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Happy Holidays!

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Cool Picks for the Week

  • Romeo and Juliet—With a Twist, presented by CYC-ICS Theater Company, Directed by Ben Rountree. Adapted by Acacia Burnham. You are supporting  a student-run, student-acted, student-directed theatre company! New Mexico School for the Arts Theatre —enter at the back of the building 275 E. Alameda St.  Fri. & Sat. Nov. 16 & 17 at 7 pm $5 Students; $10 General Admission, FREE to all NMSA students, teachers & alums.
  • Border Partners Holiday Sale – Gift items created by women who live in the town of Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, benefit the makers directly. The sale is sponsored by Border Partners, a nonprofit organization based in Deming, NM. A small group of women sew the items in their homes to support themselves and their families; Border Partners then helps them help themselves through efforts including developing jobs and businesses such as the women’s collective. Palomas was devastated by the drug wars of the mid-2000s; many people were killed and most of the town’s residents live in poverty, without clean water, adequate nutrition or good educations. Palomas is located just across the border from Columbus, NM. For more info, visit borderpartners.org. – The sale is at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Sat, Dec 1 from 1- 5pm
  • Young Native Artists Winter Show & Sale – The next generation of Native American artists demonstrate and sell their own arts and crafts in the Meem Community Room. New Mexico History Museum, Sat, Dec 1 from 10am – 3pm
  • Create encaustic art with photographs. Make one-of-a-kind personalized Christmas gifts for family, friends or for yourself. For beginners and every level. Bring your own photos or use available image on hand during workshop. Sat, Dec. 1, noon to 3 pm at 7 Arts Gallery, 125 Lincoln Ave. Limited space. Contact Angel Wynn 505-819-1103 or email  for more info or to reserve your spot.
  • World AIDS Day Commemoration by Candlelight – Remember those we’ve lost by heading to the Il Vicino courtyard and hanging with the community.
    Casa España, 321 W San Francisco St., , 5-6pm
  • A Student Panel for New Mexicans Against Gun Violence – Come by & support local high school students who are working on gun violence prevention. Join student seniors Sophie Lussiez and Julia Mazal, as well as a student whose has been victims of gun violence along with Journey Santa Fe Host, Miranda Viscolli. Sun. Dec. 2 at 11 am at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St.
  • Fourth Annual Winter Watershed Benefit for the Santa Fe Watershed Association – Celebrate the season on Sun., Dec. 2nd from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the Hotel Santa Fe. Delicious hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. Bid on luxury spa stays, tours, wine tastings, and many other fantastic items during our silent auction. Get tickets here.
  • The next CASA First Judicial Volunteer Advocate Training is in January – Get in touch if you are interested in becoming a volunteer to help break the cycle of abuse and neglect in our communities.

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Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival  The 20th anniversary event will take place on Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center (201 W. Marcy Street) with a fashion show, art exhibits and more. Click here for info.

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Janet O’Neal Studios, exhibiting at Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival this weekend

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Cheri O’Brien Fine Art gallery hosts an eclectic group of talented artists who dabble with skeletons, create scamps and a scallywag or two.  Artwork inspired by Dia de los Muertos, the celebration of death and life.  Artists joining Ms. O’Brien are Jennie Cooley, Holly Wood, Kathleen O’Neil, Lisbeth Cort, Wendy Foster and Larry D. Blissett.  618 Canyon Road down Canyon Alley. Show runs through Nov. 12

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3 Artists @natasha SANTA FE – Leah Siegel: Using older photographs to create a different body of work — obscured, murky and stained with a blood-reddish tone. Joseph Griffo: plaster castings, using graphite and alcohol emulsions to create ancient looking textures, fine etched detail and mysterious markings. Zoe Viles –  photographs of traces in sand left when the tide recedes – a rhythmic, relaxed.

