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AUGUST 2-8, 2017 | Volume 44, Issue 31

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7 DAYS, METROGLYPHS AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 BOARDS & BIKES 7 Wheels are turning at the new skate park behind the Chavez Center

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GETTING CARDED 8 There are hoops to jump through to get a medical cannabis card, but New Mexico doctors are looking to remove them COVER STORY 10 AN ABRIDGED ORAL HISTORY OF STORMING THE BEACHES WITH LOGOS IN HAND In short: An ambitious local band releases a new album

MAGICALLY MUNDANE Albuquerque artists Kat Kinnick and Zahra Marwan close their second collaborative show at the Strangers Collective’s NO LAND space off the Plaza this week.

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I’m glad to see the Burger Stand earned some recognition here, as they appear to have not ranked in the restaurant listings.

And yes, Eliza Lutz does deserve recognition for her hard work bolstering the independent music scene in Santa Fe, particularly since High Mayhem has slowed down in recent years. Bravo.

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YOU’LL GET OLD TOO, ADV The condescending rant by ADV ... against the “dancing“ of baby boomers and “those beach chair weirdos” at the free Railyard shows compel me to respond to Alex’s whining about the popular concerts.

Healthcare deserves our attention more at the moment. But ageism, sexism, and disability rights are exactly the kind of issues Baby Boomers fought to change.

We already rejected “only” ballroom dancing in favor of our own styles, and music is and was a vehicle for social change.

So, Alex, ”strange dancing“ is too much for you? And, the chairs bother you? Well, how about a baby boomer response—you don’t like something, be part of the solution. Maybe, some of the chairs could be limited (for more dancing). But, you might want to consider that “Forever Young” is just a song, not a reality. One day, you too might need to take a load off and just listen to the music.

Meanwhile, I bet that the musicians appreciate the audience getting up and moving, or listening.

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COVER, JULY 19: “A MORAL CHOICE”

TRUST WOMEN, YO Count me as a certified card-carrying liberal Democrat. But I draw the line on late term abortions. Many fetuses are by then well on their way to becoming viable people.

Those little kiddos, as well as their pregnant mamas, deserve our compassion and care.

My Number 1 daughter arrived at least two months early. She grew up strong and became New Mexico’s State Gymnastics Champion. Tamsin Jill blesses us now with my two lively grandchildren.

Plenty of adults now hope to adopt. My advice: Steer clear of late-term abortion docs (except for severe physical handicaps). Give these little ones a chance at life.

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7 DAYS HEALTH CARE REFORM DIES AGAIN God bless those GOP mavericks (and John McCain, too).

WE’VE ALL BEEN DRINKING URANIUM! So far the only superpower we’ve developed is the ability to piss everyone off with a single sentence, but that might have been a preexisting condition.

SCARAMUCCI OUSTED AFTER JUST 10 DAYS Beelzebub no longer has (this particular) devil put aside for me (for me, for me).

MEDIAN WEEDS ARE APPARENTLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN SANTA FE Maybe trigger-happy cops with secret disciplinary records killing the mentally ill might also be a thing?

THE GLUEY BROTHERS BLEW EVERYONE’S MINDS AT THE SFR BEST OF SANTA FE PARTY Seriously. We forgot how to drive, our minds were so blown.

MISSING ALBUQUERQUE TORTOISE RETURNED HOME SAFELY Man, there sure is a lot of tortoise news in New Mexico.

SANTA FE RAILYARD BUILDING UP FOR SALE We know there’s an REI in there, but hear us out: What about a bowling alley?

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Boards & Bikes A new skate park takes residence on the Southside behind the Chavez Center

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t was a journey that lasted years upon years, but on July 29, skaters, city officials and Southside residents could finally celebrate the official opening of a skate park outside the Genoveva Chavez Community Center with a ribbon cutting. Now, the wheels are really turning.

“We started this project in 2008 with the parks fund, and in 2012 we were able to allocate a bit more money towards the park,” says City Councilor Ron Trujillo, who represents Council District 4, in which the park is located. “Everybody knows that I’ve been a coach in this city since back in my early teens. Kids are important to us. Here, we have another place where kids can come and feel safe.

This is good for this community.” Trujillo turns to Bette Booth, former chair of the city Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. “I want to thank you,” he tells her, “because through your leadership and the community, you all did a hell of a job.”

Booth details the almost 10-year journey towards creating the new skate park. “This all started when Pete Gardini and Ryan Lawless,” two local college students, “came to us and said, ‘We want to support our sport.’” The pair then worked with city and parks officials while also rallying support from the skater community. Original locations that were considered included Ragle Park, but between Booth and the skaters, they were able to convince city officials to build the park in a larger, more accessible area, which they determined

Zadick Miller is 10 years old. He says he’s been skating that long, too.

to be behind the Chavez Center. Located right off the Arroyo Chamisos trail, the park serves a large part of the Santa Fe community.

Booth notes that the skaters’ dedication is ultimately what made the project a success. She gestures to the kids skating behind her. “Skaters are not joiners, skaters are rebels. You can see it in them, jumping off ledges and into the abyss.

But they stuck with it. These guys made this happen,” she tells the crowd. “Not only do we have this beautiful space, we have a new group of young leaders who felt empowered to participate in the process to create this, and that’s almost as important as having a new skate park.”

Behind Booth, the skaters of Santa Fe were enjoying their new park. Ten-yearold Zadick Miller takes to his board, doing jumps and spins around the bowl.

He tells SFR he’s a lifelong skater who is excited about the park, “except for the graffiti,” he adds shyly. Fellow skater and local teen Riley Edge chimes in: “I think it came out really well, everyone should come out and skate here!”

Mayor Javier Gonzales also stresses the value of the skate park and its potential for community participation. “We recognize that it’s great to have swimming pools and parks, but if we really want be a city with maximum opportunity to participate in our public spaces, skate parks is an area we really have to make an investment in,” he tells SFR. In 2013, the city celebrated renovation of its older skate stucture at De Vargas Park. A skate park is also a popular feature at Franklin Miles Park in midtown. The newest effort had a pricetag of about $522,000 and utilized the Spohn Ranch design firm.

Further investments in skate parks do seem to be on the minds of city officials. During his remarks, Trujillo says he hopes the next venture is at Swan Park in Tierra Contenta. As the crowd cheers in support of the idea, he adds, “This is what it’s about. Look at the kids.

We just want kids the kids of Santa Fe to be kids at more places like this.”

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Getting Carded one or more of 21 recognized conditions.

Participating is Dr. Florian Birkmayer, an Albuquerque-based physician featured in Daitz’ film who specializes in holistic care tailored to individual patients. He acknowledges there aren’t many doctors in New Mexico who do what he does.

On the phone, Birkmayer is quick to say that he got his medical degree from an Ivy League university (Columbia University; his undergrad was Princeton).

He eventually began treating people with substance abuse issues, at which point he became became “frustrated with modern

the Earth Organics and Ultra Health several times a month to consult with prospective patients experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress. (Full disclosure: Dr. Birkmayer filled out my referral for a medical cannabis card.) Shift Cannabis, the newest dispensary in Santa Fe, also refers most of its potential customers to him.

Yet most of the time patients visit dispensaries, they’re consulting with budtenders. Budtenders aren’t doctors, but their jobs call for recommending particular strains or products. They’re a hybrid between a barista, a checkout clerk and, yes, a pharmacist. When you buy from them for the first time, your guess about what would work best for you might be just as good as theirs.

Demand for cannabis cards is so high that some businesses are based solely on arranging short appointments between doctors and patients. Elora McMinn, office

psychiatry and its over-reliance on prescription psychiatric medicines, because it just didn’t work well and caused horrible side effects.” A student of Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious, he’s also administered equestrian therapy and believes he’s helping people on their journey to self-discovery.

“If I have something with firsthand experience that I can see is better, and not have to prescribe something with horrible side effects, I’m morally obliged to do that,” Birkmayer says of writing cannabis recommendations.

He is well-known among the cannabis dispensaries in Santa Fe. He drops into New Mexicann Natural Medicine, Fruit of

manager at the Albuquerque-based Peace Cannabis Cards, which she describes a for-profit “medical marijuana card clinic,” has a rotating list of nurse practitioners, family practitioners and psychiatrists who come to the clinic every few weeks.

“We do come across a lot of people who come in and say, ‘My doctor won’t let me do any of this, they won’t agree with it, how do I proceed?’” McMinn says. “We’re for those people who don’t have [pro-cannabis] doctors.”

Many dispensaries maintain relationships with licensed caregivers. Abby Rodriguez, a family nurse practitioner, says she recently started pitching her services to dispensaries around town. New Mex-

Dispensaries and medical professionals in New Mexico are forming a pro-cannabis network by word of mouth

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alk into the Department of Health’s rented office spaces on Rodeo Road and you’ll see not one, but three signs with large print instructing visitors to head to suite 200 on the second floor for the Medical Cannabis Program. Upstairs, a receptionist accepting applications makes friendly small talk with prospective patients who’ve formed a line.

That line is getting longer.

New Mexico’s medical cannabis program recorded 44,403 active patients in June, up from 40,432 in April. And as the state appears reluctant to discuss the trajectory of its program, physicians and dispensaries are finding each other to form an improvised, pro-pot healthcare network that is helping mint new cards at a quickening pace.

In the last two weeks, SFR submitted at least nine requests for an interview with Kenny Vigil, the division director for the medical cannabis program and a former department spokesman and television producer. Vigil refused to answer questions.

The silence is one reason why Dr. Benson Daitz, a family medicine physician and a professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, is working on a documentary that explores the impact of medical cannabis on patients in the state.

The filmmakers are speaking with medical professionals, patients and cannabis producers to shine a light on a subject obscured by decades of federal prohibition on scientific research into marijuana.

“The idea of it really has more to do with what my own experience has been as a physician working in a pain clinic and seeing folks who’ve benefitted,” Daitz tells SFR. For now, doctors and nurse practitioners have to seek out patients to refer to the program, and patients have to seek out cannabis-friendly docs to fill out state paperwork that says they qualify with

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icann allowed her to leave a pile of cards for patients to call, and the dispensary now lists her as one of the 13 medical providers it works with across the state.

“For cannabis, I try to bring awareness to other providers that maybe don’t know much about it, or that maybe have a stigma around it,” says Rodriguez, whose practice integrates both Western and alternative medical approaches. In her experience, providers are open to learning more about the plant, but less willing to recommend it.

Others are recommenders and evangelists. The Verdes Foundation, a dispensary in Albuquerque, sends at least one of its two staff nurses to speak with groups curious about cannabis an average of once a month. The foundation produces cannabis and has a dispensary, but also considers community outreach to be a core part of its mission.

“By talking with the business community, we can showcase that we are a legitimate business in the state of New Mexico,” says Community Relations Manager Shawna Brown.

She cites an upcoming presentation in September that the organization’s director of operations, a registered nurse named Rachael Speegle, will give in Santa Fe to the New Mexico Association of Health Underwriters on the ethics of recommending medical cannabis.

When it comes to matters like insurance, the law can be tricky for caregivers to navigate. For example, if a primary doctor fills out a card recommendation for a patient who is charging the doctor visit to their insurance, the doctor might be running afoul of federal law, which states that doctors cannot prescribe anything listed as a Schedule I narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

One of the biggest question marks is whether US Attorney General Jeff Sessions will follow through on his threat to crack down on state medical marijuana programs. Most people who spoke with SFR say they’re skeptical that the feds could stymie a program with such momentum (New Mexico’s program, which started in 2007, has seen a 67 percent increase in the number of active patients just in the last year), let alone prosecute providers.

That possibility is “definitely something that would be a fear of mine,” says New Mexicann dispensary manager Josh Alderete. He continues, “but I’m not really following it too much. Still gotta come to work, you know?”

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ne can barely recall a time when more buzz surrounded a Santa Fe band than Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand, the lovingly labored-over indie-rock project of musician Luke Carr (and many others) that began in 2013 with the EP Pigrow, Carr’s first major solo outing.

Previously, Carr had performed with other bands such as post-rock trio Venus Bogardus and indie act Pitch & Bark. By the time he began writing and recording songs on his own, the overarching fictional concept present in the music of Storming the Beaches was a puff of an idea and little more.

On Pigrow, Carr’s songwriting chops shined through in each of the album’s eight songs. It was fantastic, a primer to an imagined post-apocalyptic world conceived by Carr, rich with storytelling. The concept album—either lost to the rise of MP3 singles, made heavily un-fun by the likes of The Mars Volta or having veered into too-serious goofiness in the hands of bands like Coheed & Cambria—seemed promising and interesting again in the form of a small town songwriter’s sparse arrangements.

On the eve of Storming the Beaches’ next album launch, here, in the words of those making it, is the story of how—and why—some of the best music in Santa Fe came to be and where it’s going next.

BEGIN Luke Carr, founder, guitarist, bandleader: I think ‘prologue’ is a good word. It was very broad.

Pigrow was, indeed, broad. John Dieterich (of indie act Deerhoof) produced and performed on the album as well, and though strippeddown and acoustic was the name of the game, fancy flourishes and subtle-yet-complex touches abounded; the stage was set for much more.

