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Maine’s Collective Voice

Story Bank audiovisual archive project invites Folk Festival visitors to share their lore

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Pam Cunningham of Hampden braids sweet grass to put inside one of her honor baskets. Cunningham, a Penobscot basket maker, has been making the traditional white ash baskets since 1994. She will tell the story of Wabanaki basketry at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Folk Life Center Narrative Stage at the American Folk Festival.

Emily Burnham

One of the stories Chace Jackson likes to tell about his fellow Allagash residents is the one about the day that Clark McBreairte walked on water. “Clark’s 88 years old now, but in his youth, he was very athletic. He worked on the river, driving logs, and no one could handle his footing better than Clark,” said Jackson, a 17-year-old senior at Fort Kent Community High School. “One day a bateau was pulled up along the shore, and the rope broke. It drifted down the river into a section with really bad rapids, so Clark started running over the logs, jumping onto each one, chasing after it.”

McBreairte eventually jumped onto a fir log, and because firs are lighter than other trees, they float just below the surface of the water.

“To everyone that was watching him, it looked like he was walking on water,” said Jackson. “That was the day Clark walked on water. That’s a story that you just have to keep alive. That’s irreplaceable.”

Preserving the stories and culture of the Allagash is Jackson’s passion, and as the youngest in a family that has lived in the area for generations, he feels obligated to honor his ancestors. He, along with a diverse array of other history-minded Mainers, took part in StoryBank, a weeklong seminar held in June at the University of Maine’s Folklife Center. The project is designed for those like Jackson, and teaches them skills in interviewing, audio recording, video and photography, in order to go out and collect stories.

The eventual goal of StoryBank is to accumulate an audiovisual archive of stories from Mainers in order to define a “sense of place” — that sense of specific, localized identity. Of course, there’s no one part of Maine culture that defines Maine, which is why StoryBank reached out to people from all over the state — from Somali immigrants in Lewiston to organic farmers in Hancock County. Those first documented stories will be presented Saturday and Sunday at this year’s American Folk

Festival on the Bangor Waterfront, on the Maine Folklife Center’s Narrative Stage.

Pauleena MacDougall is the director of the Folklife Center, and, with Camden folklorist Kathleen Mundell, initiated the project. She found the concept of sense of place to be the perfect springboard for amassing stories.

“How do we, as Mainers, define Maine?” asked MacDougall. “We get a lot of different answers, of course. A logger in the Allagash and a lobsterman in Jonesboro have two totally different perspectives. It all depends on where you’re coming from. The idea is to collect as many different stories from as many different places as possible, and to have it be a kind of collective voice.”

Participants worked with people such as UM new media professor and photographer Bill Kuykendall, archivist Pamela Dean and audio specialist Rob Rosenthal to gain the technical skills needed to go out into the field and gather their stories. One of the participants, Pam Outdusis Cunningham, a Hampden resident and Penobscot Indian who did her research on Wabanaki basket making, found the project to be an asset to her innate storytelling skills.

“Storytelling comes easy to me, but what I didn’t know was all the technical stuff,” said Cunningham. “I’d been doing a little bit of recording and archiving, but now I can do even more. It was really an amazing opportunity for me.”

Cunningham is in the unique position of being both a storyteller and a part of the story. She herself is a basket maker, and grew up on Indian Island. Her interest in recording and archiving began when she worked in community health care and would do house calls on elders and shut-ins on the island.

“One of the ways I would get them to talk to me about their health was through basketry, and all the people we knew in common,” said Cunningham. “Someone would remember my great-grandmother making baskets, and eventually they opened up to me. It was an icebreaker and a way to connect.”

Once you have an entry into a person’s world, it’s then up to you to ask the right questions.

“You have to ask questions of people, like, ‘What are the places that have special significance in your community?’ and ‘What are the sound and smells you associate with your town?’ or ‘Who are the special people?’” said MacDougall. “We all have these internal maps of our communities, that we don’t necessarily have any concrete definitions of. We’re trying to bring these out.”

Nancy Dewey, a Deer Isle resident, chose to focus on Veronica Dodge, a local crab picker. Dewey is fascinated by both the challenges that face people living in rural communities, especially island communities such as Deer Isle, and also by people who work with their hands — so Dodge was a natural choice for her.

“Things have changed so quickly here [in Deer Isle], in terms of fishing and being able to make a living in an island community,” said Dewey. “My way of honoring these citizens is to get their history, to get them to speak in a way that honors them. Every time a story is told, it changes a little bit. It’s not about getting the entire story, or getting something very factual and concrete — it’s about getting a story that applies to them.”

Dewey, Cunningham and Jackson will use the skills they gained at StoryBank to continue doing what they love: storytelling. For Jackson, it’s vitally important to preserve the culture of the Allagash — a unique, isolated community rich in the traditions of the Scottish, Irish and English people who first settled it. Jackson wants to study archaeology or history when he goes off to college next year, and his dream is someday to work as an archivist or folklorist.

“I’ve always collected information. I try to keep what we can, and salvage all this history before it’s lost forever,” said Jackson. “Our culture is dying. It’s happening in the St. John Valley, and it’s happening here in the Allagash. We can’t let it be forgotten.”

It’s not just about getting things down on tape, though — the process of telling a story is a kind of therapy, for both the talker and the listener. Cunningham found that the people she interviewed felt really good once they got things out in the open.

“People really do want to share their stories, if you know how to draw it out of them. And once you do, they don’t want to stop talking. You can find out a lot of good history,” said Cunningham. “Everybody has a story, if you take the time to listen to them.”

Folklife Center Narrative Stage

Saturday, Aug. 23

12:30 p.m. Stories from the Madawaska Weavers with Karen Miller.

1:30 p.m. Shellfish stories with Brenda Cummings and Nancy Dewey.

3 p.m. Wabanaki Basketry with Pam Outdusis Cunningham.

4 p.m. Allagash Stories with Chace Jackson.

Sunday, Aug. 24

12:30 p.m. Fort Kent Mills rug makers with Kathleen Mundell.

1:30 p.m. St. John River Bateaux making with John Connors and Chace Jackson.

2:30 p.m. Working the Woods with Rangeley woodcarver Rodney Richards and Jo Radner.

3:30 p.m. Hispanic culture in Maine with Greater Bangor Advocates for Hispanic Culture with Maria Sandweiss and Joanna Cuervo.

Make a deposit

On Saturday and Sunday at the American Folk Festival, StoryBank will be on hand to let you share your own stories in the traveling StoryBank RV set up near the Narrative Stage. Facilitators will guide you through the 30-minute interview process and handle the technical aspects. You contribute your own “sense of place” to the project’s growing archive of history. For information, call the Maine Folklife Center at 581-1891.

