*If you already read the Mayan newsletter online and are a water sign, please read your message again, it has been corrected.
Housekeeping: Coming soon: online payment for phone sessions. Also new and available now: MP3 audio files of your session, emailed to you. My prices for psychic counseling and healing in-person and phone sessions will stay the same this year except for circles, which are now $65 for 2 ½ hours at any out-of-town venue.
Extreme error with visitor feedback from my website: I believed for the last six months or so that I was only getting spam from my visitor feedback form, and so I have deleted all of them without reading them. I happened to open one Jan. 1st and saw it was from a person! If you have sent me mail and I never responded, I am so sorry, I hope you’ll write again.
Scheduled Circles/Travel:
Santa Fe, Friday, January 23rd, New Moon Solar Eclipse Healing Circle. This Winter Circle is particularly favorable, (Sun conjunct Jupiter), for doing energy-release healing work and spiritual cleaning. We’ll also be looking at the new year…please bring a couple of personal questions, and an object that holds meaning for you now. Limited to eight, $45, 7-9 pm. GO to Elissa’s site for more information.
Las Cruces: Full Moon Circle: Get your energy balanced and put the right foot forward in the new year! Please bring questions; we’ll also be looking at the year through various divination tools. Bring also an object that you associate with a goal or something relevant now. (This circle is full.) Openings for private appointments, January 8th. Please email or call, see above.
Las Vegas: Afternoon circle Saturday March 28th, Limited to eight, $65, 2 ½ hrs. Private appointments Friday March 27th. Please email or call, see above. www.elissaheyman.com
If you’re interested in hosting a circle in your area, contact.
Psychic Predictions and Astrology for 2009
First Impression: The words that came for 2009 were “…a river of blood, a river of change”. The potential for bloodshed, big earth changes and revolution show up in 2009. Change is transformational: major change keeps on coming, like a river rolling along, changing the landscape, depositing people in new places.
Perhaps one difference between difficult times in the past and today, is that we’re aware of technological breakthroughs that make it evident we can innovate to success. Positive directions will be in sight.
Divinations
Numerology: 2009 is a “two” year, and will be full of dualities, for instance in the U.S., we’ll go back and forth between transformation (the Obama agenda) and dealing with the past (trials, wars). The extreme volatility of the stock market is another “2″ feature, and likely reaches a bottom. Lifestyle and domain changes can be extreme. Some boundaries change, or try to.
In numerology, 2 and 9 break down to two numbers: 2 and 11. (Eleven is considered a master number, so you don’t break it down.) In an “eleven” year, mastery is on display. Individuals can better manage their own lives now, and in the U.S., masterful people are at the helm and immediately take the country in a better direction, despite great frustrations.
“Eleven” also connotes spiritual growth, and this year many feel they are gaining mastery over their own selves. A lot of people are feeling healed. There’s a big wave of people who are feeling a lot better about where they’re going and what they’re doing in life. Successful action marks the year– in it, a lot of people get set up for future success, and find it’s easier to align their heart, mind, and will.
The Speaking Stones: The stones mystified me. I believe they were portraying a disorganized landscape, like an earthquake, or the ultimate disorganization of some collective body, like a revolution. The Speaking Stones’ reflection of destabilizing and transformative circumstances in 2009 fit various scenarios already in the air: earthquakes in Yellowstone, economic collapse, (and Europe looking more affected than the U.S.); border changes, war.
The Oh Cards: There were many images that showed the same
Get ready for the season. I will update often. Here’s December’s Newsletter from Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. www.SFCMF.org
Brett Dean, one of the Festival’s upcoming 2009 season guest artists, wins world’s most prestigious competition award
Festival patrons who have already bought their 2009 season tickets will have noticed Australian composer/conductor/violist Brett Dean’s name among the season’s guest artists. The Festival has also commissioned him to write a piece for the 2010 season.
On December 1, it was announced that Mr. Dean, 41, was awarded the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition by the University of Louisville, the most prestigious competition award in the world. He is the first Australian to win the award, which carries a prize of $200,000. Founded in 1984 by industrialist, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and University alumnus H. Charles Grawemeyer, the award is given annually and honors “powerful ideas in five fields - music composition, ideas improving world order, psychology, education and religion”.
Mr. Dean’s 2006 violin concerto, “The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonic and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman, is cited in the award. One of 145 entries submitted, the work’s title is derived from four individual letters - by composers Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf, artist Vincent Van Gogh and Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, which inspired the works’ four movements.
Brett Dean is also an international conductor and a violist who played with the Berlin Philharmonic for 15 years, and whose positions include artistic director of the Australian National Academy of Music. Mr. Dean joins a distinguished list of acclaimed composers who have received the Grawemeyer, including Gyorgy Kurtag, Pierre Boulez, and Aaron Jay Kernis.
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Mr. Dean began composing in 1988. His works include Ariel’s Music, a clarinet concerto that won an award from the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and Winter Songs, which won the 2001 Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize. His most widely-known work is Carlo, a piece for strings, sampler and tape, inspired by the music of Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo. Other scores include Beggars and Angels (1999), commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Moments of Bliss, which earned Best Composition Award at the 2005 Australian Classical Music Awards.