Carr: I think I may have forced it on [Dieterich], but he had a lot of influence, and I wanted him to have it. Before we

even started recording Pigrow, the option was to do these acoustic songs or to do one song that was, potentially, ‘Gorillas in the Sky,’ which was on the first full Storming the Beaches album. We played with the two ideas and he said, ‘OK, let’s do this acoustic.’

After Pigrow’s release, Carr performed songs from the album often, which attracted the attention of Santa Fe University of Art and Design student/musician Caitlin Brothers, today better known to many as solo artist ppoacher ppoacher.

Caitlin Brothers, singer-songwriter, harpist: I went to almost every Pigrow show I could make—I mean, when he’d play the stuff. I went to almost every Pitch & Bark show, too; I loved the Pitch & Bark stuff, but I didn’t really seek it like Pigrow.

When I heard that music, I wanted to hear it a lot. This was at these tiny house shows and there were a lot of different versions of it. And Luke and I had this class together [at SFUAD] in West African drumming, and he approached me about playing. Before that I’d just been an ecstatic fan.

Carr: Caitlin was singing this Ugandan song [in class], which is East African, but this was a West African class. That’s when I first heard her sing, and it blew me away.

I tend to get caught up in sounds or tones; energies or, like, tonal energies in my head.

And then I’m walking through my day and things really hit me, and definitely when I heard her sing, especially that music with all those polyrhythms going on. … And then she bugged me about it.

Brothers: I still do that.

Carr: I don’t not work on stuff, but it used to be hard in the past to determine when something was ready to share with someone. My music—I’m particular about it.

Brothers: I think that, for a long time, there was a confusion between [whether he wanted] to be a bandleader or a composer. And there is a difference, a balance, I think, to being a composer who plays, versus trying to be a bandleader.

Carr: When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I wanted to be a composer. I had no idea what that meant. I think, though, that if I focus on the fact I’m trying to communi-

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drumming.’ He invited me to play in Pitch & Bark initially, and we just got along musically and personally.

Andrew Tumason, percussion, guitar, vocals (by email): I was friends with Luke, who saw me playing Djun Djun at West African dance classes, which I’ve been accompanying for over a decade. I brought that primal energy with the percussion section and also got to play guitar and sing on a couple tracks.

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By the time Carr and company set out to finish writing and recording the debut album, Southwick Howls, 15 musicians were scheduled to appear. He began to open the songwriting process up to more and more collaboration with the band’s extended personnel. It was a creatively intense time as Carr attempted to communicate ethereal ideas that had thus far only existed in his head to a group of musicians who, while talented, might not have worked in such a demanding milieu before.

Luke Carr and Caitlin Brothers.

cate the music to people, it becomes a lot easier to be a bandleader.

Brothers: Also, I don’t know if ‘bugging’ is the right word. But he pitches this cool idea, I love his music, so when we talked, we didn’t talk much—but when we did, it was like, I’m pretty direct. I knew what I wanted to talk about. I was like, ‘So … this music.’ I would call it inquiring.

Before Carr and Brothers started creating together, he continued playing solo shows and privately fleshing out the fiction behind his songs. But he realized quickly that he’d need a full band to handle the volume of ideas.

Carr: I remember I played in Austin at this solo show, and I just decided I didn’t want to play solo like that. Not ‘anymore, period,’ but it was so unfulfilling when in my head I was hearing these complex and intricate things. So I decided that was it; I put together this big ensemble.

Carr sought backup from musicians he admired such as drummer/audio engineer Will Dyar, percussionist/audio engineer Max Kluger-Bell, Evarusnik co-founder Andrew Tumason, violinist/vocalist Leticia Gonzales and Pitch & Bark cohort Peter Duggan. Numerous others would also join.

Carr: Will, Peter, Andrew and I had played West African music together. I think [drummer] Adam Cook literally just walked by a practice [at the SFUAD

campus]. There was a lot of wildness in that band. It was really fun and very productive, but also challenging for me as a bandleader and to not necessarily want to be.

Brothers: I think the rehearsals were a little bit challenging for everybody—being there was so much wild energy.

Max Kluger-Bell, percussion, vocals: I joined the band at the inception of when it started being called Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand. Luke had been doing similar narrative stuff in his project before that, but when this started it became more of a chapter.

Leticia Gonzales, violinist, vocalist, pots and pans (by email): I was originally approached by Luke to play some violin parts for the music that was going to become the first album. I was really captivated by the rhythmic elements, and wasn’t really hot on violin at the time so, after a few rehearsals, I started playing around with a pot and a pan and found some parts that fit, and that became my role in the band. I’d heard of but hadn’t heard Pigrow, but once I understood the albums were related and that Luke also had a whole world and story that linked the two, I was intrigued and wanted to find out more.

Will Dyar, drummer, engineer: Luke hit me up randomly. He’d seen me play and called and said, ‘Hey man, I like your

When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I wanted to be a composer. I had no idea what that meant.

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Carr: In hindsight, those rehearsals with that size of a group … there was a fatigue-ish aspect to it. I think it was a shock to some people that when I’d have rehearsal, it was generally around four hours.

Brothers: We’d run the same part a lot. If some of the parts were relatively simple, interlocking those parts was more complicated. … Someone would be like, ‘I need to hear that on a loop,’ or, ‘Can you clarify that part? Can we play it 10 times?’

Tumason: I think a lot of the band was trained in many ways. As a composer, it was a different experience to learn the parts Luke visualized and then bring it to

life with that group of musicians.

Dyar: In any band situation, even if you’re just playing straightforward rock, the more comfortable everyone is, the more you stop thinking about what you’re doing. Yes, it was Luke’s baby, but he was bringing in all these people because they excited him.

Brothers: It was the only real musical band thing I’d done other than playing with myself or with garage bands where it was more like hanging out. I think there was an inherent challenge but elatedness to being in this group and hanging out with this group of people, but we were working the whole time. It was really focused, even when it wasn’t.

Carr: I think it speaks to a larger idea, that being a self-taught musician has sort of led me down certain paths and to engaging with certain kinds of musicians rather than others. The way I write and communicate music … I don’t read or write music, but I consider myself a composer. Some people think DIY means you can do whatever the fuck you want; you can slack and that’s OK. For me, even though I’m self-taught and in this rock ensemble of some kind, I do take it very seriously.

Kluger-Bell: As far as the composition went, [Luke] very much brought the melodies and the lyrics or the tunes, but in terms of putting the songs together, we’d collaborate on that.

Carr: What makes these people that much more important is the character of the musician you’re working with. Sometimes I’d have an idea locked in, and Leticia would say, ‘I can play it that way, but I hear it this way, more swinging.’ Character becomes so important when you’re not handing a professional musician a sheet of paper to read.

Kluger-Bell: Everybody had really defined roles in taking something chaotic and making it organized. Luke is good, though, at taking these big situations and turning them into a more composed piece.

I think we started really developing those skills further on, but he’s a strong leader who can still be soft-spoken.

With the album Southwick Howls finally written (and hovering as closely to Carr’s original vision as possible), Storming the Beaches launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its recording in September 2013. While the donations rolled in, the actual process of recording began.

Carr: I try not to think about the Kickstarter. I wish I hadn’t fucking done that.

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It forced me to make decisions and brand some things and, in hindsight, I wish I had taken more time to incubate. I didn’t feel rushed for a while, but then it was like the band part might fall apart before I finished the record.

Brothers: The band was school; making that album was school.

Carr: We recorded all over the place: Will Dyar’s house, my house, Max’s house, the [SFUAD] campus. We had a lot of different sessions.

Dyar: As far as the core recording, I took that on. We were still working out the songs … percussion here, vocals there, guitars here; it evolved.

Meanwhile, they continued the recording process for Southwick Howls, which spilled over into the later part of 2014. The band performed shows in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Texas and Colorado. It wasn’t until April 2015 that Storming the Beaches was ready to release with an ambitious show at the Railyard Performance Center. It was, in a single word, magical. Carr produced colorful video projections to loom over the band and the audience was asked to remove their shoes (the space’s policy). The album itself was ultimately a major departure from Pigrow’s quieter solo style but familiar enough to continue the timeline. Outwardly, Howls showcased an indie rock sound, but under the hood Carr’s love of African music and polyrhythmic time signatures lurked. The album tells the story of a nameless boy who lives with his father in a future dystopian version of America long after wars and untenable usage of resources have torn borders asunder and changed our way of life. It was another excellent leap for Carr as a songwriter and an incredible undertaking.

The Storming the Beaches reputation began to build. Carr, however, struggles with the final product to this day.

Carr: I know everything that’s on there. If I listen on a car stereo, I can’t hear half the shit I spent time on, but then I listen on headphones and it’s all there. I don’t like to listen to it. I’ll have a minute sometimes where I’ll hear a part and don’t know what it is at first, and I like it, but then that goes away.

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you should just mix this.’ I also saw the beginning of burnout. We all get that when we’re working on a record that intensely.

But at a certain point, it just needs to be done. I’m 100 percent satisfied with how that album came out.

Gonzales: I was really proud of the first album. There were so many of us, and so many parts and moving pieces that I think the decisions made about recording and mixing were necessary and apt.

Still, with the songs available to hear online, the band hadn’t received vinyl copies of Southwick Howls—also gifts for those who had donated to the Kickstarter—in time for the release show.

Carr: A to Z Media … those fuckers. You deal with a bigger company, you’re not really important to them, and they’ll tell you what you want to hear in the beginning—they said two months and it ended up being more like six.

Eventually the albums arrived, and a small regional tour would follow, with Carr and Brothers deciding to never play too often locally. Further, they were plotting next steps, both in terms of content and the form of the band.

Brothers: I often say it’s like an overhead, distant view: You can see a lot, but you can’t see any of the details.

Carr: I would hear things people were saying [about the band], but I think what was much louder in my head was my own need to sit with the project’s next steps. It was much more personal and about what the band needed to do, what the project needed, what the story needed.

Dyar: Luke mixed it and I mastered it. He definitely had this particular idea in mind for how it should go and I was like, ‘Dude,

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cially of a certain age, people are flying off, living their lives, going wherever their lives are taking them. A couple people left, a couple people got busy with other projects, our lives changed and eventually, after that show was when we had to take a step back and decide what the next step would be.

Tumason: I felt the project was transforming to its next evolution … and the time felt right to focus my musical energy on Evarusnik and Woven Talon projects.

Brothers: I think it’s a pretty gentle scene around here as far as pressure goes. You just have to learn how to say no or what to say yes to. Getting offered shows is awesome, but sometimes you need to stay home and read a book. But we played a lot.

Carr: We did want to play, but it meant getting on the road. I didn’t want to just

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ABOVE: Leticia Gonzales rocks the pots and pans at a show in Denton, Texas.

BELOW: Luke Carr and Will Dyar at DIY space Ghost.

keep playing shows in Santa Fe. We wanted to be playing five nights, six nights a week, and that means playing somewhere else.

Brothers: I felt like the pressure was from within. Half the band was like, ‘I gotta do my own thing’ at that point.

Dyar: It was a bit of a test run for me. I used to tour back in the day, and around that time my mastering business [Hills Audio] was taking off and I also had some family stuff that I need to be here for. I talked with everyone openly about it, mainly Luke and Caitlin, and I expressed that I wasn’t that interested in touring.

You’ve gotta be honest—that’s how relationships stay good. Not once did I hear or feel any animosity from Luke. He rolls with it. He realizes this is a crazy thing we accomplished.

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AN ABRIDGED ORAL HISTORY OF STORMING THE BEACHES WITH LOGOS IN HAND the release (or risk the forced-development of another crowdfunding campaign effort), Carr and company have signed on with local label Matron Records, run by Future Scars front woman Eliza Lutz. A musician herself, Lutz has a hands-off approach that means the label hypes the new album, but allows Carr and his bandmates to operate as they wish.

Eliza Lutz, Matron Records head: It takes a special kind of person to make me want to work for free. I definitely wanted to build up what I was doing into something that could serve what [Luke] was doing. They’re one my favorite bands in general, not just in Santa Fe. Carr: When Eliza and I were in GRYGRDNS together, we talked about starting a label, and I reached a point where I had to come to terms with myself—I care about the scene here, but with the way my plate is full and the scope of what I want Storming the Beaches to be, I couldn’t participate strongly as a collaborator. I don’t think it’s over. Eliza is … I don’t know how to say it. … Matron provides much-needed support on a grassroots level.

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Carr and Brothers played as a duet a number of times, but Storming the Beaches ultimately reformed as a four-piece in late 2015 with Carr, Brothers, Kluger-Bell and Gonzales. The next steps were to focus on a new project, a new album and the continued pursuit of Carr’s narrative. In 2016, they travelled to a cabin in Taos and began work on their forthcoming album, Bailiwick, Refused. The narrative elements focus on a young woman named Dessa, the mother of the nameless boy from Southwick Howls, but the timeline plays out as a prologue to the first record. Carr says its end is the beginning of Howls. The layered Storming the Beaches sound remains intact, but with fewer members, it’s more concise.

Carr’s vision is clearer than ever. This is due, in part, to many years working on the project, but members also say it had a lot to do with the collaborative writing.

