Albuquerque, NM

On joyful night
cold black sky filled with stars
the farillitos called our feet to
wander to a mystical den

candles celebrated
luminous magic
of fires from old

the family pew was strong
and cool and few took time to notice
three hundred years of sermons
while juniper called the wild nerness(t)
in through windows draft.

one by one friends came
sharing stories and fame,
conversations open
sometimes bold
caressed our blessings
being told.

Food abundant
prepared with love,
the sacred space
opened its heart to our doors.

an eve’s new years
connected hopes
joy shared.

outside the air was cold
i could see my breath
like times old.
i laughed thanking the stars.

all those candles glowed
like drawings in ocean’s sand
flickered with spirit’s love
lingering now with my thanks to you.

I withold some personal thoughts, but the night was filled beyond expectation. I did not sleep much as my mind awoke minutes after I laid my head on the pillow. I relished in my post excitement. I may have fallen asleep near dawn and let myself sleep late comforted by cats and bundled beneath warm blankets. Later in the day I composed my poem, a mere shadow from one that emerged earlier in the morning. I called a friend and invited her to dinner, called her back and asked her to invite another friend. We treated him. A friend of his waited on us. This man retired from a large city fire department works at two homeless shelters, and works in the restaurant as well. Some people just keep giving again again to their community. So I return home full of love, and grateful that I have something to share.

From Robin Easton
“Happy New Year, my friends!”

This is my wish for you:

http://nakedineden.com/nakedinedenblog/?p=1008

Robin Easton

Website: www.nakedineden.com

Blog: http://nakedineden.com/nakedinedenblog/ ;

“I believe pure truth can be found in Nature. If we really listen to the trees, rocks and infinite stars, all things are made clear…..and right.”

(© REaston)

As winter is upon part of the world, the time for giving, doesn’t cease with the holidays. And if you were to travel to Africa, Asia, there are plenty of all year round troubles. It can be overwhelming.

What is not overwhelming is taking $5,$10, or more to donate either regularly or occassionally to those places that touch your heart.

If 2000 people donated $10 to their fav organization that’s $20,000.
At our local Food Depot, that would create 80,000 meals! Simply put, this demonstrates how important what you give can be. You do make a difference. Thanks, and do play the 2nd and last video. Feel good. Happy New Year’s. Please feel free to share this post anywhere, with everyone.

Well when yesterday was warm (40 degrees f), I decided to take Pat out for an early New Year’s celebration. We drove just outside of Santa Fe to Harry’s Roadhouse Restaurant. Harry’s Roadhouse is so famous that when they did major road construction awhile back, they created a turn lane for the Restaurant. This is significant since the road otherwise is primarily a country road. Harry’s Roadhouse often has an art show on the walls. Artists of all backgrounds may show there and it definitely is something to look forward to. Last night I admired these wonderful black and white prints by Charles Garcia.

I assumed that they were of New Mexico, and his card says he is from Albuquerque NM. I could not easily locate him through google, and he only had a phone number and address on his card. I did not copy his address. The photographer focused on rural NM and had dramatic compositions. So my default here, is if you are in New Mexico, go to Harry’s Roadhouse Restaurant to see this exquisite show and part of NM that often is fading fast.

Never been to Harry’s Roadhouse? First be prepared to wait unless you hit an off time. We were lucky yesterday afternoon just before 4PM. In Santa Fe this is significant, many restaurants close in the afternoon. It’s a bit funky with several rooms to dine in. The first is a diner style format, with an old fashioned diner counter. Many of the locals fill those seats fast. On the left of the entrance is a small crowded bar area. Expect to be seated there when it is busy and other guests may rub elbows if you are not careful. The primary dining room has a large community table, groups do tend to show up and garner that space. A good number of smaller tables as well. That’s also the gallery. Up a few steps is an enclosed “Portales”. Scenic and I was surprised that it was really warm yesterday. Out back, during the warmer seasons is a sprawling well landscaped outside restaurant. My favorite. More intimate, and very beautiful. Worth waiting for.

The menu is full of weekly specials. Southwest cuisine with many variations. Food here is not matched by other restaurants. The chefs’ usually produce excellent creations, large portions, at reasonable prices. If possible, leave room for dessert. They are famous for pies, and sometimes run out of favorites. Yesterday I had a cranberry crisp that I could not finish! It was presented in a medium sized bowl 16 oz or more. It wasn’t too sweet which was good for my diet. Included walnuts and a mixed grain crisp/”crust”. $4.25. I also added the homemade pistasico ice cream “ala mode” in a separate dish: heavenly.

My Salmon tacos (soft white flour thin taco), black beans, and salad were filling. We were impressed by the site of the salad and loved the mixed greens which added great colors. $9.95.

Staff were friendly and helpful. Marvelous! Dine leisurely, unless there are no tables left. Relax, feel at home, and know the creativity that abounds here in Santa Fe.

Have you been looking for a simple structure for a permanent home or weekend getaway?

Maybe you need a guest house on your property, a yoga or art studio, spiritual retreat, a unique structure for your small business.

A yurt may be your answer.

Where Should You Buy Your Yurt?

Are you looking for:

Quality yurts, affordably priced, compared to other yurts you have looked at?

Yurts that can be designed for your unique tastes and needs, built with options you want, not made in a cookie cutter big company assembly line way? Custom made for you?

Yurts made by a company whose owner has actually lived in a yurt full time, even in harsh mountainous winters? Who understands how a quality yet functional yurt needs to be designed and made? Yurts that can stand up to full time yurt living and provide a comfortable living space?

Yurts that includes standard features that are often options with other companies.

Prices start at only $3,860.00

Then you have finally found the yurt company you’ve been seeking.

Don’t buy another yurt until you have checked our Spirit Mountain Yurts and have made an honest comparison to other yurt companies in regards to features, price and quality. http://spiritmountainyurts.com/

How We Started Making Yurts

By Nalina Uehlein,
Owner Spirit Mountain Yurts

My experiences living in Yurts and also building Yurts are chapters in the story of my love affair with mother nature. I’ve always had a fascination and deep respect for native cultures around the world, and specifically their lifestyles, spirituality, and the homes they live in. I grew up in a very conservative home in the Midwest, so I was always the odd one. I just listened to a different drum.

