more of that in the future. In high school and college I was in show choirs and, in going to university, I think I spent about as much time with music things as I did with my studies.

You also have a Santa Fe connection?

My wife was born there and lived in Santa Fe the first eight years of her life. We still have many family friends there. It’s exciting to move to a place where ... we know people there, and there’s the appreciation for [Santa Fe’s] mountains and the high desert feel. There’s a beauty and a comfort and it’s nice to come into it that way, knowing people and kind of knowing the community already.

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I’m really excited about this space and the art-mindedness of this community. This time for me is to get immersed in the Santa Fe community and to look for things that can fit in that space well. For me, the variety of arts presented at the Lensic is what drew me. Here is a place where the arts are done well, where the audiences will try new things. The other important piece for me is the education part and how we can go about doing things for and bringing in that next generation.

SWAIA INDIAN MARKET HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-5220 Feast your eyes on couture fashion made by Native designers in the third annual catwalk show. Work it, ladies and gents.

1 pm, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET: EDGE Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 This presentation of contemporary Indigenous art work is your chance to see a different side of Indian market, which usually sticks to the traditional stuff. See fashion, performing arts, light installations and more.

5:30 pm, free

TRICKSTER COMPANY POP UP IAIA MoCNA 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 The company highlights innovative Native designs with its focus on Northwest Native art and brings a collection of jewelry, fashion and skateboards to the museum gift shop.

10 am, free

FILM RED NATION FILM FESTIVAL: THE POWER OF FILM Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 These films explore the connections between Native culture and Hollywood through the eyes of Native American filmmakers (see SFR Picks, page 19).

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6 pm, free DAVID GEIST AND JULIE TRUJILLO Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Geist plays Broadway tunes with serious talent and tonight, he is joined by Trujillo.

6 pm, $2 DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Montgomery’s piano action is the smoothest there ever was.

6:30 pm, free GARY FARMER & THE TROUBLEMAKERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Great vocals and great instrumentals come together with this trio and make a rocking good time.

8:30 pm, free JIM LAUDERDALE Center Stage 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 Catch a performance by the Grammy-award-winning Americana musician.

7:30 pm, $35 KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH BAND The Bridge @ SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 424-3333 Funk and bluegrass are this band’s choice genres, and you can listen to their blend with a brew in hand at this event.

6 pm, $15 LONE PIÑON Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Want to have a fun Saturday night? Stop by and rock out to Northern New Mexico folklorico at its best.

7 pm, free RED HOUSE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Hear contemporary indigenous DJs do their thing.

8 pm, $10 RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Roybal plays Native flute and Spanish guitar.

7 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND SOUTHSIDE: CS ROCKSHOW San Isidro Plaza 3462 Zafarano Drive, 471-1067 Don Curry, Pete Springer and Ron Crowder are CS Rockshow and they play great covers of rock and dance hits.

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Get double the Bach as his selections stream from the two pianos of Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu. 6 pm, $74

SO SOPHISTICATED Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Top 40 hits in R&B and hiphop worlds, ew. We joke.

DJing is hard, okay?

9 pm, $7 STANLIE KEE AND STEP IN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Listen to the variety band with the motto, "We just want to make everyone feel good."

1 pm, free THE PAT MALONE TRIO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Malone, Kanoa Kaluhiwa and Jon Gagan complete the jazz trio.

7 pm, free THE ROBERTS Derailed at the Sage Inn 725 Cerrillos Road, 982-5952 R&B and rock.

6 pm, free THE SHINERS CLUB Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Stop by the bookstore for cup of joe and some old-timey jazz to start your Saturday.

10 am, free

OPERA DON GIOVANNI Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 The womanizer who gave a name to all womanizers (Don Juan) sits at the center of the tale about his life falling apart because of his philandering.

8 pm, $43 - $282

THEATER THE PASSIONS OF MABEL DODGE LUHAN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 This one-woman show is based on the writings of Dodge Luhan, a celebrated patron of the arts and friend to legends like Georgia O'Keeffe.

7:30 pm, $20

WORKSHOP BEYOND BELIEF: HOW TO BECOME A MYSTIC Santa Fe Center of Light 12 Via Plaza Nueva, 467-8336 Always wanted to be a witchy woman? This one is for you; the workshop introduces you to the power of mystical experiences and gives you the skills to practice on your own.

7 pm, free

SUN/21 BOOKS/LECTURES A POETRY READING Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 Poetry read by Lisa Chavez, Tommy Archuleta and John Knoll.

6 pm, free JOURNEYSANTAFE: JOE MAESTES Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 The Santa Fe city council member (and former Mayor of Española) presents a lecture titled On Restoring Trust and Confidence in Government.

11 am, free

MARIA GIESE: GENDER PARITY IN FILM INDUSTRY Center Stage 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 The New Mexico Women in Film host a forum where Giese speaks, via Skype, as the author of the blog Women Directors in Hollywood.

2 pm, $15

DANCE DANCING IS EVERYWHERE: EARTH IS EVERYTHING Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Rylan Tangen, a Native American choreographer, brings her troupe Dancing Earth to the gallery showing Cannupa Hanska Luger’s exhibition Everything, Anywhere.

