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This week on Santa Fe’s Emerging, Indie and Alt Creative Scene

by Malissa Kullberg on January 15, 2010

Never underestimate the power of a cheeseball.
Forty some years ago, my southern-born mama started making cheeseballs for The Sorry Muthas: a Minneapolis based folk band. Before the band went off on tour, mom would fill doubled up paper sacks from the local Red Owl grocery store with oranges, crackers and other substantive snacks.  Cheeseballs were [...]

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Santa Baby: Santa Fe Hangs its Stockings at Mayor’s Economic Forum

by Malissa Kullberg on December 17, 2009

The Mayor’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth was held last Friday morning at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, in downtown Santa Fe.  The forum, moderated by Santa Fe Reporter columnist Zane Fischer, began with a panel of local economic players followed by community input.  The choice of Fischer, an independent voice from an [...]

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Mad Science Brewing in Downtown Santa Fe

by Malissa Kullberg on December 2, 2009

In the heart of downtown Santa Fe’s South Capitol district, a Mad Scientist is stirring a cauldron of mind-spurring experiments and impressionable young minds to create a new generation of revolutionary thinkers.
At least that’s her hope.
Once a week, age-clustered groups of students gather to  build electric motors, dissect plants, peer at small things through microscopes, [...]

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Santa Fe Art Scene: Substance over Style

by Malissa Kullberg on October 30, 2009

Sure, Santa Fe was crowned a UNESCO Creative City in 2005 (for folk art and design) and has apparent squatter’s right in the Small Cities category of American Style’s annual poll on the top 25 arts destinations.  We’re known for the Canyon Road art galleries, the opera, Indian Market, Spanish Market and most recently, the [...]

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Dining Santa Fe: Best New Mexican

by Malissa Kullberg on July 29, 2009

Last week, The Santa Fe Reporter released its much anticipated Best of Santa Fe issue, the results of an annual reader poll ( SFReporter.com.) While we share a number of favorites, our short list for best New Mexican does not include this year’s multiple-category winner, Tomasita’s (although they do make fine sopapillas and fabulous honey [...]

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Dining Santa Fe

by Malissa Kullberg on July 6, 2009

We love good food. We spend a lot of time on the run.  Fortunately, this combo results in our eating out at least five times a week in Santa Fe, a city abundant with good restaurants in a range of price points.  Off the top of my cranium are five choices that vary substantially in [...]

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Sights and Sounds: Changing Gallery's May 2 Event

by Malissa Kullberg on May 4, 2009

By the time the evening was over, we could see our breath, but hours of damp and chill didn’t quench the warm afterglow from Sights and Sounds, Changing Gallery’s recent mix of art and music. Rising talent, Phillip Vigil, plastered Unit Seven with his energetic pastels. Jennifer Joseph had two paintings in Unit Six [...]

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