The New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture
December 5, 2014
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THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
December 5 - 11, 2014
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ON THE COVER 36 On track On Sunday, Dec. 7, the New Mexico History Museum unveils a long-term exhibit that illuminates the achievements of a visionary businessman who helped shape modern New Mexico. Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy considers how Harvey (1835-1901) created the tourism industry in the American Southwest and how his company maintained his exacting standards long into the 20th century. The show stresses the company’s specific New Mexico connections, including the establishment of such grand Harvey hotels as Albuquerque’s Alvarado and Santa Fe’s La Fonda. On the cover is a lantern slide by Edward Kemp of an Indian Detours bus at Puye cliff dwellings, circa 1926-1930; courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA) LS.0586.
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In Other Words Midnight in Siberia Public lives Gary Shteyngart & Mary Karr
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Terrell’s Tune-Up Music & lyrics Pasa Tempos Album reviews Random Acts John Digital revolution Leo Kottke
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Mysteries of light Photos by Jack Parsons A Hoosier in Santa Fe Olive Rush
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Santa Fe Clay opens its studio doors to visitors as part off its 20th annual holiday sale and open house. There, they can watch ceramists in the process of creating new pieces. Small and large sculptural objects and utilitarian wares by studio memb bers, students, teachers, and staff are available for sale just in tiime for gift shopping. For those who prefer to craft their own ceram mic items, Santa Fe Clay’s store also sells all the necessary artist suppllies. The event, which takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Fridayy, Dec. 5, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, features live en ntertainment (Ferdi Serim plays jazz), food, and door prizes. More thaan 30 artists offer their work for sale, including Matt Donovan, Shelleey Waxman, Greta Ruiz, Meredy Baldridge, and Martin Helldorfer. The gallery’s current exhibition, Get Set!, a three-person show of con ntemporary functional dinnerware by Paul Eshelman, Camila Friedm man-Gerlicz, and Clay Leonard, remains on view through Jan. 3, 2015. Eshelman, an Illinois-based ceramist, creates red stoneware inspired by architectural forms; Friedman-Gerlicz’s pieces represent a fusion of her interests in mathematics and clay; and Leonard seeks to re-establish the lost art of dinner-table conversation through his designs that are inspired in part by his love for mass-produced objects. Santa Fe Clay is located at 545 Camino de la Familia. Call 505-984-1122 for informaation. — Michael Abatemarco Top, left to right, Greta Ruiz: Orchid Sisters, 2014, stoneware e; Michelle Goodman: Untitled, 2014, raku; middle, Linda Hayden: Wild Fire, 2014, stoneware; bottom, left to right, Erik Gellert: Drip, 2014, ston neware; Estther Smiith: Jewellry Jar, 2014, porcellaiin
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slam. Flirt. Do anything, but try and have a quiet weekend as the moon waxes full in talkative Gemini. We won’t feel like sitting still, but we will be open to new ways of perceiving and will get really ticked off if we can’t be part of the conversation. Saturday calls for multitasking splendor. Deck the halls and make the needed adjustments for the holidays ahead. We need rest and consideration on Sunday as the moon enters more domestic and introspective Cancer, and we can be crabby if we don’t get either. Early next week, our hearts and minds are busy and may travel in separate directions. It’s easy to communicate but hard to talk about what we feel. Venus enters Capricorn midweek — it’s a great time to put pragmatism together with design sense and decorate for the holidays. With Venus in Capricorn, we can become emotionally determined and pragmatic, and we tend to manipulate our loved ones. This Venus calls us to share our affection in practical ways. But let’s not overdo that when buying presents — tire jacks and vacuums may be wonderful ways to say we care, but they won’t bring romantic gratitude. The week begins and ends with great party moments. The Gemini full moon on Friday night and a Leo moon-Jupiter conjunction on Thursday encourage us to gather socially, smooth out some interpersonal lumps, and bond together for the work ahead. Friday, Dec. 5: On this jittery, funny morning, we feel potential bubbling but can waste our energy running around rather than seeing anything through. Tonight, sleep may be difficult as nervy Mercury trines electrical Uranus, so we might as well celebrate.
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IN OTHER WORDS book reviews Midnight in Siberia by David Greene, W.W. Norton & Company, 320 pages Poetry. Purgatory. Fear. Chaos. Apathy. Nostalgia. Much as the snowy landscape through which David Greene travels in Midnight in Siberia is dotted with “little wooden homes,” such phrases pepper his work, a memoir of five weeks spent aboard, and in the towns around, the 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railway. Another is “friends,” although like much of what Greene writes about, what initially seems obvious or safely assumed, in fact means something else entirely. “Friends” here are not pals but the “thuggish strangers” who lurk in Greene’s peripheral vision. They are one of many reminders of the Kremlin’s watchful eye. NPR’s Moscow bureau chief for two and a half years, Greene experienced such attention regularly. (Today he co-hosts NPR’s Morning Edition.) The attention returned when he returned, heading back to Russia in 2013 to “satisfy [his] curiosity and to answer enduring questions” like “How can Russians accept the harsh reality they live in?” and “What is holding people back? Is it fear? Fatigue? Fatalism? Public apathy? An innocent but false belief in country? A paternalistic faith that leaders are there to protect you?” While none of these is really answerable, Greene’s consideration of each brings him into contact with people who add humanity to the headlines. There are the Buranovo babushkas — the tiny elderly women who represented Russia at the glitzy Eurovision music competition and who are using any money they earn from their music to rebuild their Orthodox church, which was destroyed during the Soviet regime. There is Alexei, a former traffic cop in Nizhny Novgorod who was accused of raping and murdering a woman. Under brutal torture, he confessed and then, panicked, threw himself from a three-story-high window. Though the woman was found and all charges were dropped, Alexei is now unable to walk. Without money, he and his mother cannot afford a wheelchair-accessible apartment, and he must crawl down four flights of stairs to go outside. And there is the woman who delivers the book’s best line. After a meteorite soars over Chelyabinsk, she declares, “I think this was actually a message from God, [a] message that our community is nice and deserves some attention.” A number of the people and situations Greene writes about will be familiar to those who listened to his 2011 and 2012 NPR reports from an earlier Trans-Siberian Railway trip, and this book maintains the dynamism of those radio stories. But the transition of similar content from radio to print is not entirely seamless. Some elements that are effective when spoken do not hold up when read on the page. The author’s realizations can come across as a bit ready-made, as when he 20
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discovers that he was too quick to judge a loud tour guide and becomes overcome by guilt and gratitude. There are frequent repetitions (of facts, memorable words, one quote); sound bites and clichés (“at the end of the day,” “Russians are a different breed,” “Russia is just chock-full of characters”); and both at once (“culture and history matter,” “culture matters,” “[h]istory and culture matter”). It is apparent that the revision process was rushed. There are other radio-reminiscent elements that work well, however. For example, Greene keeps things moving swiftly — a pace appropriate for a book propelled by a train trip. And easily digested facts are abundant: Beer was considered a food until 2013, when it was classified as an alcoholic beverage. Each year in Moscow, falling icicles kill up to a dozen people. There is one AK-47, or iteration thereof, for every 70 humans on earth. (The author interviews Viktor Kalashnikov, the son of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the weapon’s inventor, and visits the Kalashnikov museum in Izhevsk, which has a shooting range in its basement.) And, more important, Greene gives us concise, graspable analyses of what Russia’s politics are like for those who live there. Some “safe” and fair assumptions to make would be that Russians do not look back with any fondness at Joseph Stalin; that few wish to return to Soviet rule; that most seek ultimate democracy; and that Putin has his critics and opponents. That last assumption appears to have legs — at least, if we base it on the opinions of Greene’s interviewees. But, astonishingly, words like nostalgia often appear in the book alongside words like Stalin and Soviet. “[W]e need a person like Stalin,” says one woman, an activist. “So people don’t steal. So people aren’t corrupt.” Of two other interviewees, Greene writes, “They don’t see some superior form of politics [in the U.S. that] they wish Russia had.” Their view is that, during the Soviet era, “the government provided some bedrock services and guarantees for its citizens.” And while there were severe limitations on personal freedoms, today, Greene observes, “uncertainty about being punished is more intimidating than certainty. You are always just left to wonder.” Uncertainty may motivate another aspect of Russian life that Greene observes — people’s seeming indifference when it comes to pushing for change. Many Ukrainians now view the Orange Revolution as a “failed experiment with democracy that delivered nothing.” Protests in Moscow in 2011 and 2012 did not galvanize many beyond the city’s limits. The risks of dissent are great, the likelihood of progress slim. Hence, Russians dwell in a “bizarre purgatory” overseen by a dictatorial ruler. In Siberia, that purgatory may be cold and hard, but the people are anything but. — Grace Labatt
SUBTEXTS It’s the Word! This fall, juniors and seniors at New Mexico School for the Arts received college-level creative-writing instruction in a class called “Word!,” which was coordinated through the Institute for American Indian Arts and taught by Molly Boyle. The students, who received college credit for their course work, read from their poetry, fiction, dramatic writing, and creative nonfiction in an hour-long presentation at Op.Cit. Books (500 Montezuma St., in the Sanbusco center) on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. For information, call 505-428-0321. Dyer and sons David Gilbert’s second novel, & Sons, (Random House, 2013) is an intergenerational saga about two families that focuses on a reclusive writer named A.N. Dyer and is narrated by the son of his lifelong best friend. Dyer’s books are American classics, especially his most well known, Ampersand, which functions as a novelwithin-a-novel and is referenced in the title of Gilbert’s reallife novel. At the end of Dyer’s life, when it’s possible he’s lost his mind to dementia, he calls his sons to his bedside, supposedly to make amends for being a lackluster father. If you’ve read & Sons, your feelings about it might be complex. Did you love the dense, literary prose — except for all the excessive metaphors and similes? Were you enamored of the twists and turns and multiple subplots, or worn out and wishing the story was a bit more focused? Gilbert actually put together a website detailing the plots of more than a dozen Dyer novels (www.davidgilbertauthor.com), which may or may not shed light on the inner life of the fictional author. You can discuss all of this and more, including theme, character motivation, setting, and unreliable narrators, at the Bee Hive Kids Books Book Club for Grown-ups at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11. Bee Hive is located at 328 Montezuma Ave. For information, call 505-780-8051. — Jennifer Levin
On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom by Dennis McNally, Counterpoint Press, 384 pages Highway 61, also known as the Great River Road and the Blues Highway, roughly follows the Mississippi from New Orleans to Wyoming, Minnesota. It has long had symbolic significance as the northern route black music traveled to cities in the Midwest and beyond. On Highway 61 follows this cultural artery through time and space, tracing the story of freedom of expression in America, regardless of race or creed, by way of music — and, ultimately, by way of white people’s acceptance of black people’s music. Author Dennis McNally journeys through New England’s Transcendentalists to Mississippi Delta bluesmen, minstrels, ragtime and jazz musicians, and, finally, to rock ’n’ rollers. In the process, he calls forth the likes of Henry David Thoreau, Ma Rainey, Louis Jordan, Hoagy Carmichael, and Jack Kerouac. The story, like water in a delta, spreads far afield from that central stream — from Concord, Massachusetts, in the east to San Francisco in the west — from sea to shining sea. McNally begins his “idiosyncratic history of the American alternate voice” with Thoreau’s establishment of “the grammar of freedom” in Walden and other writings. Then it credits Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn (in a long section) with connecting the Transcendentalists’ “pastoral ideal” to the African Americans’ struggle for their own freedom. He chronicles the resistance shown to emerging musical forms, from the Negro spiritual to free jazz, and offers their eventual acceptance as proof that music helped promote the idea of civil rights. McNally, author of Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America, is adept at putting art in perspective, placing it within the conditions under which it has been made. This talent serves him best when discussing the role of folk and protest music in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s. Most of it is framed around the rise of Bob Dylan, who studied the music of Lead Belly, Odetta, and Robert Johnson, among others, as well as modeling himself, for a time, after Woody Guthrie. Accepting McNally’s basic premise means accepting his assertion that Dylan, a middle-class white kid born and raised north of where Highway 61 ends, was the rightful heir to Lonnie Johnson and Big Joe Turner. In a thorough reckoning of Dylan’s early influences, dominated by black musicians who range from Frank “Gatemouth” Page to Little Richard, McNally makes a convincing case. Some of the best reading here is when the author pursues the cultural biographies of his various subjects. Especially rewarding is the section on Twain, which gives literary interpretation a social context. The long unreeling of Dylan’s ascension to fame (McNally is an unabashed fan) always returns to the theme of cultural freedom. His use of a 1963 concert with Theodore Bikel and Pete Seeger in Greenwood, Mississippi (where Robert Johnson died, and not far from where Emmett Till was murdered), to demonstrate Dylan’s importance to the civil rights movement seems a bit of a stretch. But he makes a strong case that music is not just an expression of freedom but a way of spreading it. Like McNally, we come to believe that “the essence of the American idea [centers] on the pursuit of freedom,” and that achievements in that pursuit are often spurred by word and song. — Bill Kohlhaase
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And so here I am standing in front of Stuyvesant High School in my Ocean Pacific granny T-shirt. The building is a muscular Beaux-Arts monster, five stories of brick academic excellence that scare the boy from Little Neck to no end. But my fellow first-year students look no better than I do. Most of the boys are my height, or maybe a little taller, thin, and pallid, smelling of something stale and ethnic, the world around them reflected in spectacles so thick they could generate solar energy. Our natural enemies are the truly urban kids from low-performing Washington Irving High School, a few blocks away, who will supposedly beat the shit out of us at will (in four years at Stuyvesant I encounter exactly zero of them). A special“Safe Train”is arranged by the board of education at the First Avenue L Stop. This subway train departs under full police protection to make sure our Einsteins are not attacked by ruffians as they connect to, say, the number 7 train to Flushing, Queens. Apparently I’ve gone from a Judaic Benetton showroom to a holding pen for multinational nerds. — from Little Failure
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iterary trends come and go. For a while it might be fashionable for writers to use their own experience, and then for a while it might be fashionable for writers to deny that their stories often come from their own lives. In the mid-1990s, as poetry and fiction drifted away from the personal toward a more theoretical approach to truth — at least in part due to a reaction by the literary establishment to what some perceived as too many diverse voices angling for the same publishing space — Mary Karr wrote The Liars’ Club and set the genre of memoir ablaze. It became a New York Times bestseller and suddenly it seemed as if everyone was writing a memoir. Troubled childhoods, health problems, immigration tales, personal-identity narratives, and all manner of struggle and oppression stories roared into the public consciousness, and more are always forthcoming. Whether or not everyone in the upper echelons of the literary world truly accepts this rawer, unmitigated form of truth, the public’s appetite for it only seems to increase. Karr, who has since written two additional memoirs, Cherry (2000) and Lit (2009), interviews a new memoirist, Gary Shteyngart, who reads from his work at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Dec. 10, a Lannan Literary series event. Shteyngart’s memoir, Little Failure (2014, published by Penguin Random), is his fourth book, coming after three critically praised and commercially successful novels: The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2002), Absurdistan (2006), and Super Sad True Love Story (2010). Shteyngart is known for dense and satirical prose, with purposefully 22
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unlikeable characters who nevertheless desperately want to connect to the world and find love. And though Little Failure is often very funny, the jokey voice of his novels — sometimes reminiscent of John Kennedy Toole’s in A Confederacy of Dunces — is absent from these pages. The author wanted to tackle emotional truth without turning his life into fiction, though his keen eye for human awkwardness remains ever-present. Karr’s and Shteyngart’s books are considered literary memoirs. Their work stands apart from other kinds of personal remembrance and autobiography. The genre is distinct, for instance, from celebrity memoirs — sometimes written by people with questionable connections to fame — because the former category strives to rise to the level of art, while the latter tends toward unshaped tell-alls that are less about reflection and introspection and more about gossip or therapeutic exercises in “getting it all out.” But literary memoir and therapy are not mutually exclusive. For writers with serious literary aims, the quality of the prose and other craft elements is as important as their need to tell the world what they’ve been through. Though they come from vastly different backgrounds and have almost comically divergent prose styles from each other, Karr and Shteyngart are both writing to get it all out, and they do that exceptionally well. In Little Failure, we live in 1970s Russia with Shteyngart and his parents, in the days before they changed his named to Gary and he was still known as Igor. We immigrate with them to Queens, New York, when he is seven years old. The Shteyngarts are Jewish in culture but, living in the USSR, not in faith. When they come to America, it is with the promise of being able to practice their religion, so Shteyngart attends
the Solomon Schechter School, a private, conservative Jewish day school, and his father gets involved with a synagogue congregation that supports extreme Israeli imperialism. At a young age, Gary adopted his parents’ Republican politics, which worked their way into the strange stories he wrote. His parents were volatile at best, and often physically and mentally abusive. The title of the book is a cruel endearment levied at him by his mother as he was growing up. We follow Shteyngart from his years at the very selective public high school Stuyvesant, in Manhattan, to his pursuit of an undergraduate degree at Ohio’s Oberlin College and to his young adult life as a lonely, struggling novelist in New York. Within the terms of the memoir — terms set by the author, which are therefore inherently unreliable, part of the beauty of memoir — Shteyngart is ruthlessly honest about himself, especially about his cruel streak and his ignorance, which manifested themselves in classbased racism and elitism. Two of the great strengths of the book are how Shteyngart captures the old-world Eastern European immigrant feeling of New York, and how he delineates among different kinds of Jewish populations as he experienced them as a child in school: American Jews (happy and well-adjusted), Israeli Jews (angry and intense), and Russian Jews (suffering and outcast). In 1980s New York, Russian Jewish kids were taunted as Communists, seen as the enemy even by their Jewish classmates. Shteyngart’s relationship with his parents is the main story of Little Failure. His father was violent and condescending, always needing to be the smartest person in the room, and his mother alternately smothered him and froze him out. In an effort to get to know
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Music and lyrics
Did you realize that many of the best-known rock ’n’ roll instrumentals of the ’60s, from “Pipeline” to “Telstar” to “Hawaii Five-O,” actually have words? Neither did I — until I heard the new album by Los Straitjackets, Deke Dickerson Sings the Great Instrumental Hits. And even if there weren’t lyrics when The Ventures, The Shadows, Dick Dale, and the others recorded them, Dickerson and his masked Los Straitjackets amigos have made them up for the benefit of this fun little album. Here’s how Dickerson — an ace guitarist himself and former member of The Untamed Youth — explains it in a news release: “In case you’re confused, imagine Bill Murray’s classic lounge singer character on Saturday Night Live belting out drunken made up lyrics to the ‘Star Wars Theme.’ It can be done, it has been done, and these songs truly come alive once you hear them sung … with words!” Indeed. And the next time you hear the original version of any of these on the radio and feel compelled to sing along, you won’t have to sing “duh-duh-duh-duh dum-dum duh” anymore. Granted, some of these selections already had lyrics. Back in the ’60s, The Lettermen (an easy-listening hit machine in their day) had a syrupy cover of the theme from A Summer Place. Dickerson and the boys do a pretty good imitation of the trademark Lettermen falsetto here. And while “Perfidia” was recorded by The Shadows, a British group, and The Ventures, the song’s recording history features vocal versions by everyone from Desi Arnaz to Julie London to Ben E. King. With lyrics referring to betrayal by a beautiful woman, the song inspired the title of James Ellroy’s latest crime novel. Los Straitjackets do it as a quasi-ska tune. Hearing words sung to these songs is truly a gas. Also admirable are the original arrangements on many of them. “Miserlou,” for instance, was originally a Greek song that spread to Turkey and the Arab world. In the ’60s it came to the U.S., thanks to Dick Dale’s classic surf-rock version. (Dale is of Lebanese descent.) Los Straitjackets turn it into an exercise in exotica that might remind Elvis Presley fans of the soundtrack from Harum Scarum. “Apache,” The Shadows’ biggest hit, is done here as a goofy faux-disco-rap number that’ll make you think of Blondie’s “Rapture.” A couple of songs even get new titles with their new lyrics. “Hawaii Five-O,” The Ventures’ great television theme, becomes “You Can Count on Me,” with appropriately cheesy lyrics: “If you get in trouble, come on home to me/Whether I am near you, or across the sea.” And The Tornados’ “Telstar” becomes “Magic Star,” with Dickerson singing even cheesier lyrics: “Magic 24
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star above, send a message to my love.” This isn’t the first time somebody’s put words to “Telstar,” though. Fans of the late Michael O’Donoghue’s 1979 dark comedy, Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video, should remember it as “The Haunting Theme Song,” the movie’s recurring strain in which Julius La Rosa sings, “that wacky world of Mondo Video.” Two of my favorites here are songs that began life as Los Straitjackets originals: the cranked-up opening song, “Fury,” in which Dickerson borrows the pro-wrestler growl of The Novas’ garage-rock classic “The Crusher,” and “Kawanga,” in which Dickerson tips his hat to the vocal stylings of singer/ drummer Steve Wahrer, of The Trashmen. The latter shouldn’t be surprising: Dickerson recorded an album, Bringing Back the Trash, with those “Surfin’ Bird” maniacs that was released earlier this year.