Cool Picks for the Week

  • Mark Your Calendars for our next 100 Women Who Care meeting, Wed. Nov. 7th at 6pm (arrive early to sign in) at the Scottish Rite Temple. If you’d like a tour of the temple come at 5pm. Invite a friend!
  • Mayor Webber signed a Proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness month in Santa Fe. For more info about the proclamation, contact Dr. JoAnne Tucker at hv.psorg@gmail.com
  • New Mexico School for the Arts is proud to present the comedy “You Can’t Take IT With You”  Fri. Oct. 26th and Sat. Oct. 27th at 7pm. Tickets $10.00 for adults & $5.00 for students – available at the door. 275 E. Alameda Street
  • Comedy Show & Improve – A Quinn Fontaine Experience, with Bella Gigante, Special Guest Hostess with the Mostess. Featuring: Lisanne Cole, Quinn Fontaine, Catherine Lynch, Craig Thomas McAdams, Susan Mele & Peter Sills. 7:30pm Fri. Oct. 26 at CENTER STAGE 505 Camino De Los Marquez
  •  Creative Adventures in the Community – Solace Crisis Treatment Center’s 46th Anniversary Celebration. Wear your favorite team jersey. Bring your grill. Pony rides for kids. Speed Silent Auction. Concessions open. Sat. Oct. 27 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds
  • Dia de los Muertos Mariachi Benefit Concert – Traditional Mexican music by Lone Piñon, dance performances by Ballet Folklorico de Santa Fe, and mariachi music by Mariachi Sonidos Del Monte. All ticket sales benefit the Playschool of the Arts, dedicated to the development of young children ages 2 to 4. Lensic Performing Arts Center, $20 – $40, Sun, Oct 28 at 2:pm
  • Dia de los Muertos Public Celebration – Decorate sugar skulls (calaveras de azure), make paper altars (nichos) and experience calavera face painting. Sample traditional Mexican treats and listen to Los Flores del Valle musical performance. Come dressed as a calaca (skeleton). Bring flowers, candles and/or a memento to add to our community altar. Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, Sun, Oct 28, 1- 4pm
  • Haunted Jemez – Cañon resident Sharon Chism’s roughly half-acre of private property features several spooky scenes outdoors—take a walk around and check out almost two dozen animated and non animated creatures on a circular path. There’s a Western scene, English graveyard, witch’s tea party, werewolves, zombies, Hearse, caskets, mausoleum and plenty more. It’s located on Highway 485—that’s on the way to the Gilman Tunnels, for those who like to take mini-road trips to cool Northern New Mexico destinations. Once you turn off Highway 4 to get on Highway 485, drive about 3 miles until you see a line of pumpkins near a graveyard on the right, and you’ve made it. For Halloween, Chism offers hot dogs, chips, drinks and s’mores around a campfire. Of course, candy will be handed out to all the trick or treaters. Wed, Oct 31, 10am – 10pm
  • Fundraiser for Coming Home Connection: Food, drinks, silent auction, film screening & mariachi singers Thurs. 11/1 from 5:30 – 8pm $35. 505-988-2468

Cool Halloween Treat

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Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats – recipe here