Carr: I had a very clear talk with them where I said I was, in some sense, giving up the responsibilities I’d been carrying alone; the booking, the promotion, developing the project. I pretty much told them that unless you wanna jump in and participate, we’re going to have to take a break. And they jumped in. When I think about that retreat … I wish I could do that a lot more often—I’m going to do that a lot more often.

Kluger-Bell: The writing process was really cool. We had planned to tour to Colorado, but it seemed like it wasn’t coming together and we had all already requested time off work. We went up to Taos and literally woodshedded. This album really came together and a lot of new songs came

Caitlin Brothers: harp champion.

out of that. It’s kind of a clichéd writing process, but it’s just getting away from everyday life. It felt unreal.

Gonzales: Caitlin, Luke and I had a few preliminary meetings in the spring and summer before the Taos retreat, and we fleshed out a lot of the chronology of the story and characters involved in the story and basic narrative trajectory. Luke and Caitlin spent an unbelievable amount of time listening back over our rehearsal tapes and making decisions about what worked and what didn’t. When we started working again after Taos, it was with a lot more intention and clarity about the sound of the four-piece and the sound of the album, in large part thanks to their work with the rehearsal recordings.

The recording for Bailiwick was more focused as well, with Carr and company enlisting local studio Kabby Sound for the project in mid-2016. Carr once again took on the mixing duties.

Kabby Kabakoff, audio engineer: Most of the gear I used was tube microphones and ribbon mics, which were popular in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. The way I like to work is to shape the sound as we go. I think Will [Dyar] and I agree, the number one way to go is to record live.

That’s how we did it. There’s always magic when you do it like that, it just works better.

Fast-forward to today, a mere 48 hours before the release of the much-anticipated Bailiwick, Refused, and the band has morphed again.

Still present, of course, are Carr and Brothers, but drummer Andrew Dixon and bassist Nathan Smerage have joined the fold with Gonzales leaving for her solo project. By the time you read this, Carr, Smerage and Dixon will have performed Storming the Beaches songs—that exist even further in the narrative than Bailiwick—as a trio version of Pitch & Bark.

Nathan Smerage, bassist: I’ve been a fan of Luke and Caitlin’s music, so it was pretty humbling that he ... said we should work together.

Carr: Me and Andrew and Nate played probably 70 percent of the third album [at a recent show]. That’s been in the works almost a year. It’s all overlapping.

Smerage: It’s just so unique. Luke’s a phenomenal guitarist. You hear it and you can tell it’s him. I’m gonna see if I can steal any tricks.

For the Bailiwick, Refused release show, however, Carr and Brothers are scheduled to perform as a two-piece, although, according to Smerage, other members may step in for a song or two. The idea is to help prepare Carr and Brothers for the upcoming tour, the early leg of which finds them alone. And rather than go the completely independent route for

There is, of course, much more in store for Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand (but the album release is currently the main focus). If ever there were a local band with the ability to transcend the Santa Fe scene and make a name for themselves, this is the one. Luke Carr’s innate understanding of music without training makes for songs that don’t always do what you’d expect, giving them a one-of-a-kind quality. Come January, Carr and Brothers plan to visit the Kissidugu School in Guinea, Africa, where they’ll study with percussion masters in exchange for helping students navigate media such as audio and video editing and building an online presence.

The Storming the Beaches narrative, meanwhile, continues. And though Carr says he isn’t quite sure where the story will wind up, plans for a series of “found” audio pieces in pocast form, and potential graphic novels sound promising. The possibilities, it seems, are endless. For now, you can stream the title track, “Bailiwick, Refused” two days before the album release at SFReporter.com.

STORMING THE BEACHES WITH LOGOS IN HAND: BAILIWICK, REFUSED RELEASE SHOW WITH SAM ZICKEFOOSEARMSTRONG AND SORIBA FOFONA 8:30 pm Friday Aug 4. $10.

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hen a trio of college friends from Salt Lake City set out to make a film about legislative efforts to transfer federal lands to state management, they titled it The Heist, expecting to document a theft from the public. But they didn’t want to poll only outdoor enthusiasts, so they reached out to other industries that rely on public land: logging, ranching, oil and gas development, mining and outdoor recreation.

“In the outdoor community, it’s a lot of us-versus-them, and we wanted to take a different approach,” says Phil Hessler, producer and co-founder of WZRD Media, the production company for the film.

As their reporting has taken them to the homes of loggers, Native Americans, conservationists, miners and ranchers across the country, the narrative that’s developed has become increasingly nuanced—as in, it’s complicated.

“If you put these people behind a screen and just listened to what they’re saying, a lot of times, you couldn’t tell what side they’re on,” says Galen Knowles, director/co-founder of WZRD Media. “Both sides feel like something is being taken from them.”

We’re talking at Outdoor Retailer, the outdoor industry trade show, minutes before Knowles and his co-filmmakers, Hessler and Zeppelin Zeerip, screen a teaser for The Heist. The audience includes a DC lobbyist who will ask if a showing in

the Capitol might help ease the increasingly partisan divide over public lands.

It wasn’t always that way, of course. Historically, conservation and environmental protection have bridged the aisle; the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency came into being under President Richard Nixon (to attract young voters, but still).

The journey the WZRD crew has taken has crisscrossed the country and the political spectrum. They speak fondly of Terry Tempest Williams, calling the conservationist author and anti-oil and gas development activist “a homie” after filming her discussing land management with her father, who made a career in the oil and gas industry. So, too, is their affection unbound for an Oregon logging family, a husband and wife who have fostered nearly 50 kids over the decades.

“I think public lands have the potential to be a uniting force in a divided country,” Knowles says. “In the end, we all do want to protect the land, but how that looks is different.”

Reporting is still underway, with the film expected out late in 2018. Knowles and Zeerip will soon head to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, another of the ongoing outreach efforts in reporting that also saw the filmmakers, in their

US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited New Mexico public lands with congressional delegates as part of a tour to review national monuments that the president wants to downsize.

Patagonia flannels and Keen shoes, visiting a rally supporting the Bundy takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Knowles also joined in the press corps following Department of Interior Ryan Zinke’s tour of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. He saw the former Montana senator visibly moved by some of those landscapes, but the trip also left Knowles with a sense that designating these areas as monuments but failing to provide financial support or infrastructure for the flood of tourists that will ensue may not be the best way to protect them.

For the sagebrush sea, Zeerip argues, ranching may be the only way to derive economic value from those acres—when proper rangeland management practices are deployed that see cattle moved around every few days to prevent overgrazing. So, too, can logging translate to healthy forest management, he says.

“Mining, oil and gas—that is a boomand-bust economy no matter how you look at it,” Zeerip says. “There’s a hard line on energy. They come in, take, and leave.”

How to handle these lands is up this week with Zinke’s recent visit to Organ

Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces, one of the 27 monuments the Trump administration is reviewing this year to consider rescinding or resizing. The secretary toured the peaks by helicopter; held a closed roundtable with stakeholders including elected officials, ranchers, academics and border security experts; hiked with veterans; met with the Mescalero Apache, Fort Sill Apache and Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks; and rode horses with Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall.

Most of those events were closed to press, and Zinke did not join a public town hall meeting on the monument review that was held during his visit. After hiking with the secretary, members of the Vet Voice Foundation urged him to leave the monument intact.

“Our community worked for over a decade to protect the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks area, and it should not be undone in a mere 120 days,” the statement reads. “We were discouraged to learn about his interest in shrinking the national monument, especially before meeting with diverse stakeholders today, and after not attending the community town hall last night.”

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Relationship Nightmares on Wax Feel the feels with Waxahatchee Philadelphia singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield comes out with the goods again on Out in the Storm, her fourth full-length under the name Waxahatchee. It’s her strongest and most polished effort to date and another stroke of excellence for the relative newcomer.

Storm is emo, pop-punk, synth-pop and Sleater-Kinney-esque rock rock all in one—a nonstop confessional tale of anguish and pain born from a doomed relationship and put on tape (so to speak) for the world to hear. Crutchfield, however, keeps the songwriting tight, sidestepping woe-is-me whining for genuinely relatable introspection; the listener winds up on her side through it all and, in the process, we exorcise some of our own demons.

Devoted fans might be more aware of Crutchfield as a member of sadly defunct indie/pop-punk trio PS Eliot, a band she shared with her twin sister, Allison (who also appears on Out in the Storm), and an aesthetic she maintains in her new material while still branching out into synthy sounds as well.

Yes, the songs of Waxahatchee have got a certain style that may not speak to the masses (remember how everyone

made fun of us fans of emo?), but with garage-fuzz guitars that melt around her sugary-sweet voice and the seeming proclamation that no personal pain is off-limits when it comes to her lyricism, that certain style may have just jump-started a glorious return to an era when bands had feelings, and lots of ’em.

This has earned Crutchfield support slots with heavy-hitters like Kurt Vile and the aforementioned Sleater-Kinney, but nonstop touring and a backing band to rival the best of the best means she can stand tall on her own.

Waxahatchee’s upcoming show at Meow Wolf, in fact, puts her in the spotlight to perform songs old and new. To think that just a few short years ago we never would’ve had access to a band like this; to think that it’s time to bust out our old Get Up Kids records (like we ever put them away); to think that the time is perfect for pop-punk and that we’ll probably get a cool T-shirt while we’re there. Life is sweet sometimes.

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WED/2 BOOKS/LECTURES DHARMA TALK: SENSEI HOZAN SENAUKE AND SENSEI GENZAN QUENNELL Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 This week's talk is by Senauke and Quennell. It's entitled "The Bodhisattva's Embrace." Arrive on time because the evening begins with a silent 15-minute meditation, and you don't want to interrupt the zen.

5:30 pm, free RANDY JOHNSTON: ARTIST LECTURE Santa Fe Clay 545 Camino de la Familia, 984-1122 Johnston has had an illustrious 45-year career in ceramics. He studied in Japan at the pottery studio of Shimaoka Tatsuzo, a student of Shoji Hamada. His work is included in permanent collections around the world and he speaks about the development of the kiln in this lecture.

7 pm, free SYLVAN HISTORIAN: TIME IN KEATS’ “ODE ON A GRECIAN URN” St. John's College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6000 Join Marsaura Shukla for an analysis of "Ode on a Grecian Urn.” The lecture goes down in the Junior Common Room at the Peterson Student Center, and it’s followed by a Q&A session.

3:15 pm, free RICHARD MELZER: BRAINPOWER & BROWNBAGS LECTURE New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5200 Melzer, a history professor at the University of New Mexico, presents a lecture titled “The Swastika in New Mexico Culture and History.” Learn about the controversial and ancient symbol, and don’t forget your bag lunch.

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Kevin Red Star’s “Sundancers - Eagle Breath Feather Whistles” is on display at Sorrell Sky Gallery in the solo exhibit Horse People, opening Friday.

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ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz co-direct this summer series featuring Granjero and Ramirez performing original choreography.

7:30 pm, $25 FLAMENCO AT THE LODGE The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 992-5800 Spanish tapas, spirits and flamenco dancing in the storied Maria Benitez Cabaret Theatre.

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CALVIN HAZEN El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Solo flamenco guitar.

7 pm, free DJ SAGGALIFFIK Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Electronica and dance tunes.

10 pm, free DAVID GEIST Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Broadway standards and piano classics by this worldclass musician.

6:30 pm, $2 FLAMENCO EN VIVO Museum of Int’l Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Listen to flamenco as you peruse the museum's exhibit Flamenco: From Spain to Mexico. Free with museum admission.

1 pm, $7-$12 JULIAN DOSSETT Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Blues guitar.

8 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: BAILE ESPAÑOL & BARACUTANGA Santa Fe Plaza Bandstand 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Enjoy a night of Latin music and dancers.

6:30 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: MOZARTPUCCINI-VERDI St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 The Orion String Quartet performs quartets by Mozart, Puccini and Verdi.

6 pm, $10-$74 SANTA FE CROONERS Palace Saloon 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Swing music magic.

7 pm, free

EVENTS BREAKFAST WITH O'KEEFFE Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Education Annex 123 Grant Ave., 946-1039 Explore O'Keeffe's secret drawing techniques over an early-morning meal.

9 am, $15 FARMS, FILMS, FOOD: A SANTA FE CELEBRATION Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Celebrate Santa Fe's love of great food, local agriculture and good movies. See screenings of My Neighbor Totoro and Food Evolution at this fest involving food trucks, book signings, seed swaps and more. If you don’t like at least one of these things, you aren’t a real human.

5 pm, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 The local cinema—owned by George RR Martin—hosts this weekly game night. Bring your favorite board game with you, or play one they have at this night of fun and beer.

6 pm, free

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SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE, MUSIC FROM A SECRET CHAPEL Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 50 Mt Carmel Road, 988-2282 The chorale’s early-music specialists perform works of William Byrd—a Catholic composer who lived in Protestant England—and other composers including Giovanni Palestrina’s “Surge Illuminare Jerusalem.”

8 pm, $20-$70 WAXAHATCHEE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 395-6369 Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, plays reflective pop tunes from her latest album Out in the Storm, which is her most autobiographical and introspective release to date. See her with opening support from indie lady-songstresses Cayetana and rockers Snail Mail (see SFR Picks, page 17).