7 pm, $25 FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Dinner and dancing, but you aren't the one dancing.

6:30 pm, $25

FILM RED NATION FILM FESTIVAL: DREAMKEEPER Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 This film tells a story about family conflict and resolution on a roadtrip to New Mexico (see SFR Picks, page 19).

4 pm, $12

EVENTS DESERT DANCE PARTY Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Join the professionals of Dancing Earth and shake what your mama gave you.

8 pm, free RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 983-4098 See a dance performance by Lisa Joy and James Westbay while you buy directly from local jewelers, textile artists, ceramicists and others.

10 am, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-5220 The annual event comes for the 95th time, with a whole crap ton of people and just as many jaw-dropping works of Indigenous art.

7 am - 5 pm, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET: EDGE Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 See a different side of this market at the curated exhibit of contemporary works.

5:30 pm, free SWAIA INDIAN MARKET: NATIVE AMERICAN CLOTHING CONTEST Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 983-5220 One of the most anticipated events of Indian Market is a chance to see traditional dress from many nations.

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So Long, Sixtieth SFR’s Best Of . . . goes to the opera

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ogi Berra, sublime phrasemaker that he was, advised anybody who’d listen that “it ain’t over till it’s over.” So readers, be aware: Santa Fe Opera’s 60th season ain’t over, and won’t be until La Fanciulla del West shuts the place down on Aug. 27—with Puccini, of course.

This summer’s five-opera repertory follows a triedand-true pattern that the company’s pretty much followed ever since SFO was just a gleam in founder John Crosby’s eye all those many years ago: Mozart. Puccini. Richard Strauss. A premiere. Plus, um, something else.

That’s the formula. But excepting the Don Giovanni now on view, SFO’s current season plays some genial off-the-beaten-repertory tricks. With regard to the conventional Puccini product, forget about the big three—Butterfly/Bohème/Tosca. It’s his lesser-known, connoisseur-friendly Fanciulla instead.

Likewise with Strauss. Don’t expect a choice from among the conventional ho-hum trilogy of Salome/ Elektra/Rosenkavalier. This summer it’s his überchatty chamber opera Capriccio, the composer’s final work for and, for many cognoscenti, his very best. tte lie Ju

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gentlemen, it’s a tight battle among the tenors: Gwyn Hughes Jones’ solid Dick Johnson vs. the elegant Don Ottavio of Edgaras Montvidas vs. Zach Borichevsky’s slippery Anatol in Vanessa. But I’m handing the laurels to Stephen Costello, a totally convincing Roméo with Gallic aplomb galore and the high notes to match.

Don G iov No question about the top finisher among those gents making their SFO debut.

Plaudits go to Don Giovanni’s Leporello, Kyle Ketelsen, a paragon of comic energy who gets everything right. Plus, same show, Jarret Ott makes a winning Masetto while billed as an apprentice artist.

For conducting honors, Leonard Slatkin ranks high. He’s especially noted for his definitive 2004 recording of Vanessa and now for its penetrating reprise here. Leo Hussain clearly adores Capriccio, its singers and capricious plot included. The peerless SFO orchestra loves him right back. But top honors must go to Harry Bicket, a chameleon on the podium.

Bicket, SFO’s chief conductor since 2013, has been long and famously adept in the Baroque and classical repertory. Now he’s taking on a new challenge with his warm and nuanced, balanced and idiomatic reading of Roméo et Juliette. Kudos to Bicket, his orchestra, and to chorus master Susanne Sheston for their très sensible French accent.

An often-controversial theatrical personage, Richard Jones won the super-prestigious International Opera Award as Best Director in 2015. His specific achievement? The English National Opera’s production of La Fanciulla del West, which just happens to have been a co-production with SFO. So here it—and he—is this summer, fresh from London town, and I have to reinforce that British accolade. Jones’ Gal-of-the-Golden wins Best in Show for direction, hands down. Likewise, when it’s a matter of the season’s Ca pr on-stage visuals, there’s no icc io contest, either. Designers Allen Moyer (scenery), James Schuette (costumes) and Christopher Akerlind (lights) make the perfect trifecta for Vanessa’s cold, cold world.

You can still catch the season up at the Crosby Theatre if you hurry. Should you wish to challenge a few of the 2016 pronunciamenti cited above, let me refer you again to my old pal, Yogi: “I never said most of the things I said.” And I’ll refer you as well to next season’s line-up: No Mozart. No Puccini. No Richard Strauss. Get over it already.

The, “um, something else” for 2016 dipped into the SFO-neglected cache of serious French 19th-century operas, in this case Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. While it won’t make anyone’s top-10 (or top-30) list, it’s a handsome, tuneful crowd-pleaser, especially given SFO’s grand luxe production.

As for the semi-customary premiere, whether of the world or the American variety, it just didn’t happen this year. Instead and at long last, SFO got around to a significant company premiere, its first-ever outing of Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti’s darkand-broody gothic melodrama from 1958, Vanessa.

Taking a look back at 2016’s repertory—slightly un-

You can still catch the season up at the Crosby Theatre if you hurry.

conventional though it be—I’d rank it among the most successful of several summers past.

