A Review of Tomaž Šalamun’s ‘On the Tracks of Wild Game’
"Tomaž Šalamun’s work is a dark, surrealistic trek into the thoughts of an artist."
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Bran's Fancy Words
Bran is a writing student at Santa Fe University of Art and Design and Editorial Assistant at SantaFe.com.
"Fairey will be working on a permanent mural on the Santa Fe University of Art and Design campus throughout the week of February 18"
The Guy In the Groove
Dick is an all-around music guy and wild shirt aficionado.
The Curious Trail of ‘All Shook Up’
"...Presley admitted having never composed a song in his life"
Ornamentation Without Exploitation
Marc Choyt is an activist fair trade jeweler, journalist and author of an upcoming book about business, circle and blessing: 'The Circle Manifesto.'
How I Earned My MBA In Haiti From a Woman in Rags—and a Gold Tooth
The gold jewelry market is transitioning from a cash-to-trash economy to a regenerative one
"Three million have died over the last 20 years in wars funded by players in the diamond business"
Thor’s Hammer
Thor Sigstedt is an artist in wood, words, cameras, bronze, cast iron, glass, notes and steel; a homesteader from Spirit Valley specializing in forest diversity and “land ethics” and a dabbler in practical and non-practical non-zero new paradigm complexity in the multiverse.
Keith: Rebuilding (first draft)
“Cooking soup with stale words and fresh meanings; it tastes so good.”
This Week – Currents 2013: New Media Art Festival and the FantaSe Festival
Mark Feigenbutz's Comedy Cart for Axle Contemporary’s Summer Performance Series and Lawrence Fodor discusses his piece, "Holding Light."
Field Notes
Matthew Irwin is a freelance writer and farmers' apprentice living in Alcalde, NM.
"...we’re lucky to have friends and family to help us through hard times"
Field Notes 9.21.12
"...I wonder, can designers change the way we view food?"
Where’s My Great Career?
Patty Armstrong is a career counselor and educator on a mission to help people of all ages find careers they enjoy.
Is Fear Inhibiting Your Career Development?
'..we must first recognize and name our fears so we can stop hopelessly obsessing on them, then healing, clearer thinking and problem-solving can occur'
Higher Ed Shifts Focus from Participation to Graduation
"The quality of life for every one of us in the community will improve"
Santa Fe Barman
Chris Milligan is a bartender, bon vivant and a self-professed drink geek.
Celebrate El Día De Los Muertos with Piedra Azul
"So in honor of those friends and family, loved ones and lost ones, allies and enemies, I toast each of you this season with this lovely drink"
Cocktail Competitions Galore in New Mexico
"On April 15, The Lodge at Santa Fe, along with Southern Wine and Spirits, hosts the Don Q Rum Mix it Up competition"
Information and Inspiration Under Santa Fe Skies
Susan Tungate is a writer, intrepid traveler, blogger and writing teacher.
Saturday, May 4: The Candyman’s 4th Annual Wanna Play? Experience!
The Candyman is a place to buy an instrument, take a lesson and hang out with other musicians over a cup of coffee
Once a Day Marketing
James Glover, That Branding Guy, provides the inspiration and ideas for you to market every day in his Once a Day Marketing video blog. Tune in daily to his short, entertaining and practical marketing and branding tips and watch your organization become more successful.
Santa Fe Sky 365
Does Santa Fe average 300 days of sunshine a year?
Musictech Digest
Craig listens to songs, writes songs, plays songs and tries to figure out how to market them.
"People have to learn to support live performances of music they like, put a couple of bucks in a tip jar or buy some merchandise that goes directly to the support of the musicians"
"Musical selections are made to cater to a target demographic, whether in a dental office, an elevator or a high end restaurant"
Hoof Prints in Santa Fe
Susie Morgan is a lifetime lover of horses, the outdoors and lives for adventures. She lives in Las Campanas, and is reconnecting with horses after working 27 years in New York City.
Summer Lookout: Valles Caldera Horse Rides
"Horses are normally restricted to the Equestrian Banco Bonito mountain trail. This summer, there will be four opportunities to ride other mountain trails and the Grande."