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival will present an all-Dean concert this 2009 season featuring four of his works on Friday, August 14th as part of the Modern Masters series. Included on the program will be Intimate Decisions, performed by Mr. Dean on viola; Demons, performed by flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, Huntington Eulogy performed by cellist Felix Fan and pianist Andrew Russo, and Eclipse, performed by the Orion String Quartet.
Mr. Dean can also be heard as violist in Bruckner’s Quintet for Strings in F Major on August 17th, in Mozart’s String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593 on August 20th, and in Brahms’ String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 on August 23rd.
Spotlight on Festival Board
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival receives tremendous support from a remarkable group of individuals - The Festival Board. The Festival staff wishes to acknowledge these wonderful people for their time, support, enthusiasm and encouragement. Their efforts have contributed to the growth of the Festival and we heartily thank them.
Should you happen to see any of our Board members, please feel free to join us in thanking them!
Chairman
Carole Brown
President
Toni Zavistovski
Vice Presidents
David K. Ingalls
David Frank
Secretary
Barry M. Beller, M.D.
Treasurer
Herman Siegelaar
Douglas M. Brown
Richard J. Cronin, M.D.
Edgar Foster Daniels
Judy Putman Dirks
Peter Frank
Donna Hankinson
John Hart
Jeri Berger Hertzman
Robert N. Hilgendorf
Susan Horowitz
Nancy Jacobs
Sarah Lawless
Jani Leuschel
Kenneth R. Marvel
Balene McCormick
Mary Mill
Susan Mize
Beth Moise
Lee J. Nash
Scott Nelson, M.D.
Daniel N. Ronel, M.D.
Louisa Stude Sarofim
Fred Simon
Arnold Tenenbaum
Kristin Watson
Jane Ann Welch
William Zeckendorf, Jr.
Emeriti
Gifford Phillips
Dr. Charles M. Weiss
Dr. Shirley F. Weiss
Staff Profile:
Kristen Tidwell
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s Development and Outreach Director Kristen Tidwell just celebrated her eleventh anniversary with the organization this past fall 2008. The Louisville, Kentucky native began her career with SFCMF in the summer of 1996 and was hired full-time in fall 1997. Highly regarded and well-liked by staff, patrons and guest artists alike for her musical knowledge, friendly demeanor and professionalism, Kristen’s background in arts administration has benefited the Festival over the past decade. SFCMF Newsletter interviewed Kristen in between meetings and grant proposals recently.
SFCMFN: You have two masters - an MBA and a master of arts in arts administration from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. What attracted you to the Festival?
I knew, from an early point in my life, that I wanted to be in arts administration. During grad school, there was a required internship component. My folks had been to Santa Fe for the Opera, so I knew of the Festival. I’d also been working with James Tocco of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music faculty chamber music series, and had enjoyed working in the chamber music genre. The Festival was one of the organizations that I approached. The wide variety of music, the international guest artists, the location, and the Festival’s commitment to promoting contemporary works as well as the popular, well-loved works - it all appealed to me. I was first hired as an intern in the artistic department during the summer of 1996 and then returned to do the same internship in 1997 and then was hired on full-time as the Festival’s Education Director in 1997. It turned out to be a great fit!
You also come from a musical family.
Yes - both my parents are professional musicians. My mom was an opera singer, and is currently a voice professor at the University of Louisville. My dad is a clarinetist and also teaches at U of L. I studied violin as a young child, but also began to sing early on, and continue to sing today. I remember doing a school project in junior high on my mom’s manager - and this is when I first learned about the field of arts administration and realized it could be a great career for me and a way to keep music a central component of my life.
You’re a singer. Do you sing locally?
I sing at the First Presbyterian Church here in Santa Fe, and I have sung with Santa Fe Symphony Chorus. I’ve given two recitals as part of a noon time series, and I sing solos at the Church - mostly traditional sacred works.
What do your responsibilities here at the Festival entail as the director of development and outreach?
On the education side, I develop and implement all of the Festival’s outreach programs, including Strings in Our Schools, Music In Our Schools and the Summer Youth Concert Series. I also work in the development area - I’m responsible for grant writing, the annual campaign and special events, which Sarah Weiler works with me on.
Having been with the SFCMF for so long, are there any artists that you particularly look forward to hearing when the return to the Festival?
I do have a few “favorites,” so to speak. Two musicians that have become friends are horn player Julie Landsman and bassist Marji Danilow - I met them when I was interning with the Festival in the Artist Services department. I greatly enjoy the Orion String Quartet and their playing. Benny and Eric Kim are also wonderful artists - it’s fun to re-connect with them whenever they return to the Festival.
Was there a particular work or performance that stayed with you from over the past few seasons?
One of the performances that stands out most in my mind in recent years was the 2006 recital by Anne Sophie Von Otter -she is just spectacular and is an artist of top quality. I was particularly struck by her last encore, “Take it With Me,” by popular songwriter Tom Waits - it was incredibly moving and the entire audience was taken by it.
Do you have any hobbies?
Tennis, entertaining and baking. (SFCMFN Note: Whenever Kristen bakes something and brings it in, it’s gone before the end of the day!)
Any favorite local restaurants/things to do that you’d recommend to people from out of town?
