Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don’t. –Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class A thriving music and nightlife scene is critical to attracting and retaining the young, brilliant, awesome people that Santa Fe needs. –After Hours Alliance Last Wednesday, Joshua and I sat in on […]
Emerging Artists
Past as Presence: Joanne Lefrak at Box Gallery
Joanne Lefrak is lovely and charming, with a warmth and gentle spontaneity that disarms. Given the potent mystique of the brooding artist, you might think niceness would be an occupational detriment, or at the least, irrelevant. But if you’re in the business of brokering relationships and gathering stories, it helps to be the sort of […]
This Week on Santa Fe’s Creative Scene, August 20th
“I make things to find out what the ideas in my head look like in the physical world.” –David McPherson Friday and Saturday night, from 5-9 PM, stop by 1800 Hopewell Street, at the corner of Hopewell and 2nd, to lay your eyes on the AV installation event Reflection Contraption: the brainchild of Meow Wolf […]
Activate or Deteriorate: Avoiding ‘Spectrum Syndrome’ in Santa Fe
About six weeks ago, I found myself in a time trough between appointments, looking for shade and coffee in a part of town not known for its cafes. I stumbled upon Spectrum which won me over with its excellent coffee and commitment to community. While doing a final fact check last week prior to giving […]
This Week on Santa Fe’s Creative Scene–8/13/10
I’m the luckiest kid, I get to do what I love to do everyday. – Phillip Phillip’s been counting: Ten days, four days and now one. On Saturday, August 14th, Phillip Vigil will have the Opening at Shiprock Santa Fe that he, and we, have been looking forward to since he was invited to join […]