I quit college at age 19 to seek a more simple and natural lifestyle. This included a vegetarian diet, Yoga, meditation, and many long hikes in nature. This taught me about plants, animals, and natural rhythms. In order to work for myself and maintain the freedom that I craved, I created a line of natural fiber clothing that kept food on the table for over 10 years. In 1989 when my second child was born I decided to semi-retire and be a mom. This helped in my exploration of the natural world and I was able to set up a very simple lifestyle. Five years later my third child was born. Less than a year later I made the very difficult decision to leave my partner (it was not a healthy relationship for any of us) and go about setting up a homestead in the mountains of NW Montana for myself and my children.

My First Yurt Was My Home

I was able to purchase 20 rural acres with a creek running through it! Wow! I had a friend with a Yurt and decided to copy the design and make a Yurt myself. (At this point my children’s ages were 1, 6, and 8.) This initial Yurt took many months to complete, and on the 4th of July in 1995 we moved in! This was a very positive experience and I will always treasure those early Yurt days! We lived with no power, just a wood stove for heat and candles for light. And yes, there was an outhouse out back by the goat barn and the garden. We collected water from the creek with buckets and enjoyed our simple life. This property was very rural, and after four years I decided to sell it and purchase property closer to town so that my home schooled children could be more involved with dance, theater, martial arts, and friends.

I found a beautiful property just 10 minutes from town with a natural spring up high on the land. The first year there we set up our Yurt and developed a gravity fed water system.

Making Yurts for Others

All these years I was doing various types of art work to create an income and allow me to be home to raise my children. Friends began asking me to make Yurts for them and I really enjoyed doing this. I also had a very vivid dream one night that showed me that building Yurts was what I should do, so I started putting more energy into building the Yurt business. Spirit Mountain Yurts was born! Orders just kept coming in and before long I needed to hire friends and family to keep up.

I decided to enhance our Yurt design by creating a heftier lattice structure and building Yurts with taller walls. I also changed the pitch in the roof a few degrees to help the snow fall off easier. This is still part of our design and it works great. Our Yurts are still very “Yurty” looking, yet these two design changes make our yurts unique and more functional.

Spirit Mountain Yurts’ original shop was on our property, which was on a steep mountainside. In the winter the road was very challenging. One year we had a couple of very close calls hauling trailers with lumber and yurts up and down that icy mountain road. It was obvious that we had to move to continue growing this Yurt business, so we decided to move to a warmer climate where our work would be much easier, and where we could also grow gardens all year long! (Organic gardening is an important and enjoyable aspect of creating a sustainable lifestyle).

We are now located in Northern New Mexico and we love it here. We are more centrally located, which makes shipping to many locations more reasonably priced. There are also many pro-active people and groups who are seriously working on earth friendly lifestyles.

We have a great team of Yurt builders and we steadily continue to grow. We are developing a reputation with satisfied customers, so we are able to keep our advertising costs down. We also keep our shop on our property where we live, which is another huge way to save money. Keeping expenses down is key in being able to produce a quality product and sell it at a reasonable price to our customers. We have made many wonderful friends along this yurt building journey and life is good.

In researching Yurts, I have found that the original Yurt living peoples in Mongolia are a very special people. They are Buddhists, and have a belief system that I strongly embrace because its respect for all life and the compassion that one learns with these teachings. In many ways, I believe that these teachings have brought me peace.

It is my hope that this story inspires you to follow your dreams! If you are one of those people who dream of getting out of the rat race and creating a simpler lifestyle, then maybe a Yurt is for you! Most of our customers live in their Yurts, and some of them go on to build homes from natural earthen materials such as straw bales, cob, and cordwood. These earthen homes are very labor intensive to build, and Yurts provide a wonderful and beautiful home during this process! Most people fall in love with their Yurts and continue to use them for art studios, guest houses, and other purposes.

Sort of related

For a better viewpoint, go to mountain spirit yurts!

I never saw this man become so excited and vocal. I felt pride and hope from him. Perhaps he’ll choose a path where he achieves more of what he wants.

In reviewing old emails, I found this newsletter:

Locals Care Newsletter
On September 29, Together - We Did It!
Over $100,000 in Nonprofit Donations!!!
From the nonprofits and participating merchants, Thank You, Thank You,
THANK YOU!

In This Issue
LANB & Locals Care
Community Fund Grants
National Buy Local Week
Donations Total
5 Reasons to Shop Local
FAQ’s
Quick Links to Program Sponsors:

KSFR

LA Community Development Corporation

Los Alamos Monitor

Los Alamos National Bank

The City Of Santa Fe

Did you know…
LANB Cards ARE Locals Care Cards

That’t right, if you bank with Los Alamos National Bank, the Debit and Credit cards you ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR WALLET OR PURSE - may be registered RIGHT NOW as Locals Care Cards! This allows you to earn rewards auotmatically every time you shop within the Locals Care locally owned merchant network.

In fact, if you live in Santa Fe, you are ALREADY AUTOMATICALLY earning rewards, so why not take a moment and select the nonprofit you would like to support. Once registered, you can see how many points you hace ALREADY earned!

Select nonprofit HERE!

There are over 100 nonprofits to choose from. Register online AND select your nonprofit beneficiary, or call 662.5171 and LANB representative will register your card over the phone.

Thank you LANB cardholders, and thank you Los Alamos National Bank for supporting our local community!

Santa Fe Community Foundation makes Locals Care Community Fund for Children and the Arts Awards

Over $10,000 was awrded by the Santa fe Community Foundation to four Locals Care participating nonprofits. The 2006/2007 Locals Care Community Fund recipients were: Cooking with Kids, Earthcare International, Fine Art for Children and Teens, and the Santa Fe Mountain Center. Congratulations to all!

Did you know…Ten percent of every gift raised is directed to the Locals Care Community Fund for Children and the Arts. In Santa fe, these funds are distributed by the Santa Fe Community Foundation to Locals Care nonprofits through the their annual granting cycle. All Locals Care nonprofits are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Los Alamos has their own Community Fund that is building up. More information will be released by Kevin and Claire at the LACDC in 2009.

National “Buy Local” Week
December 1 - 7, 2008

Remember to
Shop Local First!
Links to the Santa Fe Independent Business Alliance and National Organizations below…

Santa Fe Independent Business Alliance

AMIBA - American Independent Business Alliance

BALLE - Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

Dear Mary,

Thank you for supporting St. Elizabeth Shelter

Listed are your current Locals Care account totals:

Spenadable Cash Credits: 0
You can redeem cash credits on purchases at any Locals Care merchant!