For the record, this isn’t the first time Los Straitjackets (probably the finest instrumental-rock guitar group of the past 20 years) have done an album with vocals. Back in 2001, they hit us with Sing Along With Los Straitjackets, featuring a revolving cast of singers that included the likes of Dave Alvin, Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and Reverend Horton Heat. The real show-stealer, though, was Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere & the Raiders, who tore into Roy Head’s “Treat Her Right” with amazing energy. In 2007 came Rock en Espanol Vol. 1, which had Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos), Big Sandy (Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys), and Little Willie G. (Thee Midniters) taking turns singing Spanish versions of songs like “Hang on Sloopy,” “Dizzy, Miss Lizzy,” and — my favorite — Arthur Alexander’s “Anna,” sung by Little Willie.
As much as I admire the crack instrumental prowess of guitar stud Eddie Angel and the other Straitjackets, good vocals do nothing but add to my enjoyment of their sound. Unmask Los Straitjackets at www.straitjackets.com, and get to know Dickerson at www.dekedickerson.com. Also recommended: 3: Trickgnosis by Churchwood. Churchwood is from the Lone Star state and has its roots in blues rock, but this ain’t your average Texas blues band. As the title suggests, this is the group’s third album. And, like its first two, it’s got cryptic but alluring lyrics — singer Joe Doerr, who wrote many of the words, is an English professor by day — with references to Gnosticism, voodoo, God, and Satan. Some kind of cosmic struggle seems to be playing out from song to song, though there’s no easy story line to grasp. And, as Churchwood fans have come to expect, these weird tales are sung over musical backdrops with changing time signatures and unpredictable twists and turns, with nods to Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Pere Ubu (I hear this influence especially in the song “I Spit You Out”), and maybe even Mr. Bungle. Churchwood’s two guitarists, Bill Anderson and Billysteve Korpi, lead each other down strange corridors — and yet the band maintains an undeniably rootsy quality. There are several standout songs on Trickgnosis. The aforementioned “I Spit You Out” features Doerr singing like some high priest at the Temple of Doom sentencing a hapless sinner over Black Sabbath guitar riffs. “Chemtrailer Trash,” the song with the funniest title, is simple breakneck punk rock. “Eminence Gris Gris” borrows the main hook of Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile” as Doerr tells the story of a New Orleans root doctor, while namechecking an actual hoodoo musician who died in 2011: “He got a cane and a turban, a little juju for the enemy/He got a sack full of mojo, a John the Conquer root, a marigold/He got a friend in Coco Robicheaux, the Loup Garou, and the cat bone.” But my favorite, at least at the time of this writing, is “Hanged Man.” With its funky harmonica and horn section that punctuates the refrain, this upbeat number is the bluesiest track on the album. Doerr happily quotes from a famous scene in Touch of Evil before the story ends with murder and possibly suicide. Churchwood is a band that never will find a place in the mainstream. But the group definitely deserves wider exposure. Every time I listen to Trickgnosis, I find more surprises that delight and amaze. For more on Churchwood, including a fascinating interview with Doerr and Anderson, visit www.saustex.com/ churchwood.html. ◀ ▼
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THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND Up (Mack Avenue) Bandleader and bass master Stanley Clarke follows his 2010 Grammy-winning album, The Stanley Clarke Band, with a suitably vigorous collection of mostly originals. In addition to stalwart bandmates Ruslan Sirota (piano) and Ronald Bruner Jr. (drums), Up features an imposing list of collaborators. The big-name guests are Stewart Copeland, Joe Walsh, and Chick Corea, but the diverse participants include a vocal choir and the Harlem String Quartet. So intent are these musicians on proving their virtuosity that the listener might wonder if Clarke were paying his performers by the note. The second track, “Last Train to Sanity,” doubles through its title as a sort of warning — there’s no turning back from the wall-of-sound wizardry that characterizes this song and those that ensue. Musical intensity and intricacy reach an apex with the only nonoriginal on the album, “Brazilian Love Affair,” which is dedicated to its late composer, George Duke. But the highlight of this album, somewhat paradoxically (considering the star power on display), is a series of three solo tracks on which Clarke alternates between acoustic bass and Alembic electric tenor bass. Elsewhere on Up, one can often feel as if the players are too insistent on proving their already-established prowess, but Clarke’s solo pieces come across as most impressive because they fully capture the bassist’s amazing finesse and subtlety. — Loren Bienvenu MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD Juice (Indirecto Records) Guitarist John Scofield’s ongoing collaboration with beat-minded improvisation trio Medeski Martin & Wood has always been about fit and balance. Beginning with A Go Go in 1998, Scofield gave MMW — a combo in which each instrumentalist is a soloist — another solo voice. But he’s also wise to the keyboard-bassdrums-rhythm-section side of the band. Juice is something like A Go Go in its retro ’60s material, its Latin influence, and its tight, insistent beats. This latest MSM&W collaboration has a distinctive pop flavor, pulling from Top 40 psychedelia and counterculture protest music as well as the soul jazz movement. Eddie Harris’ “Sham Time” runs on a relentless shuffle as Scofield seems to marvel at the melody, finding its flow and embellishing little. The guitarist shamelessly rocks out to a “Louie Louie” riff on the group’s original “Juicy Lucy.” The musicians play the Doors’ “Light My Fire” straight, sticking closely to the melody while amplifying the 4/4 beat. Scofield captures some of Morrison’s vocal style in his phrasing as well as some of the singer’s unpredictable emotion. Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love” softens up the original’s militaristic beat with a reggae groove. Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” is self-consciously reverent, with Medeski sounding church chords on organ and Scofield playing considered quotes from Dylan’s lyric. What happened to the groove? — Bill Kohlhaase
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ALL EVENTS BEGIN AT 7PM Lannan Foundation presents its 2014–2015 Winter/Spring events.
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Gary Shteyngart with Mary Karr
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Karen Russell with Porochista Khakpour
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James Baldwin Tribute Evening with Amy Bloom, Nikky Finney, Randall Kenan and Kevin Young
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Readings & Conversations brings to Santa Fe a wide range of writers from the literary world of fiction, nonfiction and poetry to read from and discuss their work.
In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom is a lecture series on political, economic, environmental and human rights issues featuring social justice activists, writers, journalists and scholars discussing critical topics of our day.
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EDWARD RANNEY, Canyon del Muerto, Arizona, 1987, gelatin silver print, toned. Museum purchase with funds from Nancy G. Dickenson, 2002.
Friday, December 19, 4–6 p.m. The year-long project Focus on Photography continues. North to South: Photographs by Edward Ranney is a survey of remarkable images by this master photographer from the southern Andes to the Galisteo basin. The Photo Lab will feature a variety of gelatin silver prints, along with historic cameras, a comment board, videos and more. Free. Note the special time: 4 – 6 pm.
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Joinn a canddlelit prrocessionn around thhe Plaza, recreattingg Mary and Josseph’s seearch for an inn. Stay for carols and cookies in the Palace Court rty tyard. y Free. Sunday, Dec. 14, 5:30 – 7 pm
Young Natives Art Show & Sale
starring the Baumann Marionettes
Sunday, December 21, 1–4 p.m. Enjoy a round-robin of puppet plays, craft projects, photos with Santa Claus, and other activities. Puppet plays are half-hour long, showing at 1:00 and 2:30. The Baumann Santa Claus marionette sits on your lap at 1:30 and 3:00 for a photo opportunity. Createe your own puppet character all afternoon. Ligh ht refreshments are served. Songs are sung. Free.
Las Posadas
Santa Fe’s beloved tradition, with hot cider, live music, piñatas, and a visit by Santa, in the Palace and its Courtyard. Free. Food-drive donations welcomed. Friday, December 12, 5:30 – 8 pm We thank the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Los Capitanes and Los Compadres del Palacio for their support.
Creations from the next generation of Portal artisans, perfect for gift-giving. In the Meem Community Room. Saturday, Dec. 13, 10 am–4 pm; Sunday, Dec.14, 10 am–2 pm
RANDOM ACTS The final curtain: Anonymous 4
The women’s vocal quartet Anonymous 4 has earned a devoted international followingg in the 28 years since the group first got together to read through chant and earlyy polyphony in 1986. Much of its work — and d most of its 20-odd albums (two million n copies sold ) — have focused on medievaal a repertoire, but the members have also given n ample rein to their interests in folk musicc, c early American tunes, and contemporaryy compositions. After years of touring, theyy flirted with disbanding a decade ago — orr at least with dialing things way down — but couldn’t quite bring themselves to do it. Now “the Anonymi” Anonymi have made it official: The 2015-2016 season will be their last. Even though their final bow w is still a year and a half away, they are booked thro ough to the end, and their appearance at 7:30 p.m. o on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (131 Cathedral Place) will accordinggly be their last in Santa Fe. In this presentation by Performance erformance Santa Fe, Anonymous 4 offers its perennially popular program On Yoolis Night, consisting of chants, carols, songs, and motets from medieval England that relate to the Christmas season. Tickets ($20 to $65) can be purchased through Tickets Santa Fe at the Lensic (505-988-1234, www.ticketssantafe.org). Call for availability. — James M. Keller
THIS WEEK
Sonic youth
The Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association presents its 2014 Winter Concert Series with performaances by children and teens from around Northern New Mexico, and it’s offering admission to all four concertss for just $10 each. There’s no charge for children five and d under. The lineup, which includes beginners to more-advanced students, starts on n Friday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m m., with the Jazz Concert at Santa Fe Preparatory School’s Driscoll Auditorium (1101 Camino de Cruz Blanca). All other performances take place at St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art (107 W. Palace Ave.). On Saturday, Dec. 6, the Elementary Strings Concert is at 3 p.m. and the Mariachi Concert is at 6 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 7, the All Orchestras Concert taa kes place at 1 p.m. For information, call 505-672-5565, Ext. 10. Tickets are available online at www. sffysa.org/tickets. — Jennifer Levin
Road trip: Teatro Paraguas
Teatro Paraguas presents theatrical works by a wide variety of Hispanic writers, including lesser-known an nd emerging playwrights. With 26 Miles, by Quiara Alegría Hudes, th he Pullitzer Prize-winning auth hor off Water by th he Spoonffull, Santa Feans can see an early work by a Hispanic playwright now enjoying massive success. The story, about a teenage girl with divorced parents, is inspired by Hudes’ own experience with the custody battle her parents waged over her. In the play, fifteen-year-old Olivia leaves her father’s house and embarks on a road trip with her estranged mother, Beatriz, from Philadelphia to Wyoming. 26 Miles, a Camino Real Production, opens on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m., with performances on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the same time and on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.; the play continues its run from Dec. 12 to Dec. 14. Teatro Paraguas Studio is located at 3205 Calle Marie. Tickets are $18, with discounts available. Call 505-424-1601 for reservations. — J.L.
John, I’m m only dancing
John is a theatrical dance performance based on interviews writer and director Lloyd Newson conducted with dozens of men in England, in which he asked them frank questions about love and sex. The life of one man, John, stood out from the rest, with his tales of crime, drug use, and the struggle to survive. Presented at the Lensic Performing Arts Center (211 W. San Francisco St.) as part of the National Theatre Live series, John is a production of DV8 Physical Theatre, which was established in 1986 by Newson in an effort to bring narrative meaning back to dance, which he felt had been overshadowed by an overemphasis on formalized technique. John contains adult themes, strong language, and nudity and is recommended for adult audiences. The film is shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Tickets, $22 (discounts available) can by purchased at www. ticketssantafe.org or by calling 505-988-1234. — J.L. PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM
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“My discipline is only appetite. I’ve learned to let my body run things when I’m playing and to leave my head in the wings. If you’re thinking, or even aware of yourself, you’re not really playing. And it shows — gives crowds the creeps. After a while, performance becomes the music. You do it long enough, and you can’t do without it.”
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Kottke’s 1969 record, 6- and 12-String Guitar, popularly known as the “armadillo album” because of its distinctive, black-and-white cover illustration, introduced a young, fully realized, and technically astute fingerstyle guitarist to a world awash with three-chord-wonder strummers. Fingerstyle, or fingerpicking, long associated with flamenco, folk, and some country guitarists, enjoyed a renaissance in the 1960s as a new generation of musicians discovered Delta blues, Latin music, and other regional traditions. Some steel-string guitarists, including John Fahey, whose Takoma Records released 6- and 12-String Guitar, had created a hybrid that combined folk and classical styles in a rhythmic, even stately blend as attractive for its harmonic depth as its melodic content. Fingerpicking allows a guitarist to take on various identities — bass, melody, harmony, percussion — akin to the various instruments in a band. Kottke, not even twenty-five years old at the time of his first album’s release, brought an amazing integration of those different instruments and a precision to his work that set his music apart. He was the least self-conscious of fingerstyle’s new breed, with a natural swing and flow to his music as well as a harmonic depth that set the world of guitar fans and players abuzz. The album introduced another aspect of Kottke’s personae, one that has stuck with him over four 32
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decades of performing: his way with a story. His enthusiasm for words, Kottke told Pasatiempo, is why he has limited himself, with rare exceptions, to email interviews the last several years. “Yes, it’s because I talk too much. Writing the answers helps because I write on my phone. If I can’t shut up, my thumbs will shut me up.” Anyone who has seen him play — he will be at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 6 — can attest to the quirky and rambling improvisational storytelling that goes on between numbers, often as he tunes and strikes chord progressions on his instrument. Kottke’s liner notes to the 1969 recording, like all fables, contain bits of truth and even more bits of complete exaggeration. Its opening line: “Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia [true] on the morning of September 11, 1867 [not].” The notes claim that his eleventh year was a turning point in his life, the year he “squashed his hand in a car door, second-degreeburned his nose while shagging golf balls in Lincoln, Nebraska, fell out of a tree house, and beat up Henry Stipe.” He declares that his life at that point (the notes were written in 1968) is “nowhere and nothing,” and that he has a voice “which sounds like geese farts on a muggy day.” We may for the most part be in no position to decide what’s really true — except for the bit about his voice, which is decidedly not ganderlike, as he’s proven on any number of recordings. Kottke explained the writing of these liner notes some 30 years later in the notes for his 1999 recording, One Guitar, No Vocals. He was sitting on the side of a rock quarry in St. Cloud, Minnesota, as he wrote them while his friend Dale explored the quarry’s fumefilled bottom. Revelation — maybe it was the fumes — paid a visit: “Connections with people or trees are
coincidence, and music is as non-human as Dale’s wetsuit. It reminds you of stuff, you dress it in experience, and you introduce it as if it were human.” Kottke’s way with words also shows up in his lyric writing. “Happy, contented, stuffed with dollar bills/I stood like a taxidermist’s elk upon a hill,” he sings on “Great Big Boy.” Where did his literate leanings come from? The answer, in typical Kottke fashion, is something of a story itself. “I do read all the time, and have since I was a kid. My folks hated it, and if they caught me reading, they’d tell me to get some fresh air and kick me out of the house. So I read Huckleberry Finn in Cheyenne [Wyoming] while hiding in the milkweed behind a VFW Hall. I finally asked my mom, a secretive woman who blew her cover in her seventies, to explain. She said she’d thought reading would make me gay.” One of the more humorous accounts written by Kottke is about his days as a young trombonist. Found under “notes” on his website (www.leokottke.com), it’s a weird tale of taking lessons with three different trombone teachers, all of whom conducted lessons in the basement as the drip of leaking water served as a tyrannizing metronome. “My teachers — industrious, frugal, starving men — had one thing in common other than my unpreparedness: They’d all installed do-it-yourself showers in those basements.” Despite the fully realized nature of that 1969 recording, Kottke’s sound has continued to evolve. One Guitar, No Vocals captures that evolution. Kottke’s playing is even more lush and intricate than before. Phrases unwind naturally, as they would, you might say, from a storyteller, and the rhythms are more expansive and malleable than ever. Harmonies seem more integrated. What was once simply beautiful is now even more so.
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The cause — a serious bout of tendonitis in the 1980s — isn’t what you might expect. “Tendonitis was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Kottke said. “I [played stiff fingered] for three years straight, starting one night in Australia. But changing my technique, which was why I kept stiffing, cured me eventually and gave me a much bigger palette and a lot more fun. There are digital thrills in guitar that have little to do with the sound.” He finds it harder to nail down what happens as the music he writes changes. “I’m never aware that it’s changing, but I notice when it has. ‘Oddball’ [from the 1990 recording That’s What] and ‘Gewerbegebiet’ [from the 2004 recording Try and Stop Me] [were] change. Each put me in a different place. But what’s happening right now I could never say.” Ask him about jazz influences — he has frequently cited Joe Pass as someone he admires — and he mentions instrumentalists of different sorts. “Jim Hall’s stuff has popped up in my playing because of a Jimmy Giuffre trio recording I had as a kid. That was in Oklahoma. I was listening to Bob Brookmeyer then. But I’ve never really listened to Hall, except on two records with Bill Evans. So Hall is a definite influence. I’d like to think Marian McPartland is an influence because I admire her so much, her personhood. But I don’t want to play like her. I want to play like Bill Evans. Never gonna happen.” One might assume that a style so technically demanding requires endless practice and discipline. But Kottke doesn’t think much about that. “My discipline is only appetite. I’ve learned to let my body run things when I’m playing and to leave my head in the wings. If you’re thinking, or even aware of yourself, you’re not really playing. And it shows — gives crowds the creeps. After a while, performance becomes the music. You do it long enough, and you can’t do without it.” ◀
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READINGS & CONVERSATIONS brings to Santa Fe a wide range of writers from the literary world of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to read from and discuss their work.
