The story of Martin McNally, who decided to follow in the footsteps of DB Cooper in 1972, and hijack an American Airlines jetliner and demand $500,000 in ransom. This is just the beginning of perhaps the most epic true crime tale in modern American history. Told by McNally himself and based off the hit, eponymous podcast. Learn more at www.americanskyjacker.com

Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo (Blackfeet: iinnii) back to the Blackfeet Reservation. A thriving wild buffalo population would not only reconnect Blackfeet with a central part of their heritage, spirituality, and identity but would also provide economic opportunities and healing for the community. Along the way, however, the initiative faces obstacles from ranchers who see the buffalo as a threat to the cattle ranches that dominate the land and are a legacy of colonization. Bring Them Home examines the deeply meaningful role that buffalo played in Blackfeet life before the arrival of settlers who eradicated wild buffalo to eradicate the Blackfeet people. For Blackfeet, the buffalo are not only as fundamental to a healthy ecosystem but as spiritual relatives. Their removal from the land meant the loss of the Blackfeet way of life, the trauma of which still reverberates today.

In the wake of a scandal involving several of her students, Jeonim (Kim Minhee), an artist and lecturer at a women's university, asks her uncle Chu Sieon (Kwon Haehyo) to step in and direct a short play for the skit festival put on by her department. Her uncle is an actor-director, recently blacklisted after a scandal of his own. He decides to direct the short play because of a similar experience directing a play at the same university 40 years earlier. It doesn't take long before Sieon develops feelings for Jeonim's colleague, Professor Jeong (Cho Yunhee), a textile professor. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding the scandal grow more complicated, the moon waxes in the sky each night, and every morning Jeonim goes to the stream and sketches to grasp its patterns. For his 32nd feature film, Hong Sangsoo returns to the campus setting of films like Oki’s Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013) and revisits thematic concerns and modes of expression he hasn't touched on in his cinema for some time.

Please join CCA for our ongoing Community Reading Series in the Munoz Waxman Gallery. This event features Tony Barnstone, Miriam Sagan, Yuyutsu Sharma, Alexandra Eldridge and youth poets laureate Maiya Brock and Sofia Salazar. Free one-card tarot readings. Readings are curated by former Santa Fe poet laureate Elizabeth Jacobson with support from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry.

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Hidden Flora is an autobiographical queer romantic dramedy that follows Roxii, a queer hopeless romantic, as they reflect on formative past relationships. Roxii just wants to be loved and treated the way boys do girls. A string of boys and men change Roxii’s life, for better or worse, as they discover their sexuality and identity in late aughts Las Cruces, New Mexico.

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Mr. Watanabe suddenly finds that he has terminal cancer. He vows to make his final days meaningful. His attempts to communicate his anguish to his son and daughter-in-law lead only to heartbreak. Finally, inspired by an unselfish co-worker, he turns his efforts to bringing happiness to others by building a playground in a dreary slum neighborhood. When the park is finally completed, he is able to face death with peaceful acceptance.

Thursdays, 4:30-6:30p October 2, 9, 16, 23 Cost: $250 (For all four classes) Location: CCA Conference Room This fall, poet Elizabeth Jacobson is offering a new session of her popular workshop series Intimate Immersion. During this four-week in-person intensive, the focus is on generating new poems, critiquing each participant’s work, revising poems, and looking at elements of craft. Each meeting, participants are invited to bring a new poem (with copies for everyone) for workshop discussion. Since this is the first look, the process creates a deep. concentrated attention different from preparing critique notes ahead of time. Additionally, contemporary poems are provided as a catalyst for the following week’s writing prompt. This is an intimate, focused immersion to reinforce the writing practice and foster the evolution of new poems. To apply for a scholarship, contact [email protected] About Elizabeth Jacobson: Elizabeth Jacobson was the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her third collection of poems, "There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral" is just out from Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press. Her previous book, "Not into the Blossoms and Not into the Air," won the New Measure Poetry Prize (FVE/Parlor Press, 2019) and the 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for both New Mexico Poetry and Best New Mexico Book. She is the reviews editor for the online literary journal Terrain.org. This program is supported by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry

What if the devil was a VJ? What if MTV broadcasted from hell? Ghost Almanac features the best scenes from classic horror films soundtracked live by the vintage synthesizer enthusiasts of Montopolis. Tales from the Crypt meets VH1 in this 80 minute roller coaster ride of terror and old school beats. Film excerpts included in 2025 Ghost Almanac: The Skeleton Dance (1929) Haxan (1922) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Haunted House, Buster Keaton (1921) (the complete short film) L'Inferno (1911) Betty Boop's Halloween Party (1933) The Vanishing Lady (1896) Nosferatu (1922)

In an era of wildfires, drought, and species decline, Vermejo is proof that ecosystem restoration is possible. And it's a blueprint for where it can happen next. PRESERVED is more than a film—it’s a call to action. From farmers and ranchers to hikers and hunters, we all have a role to play. For nearly 175 years, the Southwestern United States has seen civilizations rise and fall, leaving behind landscapes stripped by time and industry. Northern New Mexico’s 560,000-acre Vermejo is one such place—a land rich with history, from dinosaurs and early Indigenous communities to homesteaders, a conservation-minded grain baron, and Hollywood’s glitterati seeking outdoor recreation. But modern times took their toll, leaving it overgrazed and scarred by mining. In 1996, Ted Turner bought the land as part of his work to restore and protect lands across the United States. A dedicated team began to work to heal the land, transforming it into a thriving sanctuary. Today, Vermejo stands as a testament to what’s possible: biodiversity restored, landscapes reborn, and a model for global conservation. Shot over 130+ days in breathtaking cinematography, PRESERVED unveils this hidden paradise, capturing ancient archaeological wonders and unseen wildlife behaviors—bears stealing mountain lion kills, microscopic worlds thriving in water-filled potholes, and animals adapting to a changing planet. Scientists, ranchers, and visionaries come together to revive a landscape once thought lost, with voices like media mogul Ted Turner, leading conservationist Kris Tompkins, and renowned author Craig Childs.

Experiencing Northern New Mexico’s Food Bank: A Tour of The Food Depot Renesan Course Information: You’ve seen the car line down Siler Road or The Food Depot trucks on Cerrillos, but what really happens inside Northern New Mexico's only food bank? Every year, an average of 10 million pounds of food leaves our warehouse, and you can experience the warehouse firsthand on a dynamic staff-led tour of our 27,000-square-foot facility. See The Food Depot in action, learn how we source and rescue food, and feel the chill of our freezer. About The Instructor: Amanda Bregel, Director of Communications for The Food Depot, is responsible for the food bank's quarterly newsletter, website, social media, and general communications. She moved to Santa Fe from North Carolina in 2021 after teaching high school English for more than a decade.

The Complex Tale of Mexico’s 16th Century Indigenous Story Map, a Lienzo Renesan Course Information: When Cortez and his small army conquered Tenochtitlán in 1521, he knew he needed more intel about the people and terrain he was taking. He dispatched Pedro de Alvarado to make alliance with the native Nahuatl people and explore the lands as far south as Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Nahuatl artists later painted an epic map of that journey, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan. Learn the history of the map and how pre-contact indigenous pictorial maps influenced Mexican history, legal system, and land law. About The Instructor: Tom Johnson is a retired journalist and professor emeritus with a long career zig-zagging from the classroom to the newsroom and back. A specialist in analytic journalism and GIS, he seeks opportunities to understand cultures and their history and evolution. He has traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America.

The Food Depot: Creating a Food Secure Community in Northern New Mexico Renesan Course Information: How does The Food Depot, Northern New Mexico's food bank since 1994, engage its vast hunger-relief network to create healthy communities? Learn what really happens at food distributions and how we procure and rescue enough food to feed 40,000 people across nine counties. Hear how you too can learn, advocate, and volunteer to make food-secure futures a reality. Whether you’ve been a long-time Food Depot supporter or you're new to Santa Fe, The Food Depot can still surprise you. About The Instructor: "Amanda Bregel, Director of Communications for The Food Depot, is responsible for the food bank's quarterly newsletter, website, social media, and general communications. She moved to Santa Fe from North Carolina in 2021 after teaching high school English for more than a decade."