So let there be praise, coupled with a bit of caution. On the matter of doling out laurels, Shakespeare’s malaprop-prone Dogberry warns, “Comparisons are odorous.” Agreed. Odious they are at best. But, senza rancor, please follow along with a few seasonal gold medals.

For 2016’s prima donna assoluta: a very tough call. Hard to choose from the likes of Erin Wall’s authoritative Vanessa, Amanda Majeska’s fragile Countess Madeleine, Ailyn Pérez as a glamorous Juliette, Leah Crocetto’s powerhouse Donna Anna. Still, the SFR cigar has to go to that goldenhearted Puccinian pistolera, Patricia Racette.

For the starriest SFO feminine debut, the choice seems equally fraught. Don Giovanni’s Donna Elvira, Keri Alkema, and Zerlina, Rhian Lois, are serious contenders. But for affecting characterization and confident vocal purity, mezzo Virginie Verrez as Barber’s Erika wins by a nose.

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THE MILKY WAY Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Join the Santa Fe chapter of the Breastfeeding Taskforce in watching a documentary normalizing breastfeeding and grab some light fare after. Not breast milk.

9 am, free TRICKSTER COMPANY POP UP IAIA MoCNA 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 The Trickster Company highlights innovative Native designs with its focus on Northwest Native art, bringing a collection of jewelry, fashion and skateboards.

10 am, free

MUSIC BEN BALLINGER Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 The musician from Austin, Texas, plays roots music with Americana soul.

8 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Soothe your soul with the smoothest piano tunes around.

6:30 pm, free GARY PAUL New York Deli 420 Catron Street, 982-8900 Paul plays narrative folk songs and serenades your brunc scene.

10 am, free GARY PAUL Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-0000 Did you miss Paul at lunch time? Don’t worry, you can catch him over a slice of pizza.

6 pm, free GOSPEL BRUNCH WITH JOE WEST Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 West and his bunch play rock and folk covers and originals with infectious energy while you drink a mimosa and eat pancakes. Yum. Noon, free J MICHAEL COMBS & EAGLE STAR Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 An afternoon of folk led by Combs on the accordion (see SFR Picks, page 19).

1 pm, free JIM ALMAND Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Hear folk rock originals from this singer-songwriter.

1 pm, free JIM WARD Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 The El Paso-based guitarist plays twangy folk.

8 pm, $15

SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: SHUBERT STRING QUARTET Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Listen to compositions by Zelenka, Busoni, and Shubert played by the quartet.

6 pm, $82 SEAN HEALEN BAND Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Enjoy your Sunday afternoon and listen to the band’s blend of country and rock.

3 pm, free TONE AND COMPANY Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St., 982-9014 The nightly line up changes at the weekly invitational jam.

8:30 pm, $5

THEATER THE PASSIONS OF MABEL DODGE LUJAN Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A one-woman show is based on the writings of Dodge Luhan. 2 pm, $20

MON/22 BOOKS/LECTURES PABLITA ABEYTA Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave., 501-6555 Have brunch and join the reception for the respected Navajo sculptor, who helped establish the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

9 am, free SUZAN HARJO Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 466-2775 The curator and poet leads the second lecture of the series titled Native Culture Matters, hosted by School for Advanced Research.

9 am, free

FILM PATAGONIA TREASURE TRAIL Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Faye Jackson and Isabella Schloss star in this film about a mother and daughter's horseback trip through the Patagonia mountains, which was shot on location.

7 pm, $10

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DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Montgomery plays his piano with the smoothest action. So. Damn. Smooth.

6:30 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Peter Serkin and the Dover Quartet play together in an evening of classics from Beethoven and Dvorak.

6 pm, $60 STRAP ON HALO Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 The touring group brings traditional gothic alternative rock to the club stage.

8:30 pm, free

THEATER DUCDAME ENSEMBLE: TWELFTH NIGHT Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 See Shakespeare's delightful comedy, Twelfth Night, in the House of Eternal Return where the audience follows the actors through Meow Wolf during the performance.

8 pm, $35

TUE/23 BOOKS/LECTURES MARINA ABRAMOVIC: MY LIFE IN ART Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 SITE Santa Fe brings a rockstar from the world of performance art to the Lensic stage.

She began her career in the early 1970s and uses the body as her subject and medium to explore the limits of simple actions through ritualization.

6:30 pm, $19

EVENTS SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET SOUTHSIDE Santa Fe Place Mall 4250 Cerrillos Road, 473-4253 Grab farm-fresh fruits or veggies and there are flowers and honey too! Have a refreshing apple cider snow cone and put the proverbial cherry on top of your summer market trip.

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7:30 pm, free COWGIRL KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Michéle Leidig, Queen of Santa Fe Karaoke, hosts this night of amateurish fun.

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7:30 pm, free COLORBLIND POET Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Hear this music-man make some incredibly colorful grunge folk rock music.

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COURTESY CHUCK HIGGINS

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Confectioner Chuck Higgins wants to move on, but not away

BY GWYNETH DOLAND thefork@gmail.com

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thought it was just a coincidence that two longtime Santa Fe foodies would announce their retirement at the same time, but in fact local confectioner Chuck Higgins told me he was inspired to get in touch by the story I wrote about Mu Jing Lau closing Santa Fe’s legendary Mu Du Noodles.