GARY SHTEYNGART with Mary
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WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER AT 7PM LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., in 1972 and immigrated with his family to New York at the age of seven. Speaking of fellow Soviet Jews coming to America under Jimmy Carter, Shteyngart deadpans: “Russia gets the grain it needs to run; America gets the Jews it needs to run: all in all, an excellent trade deal.” His recent memoir, Little Failure, equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, chronicles his early memories of the Solomon Schechter Hebrew School in Queens, New York, through university years to his present status as an established (albeit insecure) writer. …a testament to Mr. Shteyngart’s abilities to write with both self-mocking humor and introspective wisdom, sharp-edged sarcasm and aching—and yes, Chekhovian—tenderness. — Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times on Little Failure
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The Sock Market
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Artist Reception Friday, Dec 5 from 5-6:30 featuring photographs by Patti Zolnick and modern sculpture by Tamara Cameron.
In the Historic Railyard District
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James M. Keller I The New Mexican
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ON TRACK
hat individual left the largest imprint on post-colonial New Mexico? You might nominate a politician, a general, a scientist, an artist, or an educator, but in the end the leading candidate might well be an up-by-the-bootstraps businessman: Fred Harvey, an immigrant from England who essentially created the tourism industry in the American Southwest. On Sunday, Dec. 7, the New Mexico History Museum inaugurates a long-term exhibition to honor this legendary achiever. Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy draws on holdings from the museum’s collection, images from the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, and items lent by various other institutions and private collectors (including members of the Harvey family) to document how this remarkable entrepreneur helped make New Mexico what it is today. Meredith Davidson, the museum’s curator of 19th- and 20th-century Southwest collections, did not set out to document Harvey’s career exhaustively, but instead crafted the show to approach the topic from a specifically New Mexican perspective. “When you start studying Fred Harvey,” she said, “it’s like entering a never-ending rabbit hole. He pops up all over the place — and, at the same time, all roads lead to Harvey. “ Harvey, who was born in 1835, is the focus of a group of impassioned history enthusiasts today, many of whom refer to themselves as Fred-Heads. “People either know a lot about him or they have no idea who he was,” Davidson said. To help orient the latter, she laid down the background at the start of the exhibit through materials that trace the early phases of his career, which was anything but glorious. Landing in New York at the age of seventeen, he works as a pot-scrubber and busboy, gaining a glimpse of how the restaurant business ticks. A good deal of sadness follows. “He goes to St. Louis and opens a restaurant with a business partner, but the partner runs off to join the Confederacy and absconds with their money. His wife dies. Two of his children die of scarlet fever. It’s a story of perseverance throughout his history.” He ends up in Leavenworth, Kansas, working as a freight agent for a railroad company, and from firsthand experience he can’t escape how awful the travelers’ restaurants are. He suggests doing something to improve the situation. His employer isn’t interested but refers him to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, which finds his proposal interesting. “He just happens to become aligned with the rail line that goes through New Mexico,” Davidson said. The Fred Harvey Company ended up building an impressive network of dining establishments and hotels along the AT&SF routes. A number of Harvey’s advances were instigated in New Mexico. If people 36
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Left, south portal of La Fonda, a classic Harvey hotel in Santa Fe, circa 1925-1945; photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst; Neg. No. 054316 Right, woman and child in front of El Ortíz Hotel, a Harvey property in Lamy, circa 1920s; Neg. No. 112259 Below, Indian Detours personnel with Harvey cars lined up in front of the Palace of the Governors, circa 1926-1930; photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst; Neg. No. 053568 Opposite page, Harvey Girl by Doris Lee, circa 1946; courtesy Julian Harvey All images courtesy Palace of
the Governors (NMHM/DCA) unless otherwise noted
Fred Harvey’s impact on the Southwest know only one thing about the company, it is the Harvey Girls, the employees who combined charm and precision to get travelers in and out of Harvey restaurants with astonishing speed, providing them with excellent food and service while they were inside. The first restaurant with Harvey Girls was in Raton in 1883. Acquiring Native American craftwork as souvenirs became a rite of passage for those persons traveling through the state, and the Fred Harvey Company facilitated that business by creating the famous Indian Room at its trackside Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, and then coaching the Pueblo artists to craft the sorts of jewelry, pottery, blankets, and other collectibles Harvey travelers would want to buy. Another New Mexico-specific enterprise developed by the Fred Harvey Company was the short-lived Indian Detours business, which shepherded tourists from Santa Fe’s La Fonda to the Pueblos and backcountry and delivered them home again, safe, sound, entertained, and edified. continued on Page 38
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Fred Harvey, continued from Page 36 “Even as he achieved business success he was not very happy personally,” Davidson said. “He had gastrointestinal issues, and he may have suffered from depression. He was actually diagnosed with ‘Americanitis’ — a real medical diagnosis at that time relating to general poor health and exhaustion — and the only treatment was to leave America. So he takes extended trips back to England, and by the time he dies, in 1901, the company is being run by his sons. But, in his will, he sets things up so nothing can really change at the company in the next 10 years.” Family members continued to build the company while maintaining the principles Harvey had established. When La Fonda was added to the Harvey portfolio in the 1920s, a grandson was sent to manage it. He oversaw the enlarging of the space and creation of the interiors, a project of John Gaw Meem and Mary Colter, who was by then the grande dame of Harvey architecture and design. The fate of the Harvey Company was inextricably linked to that of the railroads, and as train travel increasingly ceded to automobile tourism, Harvey-style glamour met with ever-mounting challenges. Said Davidson, “There was a mini-revival during World War II to support troop trains. And then, in 1946, interest was generated when MGM released its movie The Harvey Girls. But rail travel kept on declining, and the holdings were sold in 1968 to Amfac Corporation, which later became Xanterra. At first it seemed logical to end the exhibition at that point, and particularly with the Alvarado Hotel being demolished in 1970. But that really was not the end of the story. We end instead on an upbeat note, which is looking at how Fred Harvey’s legacy remains relevant to the tourism industry to this day, and the fascination with which he is still viewed.” Many of the pieces in the show were selected with an eye toward underscoring personal aspects of the Fred Harvey Company’s story. An unassuming Harvey Cars badge identifies its wearer as Jack Cecil, one of the drivers (or “dudes,” as they were called) who chauffeured visitors on the Indian Detours excursions. His badge is emblazoned with a thunderbird logo. The Harvey Company derived the image from a pictograph, copyrighted it along with a lore-laden back story of its own invention, and placed it on all sorts of company-related objects. Viewers might imagine themselves snuggled into a comfortable chair next to a “jackrabbit ashtray” made by Albuquerque metal craftsman Walter Gilbert. This free-standing wrought-iron piece — one of the very many that were placed in Harvey’s New Mexico hotels — is both functional and whimsical, with the rabbit’s ears extending comically far above the suspended ashtray, but, Davidson noted, it also “reflects Mary
Colter’s efforts to embrace local artists.” On the way in from the train, travelers might have passed the two-sided, boldly designed Alvarado Hotel sign that welcomed visitors, which is no less stunning after being repurposed for museum display. Some paintings also cried out for inclusion in the exhibition. A charming one, borrowed from a member of the Harvey family, depicts a Harvey Girl and carries the notation “Painted on the M.G.M. set.” The costume looks Pilgrimesque, which is accurate enough, as a nearby actual Harvey outfit demonstrates. Still, it is amusing to realize that the artist, Doris Lee, scored her breakthrough success when her 1935 painting titled Thanksgiving Dinner won a prominent prize from the Chicago Art Institute heartland and became a popular iicon off h l d nostalgia, if evoking her own time more than the Pilgrim era. Oveer everything in the exhibit presides a llarge-scale portrait of Fred Harvey himself, signed by “Horton.” “Horrton was dson said. actually a couple,” David “Harriet Horton did much of the portrait painting, and herr husband, Floyd, mostly handled the t books, nter, too.” although he was a pain In truth, Harvey appeaars relatively emotion-free in this grrand depiction, but perhaps he will be haappy at last as he he world he nursurveys these tokens of th hantment. ◀ tured in the Land of Ench
Top, postcard of La Fonda (after a painting by Fred Geary); Neg. No. 177667 Bottom, Harvey Girl ceramic figurine, an example of a popular collectible; New Mexico History Museum Collection; “years of service” pins and bracelets given to longtime Harvey Girls; Skip Gentry’s Fred Harvey Memorabilia Collection
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details ▼ Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey
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▼ Opens Sunday, Dec. 7 (10 a.m., 11 a.m.,
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▼ New Mexico History Museum,
113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200
▼ By museum admission; Sundays no charge
for N.M. residents
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the midst of dozens of photography and filmmaking projects, Jack Parsons has taken pictures of all kinds of things. Just recently, as he culled images from his collection of thousands of slides for a new book, Iluminaciones, his 17th (published by George F. Thompson), he realized that he didn’t know why he had taken them or how to organize them. One of his favorite photos happens to be the oldest one he chose to include in Iluminaciones: Against a background of dark, blurred tree branches is a device or piece of equipment that, he says, mystifies many who see it. If you consult the references pages in the back of the book, you’ll find that this is a rooftop heating vent on a building in Taos, with the sun glinting off its metal vent cap. “For this book, I spent two or three years going through my pictures, finding things I was emotionally attached to, and I came up with 300 or 400 photos. I’d just keep looking at them and trying to figure out why I liked them — like what do they have in common?” After he had edited the selection down to about 160, he consulted a friend and fellow Santa Fean, writer Frederick Turner (who contributed the book’s essay). “He said the reason he liked them is because they’re of very simple things,” Parsons said. “He sort of explained it to me, and then I made the next step. I had grown into these photographs. I had learned from them what I was interested in. Why would I take this picture of a fence or this one of a garden hose? It’s kind of mysterious. I think your subconscious prompts you, then later you might figure out why you took them, or somebody helps you figure out why you took them.” Iluminaciones reproduces 91 of Parsons’ photographs that he took between 1972 and 2012. The book’s imagery goes international after his last volume, 2010’s Dark Beauty: Photographs of New Mexico. “Dark Beauty was sort of my New Mexico swan cancion, then the obvious next one was just all these pictures I’ve compiled over the years. The back story was that I was sort of mystified by them, because they had nothing to do with the defined projects I was working on.” Parsons grew up in New York City. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature at the University of Colorado, followed by a diploma in filmmaking from the London International Film School. “London in the late 1960s was really enjoyable; it was heady times. The first film I did was on the lightermen on the Thames. We went to the old lightermen’s home and hung out with them and drank with them. Some of them were still wearing old tweed jackets. It was great, and Mick Jagger came to our little opening.
“But it was very hard to find work in London because it was closed-shop unions, and I didn’t really want to be an expatriate. A friend had bought the rights to a book, and I went to Taos in 1969 as a scriptwriter to work on it. It never got made, and I was stranded in Taos. I loved it because it was so incredibly beautiful there. Another draw was the Taos connection to D.H. Lawrence, who was the focus of my M.A. thesis.” It was while Parsons was at film school that he first began using a still camera, possibly a Pentax Spotmatic. By the time he was in Taos, he was shooting Kodachrome slides on a Nikon F. After living in Taos for three years, Parsons and his wife, Rebecca, moved to Boulder, staying there a year. “I did a film about the Four Corners power plants and air pollution, and we got it distributed. Then a friend and I pulled together a film company called Blue Sky Productions and began doing Hispanic-related films for the folk art division of the National Endowment for the Arts. Then that money dried up, and I had to figure out how to make a living. Rebecca was doing better than me, as usual. She did all the lights for the Inn at Loretto, and after that she was sending her fixtures all over the country because Santa Fe Style was the big thing.” Parsons made a film for the Audubon Society about overgrazing and another on Mimbres pottery, and then he helped author Christine Mather finish her book Santa Fe Style. “I came in late and did about half of the photos for that book. Then I did a few other books with Christine. It was style city at that time, so I was shooting houses and interiors and details, that whole style package. Meanwhile, I was doing the books on Hispanic culture. We did maybe a dozen films, and doing grant writing continually to pay for the one we were working on. The style books were a kind of anthropology. The books weren’t about status buildings; the rooms and the décor really reflect what people were about.” He worked with writer Carmella Padilla on The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest and Low ’n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico. “I was much more interested in documenting things, as opposed to my subjective take on the world, but during the whole time I did all those films and books, I’d been taking pictures — including in Asia and Europe — that I really enjoyed but that were not pertinent to any of the projects.” When it came time to organize a selection of those photographs for the new book, he worked with David Skolkin, art director for the Museum of New Mexico Press and for George F. Thompson continued on Page 42
Alligator Juniper, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, 1998; top, Day Bed, Farehpur Sikri, Agra, India, 2008; opposite page, top, Heating Vent, Taos, New Mexico, 1972; bottom, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), 2003
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Michael Abatemarco I The New Mexican
A Hoosier in Santa Fe AT
the Friends Meetinghouse on Canyon Road, Quakers gather for silent meditation and prayer, listening for the “still small voice” of God. The location, deemed a building of significance by the Santa Fe Historic Design Review Board, is an adobe structure with most of its original architecture intact. A resident caretaker lives on site and members are intent, in part, on preserving the patrimony of a Santa Fe original, artist Olive Rush (1873-1966). Her public and private murals and artworks pepper institutions, businesses, and private residences in New Mexico, including in Santa Fe, with several of them dating from the mid- to late 1930s — part of programs developed for the Works Progress Administration. Worshippers today still sit in the room where Rush plied her craft; the building is her former home and studio. Among the Quakers active at the meetinghouse, who call themselves, as all Quakers do, a Religious Society of Friends, is Bettina Raphael, a conservator who settled permanently in Santa Fe in her late forties to work on historic pots in the collections of the School for Advanced Research). “Olive’s studio and home was left to the group, and we’re attempting to preserve it as best we can,” Raphael told Pasatiempo. “Much of the furnishings are still hers. Not much has changed since we inherited it as a bequest upon her death in 1966.” Raphael gives a talk on Rush’s legacy, “Olive Rush: Santa Fe’s First Lady of the Arts,” in SAR’s boardroom on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Rush was born to a Quaker family on June 10, 1873, near Fairmount, Indiana. Her family came from a long line of Quakers. While many Quakers thought of artistic pursuits as unnecessary vanities, Rush was encouraged by her parents. Since the time she
was a toddler, her artistic abilities were apparent. “Her parents’ generation was affected more by early prohibitions or leanings of Quakers who felt some aspects of the arts were not spiritual in the way they thought activity should be,” Raphael said. “Her parents both had artistic leanings, but never really expressed them significantly because of the strong feelings of their Quaker upbringings.” At the age of sixteen Rush set off to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, to study art, and eventually enrolled at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., where she stayed briefly before moving on to study at various art institutes in the U.S. and abroad. While studying under Henry Siddons Mowbray, John Twachtman, and Augustus St. Gaudens at the Art Students League in New York City in the early 1890s, she began a career as an illustrator. Rush made a name for herself with her illustrations and portraits of women and children, published in such magazines as St. Nicholas, Woman’s Home Companion, and Good Housekeeping. Throughout her time away from Indiana, she maintained her Quaker beliefs and, with a delegation of Indiana artists, attended the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In the early years of the new century she studied in Cornwall, England, and in France with American Impressionist Richard E. Miller. She developed her painting abilities at the studio of Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware, an illustration school, while living in a boardinghouse known as Tusculum with a number of other female artists, including Ethel Pennewill Brown Leach and Sarah Katherine Smith. Rush visited New Mexico several times in the early 20th century, securing a solo show at the Museum of New Mexico’s Palace of the Governors in 1914. Enamored with Santa Fe, she made a permanent move here in 1920 at the age of forty-seven, joining the swelling ranks of American and European modernists attracted to the region. “She was traveling and studying the arts for almost 40 years before she came to Santa Fe,” Raphael said. “I’m most interested in sharing the importance of Santa Fe in her life and the role she played in the community, the people she knew, and her artwork and teaching experience with Native American artists.” Rush became friends with several New Mexico artists, such as Will Shuster, Andrew Dasburg, and Georgia O’Keeffe, who was a close enough friend that the two, according to Raphael, shared a cat named Anselmo. She was particularly close with artist Gustave Baumann, who commemorated her in a piece published in Pasatiempo after her death. It was in Santa Fe that Rush began to develop an interest in painting murals and frescoes, several of which can still be seen in public buildings. “By the nineteen teens and twenties, stated attitudes of Quaker communities were different,” Raphael said. “The arts were, in fact, an important aspect of good living and right ways. She was very daring and innovative on the one hand, but had these strong ties to nature and a generalness about her approach to living. It was very respectful of Quaker tenets. There’s ‘that of God’ in every man, and that one follows one’s own inner light. Her attitude toward her life and art were profoundly in harmony with Quaker ideals. She also related to some of the local Native American traditions and spirituality, and their religious instincts. She was in
Artist Olive Rush
tune with that, and had strong relationships with young Native artists and was really a mentor to some.” At the Santa Fe Indian School, under the leadership of Dorothy Dunn, who founded the Studio School there, Rush created murals in the institution’s cafeteria in collaboration with students. She also made murals inside the New Mexico Room, a ballroom at La Fonda. “Olive purchased an old adobe farmhouse on Canyon Road, which she renovated and furnished with simple local arts and furniture, continuing a tradition of Southwest vernacular style artist studio-homes,” writes Raphael in her essay “Olive Rush: An Independent Spirit.” “She was drawn to the aesthetics and simplicity of both the Indian and Hispanic cultures of New Mexico, and she opened her own artwork to these new influences. One of her first acts on completing the renovation of her home was to design a corner fireplace on which she painted a decorative fresco using the old-world technique of applying water-based colors to the wet plaster. The effect was so successful and blended so well with the architectural environment of the Southwest that Olive went on to paint numerous frescos and other murals in the homes of friends including ‘Los Luceros’ owned by Mary Cabot Wheelwright and Florence Bartlett’s home in Alcalde.” She further collaborated with Native artists, including Pablita Velarde and Pop Chalee, for the
Maisel Store in Albuquerque. The murals are still in existence in that store, now called Skip Maisel’s, which deals in Native jewelry, arts, and crafts. Under the WPA program, Rush received two large-scale commissions. One was a mural for the Santa Fe Public Library (now the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library of the Palace of the Governors on Washington Avenue) and the other involved painting a domed ceiling on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Other federally funded projects she was involved with were for the United States Postal Service offices, including one in Florence, Colorado. “The rest of her work was smaller canvas paintings,” Raphael said. “She was trying to invent something like a mobile fresco, where she was using panels and painting in a thicker, plaster-like medium, wanting to have that mural quality but to have it be movable. She encouraged Native Americans to paint large paintings. Where I give my talk, you can look up on the walls there, and there are several canvases that were very much the result of her influence — not in the style of them, but in encouraging students to work large.” Although her later work became increasingly abstract, Rush’s large-scale realist paintings and frescoes from the ’30s reflect themes
Top, Olive Rush: Sunset in the White Sands Deserts, circa 1949, oil on board; courtesy The Owings Gallery Opposite page, Olive Rush on horseback in the garden at 690 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, circa 1930,
courtesy Palace of the Governors (NMHM/DCA), Neg. No. 019270;
Opposite page, above, detail of mural painted by Rush for the Santa Fe Public Library, now the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, circa 1934
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This tribute by Gustave Baumann appeared in the Sept. 25, 1966, issue of Pasatiempo.