There’s the Plaza Southside Café - it has a retro ambiance and a huge menu - New Mexican fare and regular diner fare. There’s also breakfast at Pasqual’s. I’d recommend visiting Bandelier, the Flea Market (just north of the Opera) and a walk around the Plaza is a must!
One last question: If you had to describe the Festival in three words, what would they be?
It’s the best!
Happy New Year!
~from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival family to yours www.SFCMF.org
Yes we can....(Locate silver linings) Photo by Mary MacIntyre
Ok, this may not be all so new: actors and musicians often do fundraisers, but here is a new album with a grand story. As you may have noticed, that I have dedicated some time to supporting those who are working to help those in serious need. Non-profits now need help more than ever all around the world. So give when you can, give locally and when possible reach across the world. Here, the band provides a wonderful, mememorable way to make giving easy: I think their new album probably is terrific.
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.
Decided to visit my site at http://startupspace.com where I went to accept some firends, and then decided to write 3 posts. It’s a great place to post because their share button options have such a long directory. I only posted to several each time. But it’s good to get my “work” and definitely my photos out there. As in the story, the sun is almost set. A winter’s eve is upon us, and it’s time to get a bite to eat. Days off just seem to disappear so quickly! Thank you for visiting with me. Please leave a comment. Also check out startupspace, and see if it could work for you. Photos by Mary MacIntyre
Computer recently crashed, and so I’m reviewing some files to see what survived. One winter’s,well almost spring day I went driving on a road off I-25 in NM. I had never been on it before, and I might even have a hard time finding it again. You know the type day where your heart is full and yearning for some intangible experience. I needed to connect with the wild, and earth, and spirit full feeling. I passed ranches, and small villages, and drove up steep hills and down winding narrow roads. Then, just before sunset, I notice some buffalo showing their winter’s wear.
I drove on and then said to self go back! I found a semi safe place and stopped and tried to quietly walk with camera in hand over dry cracking weeds. The buffalo looked up and stared at me. “Uh huh, quiet you are not!” Yet to my amazement they they did not move away. I came closer and started taking pictures, with pregnant pauses. They tolerated my actions and some moved away. However, I had time to stop and share the direct gaze, eye to eye, and “commune” with their spirit. The quiet of the evening set upon us. Our breath freely flowed. I felt one with them and place.
I needed the buffalo to rest and center. To remember the power of the land and spirit in me. I appreciated their focus and presence. I thanked them for being there with me. I travelled far, not knowing where, as we gazed into each other’s eyes.
Hopefully, I have found a buffalo pic to share. Photos by Mary MacIntyre
Twitter friends…Shelley Carlisle
Some of you my passion for music, and ultimate joy in discovering people who work and reside here. I seldom come close to really covering the New Mexico “territory” as there is so much happening always here. So I was delighted to find Shelley on Twitter. Love sensational jazz vocals? Go to her site and listen to some of her classics and be ready for some of her new original songs. Here’s an introduction, and enjoy.
Welcome to my website! A creative evolution of my love for music, I will be posting several more pages such as ‘Quotes’ and photos in the near future. Meanwhile, enjoy, listen, and please contact me for any reason!
The songs here are all cover tunes, recorded several years ago, and are my favorite…good ole’ Jazz and Standards. I started singing professionally about 10 years ago in this style. As we speak I am working on original songs, which will incorporate Jazz and other styles. Check back for NEW songs to be posted before the end of the year. Happy Holidays! ~Shelley
Biography
Shelley Carlisle has possessed a lifelong passion for singing, songwriting and performing, propelling her into the professional realm and earning her the opportunity to perform in clubs and private engagements throughout California and New Mexico. Her spirit of adventure, versatility, and attention to musical detail enables her to perform a variety of styles, from jazz to blues to folk to pop. Shelley is adept at performing original songs, written by her and others, as well as the classics.
Shelley’s natural talent came to light when she first began charming audiences at the age of 5. It was confirmed when, as an elementary school student, she tested off the charts in musical ability and aptitude. Throughout high school and college, Shelley sang with many choral groups, most notably at the University of Miami’s widely recognized School of Music, where she also studied vocals and jazz. From there she came west to San Francisco and began vocal studies with a talented bay area performer, Sandy Geller, and attended the Blue Bear School of Music at Fort Mason.
Out of that experience grew the opportunities to perform with the Rock cover band Dizzy, an original Pop-Folk band called The River, and a Latin jazz trio, Hotlum, all of which she sang at several public and private locations throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. During this time, Shelley also studied and performed with Pilar Montaine, a renowned vocalist and vocal instructor from Mill Valley. Continuing with her music dream, Shelley moved to Los Angeles for one year, exploring the music business from a local perspective, gaining valuable performance experience and insight while developing a strong musical network. There she developed her vocal chops more extensively by retaining the services of Lis Lewis, a prominent vocal coach, vocal producer, and singer/songwriter from Los Angeles.
The ease and fluidity with which Shelley performs has been honed on the musical as well as the athletic stage. Shelley was a nationally ranked high school and collegiate swimmer, and later, one of the top U.S. triathletes in her age group. Her athletic career has helped Shelley to develop the commitment and dedication she applies to singing and performing.