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Cool Picks for the Week

  • Mark Your Calendars for our next 100 Women Who Care meeting, Wed. Nov. 7th at 6pm at the Scottish Rite Temple. The deadline to nominate your favorite non-profit & put their name in the hat is Oct. 24. Email Katie with your nomination.
  • A Couple of Spots Still Available for BE A HONEY & LEARN THE BUZZ ON BEES – Register now for Oct 20 Workshop. Be an apiarist for the day by learning about some of New Mexico’s 500 species of bees, including HONEY BEES! You will learn about bee artistry by studying their honeycomb, how they live their lives and how we need them in our environment. This one day class will fill you in on everything “bees” from plants to pollination, hives, gardens and how to increase their populations and attract them to your garden. – Lunch will be a creative mix of bee reliant fruits and vegetables along with a full meal and tasting, selecting and pairing various local honeys. Takeaways: Using a combination of materials, you will assemble your own native bee house and make a pair of hand dipped beeswax candles. $100 per person. Questions and Registration: epremack@gmail.com
  • Santa Fe Independent Film Festival runs now thru Oct. 21 – more info here
  • Hiro’s Table showing at CCA/The Screen as part of the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival by film maker Lynn Hamrick, who lives in Taos. Dates are Fri. Oct. 19 at 2pm and Sun. Oct. 21 at 2:40pm.
  • Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe – a stunning show of quilts on display, some for sale, as well as 20 vendors selling quilting fabric, notions, buttons, rubber. stamps, sewing machines and sewing tables. Also a gift shop of hand made placemats, bags, quilts, table runners etc. Fri. Oct. 19 & Sat. Oct. 20 at the SF Convention Center.
  • The New Mexico School for the Arts presents Cinematic Mime Fri. Oct. 19 at 7pm & Sat. Oct. 20th at 2pm. Tickets at the door $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students.
  • Hunt for Red Rocktober river clean-up on Sat. Oct. 20 at Alto Park Picnic Area from 10am – noon. Find the Red Rocks in the River (as you pick up trash) & be entered in drawing for prizes. More info at Santa Fe Watershed Association
  • Let’s Grow: Compost Clinic – Learn how to compost your yard and food waste in a hands-on clinics that teaches proper techniques for building a thermal pile, turning, finishing and screening compost. Bring hats, gloves, study shoes, water and a pitchfork if you have one. Presented by the Santa Fe Compost Action Team (SCAT) of the Santa Fe Master Gardener Association. Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, Sat, Oct 20 from 9 – 11am – Free
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    Cheri O’Brien Fine Art at 618 Canyon Rd. 

    Canyon Road Paint Out & Sculpt Out – 10th annual event in which artists set up easels outside and paint. Lunchtime parade too.  Sat. Oct. 20 10am – 5pm For more info visitcanyonroad.com

  • Tech Talk: Free Online Learning Opportunities – Explore online learning opportunities available through the Santa Fe Public Library and beyond, including Great Courses, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and Brainfuse. Participants are welcome to bring smartphones, tablets or laptops to follow along. Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch, Mon, Oct 22 at 10:30am

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Winter Brightness

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Photograph by Helen K. Garber, click here for purchase info

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The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films playing this week at The Screen Santa Fe. Click here for show times.

Cool Posts You’ve Shared

  • Last Day for New Mexico School for the Arts Rummage Sale Sat. Feb. 17th at Sanbusco (in the former Borders) Cash and credit cards accepted. Furniture, clothes, china, crystal, CDs, artwork, books, antique floor safe, much more! ALL proceeds support the students at NM School for the Arts! Prices Marked Down!
  • Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s meeting of 100 Women Who Care in Santa Fe  at the Scottish Rite Temple. If you were unable to be at the meeting please mail in your check, payable to Reading Quest and send that to Katie Rountree. Email her if you need the address
  • Come out for The Bridge to Art, benefiting the Esperanza Shelter.  Sat, Feb 17 from 1PM to 8PM at the Santa Fe Brewing Company, 35 Fire Place.  Multiple artists, multiple mediums. For more info, contact Tyler Cade, (505) 424-3333
  • RSVP for the next SF Women2Women Luncheon with guest speakerTania Vasallo, Brand & Image Strategist, whose talk will be “Top 3 Mistakes Even Savvy Entrepreneurs Make that Keep Them Invisible to Their Ideal Clients”. Wed. Feb. 21 at noon at Cowgirl. $25 at the door.

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Have a Sweet Valentine’s Day

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Peony by Santa Fe Photographer Patti Bose, Click Here for Purchase Info

Cool Pick of the Week

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One Billion Rising: Rise Up Dance 
Sat. Feb. 10, noon at the State Capitol Bldg. 490 Old Santa Fe Trail

Join other pro-woman activists outside the Capitol to dance in celebration of revolution. “We dance because it’s visceral,” the org One Billion Rising writes. “By doing so we get back into our bodies, it connects us to ourselves, we feel the ground beneath us and we can feel the power of the people in front of us and behind us.”

One Billion Rising was created in 2013 in response to the UN statistic that 1 in 3 women will be raped or beaten in their lifetime—that translates, yes, to 1 billion women.