In Memoriam: Olive Rush 1873-1966
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here was a time when all of the Southwest was virgin territory for the artist. While Taos, like a powerful magnet, attracted them originally, it was Santa Fe, with its Art Museum and more simple problems of living that prompted many to settle here. Some, like Gerald Cassidy and Sheldon Parsons, came here for health reasons. I had been in Taos for a glorious and productive summer and had stopped over to take a look at Santa Fe. Sheldon Parsons had taken me for a buggy ride with a spunky team of horses. He knew all the interesting corners and streets. When he came to Canyon Road, that meandered between a river and a ditch on one side and adobe houses on the other, I began to figure out a way of staying, and stay I did. Canyon Road at the Garcia Street corner had an inviting little adobe house and garden where I held forth for several years. The house, being larger than I needed, was vacant occasionally at the other end, until one day a taxi stopping there deposited a quaint and attractive lady and her belongings to fill the vacancy. A shepherd dog I had seemed to approve of her presence adjoining his domain and together we became neighbors to Olive Rush, not unknown to me as a Hoosier who had acquired considerable reputation as an illustrator in the East. She then conveyed a picture book quality that harked back to some old Quaker legend. Olive did not have to wear a bonnet to identify her as a Quaker. You just knew it from the moment you saw her. However, it needs to be mentioned briefly that a little militancy crept in occasionally when someone opposed her gentle but firm will. I was one of those when she divulged her intention of doing frescoes and no more book illustrations. By no stretch of imagination could I see her delicate hands messing around with plaster and cement. Unmindful of having put me in my place, she went right on doing all the things I had ventured to warn her against, and what is more, doing them very well. Thus, I learned that you must never cross a Quaker when he or she sets out to do something. Her illustrator background had given her a solid facility lacking in many artists. She knew how to draw and knew what to leave out when a composition demanded it and when she considered it done, it was Olive Rush at her best. Olive was no straight laced “Blue Nose.” When the occasion arose, she enjoyed a party as much as any of us, and there were many parties then, on both Canyon Road and Camino del Monte Sol, sometimes to the point where work and play time overlapped. We were all young and could take it — even Olive’s parties, where “Museum Punch,” as we called it, was the rule in strict observance of the law of the land. Olive could never understand why the punch she had worked over so long was not a success.
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She thought maybe Kaune’s oranges were bad or that too much ice had spoiled it. On one particular occasion, I recall stealing away into the night with Sam Guernsey of the Peabody Museum when he said, “I like Olive, but her party is dying on its feet.” We had to do something about it. Things were further complicated when we found the bootlegger had to be paged at the movie. Returning with the party elixir, we did what was necessary to the punch, and after sneaking a sample, we waited. When Olive finally tasted it, her eyes gleamed. “I knew these oranges with a little time would make a good punch. They were Kaune’s best.” It can now be said that Olive’s party was a great success. The roof was not raised, but Sam Guernsey going home drove his car right through the back of his garage! It always happens that people of Olive’s retiring nature choose adventurous friends, or vice-versa. Miss Laura van Pappelendam, whom I also knew, was such a one. Having driven overland from Chicago, she arrived in a car loaded with all manner of sketching material, expecting Olive to share it on a trip to the Grand Canyon, to the then almost inaccessible North Rim. It seems it was a great summer for snakes and red ants, for which Olive had no fondness, since you either sat in the car or dared them to bite you. Arriving home without a sketch, the art material was put to rest under Olive’s portal, and is still waiting for Laura to make another appearance. As acting director of the Public Works of Art project, it was my job to locate any works which would be of a fixed nature. Unmindful of suggestions, Olive scoured the town and then decided on the Public Library entrance as presenting an interesting problem. And what is more, she completed it, and it is still there, not overly insistent, but a fine example of her competence. Along with keeping track of Olive and her comrades, my job involved an endless amount of paper work that had to be annotated weekly. The first report on Olive was — “OK — needs plaster and scaffolding to do preliminary work on walls.” Then, “Progress not very apparent, but substantial.” Then I found her “Enlarging her sketches to full size and competent enough to leave her alone.” This seemed to have been the pattern throughout Olive’s entire life — to be left alone when the spirit moved her. Her wants were simple as the garden she lived to work in, where weather permitting, Sunday meetings were held surrounded by a succession of flowers. For one day, at least, you could forget this imperfect world. It gave intangible substance to the meaning of the word “Quaker.” Since there is no indication that Olive Rush ever aspired to greatness in the arts, it is most likely that she remains content, having contributed her vision of beauty to the world.
Top, detail of mural painted by Rush for the Santa Fe Public Library, now the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, circa 1934; middle, Rush’s illustration for “A Little School-Girl” by Frances Bent Dillingham for St. Nicholas magazine; bottom, Rush: Indian Family, oil on board; courtesy Acosta-Strong Fine Art; opposite page, Rush at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, when she received an honorary doctor of arts degree, circa 1947; courtesy Palace of the Governors (NMHM/DCA), Neg. No. 019272
Olive Rush, continued from Page 47 of social progress. “There is a Social Realism component, but it’s not really socially critical. In her early murals at the library, she’s doing very rural New Mexico scenes: a Dominican nun bringing a box of books to a Pueblo and Pueblo children choosing books from the box, and a man leading a burro packed with books up into Hispanic villages. She showed women, in particular, playing an important role in the promotion of books. In Las Cruces, the WPA mural she did there was related to biology. She was documenting different discoveries that had been made there. There was a chile blight that had decimated crops, and the school was looking at solutions to that. There was a sense of science as part of industrial development, but also of agriculture blossoming due to science and the advances of social programs. Some of her paintings at that point were commentaries on the hazards and pains of war. Quakers are pacifists, so it was a particularly poignant area of concern for her. It was social commentary also, in that it was a period of disillusionment with the industrialism of the late 19th century. People were seeking answers in nature. One of her attractions to New Mexico was that you could live simply, but she certainly was not a country bumpkin.” Rush, who painted well into her eighties, died at ninety-three. The works she created in the ’30s and ’40s are her best known. She was honored in 1957 with a major restrospective at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Despite her inclusion in group exhibitions, this retrospective was the last major solo showing of Rush’s work, even up to the present time. “How she fits into Santa Fe and her whole story here supports the importance of her work and its originality,” Raphael said. “We still have a lot of her sketches at the Meetinghouse in the collections. She was a very capable woman of her time, coming West and supporting herself with her art.” ◀
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Santa Fe Institute Wednesday, December 10 6 – 7:30 PM O’Keeffe Education Annex 123 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe Scientists from around the globe are using mathematics and computers to track Ebola. How have some countries managed to stop outbreaks while others have failed? Why are we safe here in the United States? Come join a discussion on how the mathematics of Ebola can help us answer these questions and what scientists are doing to stop this deadly disease. Admission is Free. Youth (ages 13-19) seating a priority, but all are welcome! Sam will also appear on the KSFR Radio Café with Host Mary Charlotte at 8 am on the morning of the Café. It’s at 101.1 on your FM dial. Sam is an Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. He received his BS and PhD degrees in biology from Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin. He studies the evolution and spread of infectious diseases in order to understand better how to fight them. Go to www.sfafs.org or call 603-7468 for more information.
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They shoot horse thieves, don’t they? Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones
Journey’s end The Homesman, Western, rated R, Center for Contemporary Arts, 3 chiles The title character of The Homesman should not be George Briggs, played by Tommy Lee Jones (who co-wrote and directed the film), but Hilary Swank’s Mary Bee Cuddy. “You’re as good a man as any man abouts,” she is told. Mary Bee works her own spread, tends to her stock, feeds and cares for her neighbors, and has money in the bank. She is, by her own account, a plain woman, and men find her bossy, which may explain her single status in mid-19th-century Nebraska Territory. The wilderness has not been kind to three of Mary Bee’s neighbors, women who have succumbed to varying degrees of madness. They need to return East, to the security and comfort of their families — a five-week trek by wagon fraught with possible danger. No man takes up the challenge. So Mary Bee does. Enter George Briggs, a low-level scoundrel. Mary Bee first encounters him with a noose around his neck, left to hang by vigilantes. She saves him, and he agrees to take the journey with her. This sets viewers up for a typical Western device in which two people with opposing personalities find themselves taking on a job that nobody else wants. The travelers face off against Indians, would-be rapists, gunmen, and progressive businessmen. The odds may seem insurmountable, but battling the cold wilds of Nebraska has shaped the survival skills of Mary Bee and George. Jones worked with screenwriters Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley A. Oliver to adapt Glendon Swarthout’s 1988 novel, The Homesman. He cast it almost perfectly, and even the bit players bring nuance and depth to their work — including a really pointed study by James Spader as a trying-to-be-polite businessman. Jones is the perfect Western hero — desperate, observing, patient, and slow to reach for the draw. Swank comes through with an even sharper performance, portraying Mary Bee as a woman proud of her independence and sadly aware of the price tag that comes with that. As the trail East gets thornier, her defenses break away, and she reveals a vulnerable woman whose loneliness leads her to drop her inhibitions and autonomy. She and Briggs come together to do what’s right for their charges. But the picture’s disturbing tone — and even its dark humor — tips you off that, somewhere along the way, something is going to go wrong. The Homesman is an intriguing, haunting movie with a few problems. The actresses playing the neighbors — Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, and Sonja Richter — are not given much room to explore their characters. And the movie includes some unnecessary flashbacks depicting the graphic manner in which they were defeated by the elements. The Homesman nonetheless succeeds in paying homage to the pioneers who shaped the land. Marco Beltrami’s musical score fits the film beautifully — delicate, soft, and often evoking a hopefulness seasoned with a melancholy that suggests some people will never find their way home. — Robert Nott
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A legend in his own mind Point and Shoot, documentary, not rated, Center for Contemporary Arts, 2.5 chiles A self-image is a carefully crafted thing. We spend our adolescence and beyond agonizing over what to wear, how to act, what affectations to affect, until finally it all sorts itself out into something that somehow becomes who we are. For Matthew VanDyke, the subject of Marshall Curry’s documentary Point and Shoot, that selection process plays out on film in a very public forum. He’s in his late twenties when he decides to throw off the traces of a pampered upbringing and find the self of his fantasies. Declaring that “everyone creates their idealized image of how they want to be seen,” VanDyke leaves behind the comforts of home and goes looking for a grand adventure. He reinvents himself as Max Hunter, swaggering child of destiny. He sets out on an overland-motorcycle odyssey across North Africa and the Middle East, and he brings along a video camera to record himself doing it, lest the tree should fall in the forest with nobody there to film it. It was, he reflects, “a crash course in manhood.” And while there’s unquestionably a broad streak of narcissism at work here, there is also an admirable determination to act, to put Walter Mitty daydreams to the test. He eventually covered some 35,000 miles over sometimes pretty rugged terrain. And he did this carrying, along with his backpack and his camera, the added baggage of an obsessive-compulsive disorder that had him washing his hands obsessively and dealing with assorted other foibles. “Part of my OCD,” he says, “was a fear of doing something that will accidentally harm someone else.” As a boy, VanDyke dreamed of being a spy. He lived in video games and adventure movies. Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence of Arabia was a key role model. In a clip from that David Lean epic, Sherif Ali shouts at Lawrence that the ragtag army of criminals and misfits he has assembled are not ordinary men, and Lawrence replies, “I don’t want ordinary men!”
Mathew VanDyke in a Libyan prison, 2011
If Lawrence had had access to a digital video camera, he probably would have become the subject of his own documentary. What VanDyke recorded, as shaped by Curry with added interview footage of the subject and of his girlfriend Lauren, waiting for him back home in Baltimore and keeping in touch via Skype, is no T.E. Lawrence. But he does get off the couch and live his own adventure, and he does don a headdress and get involved in an Arab war. When the uprising against Qaddafi broke out in 2011, VanDyke, who had just returned to try on a normal life again in Baltimore, packed up his camera and headed for Libya to fight alongside friends he had made on his travels. He was captured by loyalist forces, and spent nearly six months in a dark filthy hole of solitary confinement in a Libyan prison, a
period dramatized by Curry in this film with some impressionistic animation. VanDyke seems to have been released when the rebels liberated the prison, although how he got his camera back we’ll never know. When he rejoins his Libyan comrades-in-arms, he is told to shoot a sniper, and he has himself filmed as he takes the shot. “I had myself filmed trying to take another human life,” he muses. “What does that say about me?” What this documentary says about Matthew VanDyke, aka Max Hunter, is complicated and not always flattering. But these are things he really did, not just the fantasies of a Baltimore couch potato. It’s all there on film. — Jonathan Richards
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eventually wound up fighting alongside the rebels in the Libyan uprising of 2011. This documentary, as shaped and filled out by filmmaker Marshall Curry from VanDyke’s self-recorded odyssey, says a lot about its subject that is complicated and not always flattering. But these are things he really did, not just the fantasies of a Baltimore couch potato. It’s all there on film. Not rated. 83 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) See review, Page 54. REEL NEW MEXICO The monthly series showcasing independent films with a New Mexico connection offers Miracle in the Wilderness (1992), a Christmasthemed movie shot in Northern New Mexico. Kris Kristofferson and Kim Cattrall star. It screens along with a 1970s Christmas special shot in Santa Fe and Lamy. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, only. Not rated. La Tienda Performance Space, 7 Caliente Road off Avenida Vista Grande, Eldorado. (Not reviewed)
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opening this week BEFORE I DISAPPEAR Director Shawn Christensen won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Curfew, a story about a man who is in the middle of a suicide attempt when his sister, a woman in an abusive relationship, calls him to ask that he look after his eleven-year-old niece. Over one evening, the man and the girl bond. The cheerful vibes continue in this feature-length expansion of that story, starring Christensen and Fátima Ptacek. Not rated. 93 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) THE HOMESMAN Tommy Lee Jones directed, co-wrote, and stars in this story of an independent woman (Hilary Swank) who teams up with a likable rascal (Jones) to guide three insane women from the wilds of the Nevada Territory to the safety of the East in the mid-19th century. It’s an intriguing, haunting tale that pays homage to the pioneers who shaped the land. Rated R. 122 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Robert Nott) See review, Page 52.