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 3 SESSIONS! Renesan Course Information: Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, and Jane Eyre have fascinated readers by viewing the world through a skewed lens, often known as gothic: mystery, horror, gloom. Modern film interpretations have replicated this gothic/romantic world. Much as we are asked to identify with the character through her/his metaphorical labyrinth of the narrative's mystery, we will explore similar bizarre and unexpected twists and contradictions. We look at Rebecca, Night of the Hunter, Marnie, Don't Look Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Phantom Thread. About The Instructor: Bud Cox has taught literature, film, art history, and music history for more than 46 years and remains deeply enthusiastic about teaching. His recent Renesan presentations have included Six Films of 1975, Film Noir, Robert Altman's Nashville, and Great Comic Moments in Cinema.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 3 SESSIONS! Renesan Course Information: In addition to ultra-famous titles like Meet Me in St. Louis and Pinocchio, this three-session class will explore showbiz musicals such as Yankee Doodle Dandy, patriotic wartime hits like Stage Door Canteen, and college musicals, including one set in New Mexico, starring Lucille Ball. We’ll also check out big-budget Black musicals made for white audiences, including Stormy Weather, and grittier low-budget ones for Black audiences, plus singing cowboy musicals and “soundies,” the world’s first music videos. About The Instructor: Mark Tiarks has given many Renesan presentations on film, theater, classical music, and opera, and has won multiple national and state awards for his writing on the same subjects in The Santa Fe New Mexican. He’s a Carleton College alumnus and a Watson Foundation fellowship recipient.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz I: Bird and the Origins of Modern Music Renesan Course Information: When he died in 1955 at age thirty-four, Charlie (“Bird”) Parker was arguably the most influential—and imitated—jazz musician in the country. His recording career spanned a short 15 years. Yet, no other jazz musician before or after Bird captured the imagination of fellow artists and the public as much as he did. Parker’s story, at its core, is about the triumph of music as a dominant obsession amid a perplexing array of competing compulsions. About The Instructor: "Mark Davis has taught more than twenty courses for Renesan, half of which deal with jazz. Other presentations have been on French cultural history, including film; the Spanish Civil War; Weimar Germany; the Betrayal of Poland; Vichy France; the Red Scare; and U.S. Elections of 1940 and 1960. "

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz II: Miles Davis Renesan Course Information: "Duke Ellington called Miles Davis the Picasso of Jazz. Like the painter, Davis kept changing and experimenting with new styles and forms of expression. To study Davis means to learn about bebop, hard bop, cool jazz and jazz/rock fusion. This presentation addresses the artistry of Davis during the years 1945 to 1970 and his association with jazz greats of that period, including Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter." About The Instructor: "Mark Davis has taught more than twenty courses for Renesan, half of which deal with jazz. Other presentations have been on French cultural history, including film; the Spanish Civil War; Weimar Germany; the Betrayal of Poland; Vichy France; the Red Scare; and U.S. Elections of 1940 and 1960. "

Laura Gilpin: Great Photographer of the Southwest Renesan Course Information: "One of the foremost women photographers of the twentieth century, Laura Gilpin spent more than half a century photographing and writing books about Southwest cultures, landscapes, and Indigenous people. Gilpin ventured into remote lands during a time when most photographers doing such work were male. The presentation will explore her fascinating life, her photo books on Mesa Verde, the Pueblos, and the Rio Grande, concluding with her masterwork, The Enduring Navajo." About The Instructor: "Gregory Jay was a professor of English and American Studies for some four decades, retiring in 2020 to Santa Fe. He has published widely on a variety of topics in the study of American art and culture. His most recent Renesan presentation was on Ansel Adams."

This ticket covers all 4 Renesan Course sessions! This Renesan course takes place at SJUMC. Malcolm Lowry’s Day of the Dead: Under the Volcano Renesan Course Information: "Many scholars regard Under the Volcano as among the most important, yet relatively neglected, novels of the twentieth century. Recalling Joyce’s Ulysses, most of the events in the book occur during a single day, November 2, 1939 (the Day of the Dead). Set in a small town in Mexico, the novel paints an engrossing portrait of an angst-ridden, alcoholic anti-hero. We will examine Lowry’s use of interior monologue, allusions, leitmotifs, and references to Mexican culture and history." About The Instructor: "Ed Walkiewicz is Professor Emeritus of English and Ann and Burns Hargis Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University. A prolific author of works on twentieth-century literature (and a regular Renesan discussion leader), he is the former editor in chief of the Cimarron Review."

