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Author unveils next chapter for cinema Martin announces plans for Jean Cocteau theater, vows to revive its glory
Author George R.R. Martin speaks at a news conference Tuesday about the future of the Jean Cocteau Cinema. ‘I want this theater to be what it once was — a beloved theater,’ Martin said.
By Julie Ann Grimm The New Mexican
George R.R. Martin says his fans can rest easy. Buying Santa Fe’s downtown Jean Cocteau Cinema won’t interfere with his television screenwriting or
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Tax status saves cash for prison companies
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with the next book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. “I’m a writer. I’m a novelist. I’m a screenwriter, a television producer and writer. I’m not a real-estate magnate or a theater owner, but I’ve always loved movies, and I’ve always loved old theaters,” said Martin, author of the fantasy novels on which the hit HBO series Game of Thrones is based. At a news conference Tuesday, he formally announced his February purchase of the cinema building on Montezuma Avenue
near the Santa Fe Railyard. Martin, who has lived in Santa Fe since 1979, said he was saddened when the theater went dark in 2006 and eagerly waited for the New Mexico Film Museum to open on the site, but it never materialized. The author said he noticed a “For Sale” sign this winter on the building and thought, “Why doesn’t somebody reopen it? Why don’t I reopen it?”
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Corrections groups opt to operate as ‘real estate investment trusts’ By Steve Terrell
The New Mexican
So you thought that private prison companies were operating several corrections facilities for the state of New Mexico? Think again. They are being run by “real estate investment trusts.” And don’t think of the people living in cells in the private prisons as “inmates.” Under the new arrangement, at least in the eyes of the federal tax system, they are “renters” — though New Mexico taxpayers are paying their “rent.” Both the Florida-based GEO Group, which runs the state prisons in Hobbs, Santa Rosa and Clayton, and Corrections Corporation of America, a Tennessee company that operates the state women’s prison in Grants, recently have been reclassified by the Internal Revenue
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City to mull cameras
Kim Kelly plugs in her Nissan Leaf to the charging point at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on April 12. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
City Council to vote Wednesday on installing security cameras at 15 locations. LOCAL New, C-1
Groups look for ways to increase alternative transportation in S.F.
Today Nice with plenty of sunshine. High 64, low 39.
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Obituaries Jean Burris, 85, April 18 Daniel Lee Grants, 59, Santa Fe, April 14 Theresa Ann Villa Lara, Santa Fe, April 9
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obtained her biofuels producer certificate through a Carbon Economy Series educational workshop sponsored by the Santa Fe Community College. CES offers workshops on local food systems, permaculture and zero waste, among others. ReUnity, founded by Tejinder Ciano and Trevor Ortiz two years ago, is working to boost recycling of all kinds of materials in Santa Fe into valuable products. They’ve focused first on
ndeniably, transportation is getting more expensive. New Mexico gas prices climbed from $3 per gallon for regular unleaded fuel during January 2013 to $3.38 per gallon on April 22. But the alternatives, such as taking the bus or riding a bike, still present barriers that keep people from giving up their cars. “It’s not common for people in Santa Fe to consider something other than a car because the infrastructure almost makes it impossible to live without one,” said Tómas Rivera, executive director of the Chainbreaker Collective, a 300-member group that promotes alternative transportation. The group’s flagship program is the bicycle resource center, a place where people can volunteer hours of labor in exchange for a bicycle and the training to keep the machine running. The city added about a mile of urban paved bike trails in 2012, a mile along Gonzales Road and 400 feet on the Acequia Trail. And city buses have bike racks to allow for a blending of bike and bus travel. But it’s still hard for Santa Feans to overcome the logistics, Rivera said. What people tell him is, “You know what, I am not going to ride a bike 12 miles to get to work. That’s just not realistic.”
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Murray Pearlstein, 84, Santa Fe, April 21 Helen Romero, 86, Santa Fe, April 19 Ada Jane Waelder, 88, Santa Fe, March 27 PAge C-2
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Lannan Foundation Literary Series Novelist David Mitchell in conversation with Tom Barbash, 7 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., $6, discounts available, ticketssantafe.org, 988-1234.
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Tejinder Ciano holds the nozzle of a 55-gallon biodiesel container Tuesday at his Tesuque home.
Collective turns to cooking oil for biofuels By Staci Matlock
The New Mexican
About once a month, Tahnee Growing Thunder fills the tank of her Volkswagen Golf with biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil donated by local Santa Fe eateries. She’s part of a biofuels collective launched by the nonprofit group ReUnity. “I get about 400 miles to a tank. My tank holds about 12 gallons,” said Growing Thunder, who also
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