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Singing from experience: Soprano Christine Brewer Pasa, inside
August 2, 2013
Christine Blrewer
Locally owned and independent
in recita at the Lensic
Friday, August 2, 2013
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Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown
MANDERFIELD SCHOOL
Who makes the best green chile cheeseburger in Santa Fe? The social media votes are in, and six local restaurants have been named finalists in a contest that will conclude Sept. 7. Find out whose juicy, gooey burgers made the cut. LOCAL NEWS, C-1
Cocteau countdown
Workers put finishing touches on historic theater as reopening date nears
Sides speak out on site plan Canyon Road neighbors at odds over rezoning request for old school By Julie Ann Grimm The New Mexican
The city Planning Commission heard arguments late Thursday on whether a former school on Canyon Road should have a new life as a coffee shop and studios for artists. A developer wants the city to rezone the Manderfield School to allow conversion of the building into a mixed-use facility with a commercial area and six apartments and construction of four detached casitas. City staff recommended approval of the project. However, neighbors didn’t agree on whether to support the zoning change and permit the “special use” of a restaurant or coffee house. More than 30 people lined up to testify in a public hearing that
Please see ZONING, Page A-4
Dan Rivera, left, of Dallas’ Elite Sound & Cinema, and Curt Rousse install the new screen at the Jean Cocteau Cinema on Thursday. The theater is scheduled to open Aug. 9. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Ex-health firm exec says freeze is political By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
By David J. Salazar The New Mexican
W
ith little more than a week before its reopening, the Jean Cocteau Cinema was a hive of activity Thursday. Construction workers were installing tin tiles underneath the original marquee, and more tin tiles adorned the ramp leading to the concession stand and café area. LED-lit glass cubes blinked beneath a tarp covering the concession stand, which is awaiting glass for the built-in display cases. The café’s stripped floor was ready for new flooring, and workers had just finished installing new carpet that leads to the new screen in the theater’s auditorium. The cinema’s general manager, Jon Bowman, said he’s sure everything will be finished by Aug. 9, when film patrons — the Jean Cocteau’s first since the theater’s previous owners shut its doors in 2006 — will enter through a new steel door (to keep Rail Runner train
noise at bay) to watch a 6:30 p.m. showing of Forbidden Planet. “We’re definitely entering the end of the cycle,” Bowman said Thursday. “The café is the one part we have to build before next week.” Bowman added that the building — first used as a cinema in 1977 — had to be brought up to code in terms of electrical and fire safety systems. “Once we had the systems in place, then we
could start the embellishment,” he said. For example, he noted the blinking lights at the concession stand. “We’ll be able to program [the lights] with different themes” — he suggested flashing red lights for a slasher movie. The revamped facility will open just about six months after author and Santa Fe resident George R.R. Martin purchased the theater from the Trans-Lux company in Feb-
Please see COCTEAU, Page A-4
COMING SOON u Read more about the reopening of the historic Jean Cocteau Cinema in the Aug. 9 edition of Pasatiempo.
A former vice president of the company that oversees the state’s behavioral health system for Medicaid patients says the New Mexico Human Services Department’s recent freeze on funds for 15 providers was “draconian.” Jana Spalding, former vice president of consumer and family affairs at OptumHealth New Mexico, also said the service providers, which are all facing fraud allegations, and their chief executive officers were targeted because of “their local political influence and past ties to Democratic governors.” Spalding made the charges in an article published Wednesday in Behavorial Healthcare, an online
Please see FREEZE, Page A-5
INSIDE u New Mexico behavioral health provider lays off staff members, prepares for transition. PAGE A-5
RIGHT: From left, science-fiction features Dark Star, Orpheus and Forbidden Planet will be among the first offerings at the revamped theater. IMAGES COURTESY JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA
Today
Study links hot temperatures to hot tempers By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — As the world gets warmer, people are more likely to get hot under the collar, scientists say. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts like committing violent crimes and waging war become more likely with each added degree.
Index
Calendar A-2
Researchers analyzed 60 studies on historic empire collapses, recent wars, violent crime rates in the United States, lab simulations that tested police decisions on when to shoot and even cases where pitchers threw deliberately at batters in baseball. They found a common thread over centuries: Extreme weather — very hot or dry — means more violence.
Classifieds C-6,D-2
Comics B-6
Lotteries A-2
The authors say the results show strong evidence that climate can promote conflict. “When the weather gets bad we tend to be more willing to hurt other people,” said economist Solomon Hsiang of the University of California, Berkeley. He is the lead author of the study, published online Thursday by the
Opinions A-7
Police notes C-2
Interim editor: Bruce Krasnow, 986-3034, bkrasnow@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Kristina Dunham, kdunham@sfnewmexican.com
Sports B-1
journal Science. Experts in the causes of war gave it a mixed reception. The team of economists even came up with a formula that predicts how much the risk of different types of violence should increase with extreme weather. In war-torn parts of equatorial Africa, it says, every added degree Fahrenheit or so increases
Please see TEMPERS, Page A-4
Time Out C-5
Generation Next D-1
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Scattered thunderstorms. High 89, low 61. PAGE C-5
Obituaries William Chalmers Agnew, 65, Pojoaque, July 28 Isabel (Belle) Ortiz, 97, Santa Fe, July 28 Grabelita M. Padilla, 101, July 29 PAGE C-2
Four sections, 28 pages Pasatiempo, 80 pages 164th year, No. 214 Publication No. 596-440