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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: JOHN The latest performance by London’s DV8 Physical Theatre contemporary dance company comes via the National Theatre Live series. Lloyd Newson, DV8’s artistic director, interviewed several men about love and sex, and the story of one man named John inspired this piece, which combines spoken word and dance. Contains strong language and nudity. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, only. Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) PERFORMANCE AT THE SCREEN The series of high-definition screenings continues with a showing of The Pharaoh’s Daughter with members of Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet. Svetlana Zakharova, Nina Kaptsova, and Ruslan Skvortsov dance the main roles. 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, only. Rescheduled from the Nov. 23 cancellation. Not rated. 140 minutes, plus two intermissions. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) POINT AND SHOOT When Matthew VanDyke was a kid, he dreamed of being a spy or an adventurer like Lawrence of Arabia. When he grew up, he got himself a motorcycle and a video camera and put his Walter Mitty daydreams to the test. Undertaking to give himself “a crash course in manhood,” he covered some 35,000 miles of North Africa and the Middle East and
VIVA LA LIBERTÀ Toni Servillo, who delighted audiences last year with The Great Beauty, returns with two roles in his latest film. In one performance, he plays Enrico, a political leader who disappears into the night rather than face failure in an election. In another, he plays Enrico’s brother Giovanni. Fresh out of a mental hospital, Giovanni is scooped up by the political party to pretend to be Enrico. He succeeds all too well, revealing the chilling side of what could be a light comedy. Not rated. 94 minutes. In Italian with subtitles. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) WATCHERS OF THE SKY This documentary looks at Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term genocide and devoted his life to ending it. It balances an account of Lemkin’s life — as a Jewish lawyer from Poland who lost many relatives in the Holocaust — with stories of survivors of modern genocide. Not rated. 120 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed)
now in theaters ART AND CRAFT This film tells the story of Mark Landis, an unassuming, soft-spoken, unusual individual who made his living as an art forger thanks to a legal loophole. He deceived the art world with his accomplished fakes for decades, until curator Matthew Leininger discovered the ruse. Peering back into the life of the pathological Landis, who was institutionalized as a young man after a nervous breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Art and Craft takes a
nonjudgmental look at a talented, if troubled, person whose con underscores the perverse value placed on works by big-name artists. The cat-and-mouse game played by Landis and Leininger, whose career suffered in his pursuit of the forger, leads to a satisfying conclusion. 89 minutes. Not rated. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. (Michael Abatemarco) AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA This documentary walks us through the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian guru who introduced millions of people in the Western world to meditation and yoga through his book Autobiography of a Yogi. The story follows him from his youth in India to his move to America in the 1920s. Not rated. 87 minutes. The Screen, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) BIG HERO 6 This animated film from Disney (loosely based on a Marvel comic) emphasizes hard work, the pursuit of science, the strength of friends, and the ability to handle setbacks — all while telling a superhero tale that is full of heart and is funny without being rude or obnoxious. Hiro (Ryan Potter), a boy who lives in a city that’s a hybrid of Tokyo and San Francisco, adopts an inflatable robot named Baymax from his big brother. Tragedy strikes, which pushes boy and Baymax into a mystery so challenging that they enlist five friends to join them. Ingenuity abounds in the movie’s setting, animation, and plot, and the time breezes by. Rated PG. 102 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. Screens in 2-D only at DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) BIRD PEOPLE The slow pacing of Bird People is at first questionable, but this parallel story of an American and businessman a French hotel maid seeking change their pays in lives off for those willing to sit through movie scope a large in and small in action and standard storytelling. As Gary ( Josh Charles) decides to “leave everything behind” — including his job, wife, and children — and remain in a Parisian hotel near the airport, Audrey (Anäis Demoustier) finds her horizons broadened through a fantastical experience of flight. The acting is impeccable. Not rated. 127 minutes. In French and English with subtitles. The Screen, Santa Fe. ( Jennifer Levin) BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) In Alejandro González Iñárritu’s searing, hilarious, sometimes unsettling backstage satire, Michael Keaton tosses his hat into the Oscar ring with his brilliant dissection of a movie star, in artistic eclipse in the years since he sold his soul to play a masked comic-book superhero, looking for
redemption on the Broadway stage. Packed with a terrific supporting cast headed by Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Emma Stone and shot in a simulated single take by the great Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman crackles with wit, self-referential allusions, fantasy, and penetrating insights about show business, relevance, and the modern world. Iñárritu, sloughing off the ponderous artiness of his recent movies, makes magic here. Rated R. 119 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) CITIZENFOUR This you-are-there documentary should be required viewing, whichever side of the Edward Snowden patriot/traitor bias you fall on. Laura Poitras, the documentary director contacted by Snowden to break his story, presents only one side here, but it’s a compelling brief that asks what constitutional freedoms we’re willing to surrender for security. Poitras pads her film to nearly two hours with some sleepy footage of Snowden sitting in his Hong Kong hotel room, but there’s plenty of meat, and it’s riveting. Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald is the film’s other focal point. William Binney, a career-NSA-analyst-turned-critic, observes that the indiscriminate gathering of information on citizenry is what dictatorships have always done. Rated R. 114 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) DUMB AND DUMBER TO Way back in 1994, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels put on silly wigs and acted like extreme buffoons in the name of comedy. Not only was Dumb and Dumber a big hit, but it put the Farrelly brothers on the map, too. It’s OK to admit you laughed at that film, and there are moments in this belated sequel that will inspire the same. The story is merely a flimsy excuse for Carrey and Daniels to convince you to have as much fun as they clearly are having, and there is truth in advertising in the film’s title. It’s good — often gross — fun, but a little bit of these actors and these characters goes a long way. One movie every 20 years should do it. Rated PG-13. 109 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) FORCE MAJEURE A prosperous Swedish businessman, his wife, and his children vacation at a French Alps ski resort. On their second day, a controlled avalanche gone wrong threatens the terrace where they are having lunch. The man panics and saves himself, leaving his wife and kids to survive on their own. Moments later, the crisis has passed, and everyone is safe. Director Ruben Östlund paints a tense, emotionally fraught observation of the consequences of the man’s instinctive reaction of
self-preservation and the shame of his compromised role as male protector. Some scenes don’t hold up, but it’s a provocative, powerful film, and the key event will send you home with something uncomfortable to think and talk about. Rated R. 118 minutes. In Swedish, French, and English with subtitles. The Screen, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) FURY War is hell, and writer-director David Ayer puts us through it in this dense, dark, claustrophobic, sometimes riveting, sometimes trashy adventure. Much of the action takes place in an American tank in the waning months of World War II, as the Allies are pushing toward Berlin. Brad Pitt is Wardaddy, a sergeant who is tough as nails, except when he’s showing his sensitive side. The audience surrogate is Norman (Logan Lerman), a clerk-typist thrust into combat. There’s some fine acting from the core group’s members, who mostly rise above the typical war-movie roles they’re given. Rated R. 134 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) GONE GIRL This twisted noir from David Fincher is based on the bestseller by Gillian Flynn, who penned the screenplay, boiling her own work down to its deep, dark, gripping essentials. Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) mysteriously disappears, leaving her husband, Nick (Ben Affleck), as a possible murder suspect. The story unfolds forward and in flashback and is told from the viewpoint of two unreliable, unlikable narrators. It’s strategically assembled and briskly paced. Pike brings an icy perfection to Amy, while Affleck makes Nick simultaneously amiable and untrustworthy. Rated R. 149 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Laurel Gladden) HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR The American bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, brought the world face to face with the existential threat of annihilation. Fourteen years later, Alain Resnais made this film, often cited as one of the most influential of the 20th century. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) have a brief, passionate encounter in Hiroshima and try to make sense of love and atomic war. The film, with a screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras, melds documentary and fiction, is overlaid with memory, and moves back and forth in time. Today Resnais’ techniques have been absorbed into the language of film, and the movie doesn’t seem as radical as it did then. It has lost some of its strangeness, but it still has the power to mesmerize. Not rated. 90 minutes. In French with subtitles. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) continued on Page 60 PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM
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HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 The comedy follows up the 2011 surprise hit about folks who work for jerks and hatch harebrained revenge schemes. The strong cast boasts Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, and Christoph Waltz. Rated R. 108 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 The studio behind the Hunger Games franchise has split the film adaptation of the final book into two parts to keep the money train rolling. This time, Katniss ( Jennifer Lawrence) is talking ’bout a revolution. Rated PG-13. 123 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Not reviewed) INTERSTELLAR Christopher Nolan’s space epic is one of the most phenomenally silly movies ever made, but it has an odd majesty. It’s filled with earnest hokum and riddled with theoretical-physics chatter, most of which can’t be understood because Hans Zimmer’s raging score and the thundering sound effects are in a perpetual death struggle with the (mostly mumbled) dialogue. On a theoretical-physics level, it’s all about relativity and the oddity that time proceeds more slowly when you’re hurtling through space than when you’re stuck back on the farm. On an emotional level, it’s about father-daughter bonds and the power of love. Rated PG-13. 168 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe; Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. ( Jonathan Richards) THE JUDGE Robert Downey Jr. climbs out of his Iron Man suit long enough to play a smooth-talking lawyer who returns home from the big city to defend his father, played by Robert Duvall, a grumpy judge who is suspected of murder. Will father and son put aside their differences? Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Billy Bob Thornton co-star. Rated R. 141 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) NIGHTCRAWLER Jake Gyllenhaal’s terrifically creepy-crawly performance as Louis Bloom, a sociopathic newshound, is the main appeal of this scathing, violent send-up of the local news business, where gore rules the ratings
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game. Louis talks like a self-help manual (“I know that if you wanna win the lottery, you have to work hard to buy a ticket”) and wears a fixed, wide-eyed grin as he uses a police scanner to chase down horrific scenes of violence and murder with his video camera and deliver the goods to an increasingly grateful Nina (Rene Russo), the night-shift producer of a ratings-hungry local TV news show. Some of the story, by writer-director Dan Gilroy, is pretty far-fetched, and many of the twists are predictable, but they exist to make a satiric point, not to be taken seriously. Rated R. 117 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR This animated comedy opens with a March of the Penguins spoof that includes Werner Herzog uttering the line, “Look at them, tumbling onto their chubby bum-bums.” Miraculously, that isn’t the only funny part of the movie. The Madagascar series is mired in dumb jokes and cheap-looking animation, but this spinoff mostly shines, as the four central penguins get into a brisk, funny, spy-movie-like battle with a delightfully evil octopus. I attended the screening as a dutiful parent bracing himself for the worst; by the time I got off my bum-bum, I had to concede that I had enjoyed myself. Rated PG. 92 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe; DreamCatcher, Española. (Robert Ker) ROSEWATER In 2009, Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) returned to his native Iran to cover the presidential election that generated massive street protests because of apparent fraud. Shortly after appearing in a mock interview on The Daily Show, Bahari was arrested in Tehran and thrown into solitary confinement as a spy. He was questioned and tortured for 118 days before finally being released due to international pressure. Jon Stewart, in a crise de conscience, took leave from his Daily Show duties to shine a cinematic light on the situation. Stewart does a competent job with his debut directing effort but misses too many opportunities, and the film doesn’t soar. Rated R. 103 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) ST. VINCENT Bill Murray plays Vincent, a surly alcoholic old-timer who is tasked with taking care of the child (Jaeden Lieberher) of the single mother (Melissa McCarthy) who lives next door, so he teaches the kid how to fight and totes him along to the racetrack. Vincent has to satiate his gambling addiction, but no regular moviegoer would bet against the eventual reveal that this hermit has a heart of gold. The story plays out exactly as you’d expect, and Naomi Watts’ Russian prostitute seems to belong in another story entirely. The film’s saving
grace is McCarthy’s affecting performance as a hardworking woman at the end of her rope. Rated PG-13. 102 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING A movie about Stephen Hawking ought to be bursting with ideas, exploding like the Big Bang, expanding like the universe. What director James Marsh has come up with is a nicely crafted, watchable, but conventionally structured romantic biopic. It has, however, one extraordinary feature that lifts it above the level of Lifetime entertainment and gives it wings. Eddie Redmayne is brilliant in his transformation into the gnarled, twisted physical wreck of the Hawking we know, body confined to a wheelchair, voice produced by a machine, mind soaring through time and space. What we miss is the excitement of Hawking’s mind. Rated PG-13. 123 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) WHIPLASH Miles Teller plays teenage jazz drummer Andrew Neiman, whose dreams of becoming one of the greats hinge on surviving elite music instructor Terence Fletcher (a riveting J.K. Simmons), the sort of teacher who’s more likely to throw a chair at his student’s head than say “please” when requesting a drumroll. This indie-drama by Damien Chazelle won two major awards at Sundance and compellingly explores the ways in which the power dynamics of a mentoring relationship can turn a teacher’s obsession into a student’s compulsion. Rated R. 107 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Loren Bienvenu)
other screenings Center for Contemporary Arts, 505-982-1338 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7: Veterans for Peace presents Joyeux Noel. 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11: New Energy Economy presents Coal Ash Stories. The Ghibli Celebration presents The Wind Rises. DreamCatcher, 505-753-0087 The Book of Life in 2-D; Ouija. Jean Cocteau Cinema, 505-466-5528 Episodes of the Manhattan TV series (2014) run all day Saturday and Sunday. Lensic Performing Arts Center, 505-988-1234 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11: Downton Abbey Season 5 preview screening. No charge. Regal Stadium 14, 505-424-0799 Exodus: Gods and Kings screens in 3-D and 2-D; Top Five. ◀
WHAT’S SHOWING Call theaters or check websites to confirm screening times. CCA CINEMATHEQUE AND SCREENING ROOM
1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338, www.ccasantafe.org Art and Craft (NR) Fri. to Sun. 11:30 a.m. Citizenfour (R) Fri. to Sun. 4 p.m. Mon. 2:30 p.m. Tue. to Thurs. 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. Coal Ash Stories (NR) Thurs. 7 p.m. Presented by New Energy Economy Happy Christmas (PG-13) Sun. 1:30 p.m. A Benefit forVeterans For Peace The Homesman (R) Fri. and Sat. 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sun. 2:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Mon. to Wed. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Thurs. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. Point and Shoot (NR) Fri. to Sun. 5 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 8 p.m. The Wind Rises (PG-13) Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. Mon. 5:30 p.m. JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA
418 Montezuma Avenue, 505-466-5528, www.jeancocteaucinema.com Before I Disappear (NR) Fri. and Sat. 8:30 p.m. Tue. to Thurs. 8:30 p.m. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (PG) Fri. and Sat. 6:30 p.m. Tue. to Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Interstellar (PG-13) Fri. 3 p.m. Wed. and Thurs. 3 p.m. Manhattan (NR) Sat. 9 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:20 p.m., 1:10 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 3:40 p.m. Sun. 9:40 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 12:10 p.m. REGAL DEVARGAS
562 N. Guadalupe St., 505-988-2775, www.fandango.com Birdman (R) Fri. and Sat. 12:20 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 6:20 p.m., 9:05 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:20 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 6:20 p.m. The Judge (R) Fri. and Sat. 12 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:55 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. Rosewater (R) Fri. and Sat. 12:40 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:15 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:40 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:40 p.m. St.Vincent (PG-13) Fri. and Sat. 12:50 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:50 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m. The Theory of Everything (PG-13) Fri. and Sat. 12:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 9 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 6:10 p.m. Whiplash (R) Fri. and Sat. 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:10 p.m. Sun. to Thurs. 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. REGAL STADIUM 14
3474 Zafarano Drive, 505-424-6296, www.fandango.com Big Hero 6 (PG) Fri. to Sun. 12:10 p.m., 2:35 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 8:05 p.m., 10:40 p.m. Big Hero 6 3D (PG) Fri. to Sun. 12 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 7:55 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Exodus: Gods and Kings (PG-13) Thurs. 8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Exodus: Gods and Kings 3D (PG-13) Thurs. 8 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m. Fury (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:30 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10:05 p.m. Gone Girl (R) Fri. to Sun. 12:35 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10:20 p.m.
Horrible Bosses 2 (R) Fri. to Sun. 1:15 p.m.,
1:45 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:20 p.m., 9:50 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Interstellar (PG-13) Fri. to Sun. 12:20 p.m., 2:10 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Nightcrawler (R) Fri. to Sun. 1:10 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 10:15 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar (PG) Fri. to Sun. 2:05 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:05 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar 3D (PG) Fri. to Sun. 1:35 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Top Five (R) Thurs. 8:15 p.m., 9:15 p.m., 10:15 p.m.
Penguins of Madagascar 2d 2:00** 4:30 7:00 Penguins of Madagascar 3d 2:00** 4:30 7:00 Horrible bosses 2 2:15** 4:50 7:25 Hunger gaMes: Mockingjay 1:45** 4:25 7:10 Part 1 duMb & duMber to 2:20** 4:55 7:30 interstellar 2:10** 6:45 big Hero 6 2d 2:05** 4:35 7:05 ouija 2:25** 4:45 7:20 book of life 2d 2:05** 4:35 7:05 **saturday & sunday only *friday & saturday only times for friday, december 5th - thursday, december 11th
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Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 505-473-6494, www.thescreensf.com Awake:The Life of Yogananda (NR) Sat. and Sun. Call for times Bird People (NR) Fri. and Sat. 8:15 p.m. Sun. 6:45 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 12:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ballet:The Pharaoh’s Daughter (NR) Sun. 11:15 a.m. Force Majeure (R) Fri. and Sat. 3:40 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Viva la Libertà (NR) Fri. and Sat. 1:45 p.m. Sun. 2:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Watchers of the Sky (NR) Fri. and Sat. 6 p.m. Sun. 4:15 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 3 p.m. MITCHELL DREAMCATCHER CINEMA (ESPAÑOLA)
15 N.M. 106 (intersection with U.S. 84/285), 505-753-0087, www.dreamcatcher10.com Big Hero 6 (PG) Fri. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sat. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. The Book of Life (PG) Fri. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sat. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Sun. 2:05 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:35 p.m., 7:05 p.m. Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13) Fri. 4:55 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. Sat. 2:20 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. Sun. 2:20 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:55 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Horrible Bosses 2 (R) Fri. 4:50 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sat. 2:15 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Sun. 2:15 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:25 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:50 p.m., 7:25 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (PG-13) Fri. 4:25 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sat. 1:45 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sun. 1:45 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:25 p.m., 7:10 p.m. Interstellar (PG-13) Fri. 6:45 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 2:10 p.m., 6:45 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 6:45 p.m. Ouija (PG-13) Fri. 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sat. 2:25 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. Sun. 2:25 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar (PG) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Sat. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar 3D (PG) Fri. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Sat. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:35 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Mon. to Thurs. 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW Alex Heard I For The New Mexican
Heart of the market Since it opened in the late 1990s, El Tesoro Café has
El Tesoro Café 500 Montezuma Ave., in Sanbusco Center 505-988-3886, www.eltesorocafe.com Breakfast, lunch & dinner 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays Takeout available Vegetarian options Handicapped accessible Noise level: quiet No alcohol Credit cards, no checks
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The Short Order In the heart of Sanbusco Center, El Tesoro Café is a relaxed, spacious eatery that doubles as a restaurant and an inviting public space. This comfort-food standby serves a big menu of New Mexico, Mexican, and Salvadoran favorites — there are more than 50 different food choices — and it’s a good place to stop if you’re looking for a decent, affordable breakfast or lunch when you’re on the go. But if you want something out of the ordinary, go elsewhere. The menu as a whole — and the coffee in particular — could use some sprucing up. Recommended: tacos de salmon, tostada de huevos, and Santa Fe tortilla burger.
Ratings range from 1 to 5 chiles, including half chiles. This reflects the reviewer’s experience with regard to food and drink, atmosphere, service, and value. 5 = flawless 4 1/2 = extraordinary 4 = excellent 3 1/2 = very good 3 = good 2 1/2 = average 2 = fair 1 1/2 = questionable 1 = poor
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served a dual purpose: It’s both a place to eat and a place to hang out, functioning as a public space inside Sanbusco Center. El Tesoro sits in the middle of a popular shopping destination that took a big hit when Borders — which used to fill the cavernous space at the market’s west end — closed in 2011. If “The Treasure” weren’t there doing business, the whole place would feel a lot less vibrant. El Tesoro’s kitchen and ordering counter are tucked inside a smallish corner enclosure, with menus and specials prominently posted to the right and left as you go in. (When looking to your left, make sure to smile at the friendly people toiling away in the kitchen, sometimes near a landslide of raw chicken.) Once you’ve ordered, you’ll take a numbered chile pepper and walk to one of the roughly two dozen tables arranged on a twolevel, slick-brick surface. A server will bring your food in a few minutes, and nobody cares if you occupy one of the farther-flung tables without ordering anything. But if you want a Wi-Fi password, management reasonably asks that you at least buy a beverage. I’ve grabbed quite a few meals at El Tesoro over the years. The food is usually decent, rarely great, and always affordable. The rule of thumb is simple: If you’re looking for “foodie” food, don’t go there. If you’re shopping and want to fuel up fast and inexpensively, this could be your place, especially if you have hungry kids in your group. There are plenty of familiar options for breakfast and lunch: omelets, pancakes, French toast, sandwiches, salads, various burritos and enchiladas, tacos, carne asada, and more. The restaurant’s big menu (there are more than 50 different choices) blends American, New Mexico, Mexican, and Salvadoran food styles — with El Salvador notably represented by five different kinds of pupusa fillings, including loroco flowers, black beans, and chicharrón. Most people I know who frequent El Tesoro end up relying on a couple of dependable choices — mine have always been the El Tesoro tostada (crispy corn tortillas served with refried beans, cheese, and guacamole) and the Santa Fe tortilla burger (a messy, delicious assemblage of ground beef, green chile, and melted cheese inside a flour tortilla). On a recent visit for lunch, I skipped the standbys and tried one of the daily specials, the chicken mole. Alas, it made me wish I hadn’t strayed. The sides to this dish (spicy rice and black beans) were OK, but the mole sauce was a bust: brown, watery stuff that washed over the chunks of roasted chicken and puddled thinly on the plate. My companion fared better. A local writer who has traveled extensively in Latin America, she’s been a loyal customer of El Tesoro for years. She ordered an old favorite: tacos de salmon, which consists of corn tortillas under
two generous piles of griddled salmon, chopped peppers, tomatoes, onions, and guacamole. We also ordered pupusas with a bean filling; they were adequate but nothing special. Spicier insides would help. For a different meal, breakfast, I returned and ordered tostada de huevos. They were yummy — scrambled eggs, cheese, and green chile on a crackly corn tortilla. But the fruit and potatoes on the side didn’t make much of an impression. The potatoes were simply baked red-skinned spuds that hadn’t been seasoned enough to make them interesting. The fruit on the side was a mundane mix of banana and apple slices. One of my dining companions ordered the spinach omelet, which she only half finished, and I could see why. It was a typical so-so restaurant offering: three scrambled, slightly rubbery eggs flopped over a big pile of oil-glistened spinach, with melted feta cheese on the inside, but not enough of it. The ingredients didn’t meld properly — it was more like a fried-egg wrap. The two people I took to breakfast were not El Tesoro regulars, and it seemed obvious that neither is likely to go back. Whoever is managing the place these days might want to think about that and consider a bit of a revamp. A good starting point would be the coffee, which is surprisingly weak and lukewarm and is used as the base for the mediocre latte served here. Some of the individual dishes worked, but the food we sampled could use a jolt of creativity, attention to detail, more herbs and spices, and better sauces. It wouldn’t take much expense or effort to give the treasure a little more shine. ◀
Lunch for two at El Tesoro Café: Three pupusas ...................................................$ 7.50 Chicken mole special ........................................$ 9.75 Tacos de salmon ................................................$10.50 Coke ..................................................................$ 1.65 TOTAL...............................................................$29.40 (before tax and tip) Breakfast for three, another visit: Tostada de huevos .............................................$ 7.25 Spinach omelet ..................................................$ 8.25 Breakfast quesadilla...........................................$ 7.15 Two regular coffees............................................$ 4.00 Latte...................................................................$ 2.65 TOTAL...............................................................$29.30 (before tax and tip)
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR
December 5-11, 2014
CALENDAR COMPILED BY PAMELA BEACH
FRIDAY 12/5
TGIF organ recital
Gallery & Museum Openings
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave. Jan Worden Lackey plays music of Handel, Near, and Pachelbel, 5:30-6 p.m., donations accepted, 505-982-8544, Ext. 16.