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Fierce Foliage The return of Treemotel

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

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n August 2013, local band Treemotel performed during the Santa Fe Bandstand series and rocked my face off so hard I never forgot. At that time a five-piece, Treemotel, under the watchful eye of bandleader Mark Williams, had zeroed in on a nearly perfect mix of nerd-punk, experimental rock and fun.

In a column following that performance (“Everybody Loves Treemotel,” Aug. 6, 2013), I likened them to Dead Milkmen, Modest Mouse and certain then-members of Northern California label Asian Man Records’ roster. Williams’ voice, however, was (and is) more unique—he’s a nerd, he knows it, he’s not ashamed. The songs were explosive and chaotic, though with a firm foundation in throwback Clash-esque punk rock—not bad for a guy who started out wanting to be a children’s entertainer. And it was good.

Treemotel: Great at music, not so great at pictures.

Right up until they disappeared.

“We moved to Austin in 2013 as a band,” Williams says. “It didn’t split us up right away, but it was harder to see each other since we were all busy trying make a living.”

Treemotel would make an honest go of it, but never found consistent support in Texas. Around one year after they’d arrived, original members like David Badstubner and Greg Butera would move on; vocalist Lindsey Mackin would form still-operating indie act Annabelle Chairlegs and, by 2015, Williams wound up just as he’d started: as a solo act.

A former student of the College of Santa Fe and a graduate of Santa Fe University of Art and Design, this didn’t much faze Williams.

“I wanted to give Austin a little more time,” he says. “I mean, I was sad when everybody left, but time passes and it’s all good.”

Williams grew up in Virginia and spent time in Orange County, California, and Japan, where his mother is from. In 2006 he came to Santa Fe to study painting and studio art at CSF, and then SFUAD—but, he says, “the contemporary music program always felt like my home.”

In the years before and all through college, Williams recorded hundreds of demos on his laptop, but making friends with SFUAD music majors ultimately helped him form the band.

“After CSF shut down, when we came back, [Treemotel] was one of the only bands left on campus,” he explains. “The people who came back were mostly musicians, and I was able to befriend them.”

This meant two full-length albums and an EP plus small regional tours before the band’s fall.

Cut to this week, and Treemotel has reformed with original member Badstubner, consummate drum champ Mikey Chavez and guitarist/vocalist Elise Southwick, who is perhaps better known as a member of the Wise Fool troupe.

“I was hoping somewhere in the back of my head I’d be able to come back to Treemotel some day,” Williams says. “We were on fire when we left—that’s kind of why we left—but now I’ve learned a lot; I’ve heard our new songs have matured; our energy is very different in that … in a simple sense, we’ve matured.”

Regardless, Williams says he believes the Treemotel sound remains intact, though with Southwick adding to the

mix, everything seems bigger. Williams also says he’s touring Japan solo this October. Take note, then, that the band is slated to perform at the very first concert at the new Second Street Brewery location on Saturday. Not only is this exciting because it means Treemotel is officially back on the scene (they’ve played a handful of smaller shows lately, to be fair), but because it helps set the tone for the new venue: It’s focused more on actual concerts, as opposed to bands crammed in a corner to which no one has to pay any attention.

“I like saying my band is great,” Williams adds, without even a hint of pomposity. “I think we’re fantastic, but I want to be nice about it—and a lot of it is confidence in my friends, because they make my music sound good.”

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THE CALENDAR OPERA ALCINA Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 A sorceress has captured and mesmerized her latest victim on her enchanted island in this Handel opera which is a series of luminescent arias.

Starring Christian Van Horn, Elza Van Der Heever and Paula Murphy and directed by David Alden, it’s a beautiful and deep work.

8 pm, $38-$310

THEATER CABARET Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 The scene is a nightclub in Berlin as the 1920s have drawn to a close. The Santa Fe Playhouse’s run of this classic musical has been sold out entirely for a few weeks, including two added performances! But who knows, maybe someone canceled...

7:30 pm, $15-$25

THU/3 BOOKS/LECTURES ALI MacGRAW AND SUSAN HULL WALKER: IBU MOVEMENT Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 MacGraw and Walker discuss their endeavors at the Ibu Movement, which aims to increase economic self sufficency through art for women around the world. They also present a selection of goods and garments made in the project.

6 pm, free

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Be wowed by fancy footworks at this performance by Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz, who co-direct this special summer series featuring Granjero and Ramirez performing original choreography.

7:30 pm, $25

EVENTS HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES Santa Fe Horse Park 100 S Polo Drive, 795-0141 This summer series is a bonanza of equestrian activities, including competitions, vendors and fine art. Watch competitions in the afternoons and peruse the art market before. See a full list of daily activities at hipicosantafe.com.

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DANIELE SPADAVECCHIA L'Olivier Restaurant 229 Galisteo St., 989-1919 This former New Orleansbased guitarist performs a solo set of gypsy jazz in the downtown venue that boasts a spacious patio. Ah, summer nights.

6 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Hear piano standards and Broadway hits performed by Geist, who had a 20-year career composing alongside legends like Stephen Sondheim.

6 pm, $2 FREAKS OF THE INDUSTRY WITH DJ POETICS Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Freaky electronica.

9 pm, $5-$7 GREG BUTERA & THE GUNSELS Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Cajun honky-tonk.

6 pm, free HALF BROKE HORSES Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Country and Americana at the place you need to visit at least once.

7 pm, free MIAMI NIGHT WITH VDJ DANY Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Tropical electronica.

9 pm, $5-$7 OPEN MIC WITH STEPHEN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Jump up there and show 'em what you're made of. There’s a little star inside everyone.

You basically bought that ukulele for nothing unless you go play it sometime.

7 pm, free REGGAE THURSDAY Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Tropical vibes with Selekta Dutty Bookman and Brotherhood Sound System as they jam island grooves.

10 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: DAVID BERKELEY & DETROIT LIGHTNING Santa Fe Plaza Bandstand 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Grateful Dead covers, Americana and rock (see SFR Picks, page 17).

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: BRUCH STRING OCTET St. Francis Auditorium 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Bruch Octet for Strings with Beethoven and Anderson.

Noon, $10-$86

SIM BALKEY Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Country from a native son who grew up outside Abiquiu.

He grew up on a ranch, hit the charts in Texas and wears one hell of a cowboy hat, so you know he’s the real deal.

9 pm, $10-$15 ZAY SANTOS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock and blues.

8 pm, free

OPERA LENSIC PRESENTS NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE IN HD: SALOMÉ Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 An occupied desert nation, a radical from the wilderness on hunger strike and a girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world come together in this charged retelling of the infamous biblical tale, turned on its head.

7 pm, $22

THEATER CABARET Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 The Santa Fe Playhouse’s run of this classic musical has been sold out entirely for a few weeks, including two added performances! But who knows, maybe someone canceled...

7:30 pm, $15-$25

WORKSHOP ELIZABETH INMAN: HOW TO HARVEST AND PRESERVE LAVENDER Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Learn proper pruning techniques, plus the best way to lavender for future use in this class led by Inman, owner of the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm.

10 am, $35 NADINA BARNES: ARTS ALIVE Museum of Int’l Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Learn wilting and fabric collaging techniques in conjunction with the exhibit Quilts from Southwest China in this workshop, free with museum admission. Bring the kids.

10 am, $7-$12

FRI/4 ART OPENINGS BC NOWLIN AND JIM EPPLER Manitou Galleries 123 W Palace Ave., 986-0440 This two-person exhibit celebrates the beauty of wildlife and local culture in the paintings of Nowlin and Eppler.

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Mundane Kat Kinnick and Zahra Marwan elevate the everyday

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

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t Kat Kinnick and Zahra Marwan’s first joint show last June, the pair hung their works on alfalfa bales at Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Community Farm. Almost two months later, Kinnick and Marwan are winding down their second collaboration, Ruminations & Remnants, a pop-up exhibition at NO LAND, the intimate Plaza-adjacent gallery space of Strangers Collective, a relatively new group focused on independent Santa Fe artists. Kinnick and Marwan’s works fill every nook and cranny of the space to create a homespun environment down to small details such as hand-written titles and binder clips that hold the art.

“Kat and Zahra have this disarming approach to creating and exhibiting art that intrigued us,” Strangers Collective co-founder Kyle Farrell says. “The work is really colorful and often funny and lighthearted, but there are darker and deeper stories that stir under the surface. It takes a while for this work to unfold and reveal its intricacies.”

There is fluidity between the pieces, but also distinct styles that speak to each woman’s individual story prior to crossing paths.

Kinnick grew up in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, where her parents restored Navajo rugs. It was a practice that instilled an entrepreneurial

spirit in the artist at a young age and inspired her to sell homemade dog biscuits at the local farmers market when she was 10. Kinnick recalls her father’s early influence on her creative process. “When I was growing up, my dad taught me about Native Americans’ culture of care,” Kinnick says. “It was this ‘leave the planet as it is’ philosophy, and as a kid that made me cry—I didn’t see that in our culture.”

This absence inspired Kinnick to fill the gap with artwork focused on nature in the belief that “the more we have a relationship with plants and animals, the more we can take care of the world.” From forest scenes created with gouache paints on paper to life-size cutouts of animals, Kinnick calls for respect of everyday el-

ements. She takes this approach even further, teaching kids at Temple Beth Shalom and learning about their interaction with the environment. “I love kids’ directness, enthusiasm and wonder about the natural world and life,” she explains. “We all have that in us, too.”

Marwan’s work, on the other hand, explores memory, transition and the beauty that can be found in human interactions.

“My process is always shifting, but it’s becoming more and more about what’s happening day to day,” Marwan says. “I’m drawing on memory.”

This approach stems from her upbringing in two places: Kuwait and New Mexico. Before she was born, Marwan’s father applied for a green card to leave the political strife of Kuwait. Twenty-two years later in 1998, when Marwan was 8 years old, the application was finally ap-

proved, and the family moved to the Southwest.

She describes being born without nationality, a toddler in the midst of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait without any legal or human rights. She became a citizen of the United States at the age of 15. The strength of Marwan’s voice radiates as she tells her story and says with a smile, “I still had a relatively happy childhood— other than the political oppression.”

Like Kinnick, Marwan’s father, a poet and a photographer, influenced her creative practice. Through ink, watercolor and gouache, Marwan creates layered stories embedded with cultural connection. These works are windows into seemingly simple moments such as “Family Lunch, Twice a Week,” “Rubik’s Cube in the Winter,” and “Packing.” Marwan is committed to her work by drawing for two hours a day. “It’s a daily rhythm, a consistent practice,” she says. “Ugly drawings are part of the process. I don’t want to be a pseudo-artist who only creates a painting every eight months.”

Though ultimately independent in practice and approach, Kinnick and Marwan share a philosophy that art has the power to create a value system in society, but it must be accessible in order to do so. “I don’t want to be an artist who nobody understands,” Kinnick tells SFR. “I want my work to be visually, conceptually and monetarily available. Accessible art allows people to have a higher quality of life.”

Marwan agrees. “At the [Albuquerque Grower’s] Market, some people are like, ‘You shouldn’t be selling your art at a place like this!’ I’m like, ‘Why can’t it be sold like tomatoes?’”

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not feeling I like I’m hiding who I am, maybe I get him off my back about kids, being able to be out on Facebook. Cons: screaming matches, strong possibility of being disowned and losing the modest amount of financial support I get from him, small possibility of him telling my mom (they’re divorced). Any advice?

-One Foot Out My wife has been seriously ill for three years, and I have been her sole caregiver. The doctors here weren’t getting the job done, so we made the difficult decision for her to move 2,000 miles away to start over and be near her family.

Our sex life has been nonexistent since she became ill. She offered me a “hall pass” with two rules: (1) It couldn’t be anyone I worked with and (2) she didn’t want to know about it.

She offered multiple times, but I was taking care of her 24/7 and never used it. I started to consider using it after she moved. But I didn’t want to just find some random person on Tinder. You see, I am a cross-dresser. My wife knows. She’s never seen me dressed and isn’t interested in knowing more about it. So instead of paying for a traditional escort, I found someone who would dress me, do my makeup, go out to dinner with me, but no sex.

We met three times. However, one time I did hire a trans woman who dressed me and we did have sex. Obviously, I had to lie at times about where I was when I was using my hall pass, but I considered it a white lie to meet Rule #2. But my wife flew home unannounced to get her things (with her ex-husband along to help) and found my clothes out and quickly got out of me what I had done. She was beyond pissed. She says I had a hall pass for sex but not cross-dressing. She belittled me for the cross-dressing and said the sex was supposed to be a one-and-done thing. She knew I was a cross-dresser, and I derived more pleasure from this cross-dressing experience than having anonymous sex with an escort. My questions: Did I violate the hall pass? Was I wrong to cross-dress?

-Dude Relishing Erotic Sexcapades Suddenly Entertaining Divorce P.S. I am quite convincing when dressed and blend well in public.

Your wife went home to get well and “start over.” And it sounds like she got well—at least well enough to fly—and started over with her ex-husband.