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Dialogue with the Machine

Santa Fe Complex · 632 Agua Fria · Parking via Romero St.

For more information, contact Don Begley at 505/216.7562 or visit sfcomplex.org

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Next Wednesday, August, 27, pioneering digital artist Woody Vasulka opens a two-part conversation at Santa Fe Complex on the changing relationship between art and technology over his four-decade career.

Each of those decades represents a distinct phase in the evolution of that relationship, says Vasulka. “It has been a dialogue with the machine that began in the political environment of the 60s with a time of continual interaction within an art community,” he explains. He explains, “We were looking for images that were not derived from the world in this earlier work. It was a generation of continual interaction between technology and art where we were learning, demonstrating, and building in a community of with a network of interests.”

That almost communal time of social and artisitc experimentation faded as computer-generated graphics overwhelmed art with hyhperrealistic images and an emphasis on the technical rather than the artistic elements of creativity.

As “the idea of realism slowly came to dominate art in the digital era,” Woody says, “the image itself took the dominant function and the contextual information lost its importance.” As a result, art became dominated by computer needs like resolution and color spaces rather than the artist’s vision.

The irrepressible artist believes the hyperrealistic phase is fading. He offers his “Dialogue with the Machine,” which is how Vasulka refers to his coming talks at Santa Fe Complex, as a return to a more collaborative and experimental community.

In fact, he says that technology will expand the artist’s horizons. Asking “is it the tool that limits you?,” Vasulka calls the computer a variation machine that will let artists leap beyond historic constraints. In the 70s, he says, artists asked, “What happens between the frames?” and “Why 24 frames per second and not 1000?” Today, with the variation machine, they can begin to answer those questions and more.

Thw process has begun, according to Woody. Santa Fe artists like Corey Metcalf and David Stout, he says, are heirs to the Vasulka traditions. They show that modern digital processes, once again, allow a reinterpretation of sound and sight.

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Woody pioneered video art in the late 1960s. Born in Brno, now in the Czech Republic, he trained as an engineer before studying television and film production at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He met his wife, Steina Vasulka, in the early 1960s and moved to New York City in 1965, where he worked as a multiscreen film editor, experimenting with electronic sounds and stroboscopic lights while pioneering the showing of video art at the Whitney Museum. Woody collaborated with Don MacArthur and Jeffrey Schier in 1976 to build a computer controlled personal imaging facility called The Digital Image Articulator. The Vasulkas have been based in Santa Fe since 1980. More information is available at http://vasulka.org/index.html

Don Begley
Managing Director
Santa Fe Complex
624 Agua Fria St
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Come Visit Us

Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District and within walking distance of the hotels, restaurants and shops at the plaza downtown. We’re housed in two facilities, the conference area at 624 Agua Fria and the project space at 632 Agua Fria.

The conference area contains meeting rooms and facilities for short-term use associated with on-going complex projects. The project space houses the great room, where we hold events and offer working facilities for laptop users, coffee lounge and work carrels.

While there is parking at 624 Agua Fria, the Romero Street parking lot is more conveniently located for the 632 facility. Romero St. is an old-style Santa Fe ox-cart road just east of the 624 driveway. Follow it until it opens up to two lanes and turn hard right into the parking lot for 632.

Here’s a map to our location, a representative shot showing the Railyard District and a sketchup drawing of the facility at 632. For more information, call 505/216.7562 or click here.

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How does this video relate to today’s topic? Well let’s start at the beginning. Late Friday night I receive a call giving me a blog topic: Hillary Clinton is coming to Espanola NM. SO I try a little to find some interst, and a ride. Work Saturday. No email or phone replies. SUnday I get up begining to plan a day, and keep thinking about the event. So I call a friend and say want to rent a car to go to Espanola? She says, “Sure!” So with some difficulty finding a car ro rent we end up going to the airport to get the car and we wonder why all the police cars: dah it was Hillary’s escort from the airport!

We head north and are making good time and run into rain. It has stopped by the time we arrive at Northern New Mexico University. The parking lot is very full. The walk extraordinarily far for two people with noticeable joint issues. I have Pat stop at the first guy and I ask, since we both need canes, if there is a way to park closer and he smiles and gives directions. As we get to the building, I hear that there are no more seats —and then someone tells a person in a wheel chair that there are a few seats near the front. A gentleman looks at us and asks if we need seat, and I say yes, and he says follow her! So we are escorted to the front of the auditorium and seated. We had a great view. We were honored and cared for. This is Northern New Mexico hospitality. People were friendly, welcoming, and helpful. The house was packed, speakers had just begun to talk, and we were blessed with seats.

There was joy and excitement in the air, and all the democratic politicos. Well not all but many. Each introduced the next guy, praised Hillary, and said hello to local politicians famous. This si how we do it here one said. It is important to support the players who are running. The Governor, THe Senator, the Senator running, the new wanna be rep….you get the picture. Our Lt Govenor was a great moderator and crowd speller. She wove a weave that enchanted everyone.

Finally Hillary appeared. The lady behind me kept bellowing to her friend, “I came here to hear Hillary,” there’s one in every crowd. Cameras, Cell phones, and video cameras were active. For awhile, I thought several Old ladies thought they were at a concert as they remained standing when Hillary came on stage. Finally, they decided to sit down.

Hillary wore the same baby blue outfit, taylored, fiitting nicely, but reflecting like a half straight jacket. She needs a few fashion clues. She spoke energetically about community, about us working together to get the vote out, and then reviewing the principles shared by her and Obama. It was a great speech forus Hillary fans to transfer our support to the Great Obama. Afterall 18 million voters have supported her and still do. The time flew by. We were looking for a quick exit when we were informed by the Secret Service, that that exit was closed. Pat loved the attention a young agent gave her as we tried to return away from Hillary when most people were trying to greet her.

She was fantastic and inspirational. She shares an electrifying energy and connects well with her audience. She would scan the group making certain to discuss issue pertinent to them. She’s relaxed and know New Mexican style. Her art is masterful.

The violins convey the classical depth of conversation and experience. They also reveal my mother’s attitude of pretending to play when my father said the same old saaaaaame old…. did your Mom do that too? I heard this all before. These violins on the video demonstrate people coming together, at a grassroot level with life zest and interactive celebration! Ah we are all here having so many dynamic feelings and journeys to share. Hey vote for that young guy, wanna be Representative too: he’s now part of the team. We can all win in NM. Join the neighborhood group and work hard! All of us.

The rain, thunder, and lightening were pouring and flashing as we walked back to the car parked under the old and huge Cottonwood tree. I couldn’t keep up with Pat who discovered she could scuury faster with the cane. Not I. I did not mind the rain, only those who nearly pushed me into a ravine because I was a slow mover.