Currently, Shelley is continuing to create original lyrics and music for her solo performances and recordings, while engaging in jazz and casual gigs in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and California. Recently, she had to take a several year break from her passion while nursing a paralyzed vocal chord, but has returned with a vengeance and love of music so fierce and passionate that her soul and vocal depth has grown tremendously.
Shelley embraces a present and future of playing and creating music for herself, the world, or whomever may feel connected to this mutual expansion. Shelley currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico & and shares her life with her several dogs, horses, and the enlightening people and desert sunrises and sunsets of the New Mexico landscapes!
Music Resume Gig Contact
Fever Cry Me a River The Look of Love Night in Tunisia
I Got Rhythm Corcovado My Funny Valentine All of Me
Orlando invites you to SFX, and the Santa Fe Brewing CO
Fill in your new calendar! Well actually your old one, the end of year is going to have plenty happening at the Santa Fe Brewing Company. Check this out:
TRENTACOSTA TRIO
Join Michael and the boys for a great evening of dancing as they play their special blend of Southwest Americana and country western dance music! Mike’s headed back to Nashville for a spell soon, and this is their only Pub & Grill appearance for quite awhile, don’t miss it! And don’t forget to pick up your copy of their great new CD! www.michaelhearne.com
DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR SANTA FE’S WILDEST, CRAZIEST, FUNNEST NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY!
Wednesday December 31 -8 PM -$20
THE PUB & GRILL at the SFBC
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
with
HAPPY GLUE YEAR!
They were a mysterious explosion of comedy, kitsch, experimental theater, neo-Beat poetry, and pop culture run amok - backed by a supertight band navigating a turbulent sea of funk, hip-hop, metal, blues, tango, and whatever else floated by. They were funny and outrageous. They were insightful, often-poignant storytellers, celebrating hustlers, street people, burnouts, and even the occasional dental hygienist with love on her mind. Not only that, they were snazzy dressers - in a riot-at-the-Goodwill-store kind of way. Hands down, The Gluey Brothers were the most original band to ever call Santa Fe their home. The two frontmen, King Hummus (Logan Richards) and MC Tahini (Jim Goulden) disappeared around the turn of the century, ending up in California, where they continued the path of The Gluey. But they’re back. (Actually Tahini has been living in Santa Fe for the last year or so, though Hummus remains in Los Angeles.) They’ve got a cool new DVD, Rio Vista: Visuals, Volume One, which features Gluey music videos, footage from live performances from 1994 to 2005, a documentary, an interview, and assorted weirdness. The DVD captures a big chunk of the old Gluey magic. There’s the Brothers’ 1998 national-television debut on Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular (a short-lived FX network series and that’s no BS.) They do a seven-minute version of their signature tune and classic show opener, “Gluey Brothers Creep.” One of my favorite Gluey Santa Fe songs is here - a 2000 live performance of “Piñon Lurker,” a high-charged guitar boogie about a guy you shouldn’t make eye contact with if you see him walking down Agua Fría. The DVD wouldn’t be complete without “Coffee Shop Tribute,” which features some of the Brothers’ funniest, if most obscure, trivia references: “I saw Reuben Kincaid with a shoddy perm” is one of my favorite lines in contemporary music. Unfortunately, the song is abbreviated, coupled with a snatch of “Freedom Rap.” Mark Sommerville created a surreal Flash cartoon for “Stabbing Trilogy (in Five Parts).” My favorite part is the talking-catfish segment. Lots of Gluey tunes would make great cartoons, so I hope to see more of these. In putting this together, Sean “Momma Bates” Browning reached way back in the Gluey archives. There are versions of “Donut Quota” and “Hash House Line” from the boys’ second performance (in Van Nuys, California, 1992), when it was just Hummus and Tahini with a drum machine. The initial version of Rio Vista: Visuals, Volume One is a limited-edition run. Each copy is numbered and hand-signed. Steve Terrell- The Santa Fe New Mexican - August 8, 2008 www.myspace.com/glueybros
This band lives up to its name and will keep any crowd dancing and laughing. They say some of their fans know their lyrics even better than they do. Uh huh, that’s what the Gluey Brothers say. It’ll be a New Year’s crescendo. Need to let go and be a little crazy??? Life hot wild, crazy crowds? You’ll feel the heat as all the bodies sway almost touching everyone. Don’t think you have them figured out because just as you do, they may change their scene, pull out a few trumpets, and become a racey jazz combo. Rap as you never expected it, and satire from real stories. But what is greatest of all is that then they’ll side up to the microphone and say,”the energy of this crowd that you give to the band is just, ‘pure, HUMAN POWER!!!” Bring the New Year IN with a work out that will make you sleep all morning, if you are lucky. The Gluey brothers are funny too.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW at the PUB & GRILL
THE GLUEY BROTHERS WED DEC 31
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS with the HILL COUNTRY REVUE MON JAN 19
AMY RAY with JENNIFER O’CONNER FRI JAN 23
TAPES N’ TAPES with WILD LIGHT TUES JAN 27
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 AT THE SFBC
2009
FRIDAY JANUARY 2 8 PM $10
JOSH GRIDER
SATURDAY JANUARY 3 8 PM $10
CONDIMENT SANDWICH
SUNDAY JANUARY 4 6:30 PM $10
EMORY QUINN
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7 7 PM Co Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-HOSTED BY JASON REED