14th Annual Baca Street Art Tour
Off Canyon Road More than 20 artists; music, food, farolitos, and classes/demonstrations, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., continues through Sunday, 505-820-2222.
In Concert Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association
Addison Rowe Gallery
229 E. Marcy St., 505-982-1533 New Mexico Past & Present, including works by Will Shuster, Beatrice Mandelman, Emil Bisttram, and Elias Rivera, reception 5-7 p.m., through Jan. 30.
Driscoll Auditorium, Santa Fe Preparatory School, 1101 Camino de Cruz Blanca Student jazz performance, 7 p.m., $10, discounts available, 505-672-5565, Ext. 10, sfysa.org/tickets.
Argos Studio/Gallery & Santa Fe Etching Club
26 Miles
Theater/Dance
1211 Luisa St., 505-988-1814 The Landscape in Printmaking Across Five Centuries, including pieces by Durer, Rembrandt, and Whistler, reception 5-7:30 p.m., through Jan. 2.
Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie Camino Real Productions presents a coming-of-age tale by playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, 7:30 p.m., $15-$18, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org, runs Fridays through Sundays to Dec. 14.
Axle Contemporary
Den of Thieves
Look for the mobile gallery in front of SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta Out of Site!, group show of small works from past SITE fundraisers, including works by Gregory Botts, Forrest Moses, and Erika Wanenmacher, reception 3-7 p.m., through Sunday.
Greer Garson Theatre, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. SFUA&D theater department presents Stephen Adly Guirgis' 1996 crime caper, 7 p.m., $15 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, final weekend.
Roses in Winter
David Rothermel Contemporary
142 Lincoln Ave., Suite 102, 575-642-4981 Holiday group show; artists include Paul Kane, Abid Husain, and Stephen Buxton, reception 5-8 p.m.
El Gancho Fitness, Swim & Raquet Club
104 Old Las Vegas Hwy, 505-988-5000 Group show of watercolors by local artists, reception 4-6 p.m., through December.
El Zaguán Gallery
545 Canyon Rd. Artists-in-residence group show, reception 5-7 p.m., through Jan. 2, historicsantafe.org.
Gerald Peters Gallery
1011 Paseo de Peralta, 505-954-5700 Off Ramp: New Paintings by Tom Birkner and Don Stinson, through Jan. 10.
Manitou Galleries
123 W. Palace Ave., 505-986-0440 Holiday Small Works Show, reception 5-7:30 p.m.
Peyton Wright Gallery
237 E. Palace Ave., 505-989-9888 Art of Devotion, 22nd annual exhibit of historic ecclesiastical and secular work from Europe and the Americas, reception 5-7 p.m., through March.
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William Siegal Gallery shows paintings by Carlos Estrada-Vega, Estrada Vega 540 SS. Guadalupe St St.
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia A play by Linda Pedro and Jose Griego, directed by Sam Leyba, 7 p.m., part of Esperanza Shelter's Prevention Through the Arts Program, $10 suggested donation, esperanzashelter.org, runs through Sunday.
Books/Talks Poeh Cultural Center and Museum
78 Cities of Gold Rd., 505-455-3334 The Why, group show of works by Native artists, reception, artists demonstrations, bonfires, and traditional food, 4-7 p.m.
Russian Art Gallery
216 Galisteo St., 505-989-9223 Motherland, paintings by Anatoly Kostovsky, reception 5-7 p.m., through January.
Santa Fe Clay
545 Camino de la Familia, 505-984-1122 Holiday sale and open house, 3-7 p.m., continues Saturday.
Sorrel Sky Gallery
125 W. Palace Ave., 505-501-6555 Jewelry by Elizabeth Showers, reception 5-7:30 p.m.
Taylor Dale Tribal Art
129 W. San Francisco St., 505-670-3488 Tribal Form & Design: Modernist Aesthetic in African, Oceanic & American Indian Art, holiday open house 5-7:30 p.m., through December.
Tina Dávila Pottery
933 Nicole Place, 505-986-9856 Pottery sale and open studio, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ventana Fine Art
400 Canyon Rd., 505-983-8815 New Views, Old Villages, work by watercolorist Tom Noble, reception 5-7 p.m., through December.
Wheelhouse Art
418 Montezuma Ave., 505-919-9553 Toy Box, group show including works by Marina Ancona, Geoffrey Gorman, Dirk Kortz, and Bunny Tobias, reception 5-7 p.m., through December.
Classical Music Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place Free concert with a sing-along, 7 p.m.
Historic Cemeteries
Old Senate Chambers, Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo St. How to Lose a Cemetery, archaeologist Alysia Abbott discusses missing burial grounds in Santa Fe, 3:30 p.m., call 505-989-8710 for more information.
New Mexico History Museum First Friday Curator Talks 113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200 Mapping New Mexico, with museum librarian Tomas Jaehn, 6 p.m., no charge.
Peter Murphy
Op. Cit. Books, Sanbusco Center, 500 Montezuma Ave., 505-428-0321 The author discusses Social Security for Decision Makers: Charting Your Course to Retirement, 4:30 p.m.
Radius Books annual holiday sale
227 E. Palace Ave., Suite W, 505-983-4068 Discounted titles and recently released books, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through Dec. 12.
Events
Omira Bar & Grill
Jazz saxophonist Brian Wingard, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Leo Kottke
Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. Elementary strings performance, 3 p.m.; mariachi concert, 6 p.m.; $10, discounts available, 505-672-5565, Ext., 10, sfysa.org/tickets.
Theater/Dance
Warehouse 21 Cohosted with Native American Student Services; 3-7 p.m., no charge.
Palace Restaurant & Saloon
The Lensic Acoustic guitarist, 7:30 p.m., tickets start at $29, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. (See story, Page 32)
Nosotros
Glow
Pranzo Italian Grill
Geist Cabaret, with pianist David Geist, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Winter lights event running through Jan. 3 (closed Christmas day); featuring illuminated geodesic domes, 5-8 p.m.; visit Santa's Corner 5-6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 19, $8 online and on-site, discounts available, 505-471-9103, santafebotanicalgarden.org
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Seret & Sons Gallery, 121 Sandoval St. Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery continue construction of a sand mandala, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., meditation and chanting follow at 4:30-5 p.m., email info@clearlightbooks.com for information, no charge.
Poeh Winter Market
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S. 84/285 Including performances by Jemez Pueblo drum group Black Eagle, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today through Sunday, poehcenter.com.
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. The annual event opens with a fashion show; exhibits and gift market open 5-9 p.m., $5, ages 11 and under no charge; fashion show, 7 p.m., $15-$20 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, recyclesantafe.org.
Nightlife
(See addresses at right)
Café Café
Trio Los Primos, 6 p.m., no cover.
¡Chispa! at El Mesón
Three Faces of Jazz, featuring guest saxophonist Dave Anderson, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover.
Cowgirl BBQ
Singer/songwriter Eryn Bent, 5 p.m.; Jon Kurzweg Band, rock, 8:30 p.m.; no cover.
The Den
Ladies' Night, with DJ Luna spinning dance beats, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Shiners Club Jazz Band, 4:30-7:30 p.m., no cover.
Second Street Brewery
MVIII Jazz, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Second Street Brewery at the Railyard
Americana band Santa Fe Revue, 7 p.m., no cover.
Emi Arte Flamenco, with La Emi, Elena Osuna, Vicente Griego, and Joaquin Gallegos, 8-9:30 p.m.; DJs Dirty Deeds, 13 Pieces, and The Infector, in the Skylab, 10 p.m.; The Alchemy Party, with DJs Dynamite Sol and Poetics, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; call for cover.
Starlight Lounge at Montecito Santa Fe Pianist Ron Newman, 7-9 p.m., no cover.
Swiss Bistro
Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, on the patio, 7-10 p.m.
Tiny’s
Singer/songwriter, 5:30-8 p.m.; classic-rock band The Jakes, 8:30 p.m.-close; no cover.
Upper Crust Pizza
Songwriter Gary Paul, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Vanessie
Pianists Doug Montgomery, 6-8 p.m., and Louis Landon, 8-11 p.m.; call for cover.
SATURDAY 12/6 Gallery and Museum Openings 14th Annual Baca Street Art Tour
Off Canyon Road More than 20 artists; music, food, farolitos, and classes/demonstrations, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., continues Sunday, 505-820-2222.
Flying Fish Gallery
821 Canyon Rd., 505-577-4747 Interstices, mixed media by Nicola Heindl, reception 5-7 p.m., through December.
Trina Badarak Studio
Weekly rotating DJs, 9:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
Hotel Santa Fe
Guitarist/flutist Ronald Roybal, 7-9 p.m., no cover.
The Lodge at Santa Fe
Pachanga Club Fridays, Latin-dance night with DJ Aztech Sol, 9:30 p.m., call for cover.
La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
Syd Masters and The Swing Riders, country, 8-11 p.m., no cover.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
545 Camino de la Familia, 504-984-1122 Holiday sale and open house, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 825 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-946-8512 Featuring ceramics by Mario Quilles, open house 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Classical Music Santa Fe Community College Chorus and Chamber Singers
Jemez Complex, SFCC, 6401 Richards Ave. Seasonal selections, accompanied by pianist Lydia Clark, with special guests SFCC Guitar Ensemble, 2 p.m., no charge.
Santa Fe Women's Ensemble
Manitou Galleries, 123 W. Palace Ave. Caroling party and silent auction, 5:30 p.m., $50 includes food and drinks, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Nacha Mendez Quartet, 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover.
In Concert
Mine Shaft Tavern
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S. 84/285 Rock singer/songwriter, 8 p.m., $45 in advance online at buffalothunderresort.com.
Benito, Americana, on the patio, 5 p.m.; Felix y Los Gatos, zydeco and blues, 8 p.m.-close, no cover.
Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie Camino Real Productions presents a coming-of-age tale by playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, 7:30 p.m., $15-$18, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org, runs Fridays through Sundays to Dec. 14.
Check with venues
Skylight
El Farol
El Paseo Bar & Grill
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico
Clear Channel Radio Rock ‘n’ Roll Night, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., no cover.
Santa Fe Clay
Reggae band Boom Roots Collective, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association
26 Miles
Shadeh
Duel Brewing
Singer/songwriter John Carey, 7-10 p.m., no cover.
Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill The Latin-fusion band celebrates its 20th anniversary, 8 p.m., $10 in advance at holdmyticket.com, 21+.
Chris Isaak Holiday Tour
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Agoyo Lounge at the Inn on the Alameda Museum Hill Café 303 E. Alameda St. 710 Camino Lejo, Mi , 505-984-2121 lner Plaza, 505-984-8900 Anasazi Restauran t & Bar 113 Washington Av Music Room at Ga e., 505-988-3030 rrett’s Desert Inn 311 Old Santa Fe Tra Bishop’s Lodge Ra il, 505-982-1851 nch Resort & Spa 1297 Bishops Lodg e Rd., 505-983-6377 Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Rd., Blue Rooster 505-473-0955 101 W. Marcy St., 50 Omira Bar & Grill 5-206-2318 1005 St. Francis Dr Burro Alley Café ., 505-780-5483 207 W. San Francisc Palace Restaurant o St., 505-982-0601 & Saloon 142 W. Palace Ave., Café Café 505-428-0690 500 Sandoval St., 50 Pranzo Italian Grill 5-466-1391 540 Montezuma Av ¡Chispa! at El Mesó e., 505-984-2645 n 213 Washington Av Santa Fe Bar & Grill e., 505-983-6756 187 Paseo de Peral Cowgirl BBQ ta, DeVargas Cente r, 505-982-3033 319 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-982-2565 Sa nt a Fe Community Co The Den nvention Center 132 W. Water St., 50 5-983-1615 20 1 W. Ma rcy St., 505-955-67 Duel Brewing 05 Santa Fe Sol Stage 1228 Parkway Dr., & Grill 505-474-5301 37 Fir e Place, solofsantafe.c Eldorado Hotel & om Spa Second Street Brew 309 W. San Francisc ery o St., 505-988-4455 1814 Second St., 505-982 El Farol -3030 Second Street Brew 808 Canyon Rd., 50 ery at the Railyard 5-983-9912 1607 Paseo de Peral El Paseo Bar & Grill ta, 505-989-3278 Shadeh at Buffalo 208 Galisteo St., 50 Thunder 5-992-2848 Resort & Casino Evangelo’s Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S 200 W. San Francisc . 84/285, o St., 505-982-9014 505-455-5555 Hilton Santa Fe Skylight 100 Sandoval St., 50 5-988-2811 139 W. San Francisc o St., 505-982-0775 Hotel Santa Fe Starlight Lounge at 1501 Paseo de Peral Mo ta, 505-982-1200 500 Rodeo Rd., 505-4 ntecito Santa Fe 28-7777 Iconik Coffee Roas ters Sweetwater Harve 1600 Lena St., 505-4 st Kit chen 28-0996 1512-B Pacheco St. , 505-795-7383 Junction Swiss Bistro 530 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-988-7222 401 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-988-5500 La Boca Taberna La Boca 72 W. Marcy St., 50 5-982-3433 125 Lincoln Ave., 50 5-988-7102 La Casa Sena Cant ina Te rraCotta Wine Bistro 125 E. Palace Ave., 505-988-9232 304 Johnson St., 50 5-989-1166 La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda Tin y’s 100 E. San Francisc o St., 505-982-5511 1005 St. Franc is Drive, Suite 117, La Posada de Sant a Fe Resort and Sp 505-983-9817 a 330 E. Palace Ave., 505-986-0000 The Underground at Evangelo’s Lensic Performing 200 W. San Francisc Arts Center o St. 211 W. San Francisc o St., 505-988-1234 Upper Crust Piz za The Lodge at Sant 329 Old Santa Fe Tra a Fe il, 505-982-0000 750 N. St. Francis Dr ., 505-992-5800 Vanessie Low ‘n’ Slow Lowride 434 W. San Francisc r Bar o St., 505-982-9966 at Hotel Chimayó de Santa Fe Wa rehouse 21 125 Washington Av e., 505-988-4900 1614 Paseo de Peral ta, 505-989-4423 The Matador Zia Dinner 116 W. San Francisc o St. 326 S. Guadalupe St. , 505-988-7008 Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM 14, Madr id, 505-473-0743
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St. Nicholas Bazaar
Church of the Holy Faith, 311 E. Palace Ave. Choose from baked goods, wreaths, and handmade gifts, 4:30-6:30 p.m., $10 requested donation at the door.
Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living: Annual silent auction and celebration
505 Camino de los Marquez Bid on handmade goods; enjoy music by pianist Charles Blanchard, 1-3:30 p.m., $15 includes afternoon tea and treats, 505-983-5022.
Santa Fe Waldorf School Holiday Faire
26 Puesta del Sol, 505-983-9727 Handcrafted goods made by local artisans, holiday games, storytelling, baked goods, and performances by local vaudevillian circus troupe Clan Tynker, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., no admission fee, tickets for activities and food $1.
Tibetan Buddhist workshop: Developing Compassion
Sparky's Barbeque, Hatch, New Mexico, by Kathryn Blackmun, in the Center for Contemporary Arts exhibit Scene Through the Lens: Photographing Favorite Buildings, closing Monday, 1050 Old Pecos Trail.
Den of Thieves
Greer Garson Theatre, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. SFUA&D theater department presents Stephen Adly Guirgis' 1996 crime caper, 7 p.m., $15 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, final weekend.
Roses in Winter
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia A play by Linda Pedro and Jose Griego, directed by Sam Leyba, 7 p.m., part of Esperanza Shelter's Prevention Through the Arts Program, $10 suggested donation, esperanzashelter.org.
Santa Fe Skating Club: Holiday Ice Show
Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Rd. Give Our Regards to Broadway, 4 p.m., $12 at the door, santafeskatingclub.org, kids discounts available.
Books/Talks Council on International Relations lecture
The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. International Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, and the Impact on Society, Including New Mexico, by Deal author Michael S. Vigil, 3 p.m., $20, 505-982-4931, sfcir.org.
Greenhouse Grocery forum
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 B.J. Pheiffer leads the conversation on the proposed local food co-op, 11:30 a.m.
Nasario Garcia
Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., 505-986-0151 The New Mexico author reads from and signs copies of Grandma Lale's Tamales: A Christmas Story, 2-3 p.m.
Olga Korol
Russian Art Gallery, 216 Galisteo St., 505-989-9223 The artist discusses and signs copies of City N, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today through Wednesday.
Radius Books annual holiday sale
227 E. Palace Ave., Suite W, 505-983-4068 Discounted titles and recently released books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Dec. 13.
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Student readings
Op. Cit. Books, Sanbusco Center, 500 Montezuma Ave., 505-428-0321 Institute for American Indian Arts and New Mexico School for the Arts creative writing students, 3 p.m.
Events Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Aid & Comfort Gala
Hilton Santa Fe Silent auction of memorabilia from the film; check-in for preview reception 6:30 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m., reception and gala $100, gala only $50, advance tickets available online at southwestcare.org.
Glow
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Winter lights event running through Jan. 3 (closed Christmas day); featuring illuminated geodesic domes, 5-8 p.m.; visit Santa's Corner 5-6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 19, $8 online and on-site, discounts available, 505-471-9103, santafebotanicalgarden.org
Medieval Holly
Warehouse 21 Society for Creative Anachronism/Arts & Sciences presents a benefit for Warehouse 21; handmade gifts, hot beverages, bake sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., donations accepted, costumes encouraged.
Meistersinger Holiday Party
Seret & Sons Gallery, 121 Sandoval St. Led by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, 2-4:30 p.m., held in conjunction with the Mystical Arts of Tibet sand mandala construction/meditation event, $45 suggested donation, for more information email info@clearlightbooks.com.
Nightlife
(See Page 65 for addresses)
Blue Rooster
Trash Disco, with DJ Oona, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover.