The rain became so severe that I insisted we pull off at a Casino, the first one we stopped at was overcrowded with a long line of cars, so i went back on the highway. Pat thought I was fooling until she realized we were at near flash flood conditions. We had a lovely dinner. I played briefly and lost.

The sun came back out and I drove through Tesquque where the roads were covered with dirt and rocks. We ventured up the mountain, up Artist Rd, past tenthousand waves and Hyde Park. Up higher into the Santa Fe National Park. A grand late afternoon carnival of colors and tones. Glistening with the freshness of the rain. We saw six or more lovely tall deer crossing the road and climbing up another summit. A rare treat on this road. We listened to the stream, enjoyed a lavender sunset that spanned from Albuqueruqe to north of Espanola. From clouds to mountains to the valley and plains below. As we drove to the Airport to retrieve my car, we suddenly enjoyed the full moon over western skyscape. Indigo darkening blue sky. All this because of Hillary. A grand and memorable day.

Navajo Weaving Demonstration in Old Town
Evelyn Lopez, Navajo weaver, will create a textile on a traditional vertical loom on Saturday. This is part of a special Salsa Artscrawl presented as part of the City’s 4th Annual Salsa Fiesta.
Demonstration Saturday, August 16, noon- 4pm
Shiprock Trading Company
413 Romero St. NW in Old Town
(505) 242-4080
shiprocktrading .com

Silk Painters Exhibition at the Balloon Museum
Over 20 silk banners featuring balloon themes will hang in the soaring spaces of the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum through the end of the Balloon Fiesta on October 12. Entitled The Art of Ballooning-Patterns in the Sky, the exquisite works of art in this juried exhibition have been donated by the artists. Funds raised in a silent auction will be divided between the Museum Foundation and Silk Painters International in support of their educational programs. Admission is free on Sundays from 9-1 and all day on the first Friday of each month.
Ongoing exhibition through October 12, Tue-Sun 9- 5
Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE (north of Alameda)

Harwood Art Center Call for Artists
The Harwood’s outdoor installations seek artists to create site-specific, temporary, outdoor installation on site at the Center. All ideas to be considered must: 1. Entice and engage the community and passersby; 2. Benefit from community involvement; and 3. Be impervious to, or happily engage, destructive forces.
harwoodartcenter.org/ss/land-art-design

Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …

A Festival of Native American Theater and Film
N4th Theater presents three plays, selected from among 18 submitted by Native American playwrights in the U.S. and Canada for staged readings. One will be selected for a full production during the 2009 Two Worlds Festival. Friday at 8pm: Little Big Horn, a two-act comedy by Alan Kilpatrick, begins in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and moves to an American embassy in the present-day Middle East to tell the story of Marine Cpl. Norman Hayes, born Sioux but adopted and raised by a Jewish couple. Saturday at 4pm: Fancy Dancer, a dark comedy by Canadian playwright Dawn Dumont, taps into Native trickster stories and the public’s obsession with television, but it also tackles a terrifying reality - the disappearance of more than 500 Native women in Canada during the last 15 years. Saturday at 8pm: Asdzani Shash-The Woman Who Turned Into a Bear, is a contemporary retelling of a Navajo legend by Albuquerque native Rhiana Yazzie, set in a convalescent home near the Navajo reservation and in the world of storytelling and myth. ONLY $5 per play, $12 for all three. Next weekend two short films by Native American filmmakers will be screened.
Performances Friday and Saturday, August 15- 16
N4th Theater
4904 4th St. NW
505-344-4542
vsartsnm.org

Rabbit Hole opens at Adobe Theater
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want until a life shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple to drift apart. This play charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest places and a a path that will lead them back into the light of day. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that is intensively emotional and searingly honest. Runs through September 7 with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2.
Performance Friday, August 15, 8pm
Adobe Theater
9813 4th St. NW
(505) 898-9222
adobetheater.co m A Light in My Soul (Una Luz en Mi Alma)
Working Classroom and the NHCC present the world premiere of a new drama about an escised chapter of NM history. It was developed in collaboration with the New York-based Tectonic Theater Project, playwright Leigh Fondakowski and director Krista DeNio. The play is a dramatic interpretation of the history and culture of New Mexico’s conversos or crypto-Jews. After its Albuquerque premiere, the play will move to Espanola August 22-23 and Las Vegas August 29.
Performances Fri-Sat Aug 15-16, 8pm, Sun. Aug. 17 2pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth Street SW
(505) 246-2261
nhccnm.org

Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals

4th Annual Old Town Salsa Fiesta Saturday
Beginning at 2pm until 9pm there will be non-stop entertainment in the Gazebo with music at many of the galleries around Old Town as well. There will be a break from 5-6 when historic San Felipe de Neri Church will celebrate mass. Taste test salsa entries and delicious wines at six locations, enjoy live music and dance throughout Old Town and down Mountain Road. Tickets for the Salsa competition tasting and wine tasting are $3 each or both for $5. Show a receipt for that day from an Old Town Merchant for $25 or more, and the tickets are FREE. A live performance recreating the history of New Mexico will be presented at the Albuquerque Museum’s Amphitheater FREE of charge from 5-7pm and there will be a concert in Tiguex Park by the NM Symphony Orchestra. In addition, there will be children’s activities at Plaza Don Luis that include face painting, an arts workshop and entertainment by children’s groups. Check out the schedule and the Rapid Ride schedules at the web site.
abqsalsafiesta.o rg or call 311

The Church of Beethoven
A group of musicians from the NM Symphony Orchestra present classical music with Felix Wurman on cello, David Felbert on violin, James Shields on clarinet and Chrissy Saari on flute.
Performance Saturday, August 16, 10:30pm
The Filling Station
1024 Fourth St. SW
(505) 890-6593
fillingstationab q.com

Santa Fe Treasure Chris Calloway passes
Singer Chris Calloway lost a decade-long battle with cancer on August 7. Chris Calloway was the daughter of the famous Cotton Club bandleader and international icon Cab Calloway and was heir to an American musical legacy. She began her career on the Ed Sullivan show with an introduction to the world by her Dad, 30 years ago. For 20 years Chris performed with her father and his Hi De Ho Orchestra. Together as a father/daughter team, they toured the U.S., including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center in New York; Europe, South America, Japan and Australia. Her father passed away in 1995.