FRIDAY JANUARY 9 8 PM $5
THE SALTINE RAMBLERS
With The SQUASH BLOSSOM BOYS
SUNDAY JANUARY 11 6:30 PM $10
SYD MASTERS & the SWING RIDERS
MONDAY JANUARY 12 7-9 PM No Cover-Donations Appreciated
THE SANTA FE GREAT BIG JAZZ BAND
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 7 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-HOSTED BY JASON REED
FRIDAY JANUARY 16 8 PM $5
ELEVEN-FINGERED CHARLIE
SATURDAY JANUARY 17 8 PM $10
THE GOUGERS
SUNDAY JANUARY 18 6:30 PM $10
BILL HEARNE’S ROADHOUSE REVUE
MONDAY JANUARY 19 7:30 PM $15
THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS
With THE HILL COUNTRY REVUE
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21 7 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-HOSTED BY JASON REED
FRIDAY JANUARY 23 7:30 PM $15
AMY RAY
SATURDAY JANUARY 24 8 PM $10
FUSEBOX LIVE
HOSTED BY HARDGROOVE
SUNDAY JANUARY 25 6:30 PM $10
SYD MASTERS & the SWING RIDERS
TUESDAY JANUARY 27 7:30 PM $13
TAPES ‘N TAPES
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 7 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-HOSTED BY JASON REED
Here is a new Inner Christmas movie to nurture your soul at Christmas. This short video is simply words and music offered at a slow meditative pace. The words describe what your soul finds in the Twelve Holy Nights and the music provides a beautiful melody of peace. I hope both the words and music resonate with the truth of your heart at Christmas. To watch the movie click on the title.
Just got the computer back from the shop. I’m having to re-setup lots that I did years ago. However the computer is working much better, although I did lose a lot of stuff. I included two of Lynn Jericho’s movies. I prefer the older one, but try them both becasue she has expanded her message. Before the link above is an invitation email that Lynn Jericho wrote. The whole story is available at www.innerchristmas.com
As I began to reflect on Christmas’s past, they seem convulted, and complex. So many mixed stories I could tell, some abruptly ressurected by a note from my mother recently. However several segments refresh my memory. As a youngster, one of the most important feelings I experienced at Christmas was the hope and belief in peace on earth. The cold New England winter with gorgeous snow scenes, an the old small church enlightened by winter starry night embodied a deep inner peace within. The Christ story, the carols, and prayers made peace all seem real.
As a more cynical teen in the sixities, I recall Simon and Garfunkel’s song Silent Night
I don’t remember if that was the year I played Mary in the church play or not. The irony still travels with me. So this Christmas I will join friends and have fun, and yet, I am still haunted by the long list of wars, conflicts and inequities that tear the dream and promise of peace on earth. In my heart I stretch to the heavens, that perhaps we will eventually come together and create peace all over this planet. Blessings to you all, Mary
every season calls your name...wander along these trails
More Albuquerque and Santa Fe News. I’ve got to go to work. Enjoy. Santa Film festival is really the place to be now! Plus they are fil
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Santa Fe Film Festival
The Santa Fe Film Festival continues through Sunday. You can find all the details at santafefilmf estival.com
Horror in the Wind comes to the Guild
I’m a sucker for just about any movie made in New Mexico. This one sounds like a hoot, but it’s definitely not family fare. It is a comedy about two biogeneticists who invest an airborne formula that reverses the whole world’s sexual orientation. The entire cast and crew is from New Mexico so you might see a familiar face (or other body parts). It was shot in High Rolls, Tularosa and Alamogordo - set in the future when Pat Robertson and James Dobson are President and VP of the United States. Their campaign theme of The War on Sex backfires in hilarious ways. Cast and crew will be there in person for each of the screenings. Friday screenings are at 11pm; Saturday and Sunday at 1pm. Directed by Max Mitchell, 2008, 89m. View trailer here. Screening Fri-Sun, Dec. 12-14
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Take a Road Trip
You have asked for some out of town coverage too
Lighting of Ledoux in Taos
Celebrate the beauty of Taos in a whole new way. Join the galleries, businesses and museums for Lighting Ledoux next Saturday. This free community event is a perfect time to explore along historic Ledoux Street in the heart of Taos. Experience luminarias lining the street and blazing Farolitos in the courtyards. Enjoy music both traditional and contemporary, sample home-made cookies, hot cider and more. The Harwood Museum plans a visit by Santa and a Taos Chamber Music Concert at 7:30. Find directions and a map on the museum’s web site.
Special event Saturday, Dec. 13
Taos, New Mexico
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Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls for artists 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
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I thought I’d be creating traffic tonight for three projects. Well that got delayed to different technical occurenace and the fact that I was listening to a radio show. I listened to Bob the Teacher speak about www.squidoo.com
He’s a great techer and shows up all over the place. I also recently had heard another interview that he did which was even better! It was about cpanel. To learn more try this link: discovercpanel.com/easy/?videos=12298
I couldn’t find the place where he had said I could publish his interview. Or was it a video. However whilst I looked, I visited a fun writing blog called skywriter. Go to twitter.com/makinart and scroll around and you will find her.
Went to an old blog, did a new post. It was confusing. My initial point was to grab more traffic here.