Higgins is ready to sell his business, which includes the original CG Higgins shop at 847 Ninita St. (off St. Francis) where he sells chocolate truffles, nut brittles, toffee, fudge, caramels and candy corns. He also has a downtown location at 130 Lincoln Ave. where he sells confections as well as some baked goods, quiche and coffee.

I first met Higgins more than 15 years ago. Back then I was writing for a different paper, Higgins was living in Los Lunas and the bulk of his business was selling candy and caramel apples at the New Mexico State Fair and other fairs around the country. A staffer at our paper worked at his stall during the fair, where everyone wore bright red aprons embroidered with “I [Heart] Chuck’s Nuts.” I thought that was pretty amusing. I still do!

Several years after that, it was love that brought Higgins north. He met a CPA named Donald Stout online and followed him to Santa Fe, where Higgins opened his first stand-alone shop in 2003.

But as every business owner in this town knows, running your own show can be an exhausting gig.

Higgins had a small stroke about a year ago and he realized that the work was taking its toll.

That motivated him to try and pass the business on to someone else. “Hopefully I’d like to bring on somebody who has a passion for chocolate and would really enjoy doing what I do,” he says.

What will Higgins do if someone else takes over the candy shops? “I’d like to go to more movies and take advantage of the lectures that the city offers.”

He may also have another, lower-key venture up his sleeve, but he’s mum on that for now.

No matter what happens, he’s not leaving Santa Fe. “When I was living in New Orleans and trying to do candy, I felt like I was blocked at every turn. But when I came to New Mexico I felt like there was opportunity at every corner,” he says. “I was overwhelmed by the reception, the support and the enthusiasm. I really felt like I got a great big New Mexico hug. I was like, ‘I love this place!’”

So he’s staying. And there’s a good chance his sweets will stay, too. In the meantime, here are two recipes you can try at home.

Higgins always pours it smooth, baby.

CG HIGGINS STOVETOP BRITTLE

SIMPLE BISCOCHITOS

If you want to give this brittle a New Mexico flavor, add 1 tablespoon ground red New Mexico chile and/or ½ tablespoon dried green chile at the same time the recipe calls for baking soda.

Be very careful when cooking sugar. This candy gets very hot and sugar burns are very painful. Please follow the steps carefully and use a candy thermometer!

Makes approximately 50 cookies.

INGREDIENTS: ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··

2 cups sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup water 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 ½ cups nuts (peanuts or pecans) 1 tablespoon baking soda

DIRECTIONS: ·· Prepare a large cookie sheet with a lip by lightly sugaring the entire surface of the tray.

·· In a 2-quart saucepan combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt and water. Cook over medium-high heat until it reaches 292 F in Santa Fe (306 F at sea level). ·· With the heat still on, stir in the butter, vanilla and nuts until thoroughly incorporated.

·· Remove the pan from the burner and quickly stir in the baking soda. ·· Immediately pour the mixture onto sugared cookie sheet.

·· Let the mixture cool until you’re able to pick up the candy from the edge so it can be hand stretched to a uniform thickness. ·· When the brittle is completely cool, break it into pieces.

The brittle is great broken over ice cream or even crushed into small pieces and mixed with flour as a breading for chicken.

INGREDIENTS: ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··

6 cups (2 pounds) flour 4 teaspoons anise seeds (coarsely ground) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups (1 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 eggs ½ cup orange juice 4 teaspoons cinnamon (for sprinkling) ½ cup sugar (for sprinkling)

DIRECTIONS: ·· Preheat oven to 350 F

·· In a large bowl, combine the flour, ground anise seed, baking powder and salt; set aside.

·· In another bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy. Continue beating while gradually adding the 1 cup sugar. Add the eggs one at a time. Add the flour mixture, alternating with the orange juice. ·· Once it’s thoroughly combined, roll the dough to ¼-inch thick. ·· Use a round cookie cutter or Champagne flute to cut the cookies into circles about 2 inches in diameter.

·· Place the circles on a cookie sheet, leaving a little space between them.

·· Mix together the 4 teaspoons cinnamon and ½ cup sugar and sprinkle it over each cookie. ·· Bake for 13 minutes.

·· Remove from oven and cool.

Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

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DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Montgomery’s piano action is so smooth, we will tell you every damn day. Yup, it’s that smooth and he plays great covers, so you may hear one of your favorites.

6:30 pm, free POETICS ON THE PATIO Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Enjoy a DJ set on the club patio, just in case you’re already mourning the loss of summer and weather perfection. Or if you just like the outdoors and stuff.

7 pm, free

SANTA FE BANDSTAND: SURF BY SOUTHWEST AND LET IT GROW Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, 471-1067 Surf by Southwest brings beach vibes, led by Brian Hardgroove, a former member of Public Enemy. Grateful Dead cover band Let It Grow takes the stage at 7:15 pm.

6 pm, free

OPERA LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST; PUCCINI Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 A tale of love and money full of pistols and whiskey. So, pretty rockstar of an opera.

8 pm, $43- $307

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WORKSHOP PAINTING PARTY Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 A guided paint class you take in the outdoor glory of the botanical garden. Inspiration galore.