New Mexico Southwest Sounds wins a Telly Award
The NM Music Commission’s TV show New Mexico Southwest Sounds has won a Telly for overall content and production, taking away the highest honor - a Silver Telly. The 30-minute productions feature performances and interviews with New Mexico musicians along with scenic video provided by the NM Tourism Department. Videos were shot at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The shows have aired on ABC affiliate KOAT-TV and will continue airing on local affiliates. The videos can also be seen on the Music Commission website’s You Tube link.
newmexicomu sic.org

Globalquerque is coming - Sept. 19-20
17 artists from 5 continents on 3 stages plus a FREE family fun day on Saturday, Sept. 20, workshops, dance classes, art, instrument making, and The Global Village of Craft, Culture and Cuisine. Tickets now on sale at the NHCC box office and Ticketmaster.
(505) 232-9868
globalquerque.c om

Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry

Indigenous Filmmakers of the Americas
Women in Film International is accepting short film submissions for its upcoming event, A Night to Celebrate: Short Films by Indigenous People of the Americas, to be held at Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 25th. For more information and an application please email NativeShortLA@yahoo.com or call 908-310-7141 attention Tessa Bell.
Deadline September 12,2008

The Art in Film Series will present Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World in September. This groundbreaking documentary on internationally renowned painter, was shot over a period of four years from 1998 through 2002, Martin’s 90th year. Interviews are intercut with shots of her at work in her studio in Taos and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, Gabriel, and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin’s chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.
Screening Sat-Sun, Sept. 6-7, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com

Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
.abqwwwarts.org www.abqarts.org

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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 Season to begin airing on KHFM 95.5 in New Mexico on Friday Aug. 15 at 7:00 PM

Re-live the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 season in the comfort of your home or car! Beginning Friday, August 15th tune in to KHFM 95.5, Albuquerque, to hear the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 season radio series broadcast.

The radio broadcast series is hosted by Kerry Frumkin and produced by Louis Frank of WFMT. It has been airing on different radio stations across the country since the late spring. Coinciding with the last few weeks of the 2008 summer season, the series is presented on KHFM 95.5 beginning this weekend, and will air on consecutive Fridays at 8:00 pm. (Please check local listings for more information.) The radio series also includes commentary from Festival Artistic Director Marc Neikrug, and several of the 2007 season guest artists whose playing is featured.

The Festival’s radio series is produced and nationally distributed by The WFMT Radio Network since 2005. Continuing its international presence, the Festival’s 2007 series was also broadcast again on the United Kingdom’s BBC Radio 3 in its Lunchtime Concert series.

Just a few examples of the great music you will hear:

BEETHOVEN, String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

Featuring the Orion String Quartet: Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Steven Tenenbom, Timothy Eddy

DEBUSSY, Syrinx for Solo Flute

Featuring Tara Helen O’Connor, flute

HK GRUBER, Frankenstein!!, a pan-demonium for chansonnier & ensemble

HK Gruber, chansonnier; Bart Feller, piccolo; Todd Levy, clarinet; Bill Barnewitz, horn; Stefanie Przybylska, bassoon; Charley Lea, trumpet; David Tolen percussion; Giora Schmidt, LP How, violin; Carla-Maria Rodrigues, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; Marji Danilow, bass; Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor.

MENDELSSOHN, Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

Featuring The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio: Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello

TCHAIKOVSKY, Trio in a minor, op. 50 for piano, violin, and cello, “In memory of a Great Artist”

Featuring Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello; Jon Kimura Parker, piano

There’s much, much more! So tune in to KHFM 95.5!

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Free Tickets to August 21st Concert for Area’s Young Musicians and Their Families

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the First National Bank of Santa Fe both recognize the dedication, effort and time it takes to learn the beautiful art of music. Following the success of last year’s first collaboration, the two organizations are pleased to acknowledge and encourage the area’s young musicians again with a special free concert and post-concert reception on August 21.

Through a generous grant from First National Bank of Santa Fe, any young musician in the area, with their parent’s permission, may request up to four complimentary tickets for themselves and family members to the Thursday, August 21st 6:00 pm concert at Santa Fe’s Lensic Performing Arts Center. The concert features some of the most sought-after classical musicians in the United States.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Music of the Masters

Thursday, August 21 at 6:00 pm

Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, New Mexic

Free to young musicians and their families; Tickets for the General Public are: $58, 45, 29, 17

Bruch, String Octet
with violinists Daniel Phillips, Benny Kim, Wu Jie and Guillermo Figueroa; violists L.P. How and Pierre Lapointe;
cellist Eric Kim; bassist Marji Danilow;

Janácek, Mládí (Youth)

with Tara Helen O’Connor on flute & piccolo; oboist Liang Wang; clarinetist Michael Rusinek; bass clarinetist Kyle Knox; bassoonist Nancy Goeres and horn player Julie Landsman

Mendelssohn, Sextet

with violinist Daniel Phillips; violists Guillermo Figueroa and Benny Kim; cellist Gary Hoffman; bassist Marji Danilow and pianist Jeremy Denk

Following the concert, First National Bank of Santa Fe will host a reception for the young musicians and their families in the lobby of its main office on the Plaza at 62 Lincoln Avenue, where they can meet, mingle and ask questions of the performers from the concert. Interested students and/or their parents can call the Festival’s ticket office at (505) 982-1890 to order their free tickets for this event.

First National Bank of Santa Fe is a locally owned and operated bank that has been serving the financial needs of New Mexicans for over 137 years. A full service bank, First National offers commercial lending, trust and estate planning, private banking, investment management and insurance services. There are nine convenient locations, including offices in Eldorado, Los Alamos and Albuquerque. www.fnb-sf.com.

For more information on this special offer, please call Kristen Tidwell, Development & Outreach Director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, at 505.983.2075, ext. 108 or e-mail her at kristen@sfcmf.org

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Neikrug’s Through Roses, to be performed at Festival on August 24th, to be recorded for the third time by Koch, and will culminate a special five-day event in New York City this November

The Financial Times praised Marc Neikrug for the 1980 world premiere of Through Roses in London, stating, “His compositional gifts on the evidence of Through Roses are profuse and versatile; there would be few elegancies of sound, one imagines, he could not contrive.”, and the Allgemeiner Anzeiger in Zurich commented on the 1985 Zurich performance, “At the end of the hour-long performance not a hand moved to applaud; not because of artistic disappointment but rather from too much pain unleashed by the confrontation with unimaginable events, beyond any measure or category.”

Marc Neikrug’s world-renowned music-theatre piece, Through Roses, has been performed over 800 times and translated into ll languages since its debut in 1981. The subject of two films: a documentary co-produced by England’s Channel 4 and Germany’s WDR, and a motion picture featuring Academy Award winning actor Maximilian Schell produced by Cinecentrum, the emotion-laden piece will be recorded for the third time by Koch in the United States (it previously has been recorded for the Deutsche Gramophon and Enja labels) and released this November 2008.

Artists featured on the recording will be those heard performing on August 24th concert at 6:00 pm at the Lensic: actor John Rubinstein; flutist Tara Helen O’Connor; oboist Liang Wang; clarinetist Todd Levy, violinist Pinchas Zukerman, violist Jethro Marks, cellist Amanda Forsyth, pianist Jeremy Denk, percussionist David Tolen and Marc Neikrug, conductor.

