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Wednesday, August 22,2012
Local News

Facebookery

Q: Where is Santa Fe’s nightlife? A: Facebook

Alexa Schirtzinger
On Monday, Aug. 13, a local named Sam Atakra created* a Facebook event titled “Public Meeting with OTAB about ‘Diminishing Nightlife,’” kicking off a lengthy, impassioned Facebook forum on all things nightlife.
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Wednesday, August 1,2012
Food Writing

Pound of Flesh

How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?

Alexa Schirtzinger
In Santa Fe, depending on who your companions happen to be, eating meat is either anathema or a prerequisite—particularly in summer, when several pounds of dead flesh and some PBR is pretty much all you need for a successful party.
Wednesday, August 1,2012
Local News

Laws with Teeth: Extended Interview

Alexa Schirtzinger
On July 11, the Santa Fe
Wednesday, July 11,2012
Food Writing

Cheeseburger Paradise

Five Star is cheap, authentic and local. Who cares if it’s a chain?

Alexa Schirtzinger

Five Star Burgers and I go way back. OK, maybe not wayyy back—but far enough back to the days when I called teaching kids to ski and guiding a raft down the Rio Grande my “job.” (Waitressing at a pizza joint nestled among snowdrifts in Taos Ski Valley was my “other job.”)

Wednesday, July 11,2012
Local News

Living River

A new book takes a person-centric approach to Rio Grande conservation

Alexa Schirtzinger
Nature-lovers are familiar with the classic, conservationist coffee-table book: Usually, it’s full of Aldo Leopold quotes and scenic, if sometimes static, photos of mountains and rivers and meadows full of [insert endangered mammal here].
Wednesday, July 4,2012
Food Writing

Truckin'

Innovative mobile eatery joins Santa Fe’s budding food-truck scene

Alexa Schirtzinger
You wouldn’t really expect a food establishment with “Doctor” in the title to serve slabs of thick-cut, deep-fried homemade bacon. You also wouldn’t expect to find delicately curried deviled e
Wednesday, July 4,2012
Features

Bombs Over Tehran

David Barsamian comes to Santa Fe to talk about the very real possibility of war with Iran—and what we can do to stop it

Alexa Schirtzinger
David Barsamian, the founder of Boulder, Colo.-based Alternative Radio and a prolific author, speaker and journalist, comes to Santa Fe this week to discuss “US-Israel War on Iran.” SFR sat down with Barsamian to talk about new developments in US-Iran relations; Syria and the legacy of the Arab Spring; and the failure of capitalism as described in his new book with Richard Wolff, Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism. The interview has been edited slightly for clarity.
Wednesday, June 20,2012
Local News

Black Drops

CD Productions has raked in more than $150,000 in campaign payments—but does it exist?

Alexa Schirtzinger
CD Productions has had a banner year. Between May 2011 and May 2012, the company has been paid a total of more than $150,000 to provide a variety of services (“advertising,” “printing & mailing,” “demographic research,” “professional services” and so on) for Susana PAC, Gov. Susana Martinez’ political action committee. Since last October, CD Productions has raked in a bigger share of Susana PAC’s cash than any other business, with one exception—McCleskey Media Strategies, the company run by Martinez adviser Jay McCleskey—and received $28,000 on May 21 alone, just two weeks before the primary election.
Wednesday, May 30,2012
Local News

Hall’s Mark

A former librarian turned poet uses poetry to overcome memory loss

Alexa Schirtzinger
As a young man, Stuart Hall wanted to be a novelist.
Wednesday, May 16,2012
Local News

No Opponent? No Problem

Legit or not, unopposed candidates are spending just as much campaign money as those who actually have challengers

Alexa Schirtzinger
The campaign to unseat longtime state Sen. Phil Griego, D-Los Alamos, is heating up with allegations that Griego used campaign contributions for illegitimate purposes—NFL tickets, golf, personal credit card bills and new tires for his car. In 2010, Griego didn’t even have an opponent—yet according to challenger (and former Santa Fe County Commissioner) Jack Sullivan, he raked in and then spent tens of thousands of dollars.
 
 
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