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Governor nominates new UNM regents
Nominees unanimously approved by New Mexico Senate March 15, 2021
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced the nomination of three appointments to The University of New Mexico Board of Regents including Jack Fortner, William “Bill” Payne and Randy Ko. The nominees were submitted to the Senate Rules Committee for appointment and were approved unanimously in the Senate Rules Committee and were confirmed unanimously by the New Mexico Senate on Friday, March 12.
Fortner and Payne were appointed to six-year terms, while Ko, a student regent, was appointed for two years. Their terms end Dec. 31, 2026, and Dec. 31, 2022, respectively. They replace Regents Rob Doughty, Marron Lee and student-regent Melissa Henry, whose terms expired Dec. 2020.
Chronicle Staff March 10, 2021Updated: March 15, 2021, 8:15 am
Sign of encouragement on Castro Theatre marquee in San Francisco on March 15, 2020. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
When attending the arts is a cornerstone of your life, what do you do without showtimes to schedule your weeks around?
Over the past year, Bay Area arts super fans those marathon concertgoers, cinephiles and Shakespeare stans have made major adjustments as in-person performances halted and the art world began experimenting with digital services and outdoor stopgap measures.
Now that we’re coming up on the anniversary of shelter-in-place, The Chronicle caught up with some of the art community’s biggest fans about how they’ve subsisted in the meantime. What they all had in common: hope for a safe return, nostalgia for the camaraderie of live audiences filled with friends and a longing for that thrill when the house lights go down and the show starts.