Burro Alley Café
Latin Night with DJ Aztech Sol, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., call for cover. Free salsa/bachata lessons 8-9 p.m.
¡Chispa! at El Mesón
Flamenco Conpaz dance troupe, 7 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Cowgirl BBQ
Brent Berry, Afro/Latin/reggae/ska, 2-5 p.m.; Americana band Bone Orchard, 8:30 p.m.; no cover.
El Paseo Bar & Grill
DJ Spaghetti, 9:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
El Farol
Rock band Controlled Burn, 9 p.m., call for cover.
La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
Syd Masters and The Swing Riders, country, 8-11 p.m., no cover.
Tiny’s
Showcase karaoke with Nanci and Cyndy, 8:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
The Underground at Evangelo's
DJ Dynamite Sol, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Vanessie
Pianist Louis Landon, 7-10 p.m.; call for cover.
SUNDAY 12/7 Gallery and Museum Openings 14th Annual Baca Street Art Tour
Off Canyon Road More than 20 artists; music, food, farolitos, and classes/demonstrations, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 505-820-2222.
Contemporary Tapestry Gallery
385 W. San Mateo Rd., 505-231-5904 Small Things, group show, including works by Elizabeth Buckley, La Donna Mayer, and Sharon Van de Velde, reception 3-5 p.m., through December.
New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors
113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200 Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy, ephemera from the museum collection and photos from POG photo archives, opening events include a documentary screening and a trunk show of ceramic place settings; by museum admission. (See story, Page 36)
Tesuque Glassworks
1510 Bishop's Lodge Rd., 505-988-2165 Annual holiday open house, 1-5 p.m.
Classical Music Sangre de Cristo Chorale
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave. Seasonal music, 3 p.m., $20, students $10, sdcchorale.org.
Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. SFYS orchestras, 1 p.m.; $10, discounts available, 505-672-5565, Ext., 10, sfysa.org/tickets.
In Concert
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
Gamelan Guntur Giri
Low ‘n’ Slow Lowrider Bar at Hotel Chimayó de Santa Fe
Louis Landon
Pat Malone Jazz Trio, featuring vocalist Whitney Carroll Malone and bassist Jon Gagan, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
Mine Shaft Tavern
World Music Studio, Benildus Hall, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. Student ensemble, 3 p.m., no charge. Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez, 505-983-5022 Pianist/composer, 2-3:30 p.m., $15 in advance online at brownpapertickets.com, $20 at the door.
Quail Run Clubhouse, 3101 Old Pecos Trail Held in honor of Joe Illick, director of Performance Santa Fe, and a celebration Richard Wagner; 5 p.m., $55 includes dinner and after-party sing- along at United Church of Santa Fe (sing-along only tickets may be purchased at the door, 1804 Arroyo Chamiso), tickets available in advance online at performancesantafe.org, or call 505-984-8759.
Ashley Raines, on the deck, 2 p.m.; classic-rock band The Jakes, 8 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Theater/Dance
Omira Bar & Grill
Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie Camino Real Productions presents a coming-of-age tale by playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, 2 p.m., $15-$18, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org, runs Fridays through Sundays to Dec. 14.
Poeh Winter Market
Pranzo Italian Grill
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S. 84/285 Including performances by Jemez Pueblo drum group Black Eagle, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today and Sunday, poehcenter.com.
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. The 16th annual event continues; exhibits and gift market open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., no charge, recyclesantafe.org.
Jazz saxophonist Brian Wingard, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Palace Restaurant & Saloon
Rock band Anthony Leon & The Chain, 10 p.m., call for cover. Pianist Robin Holloway, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.
Second Street Brewery
Breast cancer awareness event, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Second Street Brewery at the Railyard
Classic-country band Red Racer, 7-10 p.m., no cover.
Shadeh
Hip-hop night, with rotating DJs, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., no cover.
Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen
Saturdays with John Serkin on Hawaiian slack-key guitar, 6 p.m., no cover.
26 Miles
Den of Thieves
Greer Garson Theatre, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. SFUA&D's theater department presents Stephen Adly Guirgis' 1996 crime caper, 2 p.m., $15 in advance, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Roses in Winter
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia A play by Linda Pedro and Jose Griego, directed by Sam Leyba, 2 p.m., part of Esperanza Shelter's Prevention Through the Arts Program, $10 suggested donation, esperanzashelter.org.
Santa Fe Skating Club: Holiday Ice Show Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Rd. Give Our Regards to Broadway, 1 p.m., $12 at the door, kids discounts available, santafeskatingclub.org.
Books/Talks Exhibit talk
Argos Studio/Gallery & Santa Fe Etching Club, 1211 Luisa St., 505-988-1814 Robert Bell discusses The Landscape in Printmaking Across Five Centuries, 3:30 p.m.
Gallery talk
Manitou Galleries, 225 Canyon Rd., 505-986-9833 Photographer Gregg Albracht discusses his work, 2 p.m.
Gayle Lauradunn
Op. Cit. Books, Sanbusco Center, 500 Montezuma Ave., 505-428-0321 The poet reads from her debut collection, 2 p.m.
Hampton Sides
Jean Cocteau Cinema The local author reads from In the Kingdom of Ice, 4 p.m., Q & A follows, $10 general admission, $5 with purchase of paperback, no charge with purchase of hardback.
Journey Santa Fe Presents: Norm Gaume
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 The former interstate stream commissioner discusses the Gila River diversion project, 11 a.m.
Events Israeli dance
Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd. Traditional folk dances; 8-10 p.m. weekly, $5 suggested donation, santafe.israeli.dance.com.
Museum holiday celebrations
Museum of International Folk Art, 505-476-1200, and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 505-476-1269 MIFA: Winter Celebration, numerous activities held in conjunction with the exhibit Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico, 1-4 p.m.; by museum admission; MIAC: Winter Traditions, Native American storytelling, dances, and hands-on activities, 1-4 p.m., by museum admission.
The Mystical Arts of Tibet closing ceremony Seret & Sons Gallery, 121 Sandoval St. Symbolism of the Mandala, a lecture by Gala Rinpoche, 2 p.m., $10 suggested donation, deconstruction of the mandala follows, for information email info@clearlightbooks.com.
Poeh Winter Market
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, Pojoaque Pueblo, U.S. 84/285 Including performances by Jemez Pueblo drum group Black Eagle, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., poehcenter.com, final day.
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Exhibits and gift market open 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., no charge, recyclesantafe.org, final day.
Nightlife
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Cowgirl BBQ
Broomdust Gospel Quartet, noon-3 p.m.; Tiffany Christopher, rock, 8 p.m.-close; no cover.
El Farol
Nacha Mendez, 7 p.m., call for cover.
Evangelo’s
Tone and Company jam band, 8:30 p.m., call for cover.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
Country singer Wiley Jim, 7 p.m., call for cover.
Santa Fe University of Art & Design Acoustic Americana and Rock Ensemble
studio Futurefarmers, with special guests Forging a Nail, 6 p.m., held in conjunction with the biennial exhibit of contemporary works SITElines 2014: Unsettled Landscapes, $10, discounts available, call SITE Santa Fe to register, 505-989-1199, sitesantafe.org.
Mine Shaft Tavern
O'Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, SFUA&D, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. 7 p.m., no charge.
Vanessie
Theater/Dance
MONDAY 12/8
The Lensic DV8 Physical Theatre’s theatrical-dance performance John (contains adult themes), 7 p.m., $22, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
School for Advanced Research boardroom, 660 Garcia St. Bettina Raphael discusses the Santa Fe artist/activist, 3 p.m., no charge, 505-954-7203. (See story, Page 46)
Books/Talks
Nightlife
Anthony Leon & Benito, alternative-country, 3-7 p.m., no cover. Pianist Doug Montgomery, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.
Books/Talks Radius Books annual holiday sale
227 E. Palace Ave., Suite W, 505-983-4068 Discounted titles and recently released books, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through Dec. 12.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden lecture
Santa Fe Woman's Club, 1615 Old Pecos Trail Honeybees & Native Pollinators, by Ken Bower, 2 p.m., $10, register online at santafebotanical.org.
Southwest Seminars lecture
Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta Eloquent Photographs of the Enchanted Lands and Peoples of the American West, by photographer Craig Varjabedian, 6 p.m., $12 at the door, southwestseminars.org, 505-466-2775.
National Theatre Live in HD
Adam James Jones
Op. Cit. Books, Sanbusco Center, 500 Montezuma Ave., 505-428-0321 The author reads from The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa, 6 p.m.
From Meteorite to Trinitite
Olive Rush: Santa Fe's First Lady of the Arts
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¡Chispa! at El Mesón
Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover.
Cowgirl BBQ
Zoltan Orkestrar, circus-swing, 8 p.m.-close, Meem Auditorium, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture no cover. Laboratory of Anthropology, 710 Camino Lejo, El Farol Museum Hill Canyon Road Blues, 8 p.m., no cover. A lecture/performance by members of design
Events Swing dance
Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd. Weekly all-ages informal swing dance; lessons 7-8 p.m., dance 8-10 p.m., dance $3, lesson and dance $8, 505-473-0955.
Nightlife
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Cowgirl BBQ
Cowgirl karaoke, with Michele Leidig, 9 p.m., no cover.
El Farol
Rock band J.J. and the Hooligans, 8 p.m., no cover.
La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
Local country artist Bill Hearne, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
Tiny's
Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band, 7-9 p.m., no cover.
Vanessie
Pianists Doug Montgomery, 6-8 p.m., and Jess Godwin, 8-10 p.m.; call for cover.
TUESDAY 12/9 Classical Music Anonymous 4
Cathedral Basilica of St. Frances of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place Vocal quartet; medieval carols and motets, 7:30 p.m., check ticketssantafe.org or call 505-988-1234 for ticket availability.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale: Christmas & Cabaret
Inn & Spa at Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail A benefit performance, dinner, and auction to kick off the winter festival concert series; performances by Jay Hill and Sarah Weiler, 6 p.m., $90 in advance online at desertchoral.tix.com, call 505-988-2282 for ticket availability.
In Concert New Mexico School for the Arts Orchestra
Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, 50 Mt. Carmel Rd. Winter concert, 7 p.m., $10, discounts available, nmschoolforthearts.org.
Photo-eye Bookstore + Project Space shows photographs by Alejandro Cartagena, 376-A Garcia St.
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La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
Local country artist Bill Hearne, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
Country singer Wiley Jim, 7 p.m., call for cover.
TerraCotta Wine Bistro
Jazz guitarist Pat Malone, 6-9 p.m., no cover.
Vanessie
Pianist Jess Godwin, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.
WEDNESDAY 12/10 In Concert Santa Fe University of Art & Design Ensembles
O'Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, SFUA&D, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. African drummming group, 6 p.m.; jazz ensemble, 8 p.m.; no charge.
Theater/Dance Grace and the Grail
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia Power of the Devine Feminine presents a staged reading of the play, 7 p.m., $5-$10 suggested donation at the door.
Books/Talks Lannan Literary Series
The Lensic Author Gary Shteyngart and poet Mary Karr in conversation, 7 p.m., $6, discounts available, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234. (See story, Page 22)
Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe
Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail A-cappella performances of sacred music, Gregorian chants, and carols; program preview by William Turney 6:30 p.m., concert 7 p.m., $20, discounts available, tickets available in advance at schola-sf.org and at the door.
In Concert St. Michael's High School Christmas concert Tipton Hall, SMHS, 100 Siringo Rd. Performances by the orchestra, band, choir, and marimba ensemble, 6 p.m., no charge.
Santa Fe University of Art & Design Balkan/Middle East Ensemble
O'Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, SFUA&D, 1600 St. Michael's Dr. 7 p.m., no charge.
Books/Talks Bee Hive Kids Books: Book Club for Grown-ups
328 Montezuma Ave., 505-780-8051 The discussion group continues with David Gilbert's novel & Sons, 7:30 p.m. (See Subtexts, Page 20)
Jack Parsons and Fred Turner
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 The author and the essayist discuss and sign copies of Iluminaciones, 6 p.m. (See story, Page 40)
Events Glow
227 E. Palace Ave., Suite W, 505-983-4068 Discounted titles and recently released books, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through Dec. 12.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Winter lights event running through Jan. 3 (closed Christmas day); featuring illuminated geodesic domes, 5-8 p.m.; visit Santa's Corner 5-6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 19, $8 online and on-site, discounts available, 505-471-9103, santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Nightlife
Nightlife
¡Chispa! at El Mesón
Blue Rooster
Radius Books annual holiday sale
(See Page 65 for addresses) Flamenco guitarist Chuscales, 7-9 p.m., no cover.
Cowgirl BBQ
Folk band Alto Street, 8 p.m.-close, no cover.
El Farol
Midweek rock with the John Kurzweg Band, 8 p.m., no cover.
Junction
Karaoke Wednesdays with Michelle, 10 p.m., no cover.
La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
R & B Band Moon Dogs, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
Country singer Wiley Jim, 7 p.m., call for cover.
(See Page 65 for addresses) Electronic Expressions, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., call for cover.
THURSDAY 12/11 Classical Music New Mexico School for the Arts choir
Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. Winter concert, 7 p.m., $10, discounts available, nmschoolforthearts.org.
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Vanessie
Pianist Jess Godwin, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.
OUT OF TOWN Albuquerque Outpost Performance Space concert
210 Yale Blvd. S.E., 505-268-0044 Latif Bolat, music of Turkey, lecture and slide presentation 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, concert 7:30 p.m., $5 in advance, outpostspace.org.
Chatter Sunday
Duel Brewing
Singer/songwriter Sean Costanza, 7-10 p.m., no cover.
El Farol
Guitarras con Sabor, Gypsy Kings-style rhythms, 8 p.m., no cover.
Evangelo’s
Thursdays with Little Leroy & His Pack of Lies, rock cover band, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover. Nacha Mendez, 7-9 p.m., no cover. R & B Band Moon Dogs, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
Pat Malone Jazz Trio, with Kanoa Kaluhiwa on saxophone, Jon Gagan on bass, and Malone on guitar, 6-9 p.m., call for cover.
The Lodge at Santa Fe
Irish multi-instrumentalist Gerry Carthy, 7-9:30 p.m., call for cover.
The Matador
DJ Inky Ink, soul/punk/ska, 8:30 p.m., no cover.
Palace Restaurant and Saloon
Limelight Karoake, 10 p.m.-close, no cover.
Center: International calls for entry
Local nonprofit organization; Review Santa Fe and Project Launch, Jan. 22 submission deadline; opening in January: The Choice Awards and Project Development; Feb. 19 deadline; applications available online at visitcenter.org.
Community Communities in Schools New Mexico
Tutors sought for local students at all grade levels; math and literacy support needed in particular; training provided; contact Cynthia Torcasso, 505-954-1880, ctorcasso@cisnm.org.
Fight Illiteracy
Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe will train individuals willing to help adults learn to read, write, and speak English; details available online at lvsf.org or call 505-428-1353.
The Kosmos, 1715 Fifth St. N.W. Violin, cello, and clarinet recital, with David Felberg, Laura Metcalf, and James T. Shields, music of Lindberg, Schnittke, and Visconti, 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 7, reading by poet Renato Rosaldo follows, $15, discounts available, chatterabq.org.
Santa Fe Children’s Museum
Los Alamos
Librettists/Performers
Winterfest
Various venues Annual town-wide celebration; light parade 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, Christmas tree lighting 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond, activities continue through Sunday, visit losalamosmainstreet.com for full schedule of events and details.
Madrid Johnsons of Madrid Galleries
2843 NM 14, 505-471-1054 Groups show of paintings, fiber arts, and photographs, reception 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, through December.
Madrid Christmas Open House
30 minutes south of town on NM 14 Annual Christmas Parade, 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, town-wide activities include businesses serving refreshments and special events scheduled through Christmas Eve, visitmadridnm.com.
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque, 9 Grazing Elk Dr. A-cappella performances of sacred music, Gregorians chants, and carols, 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, donations accepted, sxhola-sf.org.
Rock band Dashboard Romeos, 8 p.m., no cover.
La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda
Pianist Jess Godwin, 6:30 p.m., call for cover.
Guitar duo Wes & Mito, Gypsy Kings-style rhythms, 7:30 p.m.-close, no cover.
Cowgirl BBQ
Río, Brazilian-jazz duo, 7-9 p.m., no cover.
Tiny’s
Vanessie
Swiss Bistro
Pojoaque
Palace Restaurant and Saloon
Electric-jam night with Nick Wymett, 8-11 p.m., no cover.
Latin Night, with DJ Danny, 9 p.m., call for cover.
¡Chispa! at El Mesón
La Boca
Rocker Anthony Leon, 9 p.m.-close, call for cover.
Skylight
Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe
Taos Nutcracker Market
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House, 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 Locally made jewelry, pottery, photographs, and works in wood and tin, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Dec. 5-14.
29th Annual Yuletide in Taos
Lighting of the Taos Plaza Christmas tree and appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus, 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5; lighting of Ledoux Street, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Holiday events continue to Christmas Eve, visit taos.org for full schedule.
PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE Artists Art on the Edge 2015
New Mexico Museum of Art and Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography seek portfolio submissions; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah artists eligible; submissions accepted until Sunday, Dec. 7; visit callforentry.org.
Join the Teen Volunteer Program and help in the visitor services department and in the museum; must be 15 or older; for more information call 505-989-8359, Ext. 115; applications available online at santafechildrensmuseum.org.
Santa Fe Bandstand 2015
Outside In Productions is accepting submissions through midnight Wednesday, Dec. 31; apply online at santafebandstand.org; for information email info@santafebandstand.org.
Teatro Paraguas auditions
Roles for women ages 30-70, men ages 40-60, and one male age 10-12 for Mariela in the Desert, a play by Karen Zacaris; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org.
PASA KIDS
The Adventures of Santa Fe Sam
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 Author Sandi Wright reads from her book and leads a pop-up art workshop, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, no charge.
Santa Fe Waldorf School Holiday Faire
26 Puesta del Sol, 505-983-9727 Handcrafted goods made by local artisans, holiday games, storytelling, baked goods, and performances by local vaudevillian circus troupe Clan Tynker, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, no admission fee, tickets for activities and food $1.
Creative-writing workshop: Detective Comics
Bee Hive Kids Books, 328 Montezuma Ave., 505-780-8051 Geared toward ages 8 and up, 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, $10, call to register.
Nasario Garcia
Garcia Street Books, 836 Garcia St., 505-986-0151 The New Mexico author reads from and signs copies of Grandma Lale's Tamales: A Christmas Story, 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6.
Santa Fe Skating Club: Holiday Ice Show Genoveva Chavez Community Center Give Our Regards to Broadway, 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6-7, $12 at the door, kids discounts available, santafeskatingclub.org.
Glow
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill Winter lights event running through Jan. 3 (closed Christmas day); featuring illuminated geodesic domes, 5-8 p.m.; visit Santa's Corner 5-6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 19, $5-$8 online and on-site, 505-471-9103, santafebotanicalgarden.org. ◀
UPCOMING EVENTS MUSIC
Santa Fe Music Collective jazz concert
Museum Hill Café, 710 Camino Lejo The series continues with saxophonist Doug Lawrence, with Bert Dalton on piano, Maren Hatch on bass, and John Trentacosta on drums, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, $25, santafemusiccollective.org, 505-983-6820.