But back to the squidoo story, you can get a free video from Bob the Teacher, and a bunch of bonuses. I think his Squidoo Secrets was one of them. I learned that my electic lifestyle on Squidoo isn’t doing me much good. However I googled my site name Makinart and squidoo and most of the 123 listings that came up had to do with MY activity and pages.
If you are a blogger, and want to be noticed by Google, keep writing your blog here with 451Press.com, and Squidoo a lot. I was impressed that I was doing decently, and that what the teacher said works.
So my wish for Christmas is threefold:
(Link me whenever you can)
1) Go to my squidoo lenses: start with www.squidoo.com/healheart
Leave a comment with your url. Do on others’ lenses too. This will help your traffic too.
2) Please send 5 firends each to visit me here: everyone leave a comment with a url.
3) Squidoo! It’s a fantastic way to expand your horizons and possible your success! Link like crazy. It’s still old fashioned but it helps.
4) Always twitter,digg,etc wherever you go.
Oh yeah if you twitter, please follow me. If you are a blogger, leave a comment and I will do the same to you. Have a happy holiday, and let’s create a lot of buzz about our blogs! Mary
I wanted to get a video here, but the computer is acting up. So til next time…squidoo!
Just in case you are not busy enough with the holidays, look at what else you can do!
Wednesday, December 17 @ 5:30pm
A Casual Evening at sfX to Say
Thank you
Plus at 6:30:
From Picasso to Quarks:
An Evening with Jack Leibowitz
All programs at Santa Fe Complex · 632 Agua Fria · Parking via Romero St. For more information, call 505/216.7562 or visit sfcomplex.org
Thank You
Last week, the city council approved a major financial support package for Santa Fe Complex. Hundreds of our supporters called and emailed their councilors in support of this package. Almost 100 of them came to the council’s meeting to express their support directly.
We’d like to thank you for your support. Please come to sfX Wednesday night for a casual early evening get-together before Jack’s Leibowitz’s talk. We’ll have smiles and refreshments for all of you.
Drop by after work. The reception will start at 5:30, followed by Jack’s talk at 6:30. See you then.
In The Wings at sfX
January 20: An Engineer’s View of the Cell with Dr. Pablo Iglesias
The processes by which a cell senses and responds to its environment are exceedingly complex. In this lecture, we will examine how the study of cellular decision making can be aided by feedback control theory, a branch of engineering that has enabled the analysis and design of complex man-made systems, such as planes, trains and automobiles.
Dr. Pablo Iglesias joins us from Johns Hopkins University where he is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on the mathematical modeling of signal transduction pathways, focusing on directed cell migration and cellular division. For more information on Dr. Iglesias, click here. < --more-->
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Theoretical physicist Jack Leibowitz joins Santa Fe Complex this Wednesday to discuss the connections between art and physics in an evening talk and fundraiser for Santa Fe Complex. (A portion of the proceeds from the sale of his books will go to the complex.)
Early in his career, Leibowitz found the subatomic universe filled with a satisfying “compositional unity and internal coherence,” as he puts it. Not too unusual for most researchers in his field but he wasn’t content with the innards of atoms, however: he saw the same unity and coherence in the world of art. Which explains how this emeritus professor came to serve five years as the helm of the art department at The Catholic University of America along with his professorship in physics. It also explains the roots of his newly published work, HIDDEN HARMONY: The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art, which he will discuss and sign on December 17 at the complex.
Jack will offer a brief introduction to the general idea of particular connections between the physical world and art. He’ll use images from physics and photos of art to show the similarities in the structure and development of both fields.
Jack designed and initiated an interdisciplinary undergraduate honors program highlighting connections between the arts and the sciences. One such course, adddressing connections between physics and the visual arts, was for students not necessarily having a concentration in either discipline. Another was intended primarily for students in the visual arts. His presentation will build on that experience.
sfMax Users on Friday
Friday, December 23, beginning at 7:00 pm
Frito Friday has grown to a series of events beginning with the traditional Frito pies at 7:00. The SFMax Users Group follows at 8:00 and the 907 Club at 9:07. Details follow:
Frito Friday Begins the Evening (7:00)
Unwind from the week with our casual get-together over Frito pies and conversation. Suggested contribution $5.00 to cover costs. Begins at 7:00.
SFMax Users Group Continues (8:00)
Interactive music is home at Santa Fe Complex and the SFMax, a Max/MSP users group for experts, novices and anyone who is curious about merging traditional and contemporary music. All things MAX are on tap, including MIDI control, audio processing, video processing (Jitter), interactivity (sensors and device control), Max resources on-line, third party externals and applications (performance, video, installations, etc.).
The group meets every other Friday. Each meeting will feature a presentation by a group member or invited guest followed by Q&A and open discussion. Mark it on your calendar; contact Philip Mantione for more information. Wikipedia has this summary of the Max environment; to learn more about Max, visit the website of Cycling74, the company behind the software.
The 907 Club Stretches Your Imagination (9:07)
907 is a free-form participatory experimentation in visualization and sound. It’s open to anyone interested in expanding the use of technology to interpret and explore human communications.
Be Part of the Complex
Are you working on a project that fits the complex? Would you like to volunteer to help us with our events or publicity? If so, call us at 505/216.7562 or Click here to let us know how you’d like to volunteer. We need to talk.
