Santa Fe Reporter

The Santa Fe Reporter (SFR) is a weekly alternative newspaper based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Launched in 1974, it provides coverage of local news, politics, art, and culture. The newspaper is released every Wednesday.

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A Birthday Grift for America

5 days ago | sfreporter.com | Sasha Abramsky

I can think of two birthday homages to US presidents that will be remembered as iconic moments in American history. The first is Marilyn Monroe’s unforgettably sultry, yearning, rendition of Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy, in Madison Square Gardens in May of 1962.
Eat at Joe’s

1 week ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

Inn on the Alameda eatery Joe’s Tequila Bar adds to Santa Fe’s astonishingly good hotel restaurant scene by Alex De Vore June 11, 2025 12:29 AM One of the best parts about being part of the Santa Fe food world is that you get to know a lot of local chefs.
Eat at Joe’s

1 week ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

Inn on the Alameda eatery Joe’s Tequila Bar adds to Santa Fe’s astonishingly good hotel restaurant scene June 11, 2025 12:29 AM One of the best parts about being part of the Santa Fe food world is that you get to know a lot of local chefs.
On Track

1 week ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

Filmmaker-actor Ricky Lee hopes to engineer success for forthcoming martial arts/history flick Midnight Shanghai by Alex De Vore June 11, 2025 12:33 AM Chances are if you’ve seen any number of nouveau Western films in the last decade or so, you’ve caught a performance from actor Ricky Lee (Cree and Lakota).
Leader of the Pack

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

Though Francisco Delgado calls El Paso, Texas, his home base these days, the multimedia artist still travels to his birthplace of Ciudad Juárez regularly.
3 Questions with Much Ado About Nothing director Zoe Burke

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

by Alex De Vore June 4, 2025 1:51 AM 3 Questions with Freezie Fresh owner Xzavian Cookbey Tags 06.04.2025* 3 Questions Performing Arts Arts Alex De Vore SFR Culture Editor Alex De Vore has written about the Santa Fe culture scene for over a decade and won awards for doing so. He's pretty tired of Americana and still hopes new punk bands might happen. Read more by Alex De Vore June 4, 2025 1:51 AM
SFR Picks: Week of June 4

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Adam Ferguson |Alex De Vore

Eco-artist collaborative aims to reinterpret our perceptions of “weeds.” DesertArtLAB, for those who missed our 2017 coverage, is the Chicanx environmental artist collaborative co-directed by April Bojorquez and Matt Garcia. Together, the pair focuses on Indigenous/Chicanx perspectives on ecological practices, food sovereignty and climate change, while helping communities cultivate knowledge on their relationships to their environments.
A High Bar

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

In my not-a-review piece about Santa Fe steakhouse Market Steer Steakhouse from last July—just as the restaurant was settling into its new digs on Washington Avenue following years inside Hotel St. Francis—I wrote that “it would seem there aren’t really kinks to work out,” when it came to the food, service, ambiance, etc.
ICE Actions Turning US into Cold-Blood Nation

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Sasha Abramsky

Last week, Buona Forchetta restaurant, in San Diego’s South Park neighborhood, was raided by dozens of heavily armed officers from ICE’s investigations unit on a grab-and-snatch mission against suspected undocumented immigrants. The raid, which occurred mid-afternoon while diners were eating their meals, led to all of the staff being handcuffed, their IDs demanded, and the detention of at least four workers.
Oh, Hell Yes, Ohori’s

3 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Alex De Vore

How on Earth did I, Ohori’s Coffee Roasters’ number one fan, not know that founder Susan Ohori learned at the feet of top-tier coffee god Alfred Peet—of the iconic Peet’s Coffee & Tea—in the leadup to the most beloved Santa Fe shop’s 1984 opening?