Cool Posts You’ve Shared

  • Order Valentine’s Day Sweets from Youth Works. Chocolate-Covered Strawberries–$12 (Six luscious berries covered in chocolate), Mexican Wedding Cookies–$8
    (One dozen heart-shaped cookies), Chocolate Truffles–$8 (Assortment of six–cocoa, coconut, & sprinkles). Place your order by 9 pm on Sun., Feb. 11. Pickup at YouthWorks, 1504 Cerrillos Rd., Tues., Feb. 13, between 9 am and 4 pm. All sales proceeds support programs at YouthWorks to help local young people earn their GEDs and get the training they need to transition into the workforce. Click Here to order
  • New Mexico School for the Arts Rummage Sale Sat. Feb. 10th at Sanbusco (in the former Borders) Cash and credit cards accepted. Furniture, clothes, china, crystal, CDs, artwork, books, antique floor safe, much more! ALL proceeds support the students at New Mexico School for the Arts!
  • Love Your River Day, Santa Fe River Clean Up at Frenchy’s Field, Osage & Agua Fria. Sat. Feb.10 from 10 am to noon. See Santa Fe Watershed Association for more info.
  • Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s meeting of 100 Women Who Care in Santa Fe  at the Scottish Rite Temple. If you were unable to be at the meeting please mail in your check, payable to Reading Quest and send that to Katie Rountree. Email her if you need the address
  • Art Opening by Andrea Broyles, champagne & chocolates reception, Wed. Feb. 14 from 4 – 7 pm at Bittersweet Designs, 667 Canyon Rd. 50% of proceeds to support Esperanza Shelter.
  • RSVP for the next SF Women2Women Luncheon with guest speakerTania Vasallo, Brand & Image Strategist, whose talk will be “Top 3 Mistakes Even Savvy Entrepreneurs Make that Keep Them Invisible to Their Ideal Clients”. Wed. Feb. 21 at noon at Cowgirl. $25 at the door.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Frida Paper Doll & Dove by Santa Fe artist, Angel Wynn, 14×11 inch, encaustic

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100 Women Who Care in Santa Fe Wed. Feb. 7, from 6-7 pm at the Scottish Rite Temple. 463 Paseo de Peralta. (Arrive at 5 if you’d like a tour of the Temple.) During our one-hour meeting, we’ll put names of local non-profits in a hat and pull out three. Each will have 5 minutes to make a presentation. Then we vote and to whichever one receives the most votes, we write our checks for $100 (or you can share the vote with a friend or friends and write your check for $50 or $25) and together we raise $10,000. We invite you to become part of this powerful group and to have a positive impact on those in need here in the Santa Fe area, without the time-consuming effort we all associate with fundraising. (Yes, it IS possible!) Please invite your friends and spread the word.

To date, we have raised $189,216 for non-profits in Santa Fe! 

Cool Posts You’ve Shared

  • Order Valentine’s Day Sweets from Youth Works. Chocolate-Covered Strawberries–$12 (Six luscious berries covered in chocolate), Mexican Wedding Cookies–$8
    (One dozen heart-shaped cookies), Chocolate Truffles–$8 (Assortment of six–cocoa, coconut, & sprinkles). Place your order by 9 pm on Sun., Feb. 11. Pickup at YouthWorks, 1504 Cerrillos Rd., Tues., Feb. 13, between 9 am and 4 pm. All sales proceeds support programs at YouthWorks to help local young people earn their GEDs and get the training they need to transition into the workforce. Click Here to order
  • New Mexico School for the Arts is seeking donations for their Feb. 10th Rummage Sale.  They are seeking donations in very good, working condition of: Furniture, Household items, Tools, Clothing (washed and on hangers), Musical instruments, Books, CDs.  The drop-offs at Sanbusco (in the former Borders) start today and here are the dates/times:
    2/2/18   9:30am-1:00pm
    2/3/18  10:30am-2:00pm
    2/8/18  9:30-1:00pm
    2/9/18  9:30-1:00pm
    For more info on the Rummage Sale, contact Leslie Slavin at amazingandtrue@live.com
  • A Matter of Balance is an evidence-based program designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults. The program includes 8 two hour sessions for a small group led by trained facilitators. Tuesdays & Thursdays Feb. 6 – Mar. 6 at Christus St. Vincent Holistic Health & Wellness – Program fee is only $20. Email Ann Church or call 505-695-1494

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A Souper Weekend!

