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  Future Fates is a locally produced film that involves a cast, aged 7 to 65, from Española, Velarde, Abiquiu and Tierra Amarilla. The film will be screened at Moving Arts Española at 4 p.m., July 10. So far, the film has had screenings in Velarde, Tierra Amarilla, and Santa Fe.
   The film was created over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The creators are largely made up of local volunteers with a couple of contributions from creators from Sweden and California.
   Future Fates is an extension of a larger project called The Eyes of Time.
   âWeâve been doing (The Eyes of Time) for the last two years,â Director of Future Fates Devon Hoffman said. âWeâve been telling stories, theyâre basically time travel stories that guide audiences through the history and places of Northern New Mexico. Theyâve been mostly immersive so they take place actually in the spaces.â
Rotary Hears Talk On Española Pathways Shelter
Los Alamos
“The work began even before the doors opened,” recalled Ralph Martinez, co-founder of Española Pathways Shelter (EPS), the first homeless shelter in Española.
During the Feb. 23 zoom meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, Martinez described how those doors opened permanently last month, but the urgency for this regional need was evident years before.
A native of Española and a 1996 graduate of Española High School, Martinez lost his home and his family just five years later when he spiraled into drug addiction. For six years he found shelter in vacant buildings, abandoned cars, and under a bridge in Española.
   The newest Moving Arts Española grant will help provide a new location and activities with the hopes of keeping children engaged through their teenage years.
   The $100,000 grant from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation will provide for Moving Arts to design a space in the former Ohkay Owingeh casino dome for programs for teenagers.
   The Thoma Art Foundation is co-headquartered in Chicago and Santa Fe, and offers grants to organizations, and collects and exhibits art.
   Moving Arts Co-Founder and State Representative-elect Roger Montoya said the current organization is great for children and pre-teens, but that children âage outâ of the program at 12 or 13.