TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK
Maybe it’s a little too late for Mardi Gras, but we can still party as if Lent hadn’t started yet when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue come to the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., at 7:30 this evening.
This guy’s been around. New Orleans native Trombone Shorty was among performers at the White House in 2012 for a concert in honor of Black History Month, and the group coming to the Lensic performed on the 2014 Grammy Awards show, with music described as jazz, funk, rock and hip-hop.
Tickets are $39 and pretty much sold out, but you can check the Lensic box office, 9881234 or www.ticketssantafe.org, for returns.
SLACK KEY: Close your eyes, and maybe you’ll hear the crash of waves and cries of sea gulls. The Masters of Hawaiian Music will take you on a musical trip to the islands with folk styles sunk in local traditions. Guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., multi-instrumentalist Nathan Aweau and guitarist David “Kawika” Kahiapo are the masters headlining this concert, which will be performed 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road.
Tickets are $32 ($7 for kids 12 and under), available through holdmyticket.com or by calling 505-886-1251.
GALVESTON GUY: Songwriter Jimmy Webb had hits with Richard Harris (“MacArthur Park”) and The Fifth Dimension (“Up, Up and Away”), but he may be best known for his collaboration with Glen Campbell (“By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston”). Webb will sing some of those songs, and share memories, photos and audio clips from that musical pairing 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lensic.
Tickets are $20-$55, available through the same Lensic sources mentioned above.
BE BOLD: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a letterpress printer who was the subject of a 2008 documentary, “Proceed and Be Bold!” Operator of a letterpress poster shop in Detroit, he has become known for his hand-printed art filled with social commentary.
He’s coming to the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave., for a free talk today at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. Topics will include civil rights and the power of the press, so how could we resist recommending it?