Nightlife in Santa Fe

Doors open 45 minutes before showtime.

Brent Kliewer harnesses his film-programming experience and passion for filmmaking for his curatorial duties at The Screen, a theater founded in 1999 at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. A former critic for the Santa Fe New Mexican and critical-studies professor in the university’s Moving Image Arts department, Brent relies on his encyclopedic knowledge of world and contemporary cinema to choose each week’s selection. Brent’s picks are projected in 35mm or digital format on a high-definition curved screen that boasts a 16-speaker Dolby Digital surround-sound system built within an old soundstage. In addition to an array of lauded celluloid, The Screen has hosted visits and screenings with numerous Hollywood stars and insiders, including Robert Redford, Tommy Lee Jones, Brokeback Mountain screenwriter Larry McMurtry, and an extra from Raiders of the Lost Ark who almost got to hug Harrison Ford.

At Squeezed Juice Bar, nutrition-minded customers can find fresh fruits and vegetables wrung into smoothies and juices packed with antioxidants and vitamins. Raw juice blends such as the fruity Citrus Cold Buster and the garlic- and tabasco-laced Blazin’ Beets headline the menu alongside smoothies such as the Bangin’ Blueberry, whose berries and banana are pulverized on top of a snare drum. Nutritive boosts can be added to each drink, such as multivitamins, chia seeds, and whey protein. Snacks supplement Squeezed Juice Bar’s juices, such as tabbouleh, muffins, scones, and açaí bowls with granola, honey, and other fruits.

Start your gustatorial voyage by sinking enamel into a double green-chile cheeseburger ($9.25), a half pound of meat heaped with more chile and cheese than a chili-cookoff runoff pond. The menu is stocked with classic bar bites such as mountainous nachos ($6.50), hand-cut New York strip steaks ($17), and flocks of buffalo-chicken sandwiches ($9). There are creative dishes too; try carne adovada egg rolls ($7.50) or a warm garlic-herb tortilla wrap with avocado, sprouts, cucumbers, and mozzarella cheese ($7.50). Cleanse your esophagus with a Stone (Arrogant Bastard, $6.75) or Rogue (Dead Guy Ale, $3.75) frothy brew from the beer menu, which has 20 draft beers and another dozen or two bottled brews.

At Bounce n' Boogie, kids of all ages can express their creativity without graffiti-ing the living-room wall. For infants to 2-year-olds, Baby Bounce n' Boogie classes promise music and movement as well as the squishing and rolling of toys to help develop motor skills. Junior Jumps classes, open to 16-month-olds to 4-year-olds, blast music while kids play on balance beams, mats, hurdles, and other obstacles. In art class, kids between 2 and 5 years old work on projects that they can take home after class.