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Pete’s Dragon Review: Hugs For Everyone Disney shows kids respect, but tries a little too hard to tug on our heartstrings by alex de vore alex@sfreporter.com

Keeping up with the endless onslaught of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and so forth is Pete’s Dragon, the newest pile of heartwarming dreck from the fine folks at Disney. It’s all about hav-

ing faith and believing in that which maybe you can’t see and not caring all that much that your parents are dead.

We follow Pete (Children of the Moon’s Oakes Fegley), a young lad left alone in the wilderness who, with the aid of a dragon he names Elliot, survives somehow and spends his days playing hide and go seek with his puppy-like reptile friend. Elliot loves Pete with all of his oversized dragon heart because … well, he just does, and that suits Pete just fine for the six-ish years they spend together in the woods.

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Cue Grace (Jurassic World’s Bryce Dallas Howard), a spirited forest service ranger who spends her days hiking around, smiling and being totally into nature. Despite her insistence to her father (Robert Redford) that she knows the woods like the back of her hand (a line that’s actually used), she never noticed Pete until now. It’s almost unbelievable that she’d be the one to find the kid, since it’s her dad who spent the last 30 years destroying all of his credibility by telling everyone who’d listen that he saw a dragon out there when he was young. The statsitics of that are mind-boggling, but oh, won’t it be so satisfying if the naysayers are proven wrong?

Anyway, Grace takes Pete home— which she’s allowed to do for some reason under her authority as, um, a park ranger—and they slowly form a mother/son bond. Pete kind of remembers his own mother, who was also a redhead, so he feels safe with Grace but still tries desperately and in vain to get back to the woods and his dragon. It’s frustrating.

Elsewhere, Grace’s soon-to-be brother-in-law (Star Trek over-actor Karl Urban) has seen the dragon and wants to capture him so he can King Kong him or something. He’s about as close to a villain as we have, though other than being a bad brother to Grace’s fiancé Jack (celebrated bitpart thespian Wes Bentley of American Beauty), his actions are pretty under-

standable: He’s scared of the dragon because it’s an effing dragon and he figures he’ll make a pretty good living off of turning it into an attraction. If only he understood that Elliot is totally a nice dragon and doesn’t want to hurt anyone. Sigh.

The rest of the film plays out like a patchwork of familiar kids movie tropes, becoming a combination of Harry and the Hendersons and White Fang. Music-swelling hugs occur every couple minutes to the point that they aren’t so much “Awww!” moments as much as we begin to feel emotionally manipulated. We aren’t sure how Howard keeps winding up in these roles where massive lizards make everybody run around full-tilt, but we sure hope she can expand her repertoire soon.

Pete’s Dragon does get points for never underestimating its audience or assuming that kids won’t be able to handle heavy topics such as dead parents, non-nuclear families, bravery or even solitude, but other than some undeniably gorgeous CGI work and the overall message that yes, Virginia, there really is magic in the world, there is nothing to get all that worked up about.

PETE’S DRAGON Directed by David Lowery With Howard, Urban, Fegley and Bentley Violet Crown, Regal PG, 103 min.

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SUICIDE SQUAD “DC films really seem to suffer without Christopher Nolan”

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MICROBE AND GASOLINE “Their antics incite laughter and their heartbreaks sighs”

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JASON BOURNE “Just because you can do that up close nauseatingly shaky camera stuff doesn’t mean you should”

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When a pair of mind-bogglingly powerful meta-humans (DC’s version of mutants … or gods) appears to wreak havoc on the fictional Midway City because they hate computers and cellphones and stuff, Argus agent Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) steps in with the just-plain-preposterous plan to sic a mess of super-villains on them and save the day. It’s an exciting premise that unravels slowly and painfully due to editing issues, unclear timelines, subpar writing and mostly run-of-the-mill performances.

For longtime comics fans, this is the moment we’ve been waiting for; granted, it’s a mite odd that so much exposition is spent on Harley Quinn (a fantastic Margot Robbie) and Deadshot (Will Smith, who shows up and plays Will Smith as he always does) while everyone else gets a twosecond “they’re bad!” backstory. But Harley and Deadshot are definitely the brand names, so what’re you gonna do?

The squad also boasts various other baddies who serve very little purpose, such as Killer Croc (Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje) and Diablo (Jay Hernandez), as well as lesser-known (to the mainstream, anyway) jerks like Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne, who plays a very important part that we won’t spoil

here) and Slipknot (Adam Beach). The cast is rounded out with good guy/soldier Rick Flag (RoboCop’s Joel Kinnaman), who leads the squad (kind of), cameo appearances from Batman (Ben Affleck) and The Flash (Ezra Miller) and, the greatest disappointment of all, The Joker (a dimensionless Jared Leto).

Leto is not only completely underused, but his psychoses—which we’re supposed to believe are so damn charming that they transformed upstanding psychologist Harleen Quinzell into the bloodthirsty Harley Quinn—are distilled into a baffling combination of bling-wearing, nightclubhanging douchey-sports-car-enthusiasm.

Never is The Joker’s presence frightening or ominous or even essential to the story, and though newcomers will learn the bulk of Harley’s motivations come from her unhealthy obsession with him, it’s pretty damn hard to care.