Three End-of-Season Rides - Backcountry Reports from Bill Manns
Three gorgeous vistas in northern New Mexico...
Gourmet Girl
Lynn Cline is a former food editor and the author of two books – Romantic Days and Nights in Santa Fe and Literary Pilgrims: The Santa Fe and Taos Writers' Colonies, 1915-1950. She also loves to cook, when not dining out.
So long to Bobcat Bite and The Legal Tender, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner & more
Midsummer's Eve is celebrated around the world with feasts, bonfires, rituals and more
Poetically Hungry
Mary MacIntyre writes incessantly, is an avid photographer, and a classic health food nut.
The Beans & Chile
José Smith is a writer, stay-at-home dad and fiend of excellent essays.
Who you tryin’ to get crazy with ese? Don’t you know I’m “local”?
"Being a genuine local is like being in a really large, crazy family. You don’t have a choice that you’re in it. You spend a lot of time thinking about fleeing from it. But in the end you’ll bleed for it"
His Name is MCA, I said ‘Howdy,’ He Said ‘Hi’
"It was probably the first time in my young life that something musical, something creative, something at all, compelled me to think and desire beyond the borders of my childhood"
Trips & Quips
Liz Simon is a photographer, writer and cyclist who likes to combine the three in her quest to discover the nooks and crannies of New Mexico. Sometimes, means of transportation other than bicycle are employed---including the Rail Runner and motorcycle.
The Objectification of Women and a Partial Explanation of Why the Republican Party is Doomed
"...the Republican party is on the road to collapse"
‘Funeral Kings’: A Film Review
"This film awakens the young soul within and dares you to take the next step"
Media Rare
Casey St. Charnez has been video editor for Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide since 1986 and buyer for Lisa Harris' Video Library since 1981. He likes Lisa, cats, crosswords, and the Metropolitan Opera, probably in that order.
The Last Lap: Esther Williams (1921-2013)
Movie star, bathing suit designer and namesake for a line of backyard pools still sold today
"The advent of some 300 press junketeers on Santa Fe this week, in preparation for the new Disney version of the tale, opening July 3rd, recalls a time over three decades ago when the whole town was similarly Ranger-crazy."
Culture Junkie
Staci Golar is a writer, artist and fan of the Welsh village name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch.
Local Treasures
"How 'Our Lady' Became a Potent Symbol of Santa Fe"
Pueblo Feast Days Throughout New Mexico Fill Body and Spirit
"...it’s a quintessential New Mexican experience..."
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The Low Dependency Lifestyle
Alan Hoffman has been building sustainable homes and communities here in Santa Fe for 30 years and believes that the answers to our greatest challenges are already here.
First Zero Energy Homes in Santa Fe Historic District Break Ground
Green home building on the rise in New Mexico...
Senator Wirth to Speak at Solar Home Premier
"This home is certified under the Build Green New Mexico program and comes with a number of energy efficiency tax credits"
Santa Fe Fashion and Style
Greta is an artist, writer and renaissance woman
"There they were, hanging happily in the wind in the Stephensplatz. Dream catchers of all sizes and colors."
"The continent awaits like a new pair of shoes fresh from the box begging to be worn."
At Home Outdoors
Karen Denison is owner of Outspire Hiking and Snowshoeing guide service, a former biologist, and a shameless admirer of the outdoors.
"The western U.S. is riddled with fossils of prehistoric "horse-like" species..."
Cerebral Vortex
Jim Nolan is the President of Southwestern College, a polymath, and whatever the opposite of a Guru is.
Santa Fe’s Spiritual Salad Bar
"Santa Fe is a great place to be at any stage of a spiritual journey"
The Guru in You that Recognizes the Guru-Ness of the Guru is the True Guru
"...who decides, anyway, that you are 'Visionary' "
Ira G’s Top Five Christmas Movies
"Here are the Christmas movies that I always come back to…."
Critical Faculties
Craig Smith answered an ad for singers for the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s first season way back when – OK, 1983 – and has been here happily ever since. He is a writer, editor, journalist, arts critic, general wordsmith, and wannabe polymath.