I don’t think you were wrong to crossdress, DRESSED, and if you violated that hall pass, it was only because your soon-to-beex-wife didn’t share all the rules with you until after you used it. It looks like a setup to me. Your soon-to-be-ex-wife gave you permission to fuck someone else—permission that came with rules that were disclosed and secret bylaws and codicils that were not—because, consciously or subconsciously, she wanted to catch you doing it wrong (in your case, DRESSED, doing it more than once, cross-dressing when you did it, etc.).

Because now she can divorce you with a clear conscience, since she’s not to blame for the split—you and your dick and your dresses are to blame.

You might want to brace yourself for some hardcore blaming and kink-shaming, DRESSED, and for the very real possibility she’ll out you as a cheat and a cross-dresser to family and friends. But however the divorce plays out— and here’s hoping it doesn’t get ugly—at least you’ll soon be free to find a partner you don’t have to hide your cross-dressing from.

I’m a 22-year-old nonbinary person and I’m debating whether to come out to my father as nonbinary. Complicating things is the fact that I tried to come out to him at 18 back when I thought I was “only” a hetero-leaning bi cross-dresser. He did not take the news well.

Today we don’t talk about it, and I think he pretends it never happened. I’m wanting to move toward living in a less-gender-conforming way—including changing my name—and am considering making a second attempt. Pros:

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What’s more important to you, OFO, living authentically or living off your dad? If being your authentic self means giving up the money he sends you and you don’t desperately need his money, the choice is obvious. But if his money is all that stands between you and gender-nonconforming homelessness, you might want to think through your options, the risks and the rewards, before going nonbinary official on Facebook.

I’m a 25-year-old man who is mostly interested in women but I like to mess around with men sometimes. I also love wearing high heels and makeup—not to “pass,” but just because I love it. Most women seem to be instantly turned off by these two things. I usually do very well with women, but they bolt when I tell them, and some have been quite hurtful. My family is very understanding about the high heels and my sexuality—even my father—but the average woman doesn’t seem to like it when I do something that they deem “theirs.” Which is so unfair. Women can do anything they please—wear pants if they like, have same-sex experiences—but I must submit or face the life of an outcast. Any advice on how to deal with this while also dealing with the bitterness and envy I feel?

-Enraging Gender And Double Standards Let’s start with those feelings of envy, shall we?

While it’s true that women can wear pantsuits without causing alarm (or winning the White House), and while it’s also true that women can have same-sex experiences without freaking out the men in their lives (because straight men are likelier to be aroused than repulsed), women’s choices and their bodies are subjected to much more scrutiny, control, and violence than our male bodies are, EGADS. Until politicians legislate against your right to control your own body (and wear your own heels), you can note the few areas where women enjoy more latitude than men, but you aren’t allowed to bitch about them.

And this should put your pain in perspective: According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half the women murdered in the United States every year—55 percent—are killed by their husbands, boyfriends, or exes. It sucks to be dumped for your sexual orientation or gender expression, I know. And people kink-shaming is more painful than non-kinksters realize.

But none of your exes have stalked and murdered you.

Now the good news: There are women out there who dig men in high heels, there are women out there into bi guys, and there is a significant overlap between those two groups of women. If you succumb to bitterness at your young age because you’ve been dumped a few times—if you despise all women because you were dumped by women you wouldn’t want to be with anyway—you’re going to scare off the women who are genuinely attracted to guys like you. The women who bolted did you a painful favor, and you should be grateful.

Because with those average women out of your life, EGADS, you’re free to go find an above-average woman who wants an above-average guy like you. Pro-tip: You’re likelier to find those women at a fetish party or club, or via a kink social-media site or dating website. Good luck.

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BRUCE T WILSON Zen Garden Gallery 624 Agua Fría St., 986-0113 This grand-opening exhibit features graphite and ink works on paper featuring imagery from Wilson's meditational journey through the desert. A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary. Through Oct. 8.

5 pm, free CADY WELLS: NEW MEXICO MOOD Aaron Payne Fine Art 213 E Marcy St., 995-9779 An emotionally charged collection of watercolors from the late master painter Cady Wells. Through Sept. 9.

5 pm, free ELEMENTS Mill Contemporary 702 ½ Canyon Road, 983-6668 This group exhibit includes works by Patrick Adams, Angela To and Allison Stewart as each artist explores fragility in environment. Through Aug. 28.

5 pm, free KEVIN RED STAR: HORSE PEOPLE Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave., 501-6555 See new works by the internationally acclaimed artist whose imagery fully captures the essence of his culture, providing the viewer with a visual history and authentic insights. Through Aug. 31.

5 pm, free MARILYN YATES: NOT FAR FROM HOME Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road, 988-3444 Yates presents landscape paintings in this solo exhibit.

Her renditions of Northern New Mexico scenes enable non-locals to take a piece of here home. Through Aug. 18.

5 pm, free MELINDA ROSENBERG: FOUND AND MADE Tansey Contemporary 652 Canyon Road, 995-8513 Rosenberg presents 3-D wall sculptures, made from natural and found wood objects ranting from an old wood chair to a set of croquet mallets, which represent time and memory in this solo exhibit. Through Aug. 25.

5 pm, free NICO SALAZAR: CYBER CHAT Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Rainforest creatures and space lasers as imagined by Salazar, a local force in modern art and fashion, are featured in this solo exhibit. Did you dig SFR’s Best of Santa Fe cover art and T-shirts this year? Same dude.

5:30 pm, free

PRE-COLUMBIAN ANTIQUES AND TEXTILES William Siegal Gallery 540 S Guadalupe St., 820-3300 See bursts of bright colors and rich textures in these Central and South American antiques and textiles.

Through August 22.

4 pm, free RANDY CHITTO: ARTIST RECEPTION True West Gallery 130 Lincoln Ave., 982-0055 Chitto, an award-winning Koshare storyteller artist, discusses the inspiration and process in creating his charming clay figures.

5 pm, free THE RED AND THE BLACK: A CENTURY OF SANTA CLARA POTTERY Steve Elmore Indian Art 839 Paseo de Peralta, 995-9677 Redware and blackware pottery made from native clays and paints and exemplifies the history behind 20th-century New Mexican art.

5 pm, free WILLIAM FREJ: ANCIENT KINGDOMS, HIDDEN REALMS Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., 989-9888 Frej’s black-and-white photographs of Mayan and Khmer kingdoms taken in ruins and ancient sites give the viewer an otherworldly sense of times and cultures past. See them alongside images of pre-Columbian and Asian artifacts from the region. Through Sept. 30.

5 pm, free

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz co-direct this summer series.

7:30 pm, $25

EVENTS HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES Santa Fe Horse Park 100 S Polo Drive, 795-0141 This summer series is a bonanza of equestrian activities, including competitions, vendors and fine art. Watch competitions in the afternoons and peruse the art market before. See a full list of daily activities at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-4 pm, free

MUSIC CALI SHAW BAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 New-age folk.

8:30 pm, free

DANDELION LIBERATION FRONT Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Gypsy funk and indie folk.

7 pm, free DANIELE SPADAVECCHIA Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Gypsy jazz.

7 pm, free DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Hear piano standards performed by Geist, who had a 20-year career composing Broadway tunes, at this intimate venue.

6 pm, $2 DETROIT LIGHTNING: JERRY'S BIRTHDAY RUN Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday with tunes from the Grateful Dead performed by this local cover band.

7 pm, $10 FESTIVAL OF SONG: ANNA CHRISTY United Church of Santa Fe 1804 Arroyo Chamiso, 988-3295 Settle into an hour of classical compositions sung by this soprano who plays Morgana in the Santa Fe Opera's production of Alcina this summer.

4 pm, $45-$75 GLENN McLAUGHLIN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Wind down and into the weekend with folky tunes by McLaughlin on the tavern deck.

5 pm, free JACKIE MYERS & BAND Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Indie rock by this Austinbased ensemble.

6 pm, free MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Enjoy tunes from jazz to classical by a different group each Friday summer evening at the museum's garden courtyard, free with museum admission.

5 pm, $7-$12 PAM JACKSON Museum Hill Café 710 Camino Lejo, 984-8900 Presented by the Santa Fe Music Collective, Jackson performs jazz hits from legends of the genre like Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald.

7 pm, $20-$25 RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Native American flute and Spanish classical guitar.

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6 pm, $10 SANTA FE OPERA PIANO QUARTET First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Four musicians from the Santa Fe Opera play music by Schumann.

5:30 pm, free STELLA Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Funk and jazz.

6 pm, free STORMING THE BEACHES WITH LOGOS IN HAND: BAILIWICK, REFUSED RELEASE Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 982-8309 Celebrate the release of this local band's second full-length album and listen to opening performances

by African musician Soriba Fofona and banjo player Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose (see Cover, page 10).

8:30 pm, $10 SUMMER FLING WITH DJ POETICS Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Poetic electronica and dance tunes as mixed and spun by DJ Poetics.

9 pm, $5-$7 THE THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Swinging jazz piano.

7:30 pm, free

THEATER CABARET Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 The scene is a nightclub in Berlin as the 1920s have drawn to a close. The Santa Fe Playhouse’s run of this classic musical has been sold out entirely for a few weeks, including two added performances! But who knows, maybe someone canceled...

7:30 pm, $15-$25 HAMLET Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 See Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the classic tragedy which asks the only question there really is: To be, or not to be? It’s performed by young aspiring actors of Upstart Crows in the natural beauty of the botanical gardens on this summer Friday evening.

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Monte Del Sol Charter School 4157 Walking Rain Road, 490-6271 By suggested donation, the Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents the classic comedy about mistaken identity, the dangers of hearsay and sibling rivalry. Bring a picnic and a slicker or umbrella if it's cloudy—this one's rainor-shine. We don’t have to remind you how frequently we’ve been hit with the glorious summer rains these past few weeks. Right?

6 pm, $15-$20

SAT/5 ART OPENINGS MARIO YRISARRY: STENCILED AND SPRAYED David Richard Gallery 1570 Pacheco St., 983-9555 An exploration of pigment led Yrisarry to using non-brush methods, and the works in this exhibit were made between 1960 and 1970.

His canvases feature bold geometric lines that he was inspired to create while listening to jazz music.Through Sept. 2.

5 pm, free

Mirror, Mirror Photographs of Frida Kahlo

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For the third year in a row, HIPICO is lettin’ the dogs out for their annual Dachshund Races to benefit the New Mexico Center for Therapeutic riding (4 pm Saturday Aug. 5 and 3 pm Saturday Aug. 12. $10. Santa Fe Horse Park, 100 S Polo Drive, 474-0999) which coincide with two weekends of equine fun at their facilities. Geri Eigenberger, volunteer dachshund race manager, tells SFR about the quirky, little-known race and other family events coming up at the equine-centric facility over the next few weeks.

And it’s open to the public, so get that wiener dog running!

How did the dachshund races with HIPICO begin?

A lot of the riders that are a part of HIPICO have dachshunds, for whatever reason. So three years ago when they started the horse jumping, people already had their dogs there watching, so I think it just turned into a fun thing for them to do.

Is there a particular race that stands out in your mind?

We have this one dachshund named Bilbo that just really takes to it—he’s won two years in a row! So this year, we’re doing it a little different; we’re doing it every weekend while in past years we’ve only done one event. We’re hoping that with four weekends in a row, we can get more of the public out there and introduce the public to the facilities and get a new winner.

Aside from the dachshund races, what other kinds of events are going on at that weekend?

The whole facility is just so fantastic. There’s horse jumping and all kinds of other events since it’s a circuit competition. The horse events are free, so you can go out for the next two weekends and watch the horse-jumping and this grand prix event on Sunday.

We also have a second small dog race because there are so many small dog breeds there, as well watching the horse jumping. There’s food trucks out there, equine vendors—there’s even a cash bar.

Frida Looking Into Mirror, 1944, by Lola Álvarez Bravo Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art, New York

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ROB VANDERSLICE: THE JOURNEY Vida Loca Gallery 203 W San Francisco St., 988-7410 Vanderslice's abstract paintings are inspired by New Mexico's car culture.

His work, which has been featured at the New Mexico Museum of Art and in Lowrider Magazine, started on custom vehicles before moving to the canvas. Through Sept. 30 (see SFR Picks, page 17).

5 pm, free TIM BAVINGTON: SUNSHINE MAKER David Richard Gallery 1570 Pacheco St., 983-9555 Bright colorful abstractions rooted in rock 'n' roll are featured in this solo exhibit featuring new and older works by Bavington. Through Sept. 2.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES ARTHUR FIRSTENBERG: THE INVISIBLE RAINBOW op.cit. Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta, 428-0321 Arthur Firstenberg reads from his new book, The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life. There was no official request to leave phones at home, but maybe do that.

2 pm, free DONNA KARABA: LIVE AND LEAD WITH MEANING Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Karaba, a transpersonal psychologist, speaks about imagination and vision.

3:30 pm, free ORIGAMI FOR BEGINNERS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 In this fun and interactive workshop, learn to read origami patterns, fold a basic crane and hear a bit about the history of origami.

10 am, free POLLEN: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR LIVES? Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 You hear a lot about insects and pollination, but how much do you know about pollen?

1 pm, free

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ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz co-direct this summer series featuring Granjero and Ramirez performing original choreography.