So much time is spent catching us up with everyone’s backstory that, by the time we’re given an actual villain, it’s practically too late, and the goodwill that was initially generated is squandered. There’s a valuable lesson here: DC Comics films really seem to suffer without Christopher Nolan. (Alex De Vore) Violet Crown, Regal, Jean Cocteau, PG-13, 123 min

MICROBE AND GASOLINE The premise of this movie just isn’t breathtaking. Two boys in France build a car and take a journey. Yawn. Wake us when they get there. That made it all the more surprising that the slow little film was such a delight. Take a break from overproduced dramas with dense soundtracks for a comedic escape with Microbe and Gasoline, disparaging nicknames earned in the schoolyard by a pair of adolescents who are unlikely companions. Microbe is really Daniel (Ange Dargent), so named because of his small stature and nerdy interest in science, and Gasoline is Theo (Théophile Baquet), the new kid at school whose pleather jacket and handiness with motors leaves him resembling a grease monkey.

The plot requires significant suspension of disbelief: that the teens can construct the vehicle at all, that with its assemblage of scrap lumber and windows it survives even a mile on the road, that their parents don’t completely freak out when their children disappear for a few days near the start of summer vacation. The last part is probably most unbelievable because of the differences in European and American attitudes about what kind of exploring is healthy for kids versus what kind of misbehavior requires a call to the National Guard or the issuance of an Amber Alert.

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There’s also a memorable scene where Daniel’s mom wants to talk about masturbation, which is cringe-worthy in either culture. But if you can tap into the fruit of their imagination and remember some modicum of the awkward difficulty and discovery of adolescence, the story is even richer.

Director Michel Gondry also wrote the screenplay, which relies on imagery as much as pithy dialog. Most of the conversations in the script take place between Daniel and Theo, and the actors don’t overdo it, keeping the cadence right and the array of emotion believable. Plus, their talks are short and thoughtful. Their antics incite laughter and their heartbreaks, sighs.

Going along for this ride is surely entertaining.

(Julie Ann Grimm) CCA, NR, subtitled, 103 min.

JASON BOURNE The newest film in the long-running tale of that darn forgetful CIA assassin/spy who’s always trying his damndest to come in from the cold is kind of brash and confused about itself, and that means it’s just not very good.

Last time out, he exposed the CIA’s Blackbriar program, a clandestine black op that turns the very best operatives into remorseless, unthinking murderers. Bourne remembers who he is now, sure, but he still needs answers about how his dead dad fits into everything and he’s damn well going to get ‘em.

Cue globe-trotting subterfuge, soundtrackfree hand-to-hand combat, an ode to a Grecian motorcycle chase and, just to complicate things further, that one other spy (Black Swan’s Vincent Cassel) who, after Bourne wiki-leaked the Blackbriar info, lost his cover and spent two years being tortured in Syria. “It’s always been personal!” he growls at Dewey from his various sniper nests and unmarked vans while he recklessly pursues Bourne.

If previous Bourne films set out to grit-ify the spy thriller genre (and succeeded), the newest installment seemingly doesn’t recall that, and just because you can do that up close nauseatingly shaky camera stuff doesn’t mean you should. In fact, most action shots are so allover-the-place confusing that we almost never know where to look, and while director Paul Greengrass may be someplace dusting off his hands and congratulating himself on shirking the played-out trope of a stable shot, the rest of us are wondering why he’d do us like that.

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of it, although the ending leaves room for yet another sequel. We really don’t need it. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal, DeVargas, PG-13, 123 min.

STAR TREK BEYOND

When we rejoin the crew of the Starship Enterprise in the midst of their 5-year mission to, uh, study … space stuff, tensions are high.

James T Kirk (Chris Pine and his hairless chest) is listless, and his stalwart crew is feelin’ it, too.

This is why, when the captain of an attacked ship appears alone in the Federation’s newest and most absurd space station and begs for help in retrieving her ship and crew, Kirk, Spock (a painfully boring Zachary Quinto of American Horror Story), Sulu (the always charismatic John Cho of Harold & Kumar, who is given a pointless two-second “he’s gay, how novel” backstory that even pissed off the original Sulu, George Takei), Bones (Judge Dredd’s Karl Urban), Chekov (the late Anton Yelchin), Scotty (Simon Pegg, who also boasts a writing credit for this outing) and the rest of the gang jump at the chance to lend a hand. But of course the whole deal isn’t as it seems, and the Enterprise crew winds up stranded on some distant planet thanks to Krall (Idris Elba), a mysterious spacejerk who leads a species that utilizes swarmlike military space-tactics and who wants something the Enterprise has onboard. There’s also a shipwrecked alien named Jaylah (Sofia Boutella) hanging around who loves Public Enemy, cracks wise at every turn and uses space-gadgets to space-fight everyone. Krall is pretty furious for mysterious space-reasons, and he circumvents the aging process by spacevampiring the redshirts.