Santa Fe Opera Review: ‘King Roger’
" 'Roger' explores the ages-old conflict between head and heart , a/k/a Apollonian restraint versus Dionysian abandon"
Santa Fe Opera Review: ‘Maometto II’
"The July 18 performance I attended, the second, was ravishing musically and vivid dramatically"
The Way I See Things
Eric Davis is rebel, a renaissance man, a racounteur, and a philosopher of little or no consequence.
Having my first child at 52
Lost in a world of baby toys, diapers and a much-younger wife, while trying to retain my sanity.
Lost in a world of baby toys, diapers and a much-younger wife, while trying to retain my sanity
April 15, 2013.
Santa Fe Business Musings
Polly White is a local business owner, active community member and astronomy geek.
Social Media Getting Started Guide
"Don’t think you have to spend many hours a week on this, but you do need to keep a steady presence"
Conditions are Great for Going Solar in New Mexico
"People are making their own power all over the state"
Sinuhe Speaks
Arthur Panaro is a psychotherapist, teacher and writer. He did 7 years of hard time on fantasy island, Manhattan, NYC, before making the jump to hyper-space in New Mexico.
Reflections on the New Mexico ManKind Project
"The adventure (for that is what it became for me) was being offered by the New Mexico center of The Mankind Project (MKP). It turned out to be one of the more memorable experiences of my life."
Profile: Robert Waterman Founder Southwestern College
"The mission of Southwestern College is Transforming Consciousness Through Education"
Communication Guy
Andrew Lovato, Ph.D., is a communication professor, author and eavesdropper.
Elvis Romero and the Cosmic White Corvette: ‘Lillianna’
A serialized novel and podcast by Andrew Leo Lovato
Elvis Romero and the Cosmic White Corvette: ‘Trank’
A serialized novel and podcast by Andrew Leo Lovato
Fox in a Forest
Todd Eric Lovato is a Santa Fe native, the managing editor of SantaFe.com, an award-winning musician and an overfed, long-haired leaping gnome.
Enchanted Odds - An Insight Into the Santa Fe Area Casinos
David Oakeley is a marketeer, journalist, and a ski/golf nut.
Casino Summer Promotions Abound
Three of the Indian gaming operations in the Santa Fe/Espanola area are giving away vehicles
Ohkay Casino got some earned media when its general manager put out a news release offering a job to foirmer NY Jets quarterback Tim Tebow
Diminished Fifth
Gabe Gomez is a writer, radio show host & deputy director for the department of superfluous hyperbole (Southwest Office).
In Memoriam
"Andrew’s gaze and coy smile channeled another world effortlessly when he performed with his band The Strange."
Q&A
Reinventing Idol: An Interview with ‘American Idol’ Alum Crystal Bowersox
Live at Santa Fe Sol, Jan. 28
The Hitching Post
Jessie is a designer of boutique weddings and special events in Santa Fe. She has a serious case of creative ADD and is a whiz with a glue gun.
"Not only is it an aesthetic element to punctuate the entire table design, it is also a nice gesture to give guests a sneak peek of what's in store"
Real Wedding - Melinda and Jim
"Rustic charm with subtle hints of New Mexico tradition were woven throughout the day"
Speaking for a Wiser Life
Levi Ben-Shmuel is a Tai Chi and Kabbalah teacher, and co-creator of "Sulam Chi: A Dance of Life."
Having Trouble Reducing Anxiety? Play!
"Play, something we all did naturally as children, is an essential ingredient for good health"
The Price of One Negative Thought
"...one negative thought can insidiously create a downward spiral of destructive thoughts..."
Culture Vulture
Tom Maguire is a musician, arts supporter and a guy who travels the Southwest in a 13’ Scamp trailer, because he couldn’t figure out how the tent poles went together.
Architectural Plagiarism? Iraqi Architect Zaha Hadid’s China Syndrome
"We should wage this war without surrender, for ideas are what have created and shaped our society and we should treasure them, honor them and protect them."
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