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9 am-5 pm, free HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES WITH DACHSHUND RACES Santa Fe Horse Park 100 S Polo Drive, 795-0141 This summer series is a bonanza of equestrian activities. Visit hipicosantafe. com for a full list of daily happenings. Today, there’s a super-special event going down: wiener dog races! They happen at 4 pm and are $10 (see 3 Questions, page 25).

8 am-4 pm, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe Street, 310-8766 See works by local artists representing a ton of different mediums, and enjoy the sunshine.

8 am-1 pm, free

FILM THE PULITZER AT 100 Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 From the story of Joseph Pulitzer to interviews with recent prize winners, documentary The Pulitzer at 100 tells the tale of writers and artists brave enough to uncover the truth over the last 100 years.

5 pm, $8-$15

MUSIC ALPHA CATS Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Jazz.

6 pm, free CHRIS BOTTI Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Jazz, pop and rock tunes by this Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer.

7:30 pm, $52-$86 DJ 12 TRIBE Skylight 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Electronica dance tunes.

9 pm, $5-$7 DADOU L'Olivier 229 Galisteo St., 989-1919 Romantic accordion, guitar and vocals.

5:30 pm, free DAMN UNION Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Rockin' Americana.

7 pm, free

DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Piano standards.

6 pm, $2 THE IGUANAS AND ALTO ESTILO Railyard Plaza Market and Alcadesa Streets, 414-8544 Funky Americana and Caribbean tunes, respectively.

7 pm, free JOHN KURZWEG BAND Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Music from one of Santa Fe’s favorite rock musicians and producers.

8:30 pm, free LONE PIÑON Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Mexican roots tunes.

3 pm, free ROBERT MIRABAL Chi Center 40 Camino Vista Clara, Galisteo, 800-959-2892 Native American flute.

6:30 pm, $25 RONALD ROYBAL Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Spanish classical guitar and Native American flute.

7 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND SOUTHSIDE: BLU SOL BAND Swan Park Jaguar Drive and Contenta Ridge Funk, soul and Latin rock.

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: BAROQUE CONCERTOS St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Four solo violinists play Telemann, Vivaldi and Bach.

5 pm, $10-$39 THE SANTA FE CHILES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Dixieland jams.

1 pm, free TREEMOTEL, THE WASHBOARD ABS AND 100 WATT HORSE Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St. Americana rock from Treemotel, hi-fi indie by The Washboard Abs, and a garage pop performance by 100 Watt Horse (see Music, page 21).

8 pm, $7

OPERA LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 Gaetano Donizetti tells a bloody tale about a brother's plan to increase his wealth by marrying his sister to a rich man, instead of the man she loves.

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In-visvim-incible Meticulous Japanese artisan has opened a flagship store in Santa Fe STO RY BY M A R I A EG O L F - RO M E RO m a r i a @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m I L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y T H E A M I L I N A I R É

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ou know that revolution/reclamation thing that’s happened in the food industry over the past decade? The one that’s revived farm-to-table restaurants and seasonal menus as a remembering of how things were done when they were achieved by hand, and an honoring of natural cycles and ingredients?

Japanese designer Hiroki Nakamura is in tune with this movement, but his medium is fashion. The founder, designer and creative force behind Japanese label visvim is a detail-oriented genius who revives ancient techniques and traditions to create rare textiles, which he then uses to make garments and shoes. Nakamura’s fascination with fabric is lifelong; his Vogue designer profile says the 46-yearold artisan has collected rare pieces of denim since he was 14.

An example of revival in visvim designs is Nakamura’s use of what is rumored to be the oldest type of paper in Japan, mino washi. Making it is a beautiful aqua-process. Underwater, tiny, shimmery fibers are removed from pale gray leaves, then they’re pounded flat with a special mallet that leaves floral patterns in the doughy substance. Finally, the paste is spread into a thin layer on a bamboo mold and bathed in a milky wash. It becomes opaque and pearl-white. This lengthy endeavor produces just one sheet of the material, which is a fraction of what’s needed for a skirt or blouse.

WMV visvim, a branch of the textile-driven label Nakamura co-created with his wife Kelsi, opened its flagship store on Shelby Street with a soiree on July 15. Matched with the weekend of the International Folk Art Market, the opening drew a gathering of stylish individuals, including trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, who is essentially a living oracle and dean of hybrid design at Parsons School of Design.

The embroidery on this Lungta BD Sashiko chambray shirt has a Native American look.

Visvim’s Elevation Short Skirt is made with wool and linen.

You’ll see footwear, like these Christo FIL Tokyo Exclusive sandals, on Shelby Street.

The Nakamuras visit Santa Fe yearly (but couldn’t be reached for an interview due to hectic travel schedules and the fact that they spend much of their time in Tokyo, Japan) and are close with Jed Foutz, owner of Shiprock Santa Fe. They have personal affinity for the city, and choosing to open a flagship store here—instead of New York or Paris—shows how much this brand is about doing things their way, and authentically. The adobe boutique features both mens and womens pieces, as well as some exclusive items and footwear.

Style-wise, visvim is a blend of gender and culture that sits somewhere between sophisticated Southwestern native Jedi and Japanese monk. The visvim world is the futuristic desert art mecca many of us are hoping to be beamed up into, post San haste. (Or that we want to imagine for Santa Fe, 2050.)

The pieces—from empire-waist tunics to long jackets—are oversized, giving them you-want-to-wear-me-everyday-appeal.

Their color palettes will make you reimagine how contrasting colors exist naturally, like the mustard trim on a midnight blue kimono, which looks as earthly as bright stars speckling the late night sky.

Become acquainted with the painstakingly difficult processes behind creating some of these textiles and garments on the company’s site visvim.tv (yes, that is the URL), which features “product introspections.” These essays, accompanied by photographs and videos, explain each textile visvim uses, how it’s made and its tradition. In a passage on his site, Nakamura writes, “Taking old, forgotten fabrics and re-examining them with a modern conceptualization and techniques can open up new possibilities.”

On a recent visit to the shop, I eyed tops and moccasin-like sneakers, but the white mini dress in the back room solidified my opinion: This brand’s handmade works of art are beacons of patient craft in a sea of mass-produced street wear. The dress ($2,200) was made with a heavy white fabric, its natural lines forming an agate-like pattern in delicate silk texture. It was the kind of dress you want to get married in, go on vacation in, attend your final party in.

You could say dreamy—so much so—and I am clearly still thinking about it.

This intelligent collection of stunning pieces looks particularly good bathed in the Santa Fe light, if I do say so myself.

Drop by, and don’t gasp at the price; think of the purpose and creativity. The world needs beautiful things made by smart people.

WMV VISVIM 10 am-5 pm Monday-Friday; noon-5 pm Saturday.

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THEATER CABARET Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., 988-4262 The Santa Fe Playhouse’s run of this classic musical has been sold out entirely for a few weeks, including two added performances! But who knows, maybe someone canceled...

2 pm and 7:30 pm, $15-$25 HAMLET Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 See this classic Shakespearean tragedy performed by young aspiring actors known as the Upstart Crows. Hamlet is quite a show to take on, even for adults, so go cheer these kids on.

6 pm, free MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Monte Del Sol Charter School Courtyard 4157 Walking Rain Road, 490-6271 By suggested donation, the Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents the classic comedy about mistaken identity.

6 pm, $15-$20

WORKSHOP AUGUST ROSE CLINIC Harvey Cornell Rose Park 1315 Galisteo St. Learn how to prepare your rose garden for winter with the Santa Fe Master Gardeners. Bring a shovel and gloves.

9 am, free NATIVE PLANT ID Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve West Frontage Road, La Cienega, 471-9103 Join the Santa Fe Master Gardeners for an introductory lesson on how to identify various plants in the Leonora Curtain Westland Preserve.

9 am, free

SUN/6 BOOKS/LECTURES ANN HOWELLS AND MICHELLE HARTMAN op.cit. Books DeVargas Center, 157 Paseo de Peralta 428-0321 Two feminist poets from “Baja Oklahoma” (that means Texas) read their empowering and honest poems.

2 pm, free JOURNEYSANTAFE: BILL O'NEILL Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 O'Neill, a poet and senator, shares his thoughts on New Mexico's politics in his morning lecture "On Poetry and Politics."

11 am, free

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XERISCAPE GARDENING Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Learn the basic principles of xeriscape design and how to have an aesthetically pleasing garden while saving water— or, if you’re really good, not using any extra water at all.

1 pm, $25-$30

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz co-direct this summer series featuring Granjero and Ramirez performing original choreography.

7:30 pm, $25

EVENTS ARTISTS’ DRAW OFF New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 In the summer of 1924, John Sloan and Will Shuster went out sketching. While lounging in the orchard, Sloan suggested that they paint each other and Shuster agreed. Inspired by that historic event, two painters meet in the courtyard. Free with museum admission.

Noon, $7-$12 GIRLS INC. ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, See works by more than 160 local and national artists, plus activities for kids. The proceeds from renting booths benefit the local nonprofit.

9 am-5 pm, free HIPICO SANTA FE SUMMER SERIES Santa Fe Horse Park 100 S Polo Drive, 795-0141 This summer series is a bonanza of equestrian activities. Watch competitions in the afternoons and peruse the art market before. See a full list of daily activities at hipicosantafe.com.

8 am-4 pm, free

RUMINATIONS AND REMNANTS CLOSING RECEPTION NO LAND 54 ½ E San Francisco St., Ste. 7, 216-973-3367 Hear Lone Piñon jam Norteño roots tunes at the closing celebration for the two-person exhibit, Ruminations & Remnants, featuring works

by Kat Kinnick and Zahra Marwan (see A&C, page 23).

6 pm, free

MUSIC BLUEGRASS SUNDAY BRUNCH: ALTO STREET Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Nab a hair of the dog that bit you last night at this boozy brunch accompanied by live jazz from the local ensemble.

11:30 am, free CACTUS SLIM AND THE GOATHEADS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 East Mountain boogie rock that will get stuck in your head, not the sole of your shoe.

3 pm, free DANIEL MURPHY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Murphy jams rock and Americana songs on guitar.

8 pm, free JIM ALMAND Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Blues and roots on the tavern's deck by this local solo guitarist.

1 pm, free JOE WEST Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Americana with a hint of Southwest inspiration. This guy defines Santa Femous.

Noon, free LEE WEST Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Americana rock originals.

1 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: MOZART & BRAHMS St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Pianist Kirill Gerstein performs with the Miami String Quartet.

6 pm, $10-$86

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My one complaint is that I wanted it to be a little bigger. But this is true of nearly any hand-held burrito.

I met my friend Lefty there. He went with the breakfast po’ boy ($7). This featured fried eggs, bacon, and cheddar on a roll with black pepper aioli. The bread on this was soft and fluffy. The aioli was the highlight. Peppery but not overpowering, it was a nice variation on this overused condiment. The sandwich also carries a ton of bacon, which is always a good thing.

The art of food trucking (see what I did there?)

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n 2015, the Food Network came through Santa Fe with its Great American Food Truck Race. For one weekend, Santa Fe had the chance to jump on social media and find where these visitors were selling their foods. I say “for one weekend” not because Santa Fe doesn’t have food trucks, but because there is little need to find them on any media; our food trucks mostly stay in one spot; many might as well not have wheels.

A lot of this has to do with licensing laws. A quick glance at the law and it seems rational, but then you notice that trucks are not allowed to be downtown unless they’re on private property with permission or they park in three specific spots adjacent to the Plaza. Suddenly the appeal of owning one vanishes. This odd provision removes the one element that trucks need to survive: visibility.

Despite what we like to think, Santa Fe isn’t really a walking city. Outside of the small footprint of downtown, things quickly become car-centric. This is antithetical to the mission of the food truck.

The idea is that you find them on social media and head over quickly before the lines get too long. I’m not about to pretend that you can’t drive to a truck on Airport, but there are a lot of restaurant choices before you’d get there.

So, Santa Fe’s food trucks find a spot and stay put unless there is a

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: The breakfast po’ boy at Palate doesn’t have googly eyes—we just like ‘em.

special event to attend. This is also true of our latest entry into the booming food truck culture, Palate (2601 Cerrillos Road, 386-6343), complete with a crafty logo of a sugar skull with artists’ palettes in its eyes. The truck’s already got a permanent home, it seems, there in Artisan’s parking lot. This isn’t a dig at them—they are doing the sensible thing in picking a spot and going all in to maximize return customers.

Palate sources much of its menu from local providers such as the Farmers Market and the Old Windmill Dairy. It’s something that

has become so much of a norm that I am shocked when restaurants don’t do it. It’s open 7:30 am-3 pm Monday-Friday and 11 am-1 pm Saturday (and you can place a call-in order by phone). They serve breakfast and then switch over to a lunch menu at 11 am. Both menus are an interesting blend of New Mexican and Louisianan flavors; po’ boys hanging out with tacos, biscochitos and sautéed shrimp.

It’s eclectic but doesn’t feel haphazard.

The bright orange truck is owned by Chase and Angelica Reed, who chose to quit their corporate lives, open a food truck and have fun again. I love this. I love that their 2-year-old daughter Layla was the first person I saw at the window when I walked up. It felt like they are people living for happiness and that sets a wonderful tone in any context.