Total Transactions: 1

Current Points Total: 40
You automatically receive a $10 cash credit for every 1000 points you earn!

Preferred Region: Santa Fe
Ten Percent of every Gift you are given supports the Community Fund for Children and the Arts in your preferred region.

READ the 5 Reasons To BUY LOCAL! (Below)

Please remember to let the merchants know how much you appreciate their participation! Now more than ever, your favorite local merchants really need your support, so when you shop or dine in Santa Fe and Los Alamos, make sure to visit a Locals Care merchant.

It’s your nonprofit, it’s your program, and it’s your card, so use it! The Locals Care merchants greatly appreciate your critical support in these challenging economic times.

Happy Fall,

Locals Care

Over $100,000 raised for charity!
…and counting.

Together we have raised over $100,000 for Local Nonprofit Organizations! Tell all your friends to get involved and start supporting a their favorite nonprofit today!

Nonprofits will receive their third quarter disbursement for 2008 early next week. The nonprofits greatly appreciate the tremendous support received from local merchants and Locals Care cardholders working together.

In this difficult economic Environment, your Local Merchants and local Nonprofits Need You NOW More Than EVER!
Please, make the extra effort to build our community by shopping and dining at Locals Care merchants this Holiday season. Together, we really are building a stronger community with every Locals Care Purchase.

Did you know…Locals Care distributes 100% of monies earned by nonprofits directly into their checking accounts quarterly, without any deductions of fees or expenses…

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Why Shop Local? 5 Reasons…

In this difficult economy, we are all Mutually dependent on each other. When you shop at Local merchants, you strengthen the local economy by keeping more of your dollars re-circulating locally. And, if you use your Locals Care card, you help nonprofits in this difficult fundraising environment, helping them provide the critical services within our community every time a dollar changes hands.
Locals Care - Together, we really are creating
“A Stronger Community with every local purchase!”

Why Shop at Locally Owned, Locals Care Merchants?
5 reasons…
1. It Strengthens the Local Economy. When you spend $100 at a chain, it re-circulates into $175 within the local economy, but if you spend it in a local merchant, it re-circulates into $250, a difference of an additional $75 in the local economy for every $100 spent. If 50,000 people spend an average of $200 at REI, that’s $10,000,000. If we spend those same dollars at Sangre de Cristo Mountain Works and Santa Fe Mountain Sports, we end up with an additional $7,500,000 in our local economy that supports your business or employer. Shopping local is in our own self-interest!
Keep your dollars Local!!!
2. It helps your favorite Nonprofits. Nonprofits desperately need your financial support in these difficult economic times. By changing your habits, and making sure you visit Locals Care merchants when you shop or dine, you can do your part to help raise funds for your favorite nonprofit. Locals Care inserts Nonprofits into the economic process, where wealth is generated, so they are apportioned a share of economic activity instead of having to beg for all of their operating dollars.
3. It helps your favorite Local Merchants. Literally, every business is dependent on their customers. If we don’t spend our hard earned dollars with local merchants now, they won’t be there when we come back. Locals Care merchants are trying to support our nonprofit community, but they can’t do it without your support. It only works when we work together!
4. It keeps Santa Fe looking like Santa Fe, and not “Strip Mall USA”. When we spend our dollars with chain stores, they multiply, and with deeper pockets and national advertising campaigns, they drive local merchants out of business. Then Santa Fe looks like any other strip mall in the country. Local diversity requires you financial support. Help grow Local Merchants by using your Locals Care card.
5. You earn on average 2% cash back! That’s right, you earn 200 points for every $100 you spend, and when you reach 1,000 points, our software converts the points to a $10 cash credit the next day, good on purchases at any Locals Care merchant! Locals Care offers 16 times more rewards than traditional Bank or Credit union card rewards. So tell your friends to join Locals Care, and together, we’ll keep our local economy and the community strong for all of us!

Now more than ever, PLEASE, shop at Locals Care merchants! They need your support!

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I view the participating merchants and nonprofits from my region?

Click here: LC Merchants

Select the region you would like to view, then select ‘change’.

The site will automatically update. You may then select ‘nonprofits’ or ‘merchants’ at the bottom of the page, and the site will display participants from your region.

How do I access my account online?

Click here: LC Login

Enter your email address, and select ‘forgot password?’ if you can’t login. The system will generate a new password and email it to you within a few minutes. Once you have logged in, you can change your password.

Now you may view your account history online, and view how your purchases are adding up to benefit your favorite nonprofit organization.

How do I change my password or nonprofit?

Login as directed above, and select the edit button or bar across the page. From here, you may change your password, or change the nonprofit that will benefit when you use your Locals Care card.

Why do I see “Community Fund for Children and the Arts” on my account?

Ten percent of every gift is directed to the Community Fund for Children and the Arts at the Santa Fe Community Foundation. (See article below)

How do I spend my Locals Care cash credits?

Each time you use your card, you earn rewards points. When you earn 1000 points, the program software automatically converts your points to a $10 cash credit, available for purchases at any Locals Care merchant. Simply inform the clerk that you would like to spend your cash credits next time you make a purchase.

We recommend asking the clerk to check your account balance, which will print your available cash balance. You may also login online at our website and check your account.
(Instructions above)

Where can I use my Locals Care card?

For a complete list of merchants, please click link below,
and select your region.

LC Merchants

Did you know…Locals Care cardholders have also earned over $100,000 in rewards by using their Local Care Cards…

Look for the Locals Care logo
Support locally owned businesses
Support your nonprofit
And together, we are Building a stronger community with every local purchase!

Thanks for your Particiaption and Support,

William Underwood
Locals Care

In Santa fe several big stores are closing, we are experiencing a decline in tax revenue, and even our cloistered town is beginning to experience more fallout from economic downturn. More than ever, shop at local stores. Also get the great deals from some stores closing down. When all of the above happens, we’ll need to support local vendors to keep the world here vibrant, and to help fund non-profits that will need the extra cash. Sign up for your card, and do better than I, who seldom shops, and use the card to earn $$$ for projects that you love to fund! Thank you.

In Santa Fe there probably will be many parties, including some more than famous folks at Governor Richardson’s home. It’ll be easier to get in however at Santa Fe’s Brewiing Company Bar and Grill.

