Zane Fischer
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Zane Fischer is an award-winning columnist and is the web editor for the Santa Fe Reporter. He was the co-founder of OffSite ArtSpace and previously served as executive director for the Center for Contemporary Arts. Fischer lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and favors hijinks over shenanigans. |
Stories by Zane Fischer
End the Draft!
“Weather-stripping” sounds like a college prank. Like having to get naked against a flagpole during a blizzard while tinny speakers belt out the ’80s Van Halen hit, “Hot for Teacher.”
Incomplete Works
On a recent weekend, with the winter sun bright but bleak and with the wind carrying a bite at the tail of its caress, the public happily used the Railyard Park.
Zane's World
Councilor Ortiz and Mayor Coss have radically different views on how to handle the economy. Their tremendous clash in last week's Finance Committee meeting was...postponed until December.
SFR TALK: From Lean to Green
Following a long career in construction, Kim Shanahan left his volunteer position as president of the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association to become its paid interim executive officer. The SFAHBA and its Green Building Council partnered with the City of Santa Fe and other organizations to present the Santa Fe Green Building Summit and Expo, Nov. 21-23.
Zane's World
Matching cuts with incentives is the only way to prosper, rather than simply survive, in a challenging economy.
A Ton of Simple
An art exhibition called Occam's Razor forgets to stick to basics. That's irony, right?
Zane's World
Santa Fe City Councilor Matt Ortiz last week injected himself, McCain-style, into the center of the economic crisis. But rather than suspending anything and rolling up his sleeves, he left town with his family and had fellow Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger drop his resolution in his decisive and commanding absence.
From Darkness: Light
Homer was the first to invoke the image of a “wine dark sea” in the Iliad as a physical reflection of Achilles’ grief at the death of Patroclus, but the phrase throbs against the skull when considering the paintings of Karen Gunderson.
Zane's World
City Council endorsement of the Sustainable Santa Fe plan—and its food strategy—is an imporant regional step.
Indulgent Experience
Even if big-name, blue chips make you bored, there's are hidden highlights worth grabbing in Drop, Stack and Lean.