They were out of the intriguing eggs Benedict burrito, so I went with the artisan ($8), a fairly basic breakfast burrito with eggs, sausage, hash browns and green chile. What made it a bit different was the addition of goat cheese. The cheese added this wonderful creaminess that I hadn’t even realized I needed in a

• This is a simple place. In the best way possible.

• The small seating area is just enough, and there are kid’s toys in the corner.

• Artisan is oddly busy at 10 am on a Wednesday.

Palate is worth checking out. I’m already planning on going back to get that Benedict burrito and their lunch menu includes fried chicken po’ boys and flashfried avocado tacos—if the breakfast was any indication, they will be more than worth the trek down Cerrillos. They also have baked goods and homemade lemonade that add to the homey feeling.

I just wish that all the trucks here moved around more. Maybe I’d prefer the trucks in town appear on a big lot that’s more like a food truck food court—or perhaps we just need to rethink our laws and let them go where the people are. Palate, meanwhile, is open now, though they will host an all-day grand opening celebration on Aug. 11.

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6 pm, $15-$20

WORKSHOP INTRO TO MODERN BUDDHISM: A LIFE OF GREAT MEANING Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive, 292-5293 Meditate on Buddah's wisdom to dispel confusion and increase our pure potential.

Led by American Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Inchug.

10:30 am, $10 SUNDAY FUN DAY FOR FAMILIES New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Enjoy a scavenger hunt with prizes, plus fun interactive drawing activities designed for all ages while exploring the museum’s summer exhibitions. Art materials are provided, and children must be chaperoned by adult.

10 am, $7-$12

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A CENTURY OF HOPI-TEWA POTTERY: FROM NAMPEYO OF HANO TO MARK TAHBO Adobe Gallery 221 Canyon Road, 955-0550 Nampeyo of Hano was a Hopi matriarch who used designs from her ancestors to create the intricate patterns on her pottery, which helped bring the art form to the forefronts of collecting. This exhibit features works by current potters, as well as late ones, to show how they relate, differ and evolve.

5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES JODI THOMAS: A WRITER'S LIFE Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Get an inside look about a career in writing with a lecture from bestselling Western romance writer Jodi Thomas.

A book signing follows the lecture.

6 pm, free SAM DUWE: VOICES FROM THE PAST 2017 Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 982-1200 Duwe's lecture, "Summer and Winter People and the Making of the Tewa World," is the final lecture in this installment of the Monday night series hosted by Southwest Seminars.

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ENTREFLAMENCO: 2017 SUMMER SEASON El Flamenco de Santa Fe 135 W Palace Ave., 209-1302 Antonio Granjero, Estefania Ramirez and Antonio Hidalgo Paz co-direct this summer flamenco series. ‘Tis the season for dramatic dancing in Santa Fe, and there’s no better place to see it.

7:30 pm, $25

TAI CHI Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Find your center and gain some balance in the garden during this early morning class.

5:30 pm, $7

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WHEN I RISE FILM SCREENING WITH SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 This documentary focuses on the life of opera singer and civil rights icon Barbara Smith Conrad. As a young college student, she was cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature (see SFR Picks, page 17).

4 pm, $15

CARLOS HERRERA: ARTS ALIVE! Museum of Int’l Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Herrera, from Cochiti Pueblo, demonstrates his basketmaking techniques in conjunction with a special display of baskets made around the world titled Basket Case as part of the exhibit Lloyd’s Treasure Chest.

10 am-2 pm, $7-$12 NAACP SANTA FE BRANCH MEETING The Montecito Clubhouse 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 Come meet with the Santa Fe branch of the NAACP to discuss the political, social, and economic equality of minority-group citizens. All are welcome.

6:30 pm, free SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET: EL MERCADO DEL SUR Plaza Contenta 6009 Jaguar Drive, 550-3728 A mega farmers market offering health screenings, food demonstrations and healthy, low-cost meals.

3 pm, free

MUSIC COWGIRL KARAOKE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Amateurs belt out their favorite hits. Well, probably some people who are a little above amateur do it too, but you’re obviously not expected to have any real skill.

9 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: MIAMI STRING YOUTH CONCERT St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Foster a love for music in your young ones with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

Youth concerts are tailored to young kids and are free and open to the public. There’s only one way to get your kid interested in music, and that’s exposure. And we don’t mean playing “Despacito” in the car on the way to Cliff’s.

10 am, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: MOZART & BRAHMS St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Pianist Kirill Gerstein performs with the Miami String Quartet.

6 pm, $10-$86

OPERA DIE FLEDERMAUS Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 In 2017, the waltz is amongst the tamest dance styles.

However, 200 years ago it was seen as sinful. This opera

by Johann Strauss Jr. tells a tale in hedonistic Vienna.

8 pm, $43-$310

MUSIC DJ PRAIRIEDOG AND DJ MAMA GOOSE: VINTAGE VINYL NITE The Matador 116 W San Francisco St. Hear the best in garage, surf, rockabilly and ol' school country, as spun by this DJ duo.

9 pm, free DANIEL ISLE SKY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Rock.

8 pm, free SANTA FE BANDSTAND: KYLE MARTIN & DALE WATSON Santa Fe Plaza Bandstand 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Country and bluegrass.

6 pm, free SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: KIRILL GERSTEIN PIANO RECITAL St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., 982-1890 Pianist Kirill Gerstein performs works by Brahms and Debussy.

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8 pm, $20-$75

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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Santa Fe Opera House 301 Opera Drive, 986-5900 This love story by Gaetano Donizetti tells a bloody tale about a brother's plan to increase his wealth by marrying his sister to a rich man.

We don’t want to give the whole thing away, but there’s a wedding and a ton of gore involved when Lucia doesn’t take the match too well.

8 pm, $41-$261

TUESDAY FAMILY MORNINGS Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Play in the garden, weed, plant, do art, and learn about plants, animals and Northern New Mexico.

10-11:30 am, $10 YOGA Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Stretch and get some relaxation in this Vinyasa class.

8 am, $7

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For real, we can’t ever get enough of painter Frank Buffalo Hyde. “Round Dance” is part of I-Witness Culture, on view at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

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

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 O’Keeffe at the University of Virginia. Through Oct. 28.

HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 Ledoux St., Taos, 575-758-9826 The Errant Eye: Portraits in a Landscape. Through Sept. 17.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Daniel McCoy: The Ceaseless Quest for Utopia.

Through Jan. 2018. New Acquisitions. Through Jan. 2018. Desert ArtLAB: Ecologies of Resistance.

Through Jan. 2018.

MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 623 Agua Fría St., 989-3283 Global Warming is REAL. Through Aug. 20.

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Frank Buffalo Hyde: I-Witness Culture. Through Jan. 2018. Into the Future: Culture Power in Native American Art. Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy. Through Sept.

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 No Idle Hands: The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art. Through Sept. 16.

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, 982-2226 Mirror, Mirror: Photographs of Frida Kahlo. Through Oct. 23.

NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 Out of the Box: The Art of the Cigar. Through Oct. Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. Through Feb. 11, 2018.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern: Light Tight.

Through Sept. 17. Cady Wells: Ruminations. Through Sept. 17. Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now. Through Sept. 17.

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

POEH CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM 78 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, 455-3334 Nah Poeh Sang.

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS 715 Camino Lejo, 471-9103 Ojos y Manos.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 Beads: A Universe of Meaning. Through April 15, 2018.

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It stands to reason that things will happen in a film: conflict, resolution, love, loss, etc. Apparently, however, this doesn’t apply to writer/ director David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon) when it comes to his new film, A Ghost Story. Attempting to be the tale of a man who dies and then hangs around as a ghost—in an under-a-sheet kinda way—for basically the rest of eternity, what we get instead are drawn-out scenes of utter silence, some baffling storytelling choices and 90-ish solid minutes of your brain screaming for something to happen.

Casey Affleck is C, a homey musician-type on the verge of moving from a house he loves with his wife M (Rooney Mara). They’ve got problems, but we never get into that before C dies in a car wreck right outside their home. M is left to grieve and eat entire pies by herself for some reason while C either stands or sits there, lurk-

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ing, unable to do much of anything other than knock a few frames around and make lightbulbs get really bright.

One could assume A Ghost Story is meant to be a rumination on the dimensionless power of love or an examination of the metaphysical, but mostly we get the feeling that C is a little obsessed and wonder why he won’t just move on already. This includes the millennia that pass before his cut-out eyes, and we’ll give Lowery credit for somehow making the idea of time being an infinite loop (see the first season of True Detective for more on that) as boring as he has, but other than an enjoyably surprising appear-

ance from Will Oldham (Bonnie “Prince” Billy himself ) as the certifiably bleak Prognosticator, it’s hard to swallow the main events of the film: long shots with nothing happening and the slow yet steady realizations that nothing we do matters, we’re all going to die and when we do, we’ll have to come to terms with choosing to sit through A Ghost Story.

A GHOST STORY Directed by Lowery With Affleck, Mara and Oldham Violet Crown, R, 92 min.

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It’s 1989 at the height of Cold War. The Iron Curtain still hangs and things are kind of freaky in East Berlin. In short, it ain’t good. But as the opening credits shout in graffiti, “This isn’t that story.”

Based on the 1989 Antony Johnston/ Sam Hart graphic novel The Coldest City, the film Atomic Blonde follows MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) who is sent to Berlin to recover “the list,” highly coveted intel naming doubleagents. Among that list is “Satchel,” a double agent for the Queen and for the Soviets, wanted by the Allies for treason.

Broughton’s mission: recover the list and expose Satchel’s identity. Along the way, she meets the shady David Percival (James McAvoy), a fellow agent who indulges in the hedonistic underground culture of East Berlin. The two work

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together to evacuate Spyglass (Eddie Marsan), the good-guy Stasi officer who has committed the list to memory, and is the Allies’ last shot at obtaining the information.

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from the likes of Depeche Mode, David Bowie and The Cure, Atomic Blonde is aesthetically a lot of fun. But while the production gets a lot right about the ’80s (as a millennial I can only assume), the hair, makeup and costumes felt more contemporary. But maybe that’s not a bad

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thing; there’s only so much pleather you can wear before it gets tacky.

Theron plays an excellent heartless and calculating spy while McAvoy is her scruffy, ambivalent, wayward counterpart. And while Atomic Blonde is certainly entertaining, it’s a bit predictable. However, the fight choreography and and gorgeous cinematography make up for some of the substance the plot lacks. Atomic Blonde is a treat on the big screen, but it’s not a necessity. Maybe save a few bucks and enjoy Theron’s ass-kicking at home in a few months. (Lauren Thompson) Regal, Violet Crown, R, 115 min.

LANDLINE

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are the real draw here. Of course, Slate has a natural magnetism and can phase from comedic to dramatic without missing a beat; it’s just that she’s relatively unseasoned compared to her costars and would have been just as good making way for them in this Gillian Robespierredirected dramedy.

We follow a Manhattan family in the ’90s as both Dana (Slate) and her father (Turturro) deal with the humdrum realities of long-term monogamous relationships. Both indulge in affairs, both are found out, and though their respective partners are ultimately cooler than most folk might be, there is certainly fallout— even if the film glosses over that with either montages or too-short argument scenes that are generally interrupted before a resolution is reached. Newcomer Abby Quinn kills, however, as the youngest daughter, Ali, the perfect representation of a second child grappling with anger, drug experimentation and that sinking feeling that comes with being overshadowed by a more traditionally successful older sibling.

At times funny, at times too heavy-handed, Landline falls into that cinematic middle ground wherein we can’t quite tell if it’s good or not, we just know we hung around until the very end. Those who grew up in the ’90s will enjoy remembering the fashion and hairstyles of the day, while those who came looking for something moving or new will find a couple veteran actors lost in the shuffle of a notquite-funny-enough movie led by perfectly fine actresses who haven’t quite hit gravitas yet.

Falco as the mother is a delight (as always), though, and she absolutely reminds us of our own moms. Turturro, on the other hand, flails with too little to do and a lack of character development. By the end, it boils down to “Oh, you poor white people!” with even the younger sister asking, “How much more vanilla can it get?” Indeed. (Alex De Vore) CCA, R, 97 min.

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In 1940, near the start of World War II, the Allied forces suffered a tremendous defeat against German troops in the town of Dunkirk in France. Subsequently, 300,000 soldiers would be evacuated by military and civilian watercraft, but not before immeasurable losses. It’s a harrowing tale not known to many who aren’t WWII buffs before now, but in Christopher Nolan’s sprawling yet concisely told Dunkirk, we see the tragic events play out with a relentless pace and

Jenny Slate and Abby Quinn catch their dad in an affair during the ’90s in Landline.

attention to detail.

We follow three main narratives; that of soldiers stranded on a beach waiting for rescue over the period of a week, an hour in the lives of British fighter pilots, and a single day for a civilian pleasure yacht captain who helps retrieve said soldiers alongside his son and his son’s friend. Nolan presents an off-kilter look at each timeline, weaving in and out of the stories, though Dunkirk never feels disjointed. Rather, as bits and pieces from each angle are revealed, we begin to understand the incredible scope of the evacuation and just how lucky the survivors really were, though we’re faced with some hard truths before the credits roll.

It is, in fact, somewhat rare to see a mainstream film that deviates from the cinematic formula, but Nolan doesn’t let up for an instant.