Here’s the information, plus the whole week’s schedule. Party hard, eat a lot and share the fun. Mary
Fat Possum recording artists The Heartless Bastards are a cool rock/indie/soul garage band from Cincinnati, Ohio fronted by Erika Wennerstrom, are heading out on a US fall tour to preview material from their forthcoming album, “The Mountain.”
The power-trio’s tour will just started on Saturday 9/13 with a performance at the Southern Comfort Music Experience in Altamont, NY, and will visit nearly 35 cities across the country through late November. Dates include a Sept. 28 performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and a November 3 stop at the Pub & Grill at the SFBC!

“The Mountain,” due in January, is the Heartless Bastards’ third record on Fat Possum Records and features a new lineup and new instrumentation that weaves in mandolins, banjos and strings. An unmastered version of the title track is streaming at the group’s MySpace page.

Last October, Ohio-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom moved to Austin to write the new album and work with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead). She spent six months holed up in an apartment writing, and then assembled a new group featuring Cincinnati brethren Dave Colvin (drums) and Jesse Ebaugh (bass), who actually played on the Heartless Bastards’ original demo.The lineup on the fall outing will also include Bill Elm on lap steel and occasionally will feature Zy O. Lyn on violin. www.myspace.com/heartlessbastards

Tuesday November 4

OBAMA VICTORY PARTY

We’ll be hanging out, watching the returns; join us!
www.barackobama.com

Wednesday November 5 7:30 PM $15

FAN MAN PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

VIC CHESNUTT
E L F P O W E R
Vic Chesnutt is from Georgia, where he started writing songs at the age of five. At 18, a car accident left him partially paralyzed, though he could still play guitar. After his recovery he moved to Nashville, the poetry he read there (by Stevie Smith, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, W. H. Auden, Stephen Crane, and Emily Dickinson) inspired him. “Other people write about the bling and the booty. I write about the pus and the gnats. To me, that’s beautiful.”

Elf Power formed in 1994 and have spent the last 14 years releasing nine albums, two eps, a handful of singles, and touring America, Europe,and Japan. Elf Power’s ninth album blasts them past the familiar territories of beautiful records past - landing them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the Elves’ sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them memorable: leader Andrew Rieger’s otherworldly lyrical stances and his easy way with the rare and amazing melody, their instrumentally-eclectic reappraisal of classic rock, and a propulsive rhythm section that’s tight as ever. In A Cave, though, finds them filtering their powerful live approach through a varied, experimental series of recording processes and approaches; the new album plays like a spirited, exploratory series of treatments on the tried-and-true Elf Power sound.

This sort of thoughtful, perpetual motion through the years has sharpened the band’s instincts powerfully and all-inclusively, and the results are joyously evident here; with In A Cave, Elf Power finds a perfect synthesis of their solid, instinctual ensemble playing and open-hearted experimentation, and the result is one of the best, most assured records to come soaring out of Athens in a long, long time. -Jim McHugh

www.vicchesnutt.com www.elfpower.com

Thursday November 6 7:30 PM $5

SUZANNA CHOFFEL

Please go to youtube.com and vote for her, as she is a semi finalist for Cosmopolitian’s Star Launch!
A native of Austin TX, Suzanna Choffel combines her poetic sensibilities and sweet smoky voice with funky urban rhythms to create a fresh and unique sound. She uses her guitar to create staccato rhythms underneath her dazzling soulful vocal melodies, all backed by a pulsing band with unique instrumentation. Her music has been described as “indie pop with urban beats”, and “jazz-infused soul pop” with comparisons ranging from Feist to Nelly Furtado to Norah Jones to Erykah Badu. Since the 2006 release of her debut album, Shudders & Rings, she has been finding her name atop many a music reporter’s list as “one worth watching”. Her song “Hey Mister” was licensed by the City of Austin for inclusion in the Austin Music Vol. 7 compilation CD (March 2008 release). In April 2008, Suzanna Choffel won the $10,000 Grand Prize in the nationwide Famecast Pop competition. Also in April 2008, she won 1st Prize in Music Videos at Ourstage.com. In June 2008, Suzanna was selected by The State Of Texas to represent contemporary Texas music in Texas On Tour, a large countrywide traveling show promoting Texas tourism. Suzanna Choffel’s red-hot band creates a fresh and original instrumental backing. The lineup consists of drummer Eldridge Goins (Johnnie Johnson, Carolyn Wonderland, Big Al DuPree, The Heathens), bassist Johnny Vogelsang (Bob Schneider, Soulhat), vibes/accordion/synth player Laura Scarborough (Lila’s Medicine, Ohn), and saxophone/clarinet player Brad Houser (New Bohemians, Boombox, Critters Buggin’). The result is a smokin’ hot rhythm section that can riff, improv and meander like a jazz band, yet has the stability of her strong pop-soul songs to ground them, resulting in a sensational new sound.www.myspace.com/suzannachoffel

Friday November 7 8 PM $10

The PLEASURE PILOTS

The Pleasure Pilots band are a popular New Mexico-based dance band playing rocking vintage rhythm and blues, swing and jump music. The Pilots are a six-piece band with a horn section. Instrumentation includes: guitar, piano and Hammond B3, drums, bass, tenor and baritone saxophones. The band specializes in recreating the roots of rhythm and blues.Conceptually, the band draws much of its material from vintage rhythm and blues artists popular in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. (Louis Jordan, Jackie Brenston, Amos Milburn, Junior Guitar Watson, T-bone Walker, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Albert King, among others). The primary focus of the music, however, is DANCE! The band has drawn very well in New Mexico, particularly among the “dance crowd.” Jay Paul and Randy Forrester of radio station KSFR’s “Gotta Dance” show, have called the group “the best swing band in New Mexico.”Put on your dancing shoes and come fly with the Pleasure Pilots! www.pleasurepilots.com

Saturday November 8 7:30 PM $5

BORIS McCUTCHEON

and the SALTLICKS

CD RELEASE PARTY!

BAD ROAD, GOOD PEOPLE

Boris and Brett Davis-Susan Hyde Holmes-Paul Groetzinger-Kevin Zoernig-with special guest Sharon Gilchrist Brett Davis used to work with me at Vitamin Cottage. Glad he is back to play!)

