SFR Picks: Stick it to the Man

Slaying the patriarchy and simultaneously caring for the Earth is hard work, but artists and activists usually don't shrink from a challenge. Thus, we welcome Dear Patriarchy, a mind-blowing coming-together of Indigenous artists and musicians as means of resistance, raised awareness and fundraiser for Indigenous environmental justice nonprofit Honor the Earth. We're talking Minnesota-based activist Winona LaDuke, a champion for renewable energy and food systems, Oregon folk musician Nahko Bear and friends (think Conor Oberst, Bob Dylan kinda jams), local visual artist Rose B Simpson, Arizona activist and water protector Kim Smith, artist/DJ Ginger Dunnill and so many more. "It revolves around anti-patriarchy and really bringing women to the forefront," Smith says. "When we're talking about a lot of the buzz, it's been around what happened in Standing Rock, but the reality is that the way we treat our land is also the way we treat our women, and there has to be a paradigm shift."

Smith, who hails from the Diné Nation, sits on the board of Honor the Earth and works as an activist all over the country. "A lot of the destruction or abuse gets normalized," she says. "The protection of Mother Earth isn't a hippie thing, it's about survival." Smith says Honor the Earth hosts many fundraisers and provides grants to other environmental groups, but that Dear Patriarchy is the first event of its kind they've mounted.

"This is really our first 'show,' which makes it exciting because it could become an annual thing and become bigger and better," she says. "It's really a stage for feminists to talk about where they stand and how a lot of their work revolves around caring for Mother Earth." (Alex De Vore)

Dear Patriachy
8 pm Thursday April 27. $20-$100.
Meow Wolf,
1352 Rufina Circle,
395-6369

The New King

It would obviously take one hell of an animated film to topple records set by Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece

Spirited Away,

but, as luck would have it, such a film has presented itself.

Your Name

from director Makoto Shinkai (2007’s

5 Centimeters Per Second

) tells the story of a young boy and girl who set out to meet each other after they switch bodies. We hear this thing is downright magical and, as of earlier this year, it became the highest-grossing anime movie of all time. Now

that's

spirit. (ADV)

Your Name:
7 pm Wednedsday April 26 (subtitled);
2:20 pm and 9 pm Thursday April 27 (dubbed). $8-$10.50.
Jean Cocteau Cinema,
418 Montezuma Ave.,
466-5528

Circ-in’

Who doesn’t love Wise Fool? Santa Fe’s dedicated (and long-running) circus troupe not only provides educational programming for kids of all ages, they preside over shows of such death-defying wonder and whimsical beauty that you’re practically guaranteed to be charmed. For the third annual CircAspire event, Wise Fool welcomes all levels of students to perform what they refer to as “pre-professional” acts. This oughta be a good one. (ADV)

CircAspire:
7 pm Friday, April 28; 2 pm and 7 pm Saturday April 29;
4 pm Sunday April 30. $5-$20.
Wise Fool,
1131 Siler Road,
992-2588

Dream On

OK, we’ll admit it—we’re pretty infatuated with the Santa Fe Dreamers Project and its founder, attorney Allegra Love. ICYMI, Love helps immigrants navigate the often tricky and tumultuous world of naturalization, visa and asylum paperwork in an effort to help them live in the US safely. Musicians have noticed her efforts, too, and a cavalcade of who’s-who champions descends upon Skylight. Performances from acts like Nosotros, Jono Manson and Joe West & the Santa Fe Revue oughta get you there, and the Dreamers Project scores another win. (ADV)

Concert for Santa Fe Dreamers:
6 pm Friday April 28. $10.
Skylight,
139 W San Francisco St.,
982-0775

Santa Fe Reporter