Red Priest
Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Dr. Los Alamos British baroque instrumental band, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, $30, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Serenata of Santa Fe
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe Zephyrs, music for woodwinds by Barber, Ligeti, and Janáček, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, $15-$30, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org, discounted tickets for students and children ages 5 and under, available at the door only.
Tony Furtado Band
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St. Bluegrass/roots fusion, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, $25 in advance at brownpapertickets.com, $28 at the door.
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
The Lensic Rock band, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, $42, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
THEATER/DANCE
Belisama Irish Dance & Moving People Dance
James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Rd. Irish Jigs and Winter Treats, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12-14, $15, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
The Lensic Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13; Lehár's The Merry Widow, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17; $22-$28, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
The Madwoman of Chailott
Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Playhouse presents Jean Giraudoux's 1943 satire, Thursday-Sunday, Jan. 8-Feb. 1, 505-988-4262.
HOLIDAY FARE
Christmas at the Palace
Palace of the Governors The museum celebrates its 30th anniversary by providing refreshments, live music, a chance to operate an antique printing press, and other activities, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, no charge, donations of nonperishable food welcome.
Santa Fe Community Orchestra
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art Featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, led by Oliver Prezant, featuring violinist Kay Newnam, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, donations accepted.
Santa Fe Women's Ensemble
Songs of Peace 2014 concert series, under the direction of Linda Raney, 7 p.m. Friday, Sunday, and Thursday, Dec. 12, 14, and 18,
at Loretto Chapel, $35, discounts available; 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, $25, discounts available, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
concert series performed by SFDC a-cappella group Voasis, Saturday-Wednesday, Dec. 27-31; advance tickets available online at desertchorale.org.
Concordia Santa Fe
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art The Nutcracker (Swing!), music of Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn, jazz musicians John Gagan, Cal Haines, and John Rangel open, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, $30, discounts available, concordiasantafe.org.
Fourth Annual Flamenco Holiday Concert
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe Holiday show, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, $20, discounts available, nmgmc.org.
New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia Featuring guitarist Chuscales, with guest performances by dancers Valeria Montes, Dec. 18; Juan Siddi, Dec. 18-19; and Domino Martinez, Dec. 20; performances begin at 7:30 p.m., $30, brownpapertickets.com.
IAIA Annual Holiday Market
A Musical Piñata for Christmas II
Institute of American Indian Arts Academic Building, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd. More than 50 artists; including Courtney Leonard, Glenda Loretto, Paul Moore, and Kathleen Wall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, no charge.
Young Native Artists Holiday Show
Meem Community Room and New Mexico History Museum classroom, Washington Ave. entrance, 505-476-5200 Annual opportunity for children and grandchildren of the Palace portal artists to sell their work, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, no charge.
Cantare
Christ Lutheran Church, 1701 Arroyo Chamiso The seven-member ensemble performs This Evenfall 'Tis Snowing, choral music and carols, 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, $10 recommended donation at the door benefits Cantu Spiritus Chamber Choir.
Annual Kindred Spirits Christmas Celebration
3749-A NM 14, 505-471-5366 Held 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, tour of the animal rescue facility 4:30 p.m., live tree lighting 5:30 p.m.; refreshments served, kindredspiritsnm.org.
Barkin' Ball
Santa Fe Community Convention Center Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society's annual gala celebrating 75 years with dinner, silent and live auctions, and a Winterland store, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, $125 in advance and at the door, 505-514-0854, barkinball.org.
Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra
Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie Live music, poetry readings, storytelling, and Santa Claus, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18-21, $5-$20 suggested donation, ages 11 and under no charge, 505-424-1601, teatroparaguas.org.
Santa Fe Alternative Gift Market
DeVargas Center A charitable-shopping event; select tax-dedutable gifts from local nonprofit organizations providing medical help, shelter, food, and other services, Friday-Sunday, Dec. 19-21.
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble
Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail With mezzo-sopranos Deborah Domanski and Drea Pressley, music of Telemann and Handel and traditional carols, Dec. 19-24, $20-$65 in advance at santafepromusica.com or ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234.
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Lensic A holiday favorite, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20-21, $25-$72, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Clan Tynker: The Dream Train
Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail Local vaudevillian circus troupe, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays Dec. 20 and 27, 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 21 and 28, and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, $10-$12 in advance at brownpapertickets.com.
New Mexico Museum of Art: Annual holiday open house
107 W. Palace Ave. Starring the Gustave Baumann Marionettes in two short plays for children of all ages; also, a photo op with Baumann’s Santa Claus marionette, an arts & crafts project, and refreshments, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, no charge.
Chanukah on the Plaza
Annual menorah lighting; live music, refreshments served, 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.
Santa Fe Children's Museum Winter Solstice Festival
1050 Old Pecos Trail Celebrate the longest night of the year with drums, bonfires, a farolito labyrinth, and storytelling, 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, $5 suggested donation.
Roaring Twenties Holiday Ball
Skylight Westin McDowell's Shiners Club Jazz Band, featuring Lori Ottino and special guest Joe West, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, $35 per couple, $20 singles (dinner included), advance tickets available online at holdmyticket.com and skylightsantafe.com; silent art auction and ticket proceeds benefit Esperanza Shelter, call 505-474-5536 for more information.
Performance Santa Fe Orchestra
The Lensic Led by Joseph Illick; featuring young pianist and composer Emily Bear; music of Tchaikovsky, family preview 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, $10 per person for families with children; adults without children $25; 5 p.m. concert $27-$100; 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Canyon Road Farolito Walk
Canyon Road and neighboring streets Annual Christmas Eve community event; featuring carolers and luminarias, dusk Wednesday, Dec. 24.
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art Music of Teleman, Vivaldi, and Handel, featuring violinist Cármelo de los Santos, 3 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28-29, $20-$65, SFPM box office, 505-988-4640, or ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234.
Light Up a Life
The Plaza Annual community event honoring the lives of loved ones; 5:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31; sale of faralitos lit in memorium benefit The Hospice Center, farolitos are $20 each, pmsnm.org, 505-988-2211.
The Lensic Guest conductor Jason Altieri leads the orchestra in its annual concert of Christmas favorites, 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, $72, discounts available, ticketssantafe.org, 505-988-1234.
Música Antigua de Albuquerque
Christ Lutheran Church, 1701 Arroyo Chamiso So Merrily the Shepherds Sang, music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance performed on period musical instruments, 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, $16, discounts available, 505-842-9613.
Las Posadas
The Plaza and Palace of the Governors courtyard Annual candlelit procession and a re-creation of Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter, 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, no charge, 505-476-5200.
Santa Fe Concert Band holiday concert
The Lensic The all-volunteer ensemble plays holiday favorites, led by Greg Heltman, 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, no charge, santafeconcertband.org.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale: Winter Festival
Various venues in Santa Fe Carols and Lullabies 2014, Tuesday, Dec. 16, Thursday-Tuesday, Dec. 18-23; Endings & Beginnings,
Santa Fe Desert Choral's Winter Festival Santa Fe performances begin Dec. 16 and continue Dec. 18-23.
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March 29 • Water Over Mountain, Channing Huser’s photographic installation • Telling New Mexico: Stories From Then and Now, core exhibit • Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, the archaeological and historical roots of Santa Fe; nmhistorymuseum.org; closed Mondays.
New Mexico Museum of Art
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art shows digital drawings by Leah Siegal, 702 ½ Canyon Rd.
AT THE GALLERIES
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art
702 ½ Canyon Rd., 505-992-0711 Works by gallery artists, through Jan. 3.
Monroe Gallery of Photography
112 Don Gaspar Ave., 505-992-0800 Bill Ray: My LIFE in Photography, photojournalistic work, through Jan. 18.
Photo-eye Bookstore + Project Space
376-A Garcia St., 505-988-5152 Carpoolers, photographic study by Alejandro Cartagena, through Saturday, Dec. 6.
William Siegal Gallery
540 S. Guadalupe St., 505-820-3300 20,000 Tones, mixed media by Carlos Estrada-Vega, through Jan. 6.
MUSEUMS & ART SPACES Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Art Collision & Repair Shop, interactive installation curated by Susan Begy and Kathryn M Davis, Muñoz Waxman Main Gallery • Undress, multimedia installation by Paula Wilson, Spector Ripps Project Space; through Feb. 1 • Scene Through the Lens: Photographing Favorite Buildings, group show, through Monday, Dec. 7. Open Thursdays-Sundays; ccasantafe.org.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Miguel Covarrubias: Drawing a Cosmopolitan Line, mixed media, through Jan. 18 • Georgia O'Keeffe: Ghost Ranch Views, paintings from the 1930s and 1940s, through March 22; okeeffemuseum.org; open daily.
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
108 Cathedral Place, 505-983-1777 Rattlebone, paintings and prints by Ric Gendron; The Desert Never Left the City, work by painter Mario Martinez; Saligaaw (it is loud-voiced), mixed media by Da-ka-xeen Mehner; Breach: Log 14, video installation by Courtney M. Leonard; Spiral Lands/Chapter 2, 2008, audio/visual installation by Andrea Geyer, exhibits run through December. Closed Tuesdays; iaia.edu/museum.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1250 Courage and Compassion: Native Women Sculpting Women, group show, through Oct. 19, 2015
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• Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser, five monumental works by the late Chiricahua Apache sculptor displayed outdoors; accompanied by works of other sculptors, including Houser’s sons Bob Haozous and Philip Mangas Haozous, plus works by Doug Hyde, Estella Loretto, and Robert Shorty; through May • Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning, highlights from the museum’s collection of jewelry, long term • Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry, vintage and contemporary photographs, through January • The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery, traditional and contemporary works • Here, Now, and Always, artifacts from the museum collection; indianartsandculture.org; closed Mondays.
Museum of International Folk Art
706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition, stoneware from North Carolina and northern Georgia, through Jan. 3 • Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience • Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico, early-20th-century carvings, through Feb. 15 • Brasil and Arte Popular, items from the museum’s collection, through Jan. 4 • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, international collection of toys and folk art; internationalfolkart.org; closed Mondays.
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-2226 Secrets of the Symbols: The Hidden Language of Spanish Colonial Art • San Ysidro/St. Isidore the Farmer, bultos, retablos, straw appliqué, and paintings on tin • Recent Acquisitions, colonial and 19th-century Mexican art, sculpture, and furniture; also, work by young Spanish Market artists • The Delgado Room, late-colonial-period re-creation; spanishcolonial.org; closed Mondays.
New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors
113 Lincoln Ave., 505-476-5200 Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy, ephemera from the museum collection and photos from POG photo archives, opening events include a documentary screening, a trunk show of ceramic place settings, and a conversation with curator Meredith Davidson, Sunday, Dec. 7 (see story, Page 36) • Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards From Holidays Past, holiday cards by Baumann and other artists spanning the years 1918-1970 • Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World, rare Spanish colonial paintings • Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography; exhibits up through
107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072 Hunting + Gathering: New Additions to the Museum Collection, recently acquired works by Ansel Adams, Gustave Baumann, and others, through March 29 • Syncretism, photographs by Delilah Montoya • Alcove Shows 1917-1927, works from the museum collection; through Monday, Dec. 7 • Focus on Photography, rotating exhibits: Cameraless, photograms by Leigh Anne Langwell • Beneath Our Feet, photographs by Joan Myers • Grounded, landscapes from the museum collection • Photo Lab, interactive exhibit explaining the processes used to make color and platinum-palladium prints from the collection, through March • New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History, including works by E. Irving Couse, T.C. Cannon, and Agnes Martin • Spotlight on Gustave Baumann, works from the museum’s collection; exhibits through 2015. Closed Mondays; nmartmuseum.org.
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
UNM campus, 1 University Blvd. N.E., 505-277-4405 Archaeology on Ice, exhibit exploring climate change in the Arctic, including tribal artifacts emerging as the ice melts. The museum’s collection includes archaeological, ethnological, archival, photographic, and skeletal items. Closed Sundays and Mondays; maxwellmuseum.unm.edu.
UNM Art Museum
1 University of New Mexico, 505-277-4001 David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime, photographs by Maisel; Beautiful Disintegrating Obstinate Horror Drawing and Other Recent Acquisitions and Selections From the UNM Art Museum’s Permanent Collection; The Gift, woodcut prints by John Tatschl (1906-1982). Open Tuesday-Saturday; unmartmuseum.org.
Los Alamos Bradbury Science Museum
213 Cathedral Place, 505-988-8900 Harvesting Traditions, work by ceramicist Kathleen Wall, through Jan. 4. Closed Mondays; pvmiwa.org.
1350 Central Ave., 505-667-4444 Saul Hertz: A Pioneer in the Use of Radioactive Isotopes, collection of handwritten data charts, personal letters, published papers, newspaper articles, and photographs from the late doctor's estate, through January • Environmental Research and Monitoring, an interactive exhibit on how to preserve archaeological sites, local wildlife, and fragile ecosystems. Core exhibits on the history of Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project as well as over 40 interactive exhibits. Open daily; lanl.gov/museum.
Poeh Cultural Center and Museum
Los Alamos Historical Museum
Pablita Velarde Museum of Indian Women in the Arts
78 Cities of Gold Rd., 505-455-3334 The Why, group show of works by Native artists, reception, artists demonstrations, bonfires, and traditional food, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 • Nah Poeh Meng, 1,600-square-foot installation highlighting the works of Pueblo artists and Pueblo history; poehcenter.org; also, ongoing sculpture exhibits in the Tower Gallery, 505-455-3037; closed weekends; roxanneswentzell.net.
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 SITElines 2014: Unsettled Landscapes, biennial exhibit of contemporary works, through December. Open Thursdays-Sundays; sitesantafe.org.
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Adorn-aments, small works for the holiday, group show including pieces by Dennis Esquival, Liz Wallace, and Nathan Youngblood • works by Diné photographer Will Wilson, through April 19. Core exhibits include historic and contemporary Native American art. Open daily; wheelwright.org.
Albuquerque Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
2000 Mountain Rd. N.W., 505-243-7255 Miniatures & More, group show of mixed media, through Monday, Dec. 7 • Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces From the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, through Jan. 4 • Everybody’s Neighbor: Vivian Vance, family memorabilia and the museum’s photo archives of the former Albuquerque resident, through January • Arte en la Charrería: The Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian Culture, examples of craftsmanship and design distinctive to the charro. Closed Mondays; cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum.
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th St. N.W., 866-855-7902 Our Land, Our Culture, Our Story, historical overview of the Pueblo world, and contemporary artwork and craftsmanship of each of the 19 pueblos; indianpueblo.org; open daily; weekend Native dances.
1050 Bathtub Row, 505-662-4493 Tradition and Change in Córdova, New Mexico: The 1939 Photographs of Berlyn Brixner & the López Family of Wood Carvers. Core exhibits on area geology, homesteaders, and the Manhattan Project. Housed in the Guest Cottage of the Los Alamos Ranch School. Open daily; losalamoshistory.org.
Pajarito Environmental Education Center
3540 Orange St., 505-662-0460 Exhibits of flora and fauna of the Pajarito Plateau; herbarium, live amphibians; also, butterfly and xeric gardens; pajaritoeec.org; closed Sundays and Mondays.
Pecos Pecos National Historic Park
NM 63, 505-757-7241 Exhibits portraying the history of the Pecos Valley, including ruins, traces of the Santa Fe Trail, and artifacts from the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. Open daily; nps.gov/pecos.
Taos Harwood Museum of Art
238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 ¡Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, a four-part exhibit focusing on Post-Pop and lowbrow art movements, including works by Robert Williams, Gary Baseman, Ron English, and R. Crumb, through Jan. 25. Closed Mondays; harwoodmuseum.org.
Millicent Rogers Museum
1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., 575-758-2462 Looking at Taos Pueblo: Albert Martinez, Juan Mirabal, and Albert Lujan, paintings, through January • Fred Harvey and the Making of the American West, objects drawn from the Harvey family, through January. Historical collections of Native American jewelry and paintings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, and sculpture; and contemporary jewelry. Closed Mondays; millicentrogers.org.
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House
227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 Housed in the studio and home that artist Nicolai Fechin built for his family between 1927 and 1933; taosartmuseum.org; closed Mondays.
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera: Our Lady of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory circa 1765, oil on copper Peyton Wright Gallery, 237 E. Palace Ave., 505-989-9888 Peyton Wright Gallery’s 22nd annual Art of Devotion exhibition opens with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, Dec. 5. The show includes colonial-era paintings, sculpture, furniture, silverwork, and other objects from the time of the Spanish and Portuguese presence in Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and other regions of the Americas. Also on view are Old Master paintings, Russian icons, and rare works by noted New Mexico santeros. Angel Wynn: Spanish Mission and Pueblo Kiva Ruins, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM 2013, infrared photograph Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Scene Through the Lens: Architectural Photography is an exhibit of images from around New Mexico, with each work by a different photographer. “Architectural photography records an interaction between people and structures,” writes curator David Rasch. “These metaphors influence perceptions of place by creating deeper symbolic meanings and emotional responses which connect us to the artificial fabrications within our New Mexican communities.” The photographs are accompanied by statements from the artists. The show is on view in the CCA’s cinema lobby through Sunday, Dec. 7. Beatrice Mandelman: White No.1 undated, mixed-media collage on paper Addison Rowe Gallery, 229 E. Marcy St. 505-982-1533 New Mexico Past and Present is an exhibit of works by 20th-century and contemporary New Mexico artists. The show includes selections from the Taos Moderns, the Transcendental Painting Group, and other art societies, with artists such as Beatrice Mandelman, Will Shuster, Raymond Jonson, Andrew Dasburg, Elias Rivera, and Emil Bisttram represented. The reception is at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5.
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R.S. Chattock: Chagford Bridge 1882, etching Argos Studio/Gallery & Santa Fe Etching Club, 1211 Luisa St., 505-988-1814 The Landscape in Printmaking, Across Five Centuries is a survey of works that includes prints by Rembrandt, James McNeill Whistler, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and other well-known artists, with an emphasis on 19thand 20th-century prints from the European and American etching revival. Also included are contemporary prints by members of the Santa Fe Etching Club. The exhibit opens with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, Dec. 5. At 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, Robert Bell, the collection’s owner, leads a walking tour. Attendance for the tour is reserved in advance through the gallery.
Anatoly Kostovsky: Windows 1974, oil on panel Russian Art Gallery, 216 Galisteo St., 505-989-9223 With Motherland, the inaugural exhibit of paintings by Anatoly Kostovsky, the Russian Art Gallery presents works that capture day-to-day life in Siberia and the disappearing architecture of Russia’s old buildings and villages in richly textured compositions rendered with thick brush strokes, vibrant colors, and a striking interplay of light and shadow. The 5 p.m. opening reception is on Friday, Dec. 5. PASATIEMPOMAGAZINE.COM
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