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Annie Proulx’s second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning major motion picture released in 2005. Brokeback Mountain received massive critical acclaim and went on to be nominated for a leading eight Academy Awards, winning three of them.

All tickets for all events are sold at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased in person, by telephone, or online at: Lensic Performing Arts...

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The final May event at Garcia Street Books, occurs with a book launch and reading on Wednesday, May 28 from 5:00 - 6:00 pm when, DeLaune Michel will appear to discuss her second novel, The Safety of Secrets. The author, who was raised in South Louisiana and now lives in Westchester County, NY, continues in the literary tradition of her uncle, Andre Dubus, ( In The Bedroom); and her cousin, James Lee Burke, bestselling mystery author. The novel, based on DeLaune's experiences when she lived in Los Angeles, casts a light onto that unofficial Hollywood caste system that is not talked about...

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In contrast to the tea event, Hungarian-born Toronto based, Canadian award-winning author, Anna Porter, while en route to the Jewish Book Fair in Los Angeles, makes a one day stop in Santa Fe, where she will discuss her sixth book at Garcia Street Books on Tuesday, May 27 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of The Holocaust is a meticulously researched account of the Hungarian Oskar Schindler who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews, including prominent Santa Fean, Tom Margittai, former owner of the Four Seasons Restaurant, from certain death at the hands...

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A book signing and tea tasting will occur at Garcia Street Books on Saturday, May 24 at 3:00 pm to celebrate the publication of The Spirit of Tea, by local publisher, Sherman Asher Publishing. The author, Frank Hadley Murphy, who was born in Boston and now lives in Santa Fe, will discuss the mystical attributes of tea and attempt to answer what it is that keeps us coming back to humanity's favorite beverage.

He will feature the six classical categories of tea, White, Yellow, Green, Oolong, Black (or Red in China), and Puerh, as well as explore the heretofore unknown vistas of tea. Murphy, a...

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On Friday, May 16, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm, Garcia Street Books will feature well known Santa Fean, Fabian Chavez Jr., who will be celebrating the University of New Mexico Press publication, Taking on Giants: Fabian Chavez Jr. and New Mexico Politics, by David Roybal, political journalist and editorial columnist for the Albuquerque Journal. The book is an anecdotal account of Chavez's thirty year career dedicated to a variety of state posts in New Mexico, blazing new trails into civil rights, education, business, government, and politics. Chavez was instrumental in the creation of the...

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On Friday, May 9, Jack McCarthy will launch his deluxe limited edition of Jonah Redux, a witty narrative taken from the Old Testament with some liberties that contains powerful relief print illustrations to bring the great, albeit misunderstood story of Jonah to life.

The event takes place at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. An exhibition of the prints related to the book will run through May 26. Jack McCarthy has been a printmaker for thirty years and has exhibited throughout the United States. His prints are in collections in this country as well as Brazil,...

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In the midst of many openings this fortnight, a few painting shows stand out for their boldness and comprehension of the history and practice of painting:

Linda Durham Contemporary Art – Opening Friday, May 2 from 5 to 7pm
1101 Paseo de Peralta

On May 2nd, Linda Durham Contemporary Art hosts a reception for Insideout: New Paintings by John Andolsek. (1101 Paseo de Peralta, Friday, May 2, 5 to 7pm) Andolsek, born in Germany and working as a painting conservator as well as an artist, brings a great sense of humor and respect for the painted surface to his work. In 2005, he wrote, “I...

Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Aline Brandauer • SantaFe.com

In addition to the painted delights outlined in Must-See art this go-round, I want to mention a few more treats for historically-motivated viewers.

Peyton Wright - Friday, May, 2
237 East Palace Avenue

Peyton Wright (237 East Palace Avenue, Friday, May, 2) presents The Modernists: Selections from the Estates. Peyton Wright has been diligently collecting artists’ estates for years. In this exhibition, the gallery features painting, sculpture, and works on paper from the estates of six important American Modernists - Clinton Adams (1918-2002), Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), Paul Burlin...

Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Aline Brandauer • SantaFe.com

Santa Fe just got voted best small art town in America for the third year in a row by AmericanStyle Magazine, muchas gracias, and the art you see everywhere, on cars and houses, flowerpots and front doors, is what makes it such an entertaining place to live. One of my favorites is an ordinary mailbox resting on two big sculpted hands. All that inventiveness and creativity shows up in three stores in town in particular known for eclectic, wonderful “objets,” as the Japanese call them. The Yiddish word “chotchke” seems more warm and affectionate, but there’s just that trace of a dismissive...

Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Leslie Clark and Mary Corcoran (Photographer) • SantaFe.com

Brad Hammond rubbed elbows with the rich and famous during the 20 years he worked as manager for the infamous radio personality Wolfman Jack.

"It was a flashy life, but I'm having more fun running Kowboyz," he said at his Santa Fe Western wear store. "I really enjoy knowing that people appreciate the things I sell."

Less than three months old, Kowboyz has an inventory that is the envy of collectors of vintage Western clothing and boots. A few of the items are new, but most of the shirts and 5,000 pairs of dressy cowboy boots were made in the 1940s through the 1970s. An increasing number of...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
by Emily Van Cleve • Journal Santa Fe