Boris McCutcheon, a gifted song writer who hangs his hat near Ojo Sarco, NM, (and who just won the Mountain Stage Southwest Regional New Song contest in Austin, Texas!) has a brand new album out on Frogville records! Come to the CD release party! Boris & the full band of Saltlicks (which will include Sharon Gilchrist on mandolin for this special show) will mesmerize you off your seat, get you to boogie on the dance floor, get you to buy their new CD “Bad Road, Good People”, and possibly get you laid although probably, not necessarily in that order. If you caught Boris’s set at Frogfest 3 then you know he can rock the house, so bring some friends down to the Pub & Grill because its going to be another fantastic Frogville party!

www.borismccutcheon.com www.frogvilleplanet.com

Sunday November 9 6:30 PM $10

SYD MASTERS

& the SWING RIDERS

VINTAGE COWBOY WESTERN SWING

www.sydmasters.com

TICKETS ON SALE NOW at the PUB & GRILL

HEARTLESS BASTARDS-MON NOV 3

VIC CHESNUTT & ELF POWER-WED NOV 5

PICK UP YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT THE PUB & GRILL AT THE SFBC, AT THE LENSIC BOX OFFICE -505.988.1234, OR ORDER ONLINE AT www.ticketssantafe.org

UPCOMING at the PUB & GRILL
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10 7:30 PM $5
TREVOR MENEAR

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12
DEVON ALLMAN’S HONEYTRIBE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 7-9 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-Hosted by JASON REED

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 8 PM $5
THE ALEX MARYOL BAND

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 8 PM $10+1 (OR MORE!) NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM
THE FUSE BOX LIVE!
BRIAN HARDGROOVE’S DANCE PARTY / BENEFIT FOR THE FOOD DEPOT

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 6:30 PM $10
THE RIFTERS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17 7-9 PM No Cover - DONATIONS APPRECIATED!
THE SANTA FE GREAT BIG JAZZ BAND

In an arid landscape, we all need to find sustainable ways to allow beautiful landscapes while conserving water. I also like that he does edible landscaping, as my little garden is a major part of my landscaping. Grand squash and pumpkin plants, flowering bean plants create lush ground covers in my yard. Ah the the fragant tomato plants, yellow flowering dill, sage, and you get the picture. I bet he knows many tricks to create beautiful landscapes without wasting water. Introducing: the Raincatcher:

theraincatcher.com
The RainCatcher Inc. is a local design/build company that specializes in using drylands permaculture techniques to create long-term sustainable landscapes and homesites. We are a fully-licensed (NM GB-98 and NM MS-6) and insured company, focusing on:

permaculture design and implementation
water harvesting
water catchment systems
irrigation
landscape design and installation
erosion control
restoration

greywater/wastewater re-use systems
The RainCatcher Inc. is a member of the Better Business Bureau, Santa Fe Alliance, Santa Fe Sustainability Guide, American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, International Erosion Control Association, Santa Fe Watershed’s “Adopt the River” program, and supports the living wage in Santa Fe, providing benefits to employees.

The above picture displays permaculture in practice. It is of a mixed perennial and annual food-producing garden, watered by rainwater and a branched-drain greywater system. No supplemental water is needed because all water is harvested on site, re-used from the roof, and re-used from the house. The soil here is very healthy, high in orgainc matter, and full of life, helping to infiltrate excess water for the plants to use.

Same site 2.5 years before!

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The RainCatcher Inc. is a local design/build company that specializes in using drylands permaculture techniques to create long-term sustainable landscapes and homesites. We are a fully-licensed (NM GB-98 and NM MS-6) and insured company, focusing on:

permaculture design and implementation
water harvesting
water catchment systems
irrigation
landscape design and installation
erosion control
restoration

greywater/wastewater re-use systems
The RainCatcher Inc. is a member of the Better Business Bureau, Santa Fe Alliance, Santa Fe Sustainability Guide, American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, International Erosion Control Association, Santa Fe Watershed’s “Adopt the River” program, and supports the living wage in Santa Fe, providing benefits to employees.

The above picture displays permaculture in practice. It is of a mixed perennial and annual food-producing garden, watered by rainwater and a branched-drain greywater system. No supplemental water is needed because all water is harvested on site, re-used from the roof, and re-used from the house. The soil here is very healthy, high in orgainc matter, and full of life, helping to infiltrate excess water for the plants to use.

Same site 2.5 years before!

Thank you for visiting us! We will be working on the is site over the next few years to bring you a fun, creative, and highly informative website. We are always under construction so please check back soon.

Hopefully this brings you directly to the slide show. If not seek out this mysterious photographer at:
www.nomadforhire.com

After my d.o.m. appointment, I was very hungry, and the rain came pouring down. I laughed and grinned about our wonderful rain. After monsoons, it often is very dry. This year we are blessed. As thunder accompanied the rain, I decided to eat out since I wouldn’t be able to work online. I went to Maki Yaki just off St Francis Drive. Near Albertson’s and Zia Rd. I ordered the Calamari and Veggies Tempura. It came with a lettuce salad, steamed rice, and a cup of miso soup. All for $9.17. I enjoyed the mixed inter-generational crowd. SOme young men who looked like gang kids, took time to go over to a tired old man, and inquired about a basketball team. A tourist guy or a travelling biz dude with maps (30’s maybe)…swallowed fast a meal on the run. Some young women arrived for take out and chatted with the “gang” guys. Two folks in their 50’s chatted for a long while before the “rush” came in. See what a little sushi can do in Santa Fe. Great food, good service, and very fair prices keeps everyone stopping by. Remember the take out, the platters, and catering too!

Thursday October 23 7:30 PM $3

R and BEBOP
Classic R & B Bassist Dave Moir and Guitarist/Singer Scott Cadenasso have teamed-up to bring you R & BEBOP, Santa Fe’s newest arrival on the entertainment scene, playing casual, classic, and cool R & B!
Sunday October 26 6:30 PM $10

BILL HEARNE’S

ROADHOUSE REVUE

This is Bill Hearne’s side project, a four piece Honky Tonk band. The Roadhouse Revue is the Bill Hearne Trio plus Auge Hays on pedal steel, and with Bob playing lots of electric guitar. The music they play is the retro-honky tonk music that Bill spent many hours listening to as a youth in the late 50’s, early 60’s. www.billhearne.com

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MONDAY OCTOBER 27 7:30 $10
PAULA NELSON

WEDNESDAY Yep. Next week will be full of talent. C’mon over to Santa Fe!