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Meet Irene Owsley, artist-in-residence, at Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado, & see her stunning photography, 4-7 pm Jan. 26 & Jan 27

Cool Pick of the Week

SoupThe 24th annual Souper Bowl, a benefit event for The Food Depot, Northern New Mexico’s food bank, goes down in all its liquid-food glory. Your vote decides which of our community’s finest restaurants has the best soups in Santa Fe. Thirty local restaurants will compete in one the following categories – Best Cream Soup, Best Savory Soup, Best Seafood Soup, Best Vegetarian Soup – with all restaurants competing for the Best Soup. It’s soup. Soup!

If you get sick of soup, you can also get desserts, snacks, Starbucks coffee, and have the opportunity purchase cookbooks from area chefs. All proceeds from the event go directly to feeding Northern New Mexicans in need. Sat, Jan. 27 from 12:00pm – 2:30pm $30 Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy St.

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  • Film & Speaker: A screening of Merci Congo, about the conflict minerals trade in East Congo and the amazing activists who are working to change the situation there. Neema Namadamu, one of the activists featured in the film, will speak about her work empowering women in the region and changing the paradigm there through grassroots organizing. This event is free and open to the public. Donations
    gratefully accepted. RSVP requested to admin@studiocentersf.org  Fri. Jan. 26 at 6pm at The Studio Center of Santa Fe (formerly Warehouse 21)
  • New Mexico School for the Arts is seeking donations for their Feb. 10th Rummage Sale.  They are seeking donations in very good, working condition of: Furniture, Household items, Tools, Clothing (washed and on hangers), Musical instruments, Books, CDs.  The drop-offs at Sanbusco (in the former Borders) start today and here are the dates/times:
    1/26/18 9:30am-1:00pm
    1/27/18 10:30am-1:00pm
    2/2/18   9:30am-1:00pm
    2/3/18  10:30am-2:00pm
    2/8/18  9:30-1:00pm
    2/9/18  9:30-1:00pm
    For more info on the Rummage Sale, contact Leslie Slavin at amazingandtrue@live.com
  • League of Women Voters – Get help from the Santa Fe County chapter of the nonpartisan nonprofit to learn all about ranked-choice voting, figure out where to vote, and then register to do so, if you haven’t already. Fri. Jan. 26, 3-5 pm at Devargas Mall
  • 100 Kids Who Care in Santa Fe – inaugural meeting Sat. Jan 27, 2-3pm for grades 8th – 12th at The Studio Center of Santa Fe (formerly Warehouse 21)
  • Textilians of Santa Fe is featuring Mary Littrell, co-author of Embroidering at the Boundaries with Rangina Hamidi, about the life-changing embroidery and community-building work of Afghan women, with a focus on a particular group. Jan 28, 2pm, at the Wheelwright Museum Library.
  • 100 Women Who Care in Santa Fe Next Meeting – Wed. Feb. 7, from 6-7 pm at the Scottish Rite Temple

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Listen to Your Heart

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Cool Pick of the Week:

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The theater department of New Mexico School for the Arts presents the classic Shakespearean comedy, complete with fairies and ethereal scenes. Feb 3 – 5  at the James A Little Theatre, 1060 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM, 87505

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  • 100 Women Who Care in Santa Fe Meeting: Date: Tues. Feb. 7, Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Location: Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez – We invite you to become part of this powerful group and to have a positive impact on those in need here in the Santa Fe area, without the time-consuming effort we all associate with fundraising. (Yes, it IS possible!) And only a small contribution on your behalf (between $25 – $100) but together raising over $10,000 each meeting.

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