Joy Godfrey
Posole and Beer
Food and drink events abound this week in Santa Fe
We’re roughly three seconds into October and the locals are embracing fall with gusto across various Oktoberfest events and food gatherings, several of which go down this weekend.
For the puro Nuevo Mexico set, Tesuque Casino hosts the 3rd World Posole Cooking Championships, a two-day combination competition, music event and arts and craft fair featuring the best posole makers around. The cook-off is free to attend on Saturday and Sunday with access to the public tasting running a mere $10. Even better, proceeds go to the Pueblo of Tesuque’s Youth & Seniors Program.
Come Saturday afternoon, Second Street Brewery kicks off Oktubafest at its Rufina Taproom. With live music from the UNM Tuba-Euphomium Ensemble, plus brats and green chile sausage, schnitzel, German potato salad and sauerkraut, you’ll be feeling German in no time—and the whole thing’s free.
Also this weekend, The Bridge at the Santa Fe Brewing Co. gets into the Oktoberfest mood with Oktoberfiesta, a New Mexican-infused take on the storied German holiday featuring a bratwurst eating competition, a stein holding contest, costume contest and yodeling contest—plus so much music from the likes of Strange Magic, Mariachi Diferencia, Lili St. Anne and more. Admission is by suggested donation, and all proceeds are slated for local animal nonprofits New Mexico Wildlife Federation and New Mexico Wild. (Alex De Vore)
3rd World Posole Cooking Championships: 10 am-5 pm Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6. $0-$10. Tesuque Casino. 7 Tesuque Road, (505) 984-8414
Oktubafest: 1-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday Oct. 6. Free. Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom). 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068
Oktoberfiesta: Noon-10 pm Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6. Suggested donation. The Bridge @Santa Fe Brewing Co. 35 Fire Place, (505) 557-6182
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It Takes One To Tango Sometimes
Tired of dancing free-style? Flinging yourself heedlessly around the kitchen? Feeling a bit too wild and free? Try tango. Complicated, sinuous and borderline erotic, the tango is a challenging and structured dance, and an integral part of Argentine culture that makes a landing at Santa Fe’s Cafecito on Wednesday nights. It actually does take two to tango, but you can fly solo for the all-levels group from 8th Style Tango. There you’ll surely find a partner. And though learning the moves requires patience, dedication and practice, the more you go, the better you’ll learn to tango madly. (Jesse Colvin)
Tango at Cafecito: 7 pm lesson; 8 pm milonga Wednesday, Oct. 2. $10-$20. Cafecito. 922 Shoofly St. (505) 310-0089
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Second, Best
If you’ve been enjoying comedian Tim Robinson’s sometimes brilliant Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave, note that he’s an alumnus of The Second City, Chicago’s fabled improv and comedy company. Same goes for countless comedy legends in the last several decades, from SNL mainstays, standup legends and sketch and sitcom titans like Catherine O’Hara, Keegan-Michael Key, Jack MacBrayer, Sam Richardson, Tina Fey and…well, it’s lots. Keep that in mind when The Second City comes to Santa Fe this week with Mo’ Funny, Less Problems, a combo sketch/music/improv show in one. These are the comedy titans of tomorrow. Laughs are practically guaranteed. (ADV)
The Second City: Mo’ Funny, Less Problems: 7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 3. $35-$55. Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234
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The Real McCoy
Painter Daniel McCoy captures New Mexican culture in a way few others can or do. Most notably, perhaps, McCoy translates land and cityscapes through a lens of Allsup’s ephemera and Crumb-style cartoonery that both highlight the serious beauty of the high desert alongside a decidedly tongue-in-cheek bit of reference. Think lively colors, think cholla and tumbleweeds drying in the shadow of a mountain you both recognize and don’t. McCoy tosses in ink elements, too, that lend a graphic edge to his works; the man also loves him a nod to Lotaburger and gas station hot sauce doled out amongst psychedelia that would be equally at home on a prog rock or stoner metal album cover—or your wall. (ADV)
Daniel McCoy: 5-7 pm Friday, Oct. 4. Free. Hecho Gallery, 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882