And it’s weak. The promised peril never feels urgent, and it isn’t even that we can blame the actors for bad performances—the writing is just boring; hackneyed, even. This is odd considering Simon Pegg’s usual caliber of work. No new ground is tread whatsoever to the point that it’s hard to tell if Beyond is even actually different from 2013’s Into Darkness, only this time we don’t have Benedict Cumberbatch’s wild and wooly magnetism to even things out. As villains go, Elba ranks among the flattest, and his ultimate motive is so thin and tiresome that they could’ve easily chosen just about anything else for better results. Thus, the film feels lazy. Plot points are telegraphed so obviously, interactions feel forced and tiresome and, worst of all, audiences are underestimated. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal, DeVargas, PG-13, 122 min.

MOVIES

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Nothing helps these two friends build a car like ice cream sandwiches.

GHOSTBUSTERS

We’ll admit that we were, shall we say, apprehensive about Bridesmaids director Paul Feig’s new foray into the Ghostbusters universe. In our defense, that first trailer was horrible, and we were actually pretty much prepared to write the whole thing off. Crisis averted. The new cast is completely stellar, with enjoyable and hysterical performances from everyone.

Kristen Wiig (Brides­maids) shines as pensive physicist Erin Gilbert who, earlier in life, wrote of the metaphysical with brash fellow scientist, Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy).

Through a spooky series of events spurred by a mysteriously sinister hotel bellman, the pair, along with sassy subway worker Patty Tolan (SNL’s Leslie Jones) and ultra-weird/ultragenius Jillian Holtzmann (a scene-stealing Kate McKinnon, also of SNL) get down to the business of bustin’ ghosts in the funniest of ways. Soon the fearsome foursome opens a lab/business of sorts, and along with their boneheaded receptionist, played brilliantly stupid by Thor’s Chris Hemsworth, they tackle

horrors from the afterlife.

Those who may look back to the original films with rose-colored glasses will find plenty to love here, so long as they haven’t completely made up their minds before they enter theaters (or they aren’t like those ridiculous jerks who would hate a film just for having a female cast). An update hasn’t hurt the franchise whatsoever, and we’re a little confused by the ire since a vast number of films these days are either remakes, reboots or sourced from other material.

Pepper in shriek-worthy cameos from almost all of the original cast and supporting roles from fairly prominent actors and comedians like Michael K Williams, Matt Walsh, Zach Woods, Cecily Strong and many more, and we’ve got one of those fun summer blockbusters like they used to make. Oh sure, there’s a whole mess of CGI and a small number of missteps to nitpick, but as an overall product, Ghostbusters completely nails it. You ain’t afraid of that, are you? (ADV) Regal, PG-13, 116 min.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF MARTHA SOFIA STATE OF NEW MEXICO GALAVIZ RINCON, A CHILD. IN THE PROBATE COURT Case No.: D-101-CV-201601874 SANTA FE COUNTY NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME No.: 2016-0117 TAKE NOTICE that in accordance IN THE MATTER OF THE with the provisions of Sec. 40-8ESTATE OF JOSEPH B. 1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA MARQUEZ, DECEASED. 1978, et. seq the Petitioner Lucia NOTICE TO CREDITORS Tovar will apply to the Honorable NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Francis J. Mathew, District Judge that the undersigned has been of the First Judicial District at the appointed personal representa- Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 tive of this estate. All persons Montezuma Ave, in Santa Fe, New having claims against this estate Mexico at 9:45 a.m. on the 31st are required to present their day of August 2016 for an ORDER claims within two (2) month FOR CHANGE OF NAME of the after the date of the first pubchild Martha Sofia Galaviz Rincon lication of this notice, or the to Martha Sofia Galaviz Tovar. claims will be forever barred.

Stephen, T. Pacheco, District Court Claims must be presented either Clerk By: Adrian Olivas Submitted to the undersigned personal rep- by: Lucia Tovar Petitioner, Pro Se resentative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of Santa Fe County, New COURT Mexico, located at the following STATE OF NEW MEXICO address: 102 Grant Ave, Santa COUNTY OF SANTA FE Fe, New Mexico 87501.

Dated: August 4, 2016 Gregory Diego Cortez and Melissa Marquez Josie Cortez 1316 Lomita Lane Petitioner/Plaintiff, Espanola, NM 87532 VS. STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Duane Sanchez FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Respondent/Defendant.

COURT IN THE MATTER OF A Case No.: D-101-SA-2015PETITION FOR CHANGE OF 00017 NAME OF RHYS QUILLAN BRIGHTWATER Case No.: D-101-CV-2016-01922 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME SUIT TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8- STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO Duane Sanchez.

1 throught Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Rhys GREETINGS: You are hereby Quillan Brightwater will apply to notified that, Gregory Diego the Honorable Raymond Z. Ortiz, Cortez and Josie Cortez, the District Judge of the First Judicial above-named Petitioner/ Plaintiff, has filed a civil District at the Santa Fe Judicial action against you in the Complex, 225 Montezuma above-entitled Court and Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 8:30 a.m. on the 2nd day of cause, September 2016 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from The general object thereof Rhys Quillan Brightwater to being: Rhyannon Quilla Brightwater.