From the terrifying desperation of those stranded on the beach to a shell-shocked soldier (Cillian Murphy of Netflix series Peaky Blinders as well as Nolan’s Batman films) too broken to return to battle and a selfless dogfighter (Tom Hardy) barely hobbling along in the sky, dialogue becomes sparse compared to the frantic reality of sinking ships, dropped shells and the cruelty of the human survival instinct.

Of course, there are only so many times you can see a bunch of soldiers abandon a ship, and the jarring nature of the heaving seas becomes nearly as difficult to watch as the violence. Still, moving performances from Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh—not to mention a surprisingly natural turn from Harry Styles (yeah, from One Direction)—remain a joy to watch, and the utter unfairness and brutality of war hang heavy over every last scene.

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recent memory, it’s one that will no doubt be shown in schools and referred to forever as an artful depiction of one of the ugliest chapters in human history. Just do yourselves a favor and pop into the Jean Cocteau Cinema for the 35mm version, a form in which Nolan intended the film to be seen. It’s worth it. (ADV) Jean Cocteau Cinema, Regal, Violet Crown, R, 106 min.

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If there’s one thing we know Fifth Element director Luc Besson can pull off, it’s wildly fun over-thetop sci-fi, and he does not disappoint with Valerian—to a point. Whereas the world-building and CGI hits that utterly gorgeous sweet spot, Besson, who also helmed 1994 fan fave Léon: The Professional, becomes mired in mediocre writing, a few goofy missteps and an almost-tired story about how big ol’ government entities are always stepping on the little guy.

Valerian is adapted from the French serial comic Valérian and Laureline (which debuted in 1967) wherein we follow a brash young soldier named Valerian (here played by A Cure for Wellness’ Dane DeHaan) and his underling partner Laureline (Cara Delevingne of Suicide Squad)— with whom our hero happens to have fallen in love. As the partners are swept up into the world of military buffoonery and action-packed space missions in and around the space station Alpha (a sprawling interstellar city that hosts living creatures from a thousand planets), they begin

to question their superiors and step way outside protocol to right the wrongs of their people’s past.

Y’know, because they’re good guys like that.

Alpha itself is gorgeous, a bizarre mix of Bladerunner and anime that almost hits video game territory in terms of scale and style, but still feels like a living, breathing metropolis. Diplomatic relations are tense, but Valerian and Laureline are, of course, not sticklers for the rules. They know right from wrong, which would grow tedious were it not for some stunning sequences that not only fall into ain’t-it-cool territory, but show off Besson’s imaginative ideas of future tech, aliens, etc. Sadly, however, the running time starts to push things, and a baffling mid-film music video featuring Rihanna (yes, that Rihanna) fails to recall the likes of that brilliant Fifth Element opera scene and instead feels like some confused film exec insisted on inserting more sex into the thing. An inter-dimensional market chase, however, is clever and original in a Futurama-like vein right down to an appearance from John Goodman’s voice.

Regardless, for those seeking a fun time at the movies, this oughta do just fine if you don’t go looking for anything deep or groundbreaking.

Lasers are fired, the aliens look cool and the opening sequence to the tune of David Bowie is perfect. Perhaps Valerian doesn’t become a giant leap for mankind, but it does hit the dizzying highs of space intrigue, and that’s just how we like it.

(ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 137 min.

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If you haven’t been following the Planet of the Apes timeline, it started with a James Franco-created super-ape named Caesar (played by the ever-brilliant motion capture superstar Andy Serkis, whom you probably know better as Gollum) who became extra-sentient, rounded up a bunch of other apes and then moved into the woods to ape it up and live peacefully. Humans, of course, couldn’t jive with this plan, especially since the rise of apes brought with it a horrible virus called the Simian Flu. What few humans remained became understandably bummed, and by the time we catch up with everyone in War for the Planet of the Apes, things have become pretty rough.

Caesar and his pals are holed up in a hidden fortress beneath a waterfall, but this doesn’t sit well with The Colonel (Woody Harrelson), a Kurtz-esque army dude who’s basically gone nuts, defected from the skeletal government and kills or imprisons any ape or virus victim he comes across. Caesar isn’t down, but he’s been through

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the shit already and just kind of wants to move to the desert with his family … y’know, to find himself and maybe take up painting. But when The Colonel just won’t let it go, Caesar and his ape pals Maurice, Rocket and Luca set out to even the score and ensure the safety of their kind.

Serkis is, as always, fantastic, both as a voice and motion capture actor, and the CGI of Apes is so phenomenal it’s practically indistinguishable from the real thing. Harrelson, however, is underused, showing up only to make jerkish comments and shoot apes now and then. Still, despite a clunky middle section that drags on entirely too long, the battle sequences and subtle nods to classic cinema do make for a riveting film. Steve Zahn as the comedic Bad Ape kind of makes it worth it alone, even if he diffuses heavier moments before they’ve had a chance to land. Regardless, the series of reboots (or is it prequels?) brings up some good points about the uglier parts of humanity and how fear can drive the worst of us to commit unspeakable acts. Apes indeed becomes better than one might assume, though unless you were already planning on being there, you can probably just wait and watch it at home. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 140 min.

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father grappling with the aftermath of his own infidelity and the frantic emotions of having a sick child. Hunter is, as always, incredible (find us a film where she isn’t—we dare you) and often it seems like scenes without them are simply eating up time before they return.

Support from SNL’s Aidy Bryant and consummate weirdo stand-up musician Bo Burnham is much appreciated as well, though both hardly feel as well-used as they might have been. It is, after all, Nanjiani’s life story—or some of it, anyway—but Bryant and Burnham are both so funny in their own right that it seems a misstep.

The rest starts to drag toward the end and there are only so many “my culture is different” jokes that can land with enough oomph. Regardless, The Big Sick is a perfectly fine first step for the relative newcomer Nanjiani and boasts enough laugh-out-loud moments to justify itself. Direction from Wet Hot American Summer alum Michael Showalter follows a relatively familiar indie-esque bent, but make no mistake—this is a Judd Apatow film (he produced it). It comes complete with the Apatow “will they/won’t they/they did!” formulaic cuteness we’ve come to expect from the Knocked Up director/producer. And that’s fine. Just fine. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal, R, 120 min.

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Stand-up comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani steps out from his Silicon Valley ensemble duties for The Big Sick, a tale loosely based on his nontraditional courtship with his real-life wife Emily Gordon (played here by Zoe Kazan), with whom he also co-wrote the script. Nanjiani plays himself, a middling Chicago stand-up who is heckled one night by a young woman and is in a relationship with her shortly thereafter. Sick follows the likes of comedian Mike Birbiglia’s 2012 autobiographical Sleepwalk With Me, though Nanjiani himself has admitted to taking artistic license from the actual events that led to his marriage.

As a young Pakistani man, Nanjiani is supposed to accept an arranged marriage situation. But when Emily is placed in a medically induced coma to combat a lung infection, he slowly realizes he’s in love with her despite his parents’ wishes. Along for the ride are Emily’s parents, played fantastically by Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, both of whom outshine Nanjiani at every turn; it isn’t that he’s not talented, nor does the script fall short per se—it’s really more like he’s just not there yet as a dramatic actor, and it’s never more apparent than when he shares screen time with the veteran actors. Romano provides the best performance of his career as a lovably goofy

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In my astrological opinion, your life in the coming days should draw inspiration from the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, a six-day bout of revelry that encouraged everyone to indulge in pleasure, speak freely, and give gifts. Your imminent future could (and I believe should) also have resemblances to the yearly Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena, which features a farcical cavalcade of lunatics, like the Shopping Cart Drill Team, The Radioactive Chicken Heads, the Army of Toy Soldiers, and the Men of Leisure Synchronized Nap Team.

In other words, Aries, it’s an excellent time to set aside your dignity and put an emphasis on having uninhibited fun; to amuse yourself to the max as you experiment on the frontiers of self-expression; to be the person you would be if you had nothing to lose.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before grapes become wine, they have to be cleaned. Then crushed. Then macerated and pressed. The next phase is fermentation, followed by filtering. The aging process, which brings the grapes’ transformation to completion, requires more time then the other steps. At the end, there’s one more stage: putting the wine in bottles. I’d like to compare the grapes’ evolution to the story of your life since your last birthday. You are nearing the end of the aging phase. When that’s finished, I hope you put great care into the bottling. It’s as important as the other steps.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s time to Reinvent the Wheel and Rediscover Fire, Taurus. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wasting your time unless you return to the root of all your Big Questions. Every important task will mandate you to consult your heart’s primal intelligence. So don’t mess around with trivial pleasures or transitory frustrations that won’t mean anything to you a year from now. Be a mature wild child in service to the core of your creative powers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you gearing up to promote yourself and your services? In my astrological opinion, you should be. If so, you could put the following testimonial from me in your résumé or advertisement: “[place your name here] is a poised overseer of nerve-wracking transitions and a canny scout who is skilled at tracking down scarce resources. He/she can help you acquire the information and enhancements you don’t quite have the power to get by yourself. When conditions are murky or perplexing, this plucky soul is enterprising and inventive.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your eyes are more powerful than you realize. If you were standing on a mountaintop under a cloudless night sky with no moon, you could see a fire burning 50 miles away. Your imaginaGEMINI (May 21-June 20): Writing in *The Futurist* tion is also capable of feats that might surprise you. It magazine, Christopher Wolf says that the tradition of can, for example, provide you with an expansive and eating three hearty meals per day is fading and will objective view of your entire life history. I advise you to eventually disappear. “Grazing” will be the operative term for how we get our fill, similar to the method used seek that boost now. Ask your imagination to give you a prolonged look at the big picture of where you have been by cavemen and cavewomen. The first snack after we awaken, Wolf suggests, might be called “daystart.” The and where you are going. I think it’s essential to your discovery of the key to the next chapter of your life story. ensuing four could be dubbed “pulsebreak,” “humpmunch,” “holdmeal” and “evesnack.” In light of your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Love is your gritty but current astrological omens, Gemini, I endorse a comsacred duty. It’s your prickly prod and your expansive parable approach to everything you do: not a few big riddle, your curious joy and your demanding teacher. I’m doses, but rather frequent smaller doses; not intense talking about the whole gamut, Capricorn -- from messy cramming but casual browsing; not sprawling heroic personal romantic love to lucid unconditional spiritual epics but a series of amusing short stories. love; from asking smartly for what you desire to gratefully giving more than you thought you had. Can you CANCER (June 21-July 22): The RIKEN Institute in handle this much sweet, dark mystery? Can you grow Japan experiments with using ion beams to enhance your intimacy skills fast enough to keep up with the plant growth. In one notable case, they created a new breed of cherry tree that blossoms four times a year and interesting challenges? I think you can. produces triple the amount of flowers. The blooms last longer, too, and the trees thrive under a wider span of temperatures. In the next eleven months, Cancerian, you won’t need to be flooded with ion beams to experience a similar phenomenon. I expect that your power to bloom and flourish will be far stronger than usual.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There’s an eclipse of the moon coming up in the sign of Aquarius. Will it bring bad luck or good luck? Ha! That’s a trick question. I threw it in to see if you have been learning anything from my efforts to redeem astrology’s reputation.

Although some misinformed people regard my chosen field as a superstitious pseudo-science, I say it’s an imaginative art form that helps us identify and transform our subconscious patterns. So the wise answer to my earlier question is that the imminent lunar eclipse is neither bad luck nor good luck. Rather, it tells you that have more power than usual to: 1. tame and manage the disruptive and destructive aspects of your instinctual nature; 2. make progress in dissolving your old conditioning; 3. become more skilled at mothering yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo actor Robert DeNiro once observed that most people devote more energy to concealing their emotions and longings than to revealing them. Is that true about you? If so, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to hide less of yourself and express more. There’ll be relatively little hell to pay as a result, and you’ll get a boost of vitality. Don’t go overboard, though. I’m not suggesting that you unveil every last one of your feelings and yearnings to everyone -just to those you trust. Most importantly, I hope you will PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): August is Good Hard Labor unveil all your feelings and yearnings to yourself.

Month for you Pisceans. It’s one of those rare times when a smart version of workaholic behavior might actually VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It has almost become a tramake sense. Why? First of all, it could ultimately lead to a dition: Each year at about this time, you seem to enjoy pay raise or new perks. Secondly, it may bring to light cerscaring the hell out of yourself, and often the heaven, tain truths about your job that you’ve been unconscious too. These self-inflicted shocks have often had a benefiof. Third, it could awaken you to the fact that you haven’t cial side effect. They have served as rousing prompts for been trying as hard as you could to fulfill one of your you to re-imagine the future. They have motivated and long-term dreams; it might expand your capacity to mobilized you. So yes, there has been an apparent devote yourself passionately to the epic tasks that matter method in your madness -- an upside to the uproar. most. For your homework, please meditate on this What should we expect this time, my dear? A field trip thought: Summoning your peak effort in the little things to a crack house or a meth lab? Some fun and games in will mobilize your peak effort for the Big Thing. a pit of snakes? An excursion to the land of bad memoHomework: What do you know or do that very few ries? I suggest something less melodramatic. How about, for example, a frolic with unruly allies in a future people know or do? Tell me at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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