I spoke to Mateo Romero, mostly about the recent Native-themed show in Hanover, New Hampshire at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum, which featured the unveiling of a series of paintings he did of Dartmouth Pow-Wow. Had the pleasure of mentioning to him the news (I got it from Wall Street Journal) of a Nutcracker in Albuquerque that featured Cochiti Dancers — the piece was about newfangled Nutcrackers.

The photo above from August, 2011, at La Fonda hotel bar shows Mateo Romero, Melissa Talachy, Terry Davis, Mark Weiss, Pat Pruitt, Marla Allison and The Man With No Name.

Happy birthday, Mateo Romero!