The work will also be the culminating piece of a special, five-day event being presented by the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in association with Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music. Entitled “Music in Exile-Émigré Composers of the 1930s,” the series of concerts and talks, which celebrates the music of Jewish composers forced to flee the Third Reich and German composers who resisted the Nazi regime, begins on Sunday, November 9, 2008, the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, and 75 years since Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

Held at the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall at 36 Battery Place in New York City, the series culminates on Thursday, November 13 with a 7 pm concert that concludes with Marc Neikrug’s work, Through Roses, which will feature the noted theater, film, and television actor Saul Rubinek. Mr. Rubinik portrays violinist Carl Stern, tormented by his memories of Auschwitz, where through the rose hedges of the camp commandant’s garden, he witnessed the horror of the arrival of his fellow prisoners of war, the selection process and the inevitable journey to the gas chambers. Called an “extraordinary achievement” by The New York Times when it premiered in New York 27 years ago , this is its first New York performance since then.

The New York performance on November 13 will feature: Saul Rubinek, actor/director; Marc Neikrug, conductor; Daniel Phillips, violinist; Anne-Marie McDermott, pianist; Tara Helen O’Connor, flutist; Steve Tenenbom, violist; Tim Eddy, cellist; Alan Kay, clarinetist; Steve Taylor, oboist, and Jonathan Haas, percussionist. Information and tickets for “Music in Exile-Émigré Composers of the 1930s” are available by calling the Museum of Jewish Heritage at 646.437.4202 or by visiting the Museum’s Web site at www.mjhnyc.org

Spotlight on Festival Supporters

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival wishes to thank all of the businesses and individuals whose support have made the 2008 Festival possible. In this portion of the newsletter, we’ll be acknowledging our supporters each month. Should you have the opportunity to avail yourself of their services, please do so.

The Festival thanks
Thornburg Investment Management
for its generosity and support
of the 2008 season.

Thornburg Investment Management® is a privately held investment management company based in Santa Fe, NM. Founded in 1982, the firm manages $50 billion (as of 7/31/08) in six equity funds, eight bond funds, and separate portfolios for institutions and individuals. Thornburg Investment’s disciplined investment style focuses on investors’ long-term goals.

At the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park
We are a sponsor of this year’s Green Globe Festival and will be pouring beer all day! Get your earth conscious buzz on.

The Green Globe Festival is not just the name of a party. It is a way of thinking, changing, living. The entire planet is feeling the pains of resource shortage and climate change. This is not only going to continue, it is going to get worse. Sustainable living is working with the planet to insure our ability to survive. Alternative energy, water conservation, sustainable agriculture, no matter the facet of our lives, there is a sustainable solution for almost all of our needs. The Green Globe Festival is the coming together of our community to educate ourselves on how we can all contribute to our future. Professionals and educators from across the state will be speaking and presenting information on how we can all help our community survive.

The Green Globe Festival is not just a multi-subject seminar. It is one heck of a party! It is the coming together of local and national acts in support of the move to sustainability. This year we have nine bands and a Hula troop, that’s right all, guys and girls in grass skirts! Gates are to open at 9 am and speakers will begin at 10am. Music performances will begin at 12pm and run till 10 pm with speakers featured between select performance sets throughout the afternoon. So come on out with the family and learn how you can help our community and have a great time doing it.

2008 Lineup includes:
Hawaiian Pride
Nosotros
Jeff Scroggins & Fresh Horses
Civitas
Jenn Grinels
Felonious Groove Foundation
Rebilt
The Big Spank
Aranda
Ryan McGarvey

Time: 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cover: $ 10 in advance ($15 day of show) $10 for students
www.greenglobefestival.com

From the greenglobefestival site…the speakers

THE SPEAKERS

Alfonz Viszolay of VM Technology
Alfonz Viszolay is a Hungarian-born engineer and inventor. Over the course of his career he has done many environmental remediation projects for large corporations. At the Green Globe Festival he is presenting a biofuel-producing living algae system, a version of which will ultimately be installed at the Santa Fe Brewing Company to provide fuel for their vehicle fleet. To find out more about Viszolay’s Algae Machine, watch video and slideshows of the installation and a demonstration at the Santa Fe Brewing/VM Technologies booth.

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Del Jimenez of New Mexico State University
Del Jimenez is a product of Arizona, born in Phoenix and raised in Scottsdale. He holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Agriculture, received at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Bachelors of Science degrees in Animal Science, Agronomy, and Horticulture from the University of Arizona, and a Masters of Arts in Extension Education from New Mexico State University. Del worked internationally for many years in Central and South America doing large agri-industrial projects and has also farmed over 8,000 acres a year on his own farm.

Del Jimenez now works for New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service as an Agriculture Specialist. He covers the northern half of the state of New Mexico, working with limited resource farmers and ranchers implementing sustainable farming and ranching programs appropriate for their needs. See what Del is up to at alcaldesc.nmsu.edu.

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Dr. James Biggs of the Conservation Partnership
Dr. James Biggs has been involved in a wide-range of local and regional wildlife science and management projects in New Mexico. Much of his current research pertains to the distribution, movement patterns, and habitat use patterns of large herbivores. His interests center on wildlife-habitat interactions and ecosystem approaches to managing wildlife and habitat resources, in addition to habitat conservation, which he believes is directly linked to sustainable living through responsible development and the “localization” vs. “globalization” of our food and natural resources production and distribution.

Dr. Biggs recently left Los Alamos National Laboratory after a 17 year career as a wildlife biologist to focus his efforts on rangeland conservation. Dr. Biggs started “The Conservation Partnership, LLC” to provide technical support to landowners and developers at all levels of land management, from land use planning to long-term ecological monitoring. His goal is to work with interested parties to ensure long-term conservation of our natural resources.

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Terry McMains the Director at Large of the American Rain Catchment Systems Association
Terry J. McMains is considered a leading pioneer in water sustainability and was the first in the US to implement rain harvesting systems as a standard in large scale residential development. Terry has designed and installed over 600 projects throughout the United States for commercial, mixed use, military, university, and healthcare development. Terry is one of twelve accredited rain harvesting professionals in the nation and is currently serving as Director at Large for the American Rain Catchment Systems Association. Terry is considered a leading resource for rain harvesting and innovative water management consultation and design for new and existing development. To find out more about what Terry is doing follow this link: www.aquaharvestintl.com.