Come Visit Us
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 common 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 south from Agua Fris St. until it opens up to two lanes; turn hard right into the parking lot for 632. Or, enter from Manhattan St. & Romero St. to the south.
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
Photo by Mary MacIntyre Upon the mountain, three seasons at once
Are you concerned about your health? Do you or your friends have health issues that may challenge your heart, bones, or other issues? If you are in Santa Fe, then you have a great resource at the Integrative Holisitic Healing Center. Dan Cobb, one of the Practioners at the center offers these lectures to forge ahead creating a roadmap that we can all follow. www.lulu.com Go to health and Look for Daniel Cobb. Also: www.squidoo.com/hearthealth
Dr Daniel Cobb also can do telephone consultations to help you address nutritional and health issues by phone. I am also in the process of reviewing his articles to create squidoo pages and articles to submit elsewhere. I believe it is important to help educate the public on natural solutions and support for our bodies. Have a grateful heart, copy, paste, and send this to friends and bloggers.
Hello,
I am part of a Santa Fe non-profit and am doing a series of presentations
during the month of January (2009). I am hoping that you will use the following as
public service announcements:
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Dr. Daniel Cobb DOM will discuss how to reverse
heart disease with dietary changes and nutritional supplements
Monday January 5th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at:
Integrative Holistic Healing Center
826 Camino De Monte Rey
Suite B2
Santa Fe, NM 87505 This presentation is free and is open to the public.
For more information call: 424-9527
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Dr. Daniel Cobb DOM will discuss how to reverse
osteoporosis with dietary changes and nutritional supplements.
The problems associated with the uses of biophosphonates
(such as Fosomax) will also be discussed.
Monday January 12th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at:
Integrative Holistic Healing Center
826 Camino De Monte Rey
Suite B2
Santa Fe, NM 87505 This presentation is free and is open to the public.
For more information call: 424-9527
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Dr. Daniel Cobb DOM will present a video by David Ayoub, MD
on the merits and dangers of vaccinations. A short discussion will follow.
Monday January 19th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at:
Integrative Holistic Healing Center
826 Camino De Monte Rey
Suite B2
Santa Fe, NM 87505 This presentation is free and is open to the public.
For more information call: 424-9527
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Dr. Daniel Cobb DOM will discuss CODEX Alimentarius
and how this threatens our ability to use nutritional
supplements without a prescription.
Monday January 26th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Integrative Holistic Healing Center
826 Camino De Monte Rey
Suite B2
Santa Fe, NM 87505 This presentation is free and is open to the public.
For more information call: 424-9527
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My schedule is not the only story here. I welcome all interviews and articles.
Contact me at 424-9527 to discuss.
gee, it is Monday morning already! Last night while catching up on my emails, I came across these two lessons. I am not here selling anything, these were really good interviews. If you want to learn more about getting the word out about your project, these audios really gives a lot of no cost ideas! I love the abundant information that keep showing up in my emails. Leave questions and comments here.
In these economic challenging times, we need all the creativity and tools we can get to help us prepare for many changes. How does this relate to my blog here in NM? At any time we all may need extra ways to earn cash. If you own a business, these audios may prove helpful in expanding your advertising plans wwwwithout high costs! enjoy.
Hope you are having a fantastic weekend! If you have
a moment, I have two things to tell you about…
1) latest IM Success Radio show replay about social marketing
2) a presentation I’m giving Saturday night
Most people teaching about social media get it all wrong
when they try to tell you how you can profit from social
media.
To help set the record straight, I had a conversation earlier
today with a good friend of mine, and a leader in the ethical
social media training sphere.
Of course, I recorded it, and would like to share it with you.
You’ll learn how to use social marketing to promote
affiliate products, without being a spammer!
Turn your speaker volume up, as the show will start right
away on that page. Like all the shows at IM Success
Radio, it’s free to listen, download, and even share it
with others.
In fact, if you get inside the members area, you’ll find
pre-coded affiliate replay badges, so you can have my
content streaming from your website or blog!
The other big lesson on how to create more profit for
your business in 2009 comes in the form of a live
presentation I’m giving tonight via webinar.
For 90 minutes, I’ll be revealing how you can create
a profitable teleseminar before the end of 2008, and
how to take all the mystery and complexity out of the
process - no matter what level of experience you are
at right now.
This session is part of Ross Goldberg’s excellent
Masters Seminars series, a virtual event that has been
over 97% teaching, with just the right amount of “continuing
ed” opportunities if you mesh well with instructors.
Ross has some wicked technology in play here, so
you’ll get to chat live with me, Ross, and about 100 others
at a time. (Great to network after the sessions, too!).
There is a super low registration fee, and you get all
the replays from the entire seminar until the end of the
month.
But my presentation will only happen live once - and
I’d be honored to see your name pop up in the chat box,
Mary!
Go here to join me tonight:
MastersSeminars.com
See you there,
Bob Jenkins
p.s. I’ll be revealing the 6 Ps of teleseminars tonight
during the presentation - and specific ways to master
each one so you can have your own profitable teleseminar
before the end of the month. Even if nobody is in the audience!