Occam’s Razor
Opens This Week

Saturday, October 18 at 4:00 pm

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“All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.”

William Oakham, 14th century
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“Things should be made as simple as possible,
but not simpler.”

Albert Einstein, 20th century

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

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

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. For more information, call Don Begley at 505/216.7562.

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Now I don’t always get to read all of what I am sent, but it’s terrific to have on hand. The following is from someone I was referred to from Australia! Connect with him for great and old applied to new ideas.
Continuing our series of Ralph Waldo Trine, here’s
‘In Tune With The infinite’

http://www.mymillionairebuddy.com/ebooks/wk43-trine-infinite/W.O.W.wk43-trine-infinite.zipCrnr Greville & Perth
Prahran
Victoria 3181
Australia

Reading the link, I think I missed a few. So here are 5 tips to Recognize the power of your home town.

First, if you read here often you know that we New Mexicans are a bit spoiled. We have lots of entertainment, talent, possibility thinking, albeit not as many good jobs. Even so we do have lots of entrepreneurs, part time jobs, and mostly casual dress lifestyle. At this moment I am supporting the local economy by hiring a neighbor who has his own biz doing whatever. He’s working on saving my porch today.

5 Tips. Especially vital for smaller cities and hometowns.
1) Pay attention to free lectures and workshops.
Education comes in many forms and can help you achieve your personal goals.
Even Adult ed programs provide a venue to share your talents, or learn new skills.

2) If you want “it” and your town doesn’t have “it” create it.
Let’s say you love thrift stores or second hand stuff stores. Start one. Creates income plus…
Back in the sixities in a town of about 2000 people, my church had a consignment thrift store
that was only open 1 day a week. People could actually earn $$$ off their items or just donate
stuff. That little store earns over $10,000 for the church still today.
There are a lot of small businesses that can be started on a shoestring: ditto theater groups.

3) Creative government. Local governments create an arena where your input can create good
results. Have 20 projects that would enhance your community? From special celebrations, to
creating shelters for the homeless, to clean up projects or services for seniors, your town can help.

4) Have gratitude for churches and teachers. They both work to build powerful communities. If you
are part of either, give yourself kudos. Social discomfort is created by neglect. List things that you
would lilke to see improved and list twice as many ideas to make the changes. One small project
may make a grand difference to your community.

5) Your hometown never needs to be boring. It’s full of resources and riches overlooked. Creating a
community garden, or cleaning up and revitalizing a neighborhood park, or having a used book sale
for the library (add used DVD’s too) can boost energy into your community. Even something as
Saturday morning community walk and breakfast 2X a month can create connecting and fun. Look
around and list the great things happening in your town. Start a blog sharing all this or a
newsletter praising these benefits.

How do we see something that supposedly hasn’t yet happened? During my years in the wild, linear time vanished. For me there is no time. What I’d previously known as past, present and future merged until they became one and all happened at once. Initially disoriented, I eventually grew to thrive in the absence of time. It allowed me to speak with and hear those I love no matter where they are, close or far, dead or alive. The absence of time allowed me to more readily tap into Universal Knowledge and Love. It’s not always easy because I see things that sadden and horrify me. I easily feel the world’s pain. But I also experience unparalleled Love. I see Love everywhere I go.

No, I am not blind to the horror in the world. I’d be lying to say that I’ve never felt hate for people who abuse and torture. But I now choose to focus on Love because it’s something positive that I can do, and I know without doubt that Love exists. It changes lives. Love motivates me to actively do what I can to end fear, hate and suffering. I’ve fallen in love with a Love so great that I am compelled to love everywhere I go, everyone I meet. Each day I’m thankful that I live in a free country, with friends, family, food, shelter….a blessed life. I can make a difference.

The two organizations listed below (with videos) bring about positive change. Instead of complaining about all the horror, or pretending it doesn’t exist, or sinking into fear and depression, get involved, change your world. Even if all you do is forgive those who have hurt you. Do it for those who’ve been so wounded by hideous crimes that they may never be able to love or forgive. Love your family, your friends, your wife, your husband, your children, your life…everyday. Turn people’s lives around by modeling love, even in the face of hate…LOVE.

Take away love and the earth is a tomb. ~ Robert Browning

Love,
Robin

This Site

I found this on Robin’s blog. Cocooned in my little personal world, I did’t have a clue that it would be so easy to participate in micro lending. Share with friends.

Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…

Celebration of Gourds 2008
Is it art? You only have to see Robert Rivera’s amazing sculptures once to realize that anything can be art in the hands of someone with talent. Rivera is the featured artist for this annual gourd festival and has donated the sculpture in the image plus a piece of gourd jewelry, several posters and his new book for a fundraiser. In 1974 Rivera purchased his first gourds and it wasn’t long before he quit his job in order to devote all of his time to creating his unique pieces of gourd art. His interpretation of the historic and prehistoric designs of the ancient Anasazi, Hohokam, Mimbres, and Acoma tribes have inspired many of his original works. Since that day in 1974, Robert has created an amazing body of work, including Butterfly Maidens, Effigy gourds, Zuni Water Maidens, Kachinas, masks, fetishes, storytellers, and so many other vessels and sculptures. Today, his works are admired, respected and sought after by collectors of Southwestern and contemporary art throughout the world. The festival will also feature exhibits, dried gourds for sale, music by the Rio Grande Gourd Band, and refreshments. Free admission. Raffle tickets available on line.
Special event Sat. Oct. 11, 9-5, Sun. Oct. 12, 10- 4
Albuquerque Garden Center
10120 Lomas NE
(505) 250-9660
newme xicogourdsociety.org

Night Vision at Land/Art Gallery
This is a solo exhibit of paintings by David Niec from a three-week residency at THE LAND/an art site opens Friday night. Niec, an environmental, land-based painter from Milwaukee paints only at night with an extremely limited palette intended to capture the landscape at night, especially the night sky.
Reception Friday, Oct. 10, 5-8pm
THE LAND/gallery
419 Granite NW
(505) 242-1501
landartsite.org

NM Watercolor Fall 2008 Exhibition
New Mexico Watercolor Society artists present original works in watercolor and other water media. Judged by Jan Fabian Wallake, signature member of RRWS, NPWS and TWSA.
Reception Friday, Oct. 10, 6-8pm
Expo New Mexico (State Fairgrounds)
Hispanic Arts Building
300 San Pedro Drive NE
(505) 892-8597
nmwaterco lorsociety.org