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Dan Duffield of Direct Power and Water
Daniel received his baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri in December 1994. He also attended the Solar Technology Institute in Carbondale, Colorado in 1989. As an undergraduate, he played an active role in the design and construction of the vehicle entered by the University of Missouri into the 1993 and 1995 Department of Energy’s National Photovoltaic cross-country vehicle race - “SunRayce 93″. He has an A.A.S. degree in Building Construction Technology, a basic certificate in welding, and is a graduate of Computer Technology Curriculum from the Bryan Institute. In addition, he received the NABCEP PV Installer Certification in 2005 and holds a New Mexico Electrical Contracting license. He has engineered, designed and installed systems for Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, worked with hundreds of remote home clients, and established many custom remote electrical power system applications. He has received factory training and authorization to perform service on Trace Inverters. He is a member of SMA’s Solar Pro Club. He also has been a member of IEEE for 12 years.

As a contracted Mitsubishi UPS service provider, he sizes large commercial Mitsubishi UPS systems (Un-interruptible Power Supplies) and specifies the necessary complimentary components for protecting computer networks, industrial machinery, internet computer server farms/facilities and other critical electrical appliances and machinery.

Daniel has been living with a stand-alone photovoltaic residential energy system for over nine years.

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Katherine Yuhas the Water Conservation Officer for the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Authority
Katherine Yuhas attended the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate work in geology and Penn State University for graduate work in geochemistry. She worked at the NM Environment Department in ground water protection from 1995-2000 and was the hydrologist for Santa Fe County from 2000-2003. Katherine has been the water conservation officer for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for the past five years.

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Michael Cadigan City Councilman
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Denna Archuleta, Bernalillo County Commissioner
Deanna Archuleta represents an integral and vibrant part of our urban community including Nob Hill, Altura Park, Bel-Air, Parkland Hills and Alta Monte areas.

Beginning her first term in January of 2005, she has been actively involved in the community and focused her efforts on healthcare, substance abuse treatment, the UNM Hospital and economic and structural revitalization in existing neighborhoods. She has been instrumental in legislative funding and direction for the new Metropolitan Assessment and Treatment Services Center (MATS), the acquisition and renovation of the historic Hiland Theater and working with new businesses to re-locate or establish their industry in Bernalillo County. She was elected Vice-Chair of the Board of County Commission in January 2008 and was also elected Chair of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. She is a member of the Metropolitan Detention Center Operation Subcommittee, the Legislative Committee, the Regional Juvenile Detention Committee and the Board of Finance.

Commissioner Archuleta, a native New Mexican, is also the new Southwest Regional Manager for The Wilderness Society, a national non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting America’s wilderness areas. Prior to her election, she served as President of the Summit Park Neighborhood Association, which provided a first-hand opportunity to develop the district’s vision. She also served as a representative of the Big I Task Force, as a member of the City of Albuquerque Transit Advisory Board, Vice-President of the APS Citizens’ Advisory Council and PTA President.

A New Mexico native, she received her Masters from the University of New Mexico and is currently finishing her Doctoral degree. She has two sons.

Representing the needs of her constituents, she serves on the following boards and committees:

Albuquerque / Bernalillo County Government Commission (ABCGC)
Metropolitan Detention Center Operation Subcommittee
Alb/Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
Board of Finance
Legislative Committee
Regional Juvenile Detention Committee

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SPONSORS

Words and music unite when actors Alan Arkin, Jonathan Richards and guitarist Bruce Dunlap take the stage. The one-night only event features an eclectic selection of favorite poems that range from works by W.B. Yeats, Carl Sandburg and Elizabeth Bishop to Rumi, Rilke and Dorothy Parker

So who knows what will happen next with this crew? Could be quite astonishing. Previous video, Bruce Dunlap on bass.
Friday, August 15
6 p.m. at St. Francis Auditorium
(West Palace & Lincoln Avenue)

All Seating Levels $25, Full-time students $10

Vasulka-Missoula Oblongata Doubleheader Pushes the Envelope
at Santa Fe Complex

Santa Fe Complex · 632 Agua Fria · Parking via Romero St.
For more information, contact Don Begley at 505/216.7562 or visit sfcomplex.org

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Greetings!
Samantha Giron started the week with a bang and a full house on Monday night. Now, the baton passes to Woody Vasulka and Missoula Oblongata on Wednesday night, August 13.

The evening begins with a retrospective display of work from a generation of “continual interaction within an art community” that was lost as “the idea of realism slowly came to dominate art in the digital era,” in the words of digital pioneer Woody Vasulka. The irrepressible artist believes the hyperrealistic phase is fading. He offers this exhibit as a bridge between the earlier period it represents and modern trends. Woody’s show begins at 5:00 pm. The Vasulka website, home to the work of Woody and wife Steina, is here.

Missoula-Oblongata, a three-person community that lists the Marx Brothers and Maurice Sendak among their influences, certainly can’t be called hyperrealistic. Instead, long-time friends Donna Sellinger, Madeline ffitch and Sarah Lowry pride themselves on their audacious, roll-your-own approach to writing, staging and acting. They’ll start their program at 8:00 pm. More info on Missoula-Oblongata is here.

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind evening starting at 5:00 at Santa Fe Complex Wednesday night. Visit our website for more info.

-don

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Santa Fe Complex is a nonprofit, community studio creating connections in science, technology and art. Our studio stands on three core activities:

Collaboration to address real-world problems, encourage cooperation and create economic opportunities in applied complexity, urban planning and simulation, and computational arts.

Communication with local, national and international communities about our work in Santa Fe and elsewhere. Whether it’s a live feed or published reports, we broadcast our work - and the role Santa Fe plays in this important effort - to all interested parties.

Education through the principle of learning-by-doing in active projects that lets students be part of, and contribute to, their project team. We offer formal classes, scientific and technology lectures, and internships.

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Complex News § August 10, 2008
Week of August 11 Brings Dance, Art, Theater,
Mathematical Music to the Complex
Samantha Giron, Woody Vasulka, Missoula Oblongata Head Full Week

Santa Fe Complex · 632 Agua Fria · Parking via Romero St.
For more information, contact Don Begley at 505/216.7562 or visit sfcomplex.org

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Greetings!
Next week is an exciting week for us at Santa Fe Complex. In addition to our regular Wednesday night blender, we are honored to host two groups that came to us through our town’s rich network of artists & scientists. Both — Samantha Giron on Monday night and Missoula Oblongata on Wednesday night — are last-minute scheduling opportunities that we are fortunate to have. They also epitomize the spirit of Santa Fe Complex in our quest to create and explore connections across science, technology and art. We hope to see you there and to see you at the other events this week at the complex.

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Samantha Giron Dance Project will be presenting work from two distinct shows on Monday, August 11 at 8:00: a premiere entitled Quickly Going Somewhere and Back, and two excerpts from Women and War, called Fire Diary and Interrogations.

Women and War explores the human experience of war from different perspectives than those typically presented to us. War is usually focused on men who play the heroic roles of killing, being killed, being captured and tortured. Physical bravery is shown as a male trait.

