SANTA FE — A fully grown Arctic wolf saunters around guests near the concession stand of author George R.R. Martin's movie theater. As the wolf revels in the attention from strangers at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, Martin himself makes small talk in a corner, his peculiarly jolly laugh easily distinguished above the noise of the room
It's a scene you'd imagine would take place in an artsy, futuristic Winterfell, set long after the events of Game of Thrones' upcoming fifth season. But it's real life, happening in 2014
Martin and his team are hosting a small group of town members and charity organizers at the theater to present the local recipients of his recent Prizeo charity crowdfunding drive with their $172,485.53 checks. The beneficiaries of that campaign — in which Martin famously auctioned off three in-book deaths for donators who pledged $20,000 — are The Food Depot of New Mexico and the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. This, it is explained to me, is why Flurry, the aforementioned large Arctic wolf, is in the house. Read more...
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