A View With Room and Little Gems Art Exhibit
A View With Room features locally and nationally known plein air (painting in the open air, or outdoors). The paintings, in a variety of media including acrylics, oils, pastels and watercolors, express each artist’s unique vision and interpretation of the various landscapes found within the Open Space properties. Highlights for the day will include plein-air (open air) painting demonstrations, special talks interpreting Open Space lands, and refreshments.
Reception Saturday, Oct. 11, 10am - 4pm
Open Space Visitor Center
6500 Coors Blvd. NW at the end of Bosque Meadows
(505) 897-8831

Fall Arts & Crafts Fair at Mama’s Minerals
This is an outdoor fair with over 60 craft vendors selling a variety of handmade crafts including; windchimes, paintings, jewelry, sculptures, cards, hand-blown glass, soap, scarves and even baked goods.
Craft Show Saturday, Oct. 11 - 10am-4pm
Mama’s Minerals
1100 San Mateo Blvd. NE #15
(505) 266-8443 mamasminer als.com

Three Contemporary Photographers at ArtHaus66
Photographs by Luis Castelo, Gerald Mandell, and Frances Melhop will show at ArtHaus66 Gallery beginning Friday, October 17th, as part of the Northeast Heights Artscrawl. Furtive glimpses of things that have been or perhaps things that will be….Timeless images; versions of the truth filtered through the imagination of these artists. The gallery is located just 5 minutes east of Nob Hill in the historic Cal-Linn building. One block North of Central and half block East of San Pedro.
Reception Friday, October 17, 5-8:30pm
ArtHaus 66 Gallery
6320 Linn Ave. NE #C
(505) 830-9653
arthaus66.com

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

Electoral Dysfunctions at the Vortex
If you need a break from real politics, enjoy this festival of eight short politically-themed plays submitted by local playwrights. Shows include:
Hollywood Ending by Rich Rubin
Car Alarm by Dianna Lewis
The Booth by Kate Horsley
Election Night with Washington & Lincoln by Frank Melcori
Ozzy Osbourne Explains It All For You by Susan Erickson
Focus by Joe Sackett
The Value of the Vote by Becky Mayo
Enter On the Execution by Gene Grant
Vote for your favorite. The play with the most votes by the end of the run wins its author $500! Opens Friday and runs through November 2. Pay-What-You-Will Ticket Night: Sunday, October 12.
Performances Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm
Vortex Theatre
2004-1/2 Central SE
(505) 247-8600
thevortextheater. org

Open Mic with Erika Sanchez at Sumner & Dene
Enjoy a 90-minute open mic featuring poet Erika Sanchez.
Performance Saturday, Oct. 11, 7pm
Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW Downtown
(505) 842-1400
sumnerdene.com

Poetry Reading at Johnsons of Madrid
Mary McGinnis’ poetry writing group will read at Johnsons of Madrid Sunday, Since the mid-1900s, Mary McGinnis has hosted poetry writing in her home. Poets who will be reading include Mary McGinnis, Jane Lipman, Kathamann, Lynn Holm and Richard Wolfson.
Performance Sunday, Oct. 12, 1-3pm
The Johnsons of Madrid Galleries
2843 State Highway 14 in Madrid
(505) 471-1054
turquoisetrail.org

Two Performances by the Capitol Steps Sunday
Enjoy music and political satire brought to you by the Capitol Steps, the Washington-based troupe of Congressional staffers turned songwriters. No one escapes their scrutiny and they keep their act as fresh as the day’s headlines.
Performances Sunday, Oct. 12, 4pm & 7:30pm
Popejoy Hall
UNM Campus (Central at Cornell NE)
(505) 277-3824
popejoyprese nts.com

El Mexorcist 2 at NHCC
Guillermo Gomez-Pena uses spoken word and interactive art to convey his passionate views on an assortment of world issues.
Performance Thursday, Oct. 16, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 246-2261
nhccnm.org

Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals

Le Chat Lunatique at the Launchpad
One of our favorite local bands will play at the Launchpad Friday night along with Lost Lingo and Cultura Fuerte.
Performance Friday, October 10, 8pm
The Launchpad
618 Central Ave SW
laun chpadrocks.com/calendar

The Return of the South Austin Jug Band to El Rey
Last time the South Austin Jug Band played the El Rey, it was a sold out show. Don’t miss this opportunity to see an award-winning string band that delivers a seamless hybrid of Americana and rock. The show is part of an extensive tour in support of their third album, the self-produced Strange Invitation. Although, there’s no jug-playing, there are the bluegrass staples: fiddle, mandolin, and upright bass. Despite the heavy use of these instruments and the bluegrass connotation that the name carries, there is also drumming, occasional electric guitar and even digital looping. Critics have been quick to dub the genre as newgrass, but the band would rather describe itself as progressive acoustic. Tickets are on sale now at Bookworks, Encore Music, Birdland, all Zone locations, GetTix.net and 1-866-I-GET-TIX.
Performance Saturday, Oct. 11, 8:30pm
El Rey Theater
620 Central SW
(505) 242-2343
elreytheater.com

Fiamma Fumana at the Cooperage The big hit of ¡Globalquerque! 2007! Fiamma Fumana began as a studio project in 1999-a tribute to the female vocal tradition of Northern Italy (like the choirs of mondine, the rice gatherers who were all young girls) revitalized by a new generation and electronic dance music culture. The result is an intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to new Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the art electronica. To these young urbanite Europeans, electronic beats make a natural bedrock for re- interpreting the songs of previous generations. Female vocals connect past to future with unforgettable pathos. One other key ingredient, a rare regional bagpipe called the piva Emiliana, adds an unexpected Celtic-sounding flavor to the mix. The result is clearly Italian yet broadly international in its appeal. This is a 21 and over show. Buy tickets on-line through Brown Paper Tickets or by phone: 1-800-838- 3006
Performance Saturday, October 11, 8pm
The Cooperage
7220 Lomas Blvd NE (Just east of Louisiana)
abqmusic.com