Quickly Going Somewhere and Back represents a new approach for Samantha Giron Dance Project. When Christianson and Giron were invited to perform at San Francisco’s COLLABORATION Festival, they set out to co-create a dance and music performance. Christianson wrote the score first and provided Giron with some imagery and narrative context. Giron then set to work responding to the score. Since then, the two have continued to adapt their own contributions to the performance. Christianson performs his original violin score on stage in Quickly Going Somewhere and Back.

The performance is free though contributions to support the tour are appreciated.For more information, visit the Santa Fe Complex web site. Samantha Giron Dance Project’s web site is here.

Woody Vasulka Offers a Retrospective

Pioneering digital artist Woody Vasulka brings a retrospective exhibit and three work sessions to the complex in August and September. His show opens on Wednesday, August 13 at 5:00; his workshops will follow through the next month.

The retrospective revisits a generation of “continual interaction within an art community,” according to Woody, which was lost as “the idea of realism slowly came to dominate art in the digital era.” Vasulka believes the hyperrealistic phase is fading once again and offers this exhibit as a bridge between the earlier period it represents and modern trends.

Woody pioneered video art in the late 1960s. Born in Brno, now in the Czech Republic, he trained as an engineer before studying television and film production at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He met his wife, Steina Vasulka, in the early 1960s and moved to New York City in 1965, where he worked as a multiscreen film editor, experimenting with electronic sounds and stroboscopic lights while pioneering the showing of video art at the Whitney Museum. Woody collaborated with Don MacArthur and Jeffrey Schier in 1976 to build a computer controlled personal imaging facility called The Digital Image Articulator. The Vasulkas have been based in Santa Fe since 1980. More information is available at their website.

Details will be posted on the complex website in the next few days.
The romance of vaudeville, the adrenaline of punk,
and the playfulness of the Children’s Television Workshop
Missoula Oblongata is coming, Meow Wolf is moving, the Process held firm and Santa Fe Complex is ready.

The three-person theater company’s visit was in danger when Meow Wolf had to move. Christian Hagy of The Process stepped in to sponsor the show, turning to Santa Fe Complex for a venue at Meow Wolf’s suggestion.

Thanks to their work and Missoula Oblongata’s support, the show goes on. They’ll alight in Santa Fe Wednesday night, August 13 at 8:00, after its Monday night show in Ft. Worth and before moving on to Phoenix, Tucson, LA, San Francisco and points beyond. Long-time friends Donna Sellinger, Madeline ffitch and Sarah Lowry are the core of the company, which travels light to perform in any venue with electricity and space. St. Louis Magazine says they have the “romance of vaudeville, the adrenaline of punk, and the playfulness of the Children’s Television Workshop;” Thanks to the efforts of many supporters, Santa Fe will get a chance to taste this eclectic mixture.

The performance is free though contributions to support the tour are appreciated. For more information, visit: Santa Fe Complex, Meow Wolf or Missoula Oblongata

Santa Fe Complex is a nonprofit, community studio creating connections in science, technology and art. Our studio stands on three core activities:

Collaboration to address real-world problems, encourage cooperation and create economic opportunities in applied complexity, urban planning and simulation, and computational arts.

Communication with local, national and international communities about our work in Santa Fe and elsewhere. Whether it’s a live feed or published reports, we broadcast our work - and the role Santa Fe plays in this important effort - to all interested parties.

Education through the principle of learning-by-doing in active projects that lets students be part of, and contribute to, their project team. We offer formal classes, scientific and technology lectures, and internships.

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Music Is Mathematics.
Or, Was that Mathematics Is Music?

Mathematician Jack Douthett and music theorist John Clough wrote the book on music theory and mathematics, so to speak, in their 2008 publication titled, curiously enough, Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations. Douthett visits Santa Fe Complex on Thursday night, August 14 at 6:00 to review the theory of maximally even sets, an algebraic structure initially designed to model musical scales and chords, with an emphasis on visualization. For more information, click here.

WedTechs Reborn & Expanded

We’re reviving and expanding a community tradition that existed before Santa Fe Complex was born: the Wednesday afternoon tech talk on matters complex. Each Wednesday we’ll open the Complex to a community forum on the Internet, 3D- and agent-based modeling or any other topics that pique the interest of technology experts and novices alike. The sessions run from 1:00 to 3:00 at sfX, 632 Agua Fria. Lunch is available for a $7.00 contribution to defray costs.

WedTech’s technical talk tradition will continue as well. This Wednesday, August 13 at 1:00, we’ll be joined by Larry Kilham entitled Original Thinking, Innovation and Imagination in the Complex World. Larry is an entrepreneur and engineer with three patents to his name and an IR-100 award (developer of one of the 100 most significant technical products in 1986) for his work in optical and video processing.

On tap at the complex . . .
Sharpening the Artistic Vision

All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best, or so said William Oakham back in the 14th century. Somehow, that became Occam’s Razor and set the standard for evaluating scientific explanations and theories.

Albert Einstein saw the risk of excessive simplicity, though, and countered by saying, “Things should be as simple as possible but not simpler.”

What does that have to do with Santa Fe Complex’s first juried art show? It’s up to the artists, who can explain their ideas here. We’ll be happy with a cabinet of curiosities, a science fair, an art exposition, and a three-ring circus of brilliant and fun interpretations of the wisdom of Messrs. Oakham and Einstein. For more information, click here. Entry concepts are due September 2; the opening date is October 18.

Come Visit Us

Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District and within walking distance of the hotels, restaurants and shops at the plaza downtown. We’re housed in two facilities, the conference area at 624 Agua Fria and the project space at 632 Agua Fria.

The conference area contains meeting rooms and facilities for short-term use associated with on-going complex projects. The project space houses the great room, where we hold events and offer working facilities for laptop users, coffee lounge and work carrels.

While there is parking at 624 Agua Fria, the Romero Street parking lot is more conveniently located for the 632 facility. Romero St. is an old-style Santa Fe ox-cart road just east of the 624 driveway. Follow it until it opens up to two lanes and turn hard right into the parking lot for 632.

Here’s a map to our location, a representative shot showing the Railyard District and a sketchup drawing of the facility at 632. For more information, call 505/216.7562 or click here.

Don Begley
Managing Director
Santa Fe Complex
624 Agua Fria St
Santa Fe, NM 87501

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Samantha Giron Dance Project in Town for One Night Only

Samantha Giron Dance Project will be presenting work from two distinct shows: a premiere entitled “Quickly Going Somewhere and Back,” and two excerpts from “Women and War,” called “Fire Diary” and “Interrogations.”

“Women and War” seeks to explore the human experience of war from different perspectives than those typically presented to us. The representation of war in our culture is usually focused on men; men play the centrally-depicted, heroic roles of killing, being killed, being captured and tortured. Physical bravery is shown as a male trait.