Stepthen T. Pacheco, Notice of Pendency of Disctrict Court Clerk Adoption By: Avalita Kaltenbach, Deputy Court Clerk Unless you enter your appearSubmitted by: ance in this cause within Rhys Quillan Brightwater thirty (30) days of the date of Petitioner, Pro Se the last publication of this Notice, judgment by default may be entered against you.

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Gregory Diego Cortez and Josie Cortez Petitioner/Plaintiff 201 12th Street NW Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102 (505) 243-3222 WITNESS this Honorable David Thomson, District Judge of the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, and the Seal of the District Court of Santa Fe County, this 22nd day of January, 2016.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Can you imagine feeling at home in the world no matter where you are? If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won’t distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what’s best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks.

good position to take full advantage of the subtle opportunities and cryptic invitations that are coming your way. Unexpected sources are poised to provide unlikely inspirations in unprecedented ways.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) As I tried to meditate on your horoscope, my next-door neighbor was wielding a weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided to drive down to the marsh to get some high-quality silence.

When I arrived at the trail head, I found an older man in ragged clothes leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly belongings. “Doing nothing is a very difficult art,” he croaked as I slipped by him, “because you’re never really sure when you are done.” I immediately recognized that his wisdom might be useful to you. You are, after all, in the last few days of your recharging process. It’s still a good idea for you to lie low and be extra calm and vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up and leap into action again? Here’s my guess: Get one more dose of intense stillness and silence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) My readers have a range of approaches for working with the counsel I offer. Some study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of the two.

Others prefer to wait until the week is over before consulting what I’ve written. They don’t want my oracles to influence their future behavior, but enjoy evaluating their recent past in light of my analysis. Then there are the folks who read all 12 of my horoscopes. They refuse to be hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be free to explore multiple options. I encourage you to try experiments like these in the coming days. The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own unique strategies for using and interpreting the information you absorb— both from me and from everyone else you listen to.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) When you were born, you already carried the seeds of gifts you would someday be able to provide—specific influences or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the people who have ever lived, could offer the world. How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this potential? Here’s what I suspect: Your seeds have been ripening slowly and surely. But in the coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid pace.

Whether they actually do or not may depend on your willingness to take on more responsibilities—interesting responsibilities, to be sure—but bigger than you’re used to.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I suspect that you will soon be culminating a labor of love you’ve been nurturing and refining for many moons. How should you celebrate?

Maybe with some champagne and caviar? If you’d like to include bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be 2004 Belle Epoque Rose. Its floral aroma and crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as they synergize the flavors of blood orange, pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar: Consider the smooth, aromatic, and elegant roe of the albino beluga sturgeon from the unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran. But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that a better way to honor your accomplishment might be to take the money you’d spend on champagne and caviar, and instead use it as seed money for your next big project.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Some species of weeds become even more robust and entrenched as they develop resistances to the pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This is one example of how fighting a problem can make the problem worse— especially if you attack too furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to consider the possibility that this might be a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure you choose a strategy that actually works.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to compose an essay on at least one of the following themes: 1. “How I Fed and Fed My CANCER (June 21-July 22) Have you been drinking a lot Demons Until They Gorged Themselves to Death.” 2.

“How I Exploited My Nightmares in Ways That Made Me of liquids? Are you spending extra time soaking in hot baths and swimming in bodies of water that rejuvenate Smarter and Cuter.” 3. “How I Quietly and Heroically Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek Opportunity.” you? Have you been opening your soul to raw truths 4. “How I Helped Myself by Helping Other People.” For that dissolve your fixations and to beauty that makes extra credit, Capricorn—and to earn the right to trade an you cry and to love that moves you to sing? I hope you’re reverently attending to these fluidic needs. I hope unholy duty for a holy one—write about all four subjects. you’re giving your deepest yearnings free play and your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) I suspect that in the coming freshest emotions lots of room to unfold. Smart, wellmonths you will be drawn to wandering through the fronlubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity, my dear. tiers and exploring the unknown. Experimentation will Stay very, very wet. come naturally. Places and situations you have previously LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In my opinion, you need to bask considered to be off-limits may be downright comfortable. In fact, it’s possible that you will have to escape your in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm— preferably multiple brainstorms over the course of the safety zones in order to fully be yourself. Got all that?

Now here’s the kicker. In the coming weeks, everything I next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that just described will be especially apropos for your closest happens? How might you generate a flood of new relationships. Are you interested in redefining and reconideas about how to live your life and understand the figuring the ways that togetherness works for you? nature of reality? Here are some suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip you of your boring certainties.

And take this vow: “I hereby unleash the primal power of my liberated imagination.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) When you were a child, did you play with imaginary friends? During your adolescence, did you nurture a fantasy relationship with a pretend boyfriend or girlfriend? Since you reached adulthood, have you ever enjoyed consorting with muses or guardian angels or ancestral spirits? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you are in a

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) If you’re playing the card game known as bridge, you’re lucky if you are dealt a hand that has no cards of a particular suit. This enables you, right from the beginning, to capture tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage. Let’s apply this metaphor to your immediate future, Pisces. I’m guessing that you will benefit from what may seem to be an inadequacy or deficit. An absence will be a useful asset.

Homework: What’s the situation in your life where it’s hardest for you to be loving? Practice being a master of compassion there in the coming week.

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