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By Intern Drew Lenihan

Today England plays Algeria, so it is fitting for all hooligans to find a neighborhood pub as if we were in Bristol or London supporting the Red Lions, the nickname of the English national team.  Of the bars in Santa Fe, Second St. Brewery resembles the closest thing we have to an European style pub, complete with mutton-chopped bartenders, its own selection of brews and a colorful cast of regulars.

Around the bar were the murmurs and discussions of the US-Slovenia game, in which our Yanks came back from a 0-2 deficit to tie the game and then took the lead on a beautiful set play, only to have the goal disallowed by the referee. The tie could mean that the US will be ousted from advancing to the round of 16, big disappointment for a team that many thought had a chance to go far in the tournament. Continue reading »

In this week’s paper, SFR looked at some recent code complaints that have come in to the city and county bureaucracies.

There were a few that we didn’t have room for on the page, but which deserve a look regardless.

The first concerns Advantage Asphalt, a company that is under investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office in a convoluted money-and-influence scheme reportedly involving several local politicians, including state House Speaker Ben Luján, Santa Fe City Councilor Matt Ortiz and County Development Review Committee chairman Jon Paul Romero.

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By Intern Drew Lenihan

The Catamount, on the corner of Water and Shelby streets, has been a loyal drinking hole to Santa Fe for almost 15 years now.  Sadly, after all these years it will be closing its doors and moving later this summer, but not until the 2010 World Cup is viewed from the current location’s bar stools one last time.

Many people have fantastic memories there watching and hooting and a hollering for their favorite teams, regardless of sport.  During Brazil and North Korea’s match yesterday, one bar goer exclaimed to me, “I watched Michael Phelps win all his gold medals here; I was here when Zidane headbutted Materazzi,” he said referring to the infamous 2006 World Cup Final.  “It’s too bad it’s got to move.”  Unfortunately I am not one of those people with good memories of Catamount sports watching. Continue reading »

Lenka Novakova's installation is among the many video art pieces featured in Currents 2010.

By: Chloé Davis

People need an escape from reality that moves and breaths, an escape they can hear and that will suck them in then hypnotize them. This is where Currents 2010 comes in. Currents 2010 is a prototype for a hopefully annual event called The Santa Fe Video Art and New Media Festival. Currents 2010 focuses on many of the same things as Site Santa Fe’s The Dissolve, another exhibit of video art and new media work (12-5 pm, Sunday June 20, SITE Santa Fe,1606 Paseo De Peralta, 989-1199). In fact, The Dissolve is one of the biggest sponsors for Currents 2010 and they happen concurrently. Continue reading »