Javon Jackson Band with Les McCann
Saxophonist Javon Jackson came into international prominence as a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, performing and recording alongside Terence Blanchard, Kenny Garrett, Wallace Roney and Benny Green. Jackson has since toured and recorded with Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Donald Byrd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Richard Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, Curtis Fuller and Stanley Turrentine and has appeared on over 125 recordings. Branford Marsalis says Javon adds a modern twist to the music we grew up with. Everybody get ready for a funky good time. The band will be joined by special guest Les McCann, the iconic soul jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. Javon Jackson, tenor saxophone; Les McCann, keyboards and vocals; David Gilmore, guitar; Kenny Davis, bass; and Rudy Royston, drums.
Performance Thursday, October 16, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044
outpostspace.org

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

Motionfest for students and industry pros
Come and enjoy motionfest - a day filled with FREE sessions, seminars and movies: animation, motion graphics, visual effects . . . and more. Lots of sessions for industry pros offered by Adobe, Maxon, AutoDesk and Cinnafilm. There are also sessions for high-school and middle-school students. Elementary school kids get the opportunity to draw with a Disney animator! Bring the kids to see the full-length animated children’s feature, Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss. For a complete list of sessions, events, and movie showtimes, check out the web site. Seating is limited, so reserve your seat right away. This event is sponsored by motion {www.motionconference.com} and the ABQ Film Office {http://www.cabq.gov/film/}.
Special event Sunday, October 12, 10:30am - 6pm
Albuquerque Convention Center Downtown
motionfes t.eventbrite.com

Tell No One (Ne Le Dis A Personne)
François Cluzet, who’s like a terse Gallic Dustin Hoffman, plays a pediatrician who got knocked into a coma the night his wife (Marie-Josée Croze) was killed, apparently by the same goons. Eight years later, when the case is reopened, Cluzet receives a series of anonymous video e-mails indicating that his wife may still be alive. He also finds himself a suspect on the run. “In the shortcut language of a movie pitch, Guillaume Canet’s delicious contemporary thriller Tell No One is Vertigo meets The Fugitive by way of The Big Sleep. That is meant as high praise. This French adaptation of Harlan Coben’s 2001 best seller is the kind of conspiracy-minded mystery almost no one seems capable of creating anymore, except David Lynch in his surreal way. Beautifully written and acted, Tell No One is a labyrinth in which to get deliriously lost. The story, which involves murder and depravity in high places, is so elaborately twisty that about halfway through the movie you stop trying to figure it out and let its polluted waters wash over you, trusting that the denouement will reveal all. It does and it doesn’t…the puzzle pieces fit more snugly than those of The Big Sleep, the granddaddy of impenetrable noirs. But one of the pleasures of both films is surrendering to a vision of corruption and evil that resists tidy explanations.” - Stephen Holden, The New York Times. Dir. Guillaume Canet - 2007 - 125m -Scope - France - In French with English Subtitles Co-Sponsored by Alliance Francaise. View a trailer here.
Screening Fri-Thurs, Oct. 10-16, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10
The Guild Cinema
3415 Central SE
(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.
www.abqarts.org

Read on…

Melting Ice and Rhetoric:
October 3: Greenland’s Melting Ice
on Frito Friday (7:00 pm)

October 8: Unwinding the Rhetoric
(6:30 pm)

What Happens if Greenland Turns Green?

Greenland is the world’s largest island, and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is the Northern Hemisphere’s largest terrestrial permanent ice- and snow covered area. Scientists have been monitoring the ice sheet for decades and are discovering that the ice appears to be melting. If true, what will a green Greenland mean for the rest of the world?

Dr. Sebastian H. Mernild, a post-doc fellow at the International Arctic Research Center and Water & Environmental Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is in Santa Fe this weekend. The internationally renowned researcher has agreed to join Frito Friday, October 5, for a casual and informative discussion on his research on the Greenland Ice Sheet in a climate perspective.

Dr. Mernild discusses the future perspectives for this scenario at Frito Friday. He says, “Ice mass and snow cover serve as water reservoirs that are highly vulnerable to ongoing climatic variations and change. The Arctic is undergoing a system-wide response to climatic change, and the effect of a warmer and wetter climate on terrestrial cryospheric and hydrological processes and their components have already been documented.”

Click here for more information on Dr. Mernild’s work. Join Dr. Mernild at 7:00 at Santa Fe Complex to learn more about his perspective on the future of Greenland’s ice and the world’s coastlines.

Swimming Against the Flow (October 7, 6:30 pm)

Presidential debates; vice presidents, too; ads, emails and web pages: claims and counterclaims abound. Come to this second workshop at Santa Fe Complex to learn how to look beyond the scripts and see what is really going on this this fall’s campaigns.

From soap to soapboxes, ads, debaters and talking heads work overtime to control or influence the flow of information available to voters. Learn how to swim against the flow, by navigating upstream through the flood of information around us to find where the information comes from and investigating its accuracy in this second of the Three Tuesdays workshops before November’s elections.

On Tuesday night, October 7, journalist Tom Johnson will show workshop participants how to track data to their upstream sources. Web pages and their data are not static events; learn how to find the “signs” of where they came from, who owns the site(s) and sometimes who links to them. Johnson will discuss how investigators can use these attributes to advantage and also take a step back to consider the “architecture of sophisticated web searching.”

The third and final workshop, on October 14, will explore the payoff for the research done by the workshop’s participants: following the money to see what and who is supporting the campaign. This final workshop looks at web sites that make it easier to follow the election money and focuses on how to get their data into a spreadsheet. Then what? A short intro to slicing-and-dicing the numbers. (Even if you are a spreadsheet maven, please come and act as a coach.)

These workshops will give participants an opportunity to do some hands-on (”On-line hands-on”, that is) investigation of New Mexico politics. Participants are also encouraged to bring a laptop if they can. After learning to do the online research needed to understand what’s happening in the fall political campaign, participants will have the opportunity to do homework assignments and contribute to the Three Tuesdays wiki so their discoveries will be available to the general public.

Everyone is welcome but space will be limited. A suggested donation of $45 covers all three events or $20 will help produce each session. Click here to sign up.

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Tom Johnson’s 30-year career path in journalism is one that regularly moved from the classroom to the newsroom and back. He worked for TIME magazine in El Salvador in the mid-80s, was the founding editor of MacWEEK, and a deputy editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His areas of interest are analytic journalism, dynamic simulation models of publishing systems, complexity theory, the application of Geographic Information Systems in journalism and the impact of the digital revolution on journalism and journalism education. He is the founder and co-director of the Institute for Analytic Journalism and a member of the Advisory Board of Santa Fe Complex.

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

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

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. For more information, call Don Begley at 505/216.7562.

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