Everyone loves cookies all year long. Just in case you have joined the special diet groups, wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a guilt free cookie that TASTES GOOD? Jeane Duane is a great cook and teacher. I’ve included her promo offer, because when she gave her talk at Natural Grocers, they sold out nearly instantly. But you don’t have to buy these, read below and use the recipe. A friend of mine and I were chatting tonight about fond memories of food and traditions from the old days. I loved that my Mom took time to teach me how to bake cookies and read the directions. It was a rare event, and those cookies were so-o-o- good. Now it is your turn to bake some cookies for your loved ones!
Cook
Happy Holiday Greetings from Jean Duane, Alternative Cook! Are you looking for a last minute gift? DVDs make GREAT Gifts, and we’re having a special. Buy all four and SAVE $10. http://tinyurl.com/58js2h
More. Stuff I had included in the blank blog. Look at these events! WOw! By the way the Railrunner will be running between Santa FE and Albuquerque. Hop on the train and enjoy the beauty, fun and…this will be so cool.
Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico featuring the women of the ensemble along with harpist Lynn- Gorman-DeVelder as they sing traditional carols from Britain, Canada, France and a sing-along carol to put you in the Christmas spirit. (Continues Dec. 20 at Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales.)
Friday, Dec. 19, 7:30pm
The Cathedral Church of St. John
318 Silver SW
(505) 247-1581 - polyphonynm.co m
Join Very Merry Pops with the NM Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the season with an evening of favorites including Silent Night, Joy to the World, Ave Maria, White Christmas and more.
Friday, Dec. 19, 8pm
Popejoy Hall, UNM Campus
(505) 881-8999 - nmso.org
Tomaseen Foley’s Celtic Christmas recreates the joy of a night in West Ireland when neighbors gather around the fire and enjoy stories, music and dance.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 4pm
Popejoy Hall on UNM Campus
(505) 277-3824 - popejoyprese nts.com
For more about on-going performances not being highlighted in undergroundARTS, visit the albuquerqueARTS website.
abqarts.com
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Nothing Like the Holidays plays Downtown
PG-13 | 1hr 39min | Comedy Produced by George Tillman, Robert Teitel Written by Rick Najera, Ted Perkins, Alison Swan Teitel Directed by Alfredo DeVilla, Alfredo de Villa Starring: Alfred Molina, John Leguizamo, Jay Hernandez, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez
Synopsis… It’s Christmas time and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas. For Jesse, coming home has rekindled feelings for an old flame, although she can’t seem to forgive him for leaving. His older sister Roxanna, a struggling actress, has been chasing her Hollywood dreams for years with little to show for it. And much to the dismay of their mother Anna, eldest brother Mauricio brings home a high-powered executive wife who would rather raise capital than a child. In the course of one eventful week, traditions will be celebrated, secrets revealed and major life decisions made. It all begins when Anna announces to her children she is divorcing their father Eduardo. The shock waves from this familial upheaval prompt Roxanna, Mauricio and Jesse, each in their own way, to reevaluate the past and rethink the future. But, when the Rodriguezes learn that one of their own is facing a true crisis, they instinctively pull together: Old resentments are forgotten, familial bonds are re- affirmed and the healing power of laughter works its magic as the family discovers they are much stronger than they ever realized.
Locate the theater and buy tickets on line.
Century 14 Downtown
100 Central Avenue SW
Take a Road Trip
You have asked for some out of town coverage too
Santa Fe is only missing snow to make it the perfect holiday setting (and maybe the snow will come yet!). A short trip Thursday to check out a couple exhibits was worthwhile but, as usual, time was limited. Check out the calendar of events here to plan your day in Santa Fe. Better yet, plan your day around the upcoming Rail Runner schedule into Santa Fe.
Blue Rain Gallery recently had an opening for Albuquerque artist Joshua Franco (which I missed). After a long stint as gallery/studio manager at DCAC, Joshua moved into the studio full time and landed a slot at the prestigious Blue Rain Gallery. We are happy to tell you that the opening was a great success with five of his pieces sold. Congratulations Joshua! Blue Rain is located at 130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite D in Santa Fe. View a map here.
I had not seen the Fritz Scholder show at IAIA either (which has now been extended through June 2009). An Intimate Look is comprised of works selected from Scholder`s personal archives, focusing on those that he kept for himself and his extensive print inventory. The exhibition includes the Indians Forever and Roma suites of prints. Also featured are self portraits, vampire pictures, Egyptian works, landscapes, mystery women and millennium thoughts in various mediums. Major sculptures, and his final works reveal aspects of Fritz Scholder, the man and artist. Scholder`s contribution to the success of contemporary Indian Art and his influence on artists, native and non-native, is a legacy that continues to this day. His larger-than-life persona is illuminated through sharing the working process that led to the creation of many of the works. Some of the works in the show are very powerful, even unsettling. Dead Indian in Gallup literally took my breath away. Having some familiarity with the tragedies of alcoholism and the toll it has taken in Gallup over the years, I felt compelled to sit and study this piece. Whether or not you are a Scholder fan, this show is worth a visit. The IAIA Museum is located at 108 Cathedral Place in Santa Fe, one block from the plaza. For information, call 505.983.1777. On Sundays, New Mexicans can visit the museum FREE.
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Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls for artists 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…
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