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 4 SESSIONS Going Underground with Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Renesan Course Information: "Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man is among the most important novels in the African American canon. We will read the book in its entirety and Richard Wright's novella ""The Man Who Lived Underground,"" focusing on how both writers' vision of ""the underground"" created work that is simultaneously rebellious, subversive, and patriotic. (Participants must provide their own copies.) We may also examine short stories from other writers that illustrate the themes of invisibility, double consciousness, and the approaches of African American humor, satire, and code-switching that culminate in Invisible Man." About The Instructor: "Darryl Lorenzo Wellington was the 6th Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has worked for 30 years in journalism, often writing for The Washington Post, The Nation, and the Progressive. His most recent book was Legible Walls: poems for Santa Fe murals (2023)."

Saving Florence's Art: Renaissance, WWII, Flood 1966 Renesan Course Information: "Step back in time to the Florentine Renaissance when Man became the center of the universe. Discover the role of women in this Florentine society and the one woman who saved Florence’s art. Imagine a time when Florence, the Beautiful City of Art, was in danger of becoming the City Without Art during WWII and the tragic flood of 1966! Relive the consequences of these disasters, not only for Florence, but also for the world." About The Instructor: Linda Sassano Higgins received a B.S. in Anthropology (University of California), an M.Ed. (Tufts), a degree in Art (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) and became a Licensed Italian Tour Guide in 2016. She lives in Santa Fe and works in Florence.

Renesan Course Information: Fred Nathan, Executive Director of the nonpartisan think tank Think New Mexico, will discuss the organization's recommendations for addressing the state's critical shortage of health care workers. He will provide an update on the progress made toward enacting these reforms during the 2025 legislative session and describe plans for future action. About The Instructor: Fred Nathan, Jr. founded Think New Mexico in 1999. A recovering attorney, he served as special counsel to New Mexico Attorney General Tom Udall from 1991-1998, when he spearheaded several successful legislative initiatives and New Mexico’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which resulted in a $1.25 billion settlement for the state.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS The Evolution of Bobby Kennedy: From McCarthy and Cohn to King and Chavez Renesan Course Information: As JFK’s attorney general, Bobby Kennedy was called “ruthless” when he served on the infamous McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Later, devastated by his brother’s assassination, his personal evolution began. RFK started working to unite working-class whites with Blacks and Latinos in an electoral coalition that seemed poised to redraw the face of presidential politics. The presentation draws on several books, especially Larry Tye’s biography, as well as new information released through Kennedy family papers and previously unreleased government files. Videos of Kennedy’s speeches and his campaigning as a “rock star” enhance the presentation. About The Instructor: Allen Stone, a retired broadcast journalist who witnessed and reported on many key events of the 1960s and 1970s, received the prestigious duPont-Columbia award for work (with others) on the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination. For Renesan, he has made several presentations connecting past and current events.

The History of Imitation Humans: Myth, Novels, Film, and the “Real Thing” Renesan Course Information: Humans have been fascinated by imitative art since prehistoric times. But why? Why isn’t what we actually see or know adequate as is? These kinds of questions grow especially confounding when we consider our fascination with imitation humans. We’ll explore the evolution of imitation humans from ancient myth (e.g., Pygmalion) to novels (e.g., Frankenstein) to film (uncountable). And then we’ll turn to the present, when the manufacture of a “real” imitation human seems right around the corner. About The Instructor: Tony Jackson just retired as professor of English at UNC Charlotte, where he taught literature, film, and narrative theory. Holder of a Ph.D. degree from UCLA, he has published academic essays on issues of imitation for many years and has taught film classes for Renesan.

A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side. Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takashi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, STRAY DOG (NORA INU) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.

Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, an adventurous journey down the Colorado River that explores the region's extraordinary wildlife, cultural history, and uncertain future.

Three women in a Marseille apartment gets stuck in a heat wave. They find themselves trapped in a terrifying affair and longing for freedom.

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general.

In 1917, Lionel — a young, talented music student — meets David at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel’s life far beyond his own awareness.

An unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.