“Quickly Going Somewhere and Back” is a new kind of project for Samantha Giron Dance Project. Usually Giron approaches Christianson once she has a clear idea for a dance piece, and he composes new work that best fits her ideas for the project. However, when Christianson and Giron were invited to perform at San Francisco’s COLLABORATION Festival, they set out to truly co-create a dance and music performance. This time, Christianson wrote the score first and provided Giron with some imagery and narrative context. Giron then set to work responding to the score. Since then, the two have continued to adapt their own contributions to the performance. Christianson performs his original violin score on stage in “Quickly Going Somewhere and Back,” and even performs some of the choreography alongside dancer LeTania Kirkland!

For more information, visit the Santa Fe Complex web site. Samantha GIron Dance Project’s web site is here.

Santa Fe Complex is a nonprofit, community studio creating connections in science, technology and art. Our studio stands on three core activities:

Collaboration to address real-world problems, encourage cooperation and create economic opportunities in applied complexity, urban planning and simulation, and computational arts.

Communication with local, national and international communities about our work in Santa Fe and elsewhere. Whether it’s a live feed or published reports, we broadcast our work - and the role Santa Fe plays in this important effort - to all interested parties.

Education through the principle of learning-by-doing in active projects that lets students be part of, and contribute to, their project team. We offer formal classes, scientific and technology lectures, and internships.

Quick Links
our blog
events calendar

Support the Complex

Support Santa Fe Complex
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About Samantha Giron Dance Project
Samantha Giron Dance Project, a contemporary dance company, was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001. Artistic director Samantha Giron earned an MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts in 2006 and a BA in Dance from Mills College in 2001. She has performed the choreography of Mark Morris, Tere O’Connor, and Scott Wells, and her choreography has been staged at over a dozen venues throughout California. She co-choreographed the dance film Hotel Scopeli, which won a Kodak Grant award; music video credits include “The Kids” by People.

“. . .Giron shined in a solo that accumulated force through an expanding web of delicately folding and unfolding limbs.”
–L.A. Times, re: “Fire Diary,” choreographed & danced by Samantha Giron
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These Albuquerque hot-shots could be the deviant love child of Kurt Cobain and Emmy Lou Harris…..Voted best New Emerging Band in the annual Best of Burque-2008! www.myspace.com/theoldmain
OR, THE WHALE

Weaving indie rock epics, sweet folk lullabies, boot stompin’ country rockers, and the grtitty blues porch anthems into a seamless and powerful live show that never disappoints. San Francisco’s most energetic family band, Or, the Whale comes to Santa Fe at last! With a strong DIY ethic, and a Carter Family chemistry, they’ve continued to warm hearts and move feet throughout the country!
“Brandishing four Grand Ole Opry-worthy vocalists-frequently harmonizing to thrilling effect-as well as three other accomplished musicians, Or, the Whale throw one hell of a barn dance.”-San Francisco Bay Guardian www.orthewhale.com
B E L L E M A H

Bellemah features beautiful melodic rock fronted by the sweetest voice in all of Albuquerque! www.bellemah.com

FRIDAY AUGUST 8 8 PM $8
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF A SANTA FE LEGEND

THE GLUEY BROTHERS

WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS DJ ROCQUE RINALDI & DJ COCQUI

The fusion of funk, rap, and metal is hardly a new trick, but what make California’s Gluey Brothers one of the smarter novelty acts to come along recently is their deftly delivered performance art shtick: wild, prop-driven theatrics that are both offbeat hilarious and well-rehearsed. Best of all, dual frontmen MC Tahina and King Hummus seem virtually telepathic, never missing out on a shared punchline. Join the fun! This will be the release party for the GLUEY BROTHERS first ever DVD, RIO VISTA VISUALS-VOL. 1! www.myspace.com/glueybros

SUNDAY AUGUST 10 7 PM $10
MICHAEL HEARNE
& SXSW

Southwest Americana with New Mexico’s favorite country-western dance band! www.michaelhearne.com

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR THESE GREAT SHOWS AT THE PUB & GRILL!
The TAJ MAJAL TRIO WED AUG 13
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS SUN AUG 17
RECKLESS KELLY with Jason Boland & the Stragglers SUN AUG 21
JJ GREY & MOFRO with the Hill Country Revue TUES SEPT 9
JOHN HIATT & the AGELESS BEAUTIES with the Sean Healen Duo WED SEPT 10
The SKATALITES TUES OCT 14
PICK UP YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT THE PUB & GRILL AT THE SFBC,
THE LENSIC BOX OFFICE 505.988.1234, OR ORDER ONLINE AT www.ticketssantafe.com

UPCOMING AT THE PUB AND GRILL
TUESDAY AUGUST 12 7:30 PM $10
T H E L A W S
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13 7:30 $32 ADVANCE / $36 DOOR
TAJ MAHAL
TRIO
FRIDAY AUGUST 15 8 PM $10
GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASS
SUNDAY AUGUST 17 6 PM $30 ADVANCE / $35 DOOR
TOOTS & the MAYTALS
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 7:30 PM $10
The BELLEVILLE OUTFIT
THURSDAY AUGUST 21 6:30 PM $17 ADVANCE / $20 DOOR
R E C K L E S S K E L L Y
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
JASON BOLAND & the STRAGGLERS
FRIDAY AUGUST 22 7 PM $15 ADVANCE / $20 DOOR
THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
THE YELLOW DUB SQUAD
SATURDAY AUGUST 23 4 PM to MIDNIGHT JUST $10! KID U-12 FREE!
FROGFEST III
CELEBRATING 5 FROGTASTIC YEARS!
8 HOURS OF LOVE & MUSIC!
F E A T U R I N G
HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD GOSHEN NATHAN MOORE TAARKA BORIS &the SALTLICKS
JOE WEST XOE FITZGERALD TIMETRAVELING TRANSVESTITE THE BILL HEARNE TRIO
SUNDAY AUGUST 24 7 PM $10
BILL HEARNE’S
ROADHOUSE REVUE
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 7 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC NIGHT
HOSTED BY JASON REED
FRIDAY AUGUST 29 8 PM $10
THE SOUTH AUSTIN JUG BAND
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 7:30 PM $5
T H E G O U G E R S
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 9 PM $10 ADVANCE / $15 DOOR
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT
HI-DEF RED ROCKS VIRTUAL MOVIE EXPERIENCE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 7 PM $10
THE MOTHER TRUCKERS
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 7 PM $5
SYD MASTERS & the SWING RIDERS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 6:30 PM $18 ADVANCE / $25 DOOR
JJ GREY & MOFRO
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
THE HILL COUNTRY REVUE
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 7:30 $37 ADVANCE / $40 DOOR
J O H N H I A T T
and the