When it comes to mainstream appropriation of another culture’s imagery, few groups seem to be targeted as often as Native Americans are. One of the latest examples to make a splash is No Doubt’s video for “Looking Hot,” which featured singer Gwen Stefani—who has borrowed from cholo, seapunk and Indian (dot) cultures before—dressed up in stylized Native garb.

Chuck Cover gets a twinkle in his eyes when he leads visitors to the backroom of his Seton Village home. “This space was the main selling point,” he says, walking towards his impressive model railroad layout.

When Frederick Prescott first came to Santa Fe 30 years ago, he fell in love. “I’d heard about Santa Fe, but I didn’t know what it was,” the Bay Area native says. A day and a half in our town, and Prescott was “mesmerized.”

No matter your partisan leanings, the 2012 election cycle—nasty, costly and seemingly interminable—probably makes you want to just give up and have a drink. Fortunately, you can. The state law banning drinking on Election Day has been defunct for more than a decade, and at least one local bar is taking advantage of that: the Inn of the Anasazi, which will offer politically themed drinks on Election Day—Tuesday, Nov. 6.

'Tis the ghoulish season when ladies get to dress up as a slutty version of Marvin the Martian (yes, really) or a whorish just about everything else, and men get to cover down to the ankles and gawk away.

The art in Arthur Lopez’ living room alone could rival that of any museum. A sea of crucifixes  hangs throughout, and wood carvings depicting every imaginable saint’s passion are propped atop all available surfaces.

Once a month, Steve White makes the trek from his Albuquerque studio to East Palace Avenue’s Todos Santos Chocolates & Confections, his highest-volume retailer,  to unload his latest batch of “outsider art.”

We met in a sitting area near the elevators on the second floor of the Eldorado Hotel. Writer/director Emmett Mckinley requested I not ask questions about his sons. Having no idea what he was referring to, I agreed.

Japanese-born artist Ai Krasner gives the term “plastic arts” a whole new meaning. Her latest solo endeavor, Plastic Garden, consists of colorful and thought-provoking pieces composed exclusively by the ubiquitous material.

Human Donut Micah Ortega gave back to SFR the only way he knew how—by actually becoming the weekly, Backpage and all—and for one afternoon, hyping the shit out of us.