Santa Fe Eavesdropper
May 23
by SFR "Can't talk right now, in the middle of work, will call you back next week."
- Overheard on Atalaya Mountain trail
VIDEO: Balderas Leads Education Tour, Embraces 'Underdog' Role
by Joey Peters As the June 5 Democratic primary approaches, State Auditor Hector Balderas, who's running for US Senate against front-runner Martin Heinrich, is embracing his "underdog" role. Click here for the video.
Sleep, Pray, Drugs: Days of Being Rejected
by GinaRae LaCervaMy body keeps breaking up with me. The romance only goes so far until it decides it’s had enough and calls it quits. Body squarely refuses to keep up appearances, turns her back on any opportunity that doesn’t involve staying in bed forever, and ignores all of my text messages.
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Legendary Pink Dots' Solo Show Cancelled!
by Alex De VorePromoter Tim Franke has informed us via text message that Sunday's Edward Ka-Spel/Phil "Silverman" Knight show at Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill has been cancelled with the perfromers citing, "unforseen circumstances." Both performers are founding members of underground rock/goth/experimenta/electonica act The Legendary Pink Dots. According to the event's co-promoter Red Cell, "I am heartborken, but [Ka-Spel and Silverman] look forward to seeing us next year."
Winner of MIX Event Announced
Local children's fundraising group awarded prize as crowd favorite in May 17 gathering
by R Harrison DildayMIX Santa Fe awarded $300 to local children's fundraising group Alexandra Ladd's Soapbox Kids last night as the crowd favorite of Royally MIXed
Game On!
Max Payne 3 is, without a doubt, the first great game of summer
by Alex De VoreQuick Note
I will now be implementing a new "5-Stars" Rating system for reviewed games. I know there are people out there reading these, so feel free to agree, disagree, discuss, etc. in the comments section below!
The Biggest Art Tour on...New Mexican soil
Eldorado Studio Tour begins
by Tess Cutler
Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Audit Continues To Confuse
by Joey Peters Last week, SFR reported on New Mexico's update of its concealed-carry reciprocity with other states. While the Department of Public Safety says its recognition of 19 states hasn't changed throughout the process, a screenshot from its website in late April shows otherwise.
7 Days
May 16
by SFR On self-deportation, car wash scandal, and sexual relations robocall.
Lee on Literature: 1984
George Orwell's classic, 1984, offers a dystopian parallel to North Korea's failed rocket launch
by LeeMillerOn Dec. 29, 2011, North Korea proclaimed Kim Jong Un as its Supreme Leader. By April 2012, the final and most important of numerous state agencies, the National Defense Commission, was turned over to the 28-year-old’s command.
State submits its Medicaid redesign plan, but Native American advocates say they were left out
by ColleenKeaneOn April 25--just 48 hours before stricter federal requirements for community input took effect--the New Mexico Human Services Department submitted Centennial Care, its plan for redesigning the state’s Medicaid program
Lee on Literature: Sonny's Blues
The struggles explored in James Baldwin's short story mirror those present in Trayvon Martin's killing
by Lee MillerOn February 26, lanky African-American teen Trayvon Martin, armed with an Arizona Iced Tea and Skittles from the local 7-Eleven, returned to the Sanford, Fla. gated community where his father’s girlfriend lived.
Sleep, Pray, Drugs: The Hobby-Horse
by Lola RayI rode a bike last week. Through early-evening, late-winter streets. The sky was mostly grey except for the sunset pink towards the west.
Joe Teacher: Missing Words
by Joe TeacherDue to the fact that my students' reading skills are usually far below grade level, I often have to dispense with the official classroom reading curriculum. For these kids, even the "interventions" included with the expensive reading program my district has adopted are simply too much for them to read and/or comprehend, and they need something tailored to their needs.
Lee on Literature: The Metamorphosis
by Lee MillerLast week, the worldwide Occupy Wall Street movement experienced its latest eviction with the removal of protesters from the grounds of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Sleep, Pray, Drugs: A Rare Anomaly
by Lola RayI have spent the past months obsessed with the Arctic and the Antarctic, with their long, cold, dark winters punctuated by the all-too-brief, sunlight-powered, fecund frenzy of summer.
Joe Teacher: Fun and Games
If being a teacher isn't fun, you're doing it wrong.
by Joe TeacherMy job as a special educator is chock-full of insanity and surreal craziness, and thus far my written accounts have tended to focus upon these aspects of the job simply because they are the most memorable and dramatic moments of the 180 or so days that make up a school year. Violence, cops, shattered glass, social maladjustment, gang-banging parents, horror stories from dysfunctional homes—the depressing list of potential topics is long, particularly when you remember that not one of my students is more than 12 years old.
Lee on Literature: The Black Swan
by Lee MillerThis past week, actress Demi Moore entered a Utah rehabilitation center to treat substance abuse, an eating disorder and exhaustion, following the end of a six-year marriage to actor Ashton Kutcher (That 70’s Show, Two and a Half Men), who was fifteen years her junior.
