🌱 Hear Santa Fe festival musicians tackle Bach and Enescu on radio

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In today's newsletter:

• Hear Santa Fe festival musicians tackle Bach and Enescu on radio
• Santa Fe remembers Gene Hackman as new details of his death emerge
• Why Santa Fe residents are pushing back on new nuclear pit plans

Today's riddle: How did the ram get lost while driving? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.
• Monday: Windy with hazy sun, temps: high: 69, low: 40.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bach & Enescu (wfmt.com) — Santa Fe music lovers can tune into a Chamber Music Festival radio program featuring violinist Joel Link with musicians from the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra performing Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. The broadcast also includes Enescu’s dramatic Octet, led by violinist Chad Hoopes, with festival artists offering insights into why these works feel so powerful and timeless.
   

• Sigourney Weaver's reason why a sequel to Heartbreakers would not work (arcamax.com) — Santa Fe readers may be struck by new details on Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths at their Santa Fe home and burial at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens. Those revelations appear in a broader entertainment piece where Sigourney Weaver explains why she won’t pursue a Heartbreakers sequel without several late co‑stars.
   

• Archbishop Wester among New Mexicans urging NNSA to halt nuclear weapons production (abqjournal.com subscription) — Santa Fe residents packed the Farmers’ Market Pavilion to challenge federal plans for expanding plutonium pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory during a public hearing held in the city. Religious leaders, watchdog groups, and activists urged the National Nuclear Security Administration to prioritize cleanup and disarmament, while agency officials defended pit production as essential to national security and promised to review public comments.
   

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📸 Around Santa Fe

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Santa Fe

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Monday May 18

• Transatlantic Rising Stars: Works from the Residency (Opening Reception)
  Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 19

• VA: Senior Dinner
  Railyard Park , Santa Fe, NM, United States
  5:00 pm
• MU: Music - Spring Music Celebration
  New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe
  6:00 pm

Wednesday May 20

• ECO Graduation Ceremony
  Early College Opportunities, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe
  1:00 pm
• Mandela Graduation Ceremony
  Santa Fe Public Schools, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe
  4:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• Meditation Workshop: Peace Within Peace Between
  Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
  6:00 pm

Friday May 22

• Transatlantic Rising Stars: Works from the Residency (Closing Reception)
  Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 23

• Community Workshop: Deep Listening →
  Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 18

• Transatlantic Rising Stars: Works from the Residency (Opening Reception)
  Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
  6:00 pm
• Jake Xerxes Fussell at Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery →
  Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery - Alegría on Agua Fria, 2791 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe
  7:00 pm
• Jake Xerxes Fussell →
  Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery - Alegría on Agua Fria, 2791 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe
  7:30 pm

Wednesday May 20

• ECO Graduation Ceremony
  Early College Opportunities, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bernalillo

• Bernalillo County Sheriff's race 2026: Allen vs. Snedeker rematch (abqjournal.com)
• Early voting expands Saturday as unaffiliated voters make first moves in Sandoval County primary (corralescomment.com)

Las Vegas

• New Mexico Cocktail Week 2026: Events, tastings and parties across the state May 30–June 7 (abqjournal.com)
• Wind and fire danger in New Mexico this weekend (koat.com)

Albuquerque

• Ticket sales projected to surpass previous years for Boots in the Park (krqe.com)
• How to get rid of tree-of-heaven invading your Albuquerque yard (abqjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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