Calendar
COFFEEHOUSES
Solid Grounds Coffeehouse, Byrd and Street, an acoustic Americana duo from Austin. 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 4601 Juan Tabo NE, ssumc.com. Free.
CONCERTS
albuquerque Albuquerque Concert Band, join us as we perform Bring a picnic and come on out and enjoy the fresh air. 7 p.m. Wednesday at the New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial Park, 1100 Louisiana SE, nmvetsmemorial. org. Free.
Charles McDaniel performs a solo piano concert as a fund-raiser for the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at John XXIII Catholic Community, 4831 Tramway Ridge NE, johnxxiiicc. org. Free/Donations Appreciated. Chatter Sunday, Jesse Tatum, flute; Melissa Pena, oboe; Luke Gullickson, piano/harpsichord; David Felberg, violin, conductor; Joel Becktell, cello; Tony Hunt, poet. 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Las Puertas, 1512 First NW, chatterabq.org. $5-$15.
Chatter Summer Concert Series: Music in Film,
6 p.m. Thursday at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain NW, albuquerque-museum. org. Free. Communal Singing with Melanie DeMore, protest songs, healing songs, spiritual songs, 7 p.m. Thursday at First Unitarian Church, 3701 Carlisle NE, uuabq.com. $10-$30.
E. Christina Herr Duo, The songs range from country two steps and cowboy waltzes to old -school rock ‘n roll 5 p.m. Thursday at the North Valley Library, 7704-B Second NW, 8978823. Free.
Jazz Under the Stars presents Charles McPherson Quintet/KGB Trio, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater, 2000 Mountain NW, 2437255. $15-$18.
New Mexico Jazz Festival: Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane returns with his quartet featuring Adam Rogers, guitar; Dezron Douglas, bass; and E.J. Strickland, drums. 8 p.m. Sunday at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 2680044. $30-$35.
Quintessence Fifth Annual Summer Choral Festival Concert 3 p.m. today at St. John’s United Methodist Church. Visit quintessence-abq. com. 3 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2626 Arizona NE, 672-8863. Free.
Santa Fe Desert Choral, Music from a Secret Chapel, 8 p.m. Saturday at Cathedral Church of St. John, 318 Silver SW, stjohnsabq.org. $20-$55.
Saudade + Charlie Christian Project, Saudade, is celebrating 14 years of playing Brazilian jazz, including the classic gems of bossa nova, choro and samba, as well as modern music of Brazil and Cape Verde, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 268-0044. $10-$15.
edgewood
Cowboy Chuckwagon BBQ & Live Music Saturday night sunset Chuckwagon BBQ followed by live Western swing music. RSVP for the dinner is required by 2 p.m. day of show. Wildlife West Nature Park, 87 N. Frontage Road, 2817655. $12-$25.
16th Annual Edgewood Music & Arts Festival, singer-songwriter John McCutcheon, Coral Creek Band, James Reams & the Barnstormers, along with seven more bands on two stages. 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wildlife West Nature Park, 87 N. Frontage Road, 2817655. $25-$30.
santa fe Music at the Museum, 5 tonight at the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. $12; $7 for New Mexico residents. Admission free for New Mexico residents with ID after 5 p.m.
New Mexico Jazz Festival presents Buika, an acclaimed singer-songwriter, poet, composer and music producer. at 7:30 tonight at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505988-7050. $25-$60.
New Mexico Jazz Festival presents Pharoah Sanders Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505988-7050. $25-$60.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Hope of Loving, 4 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Holy Faith, 311 Palace Ave., holyfaithchurchsf.org. $20-$75.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Liberté: Music of Resistance & Revolution, 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 231 Cathedral Place, 505988-2282. $20-$75.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Music from a Secret Chapel, 8 p.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Road, 505-988-2282. $20-$70.
THEATER
Albuquerque
“American Idiot,” tells the story of group of suburban youths living unhappily in “Jingletown, USA,” saturated with TV and fed up with the state of the union, 7:30 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Musical Theatre Southwest Center for Theatre, 6320 Domingo NE, Suite B, musicaltheatresw.com. $20-$22.
“Don’t Pretend You’re Normal,” interactive a cappella sketch comedy dinner show, 6 p.m. Saturday at Sheraton ABQ Uptown, 2600 Louisiana NE, rumbleabq.com. $50-$60.
“Funny Money,” by Ray Cooney, follows Henry Perkins, a mildmannered accountant, looking forward to a quiet birthday dinner with his wife and friends. But Henry discovers the briefcase he is carrying is not full of his papers, pencils, memos, etc., but stuffed with cash. 7:30 tonight & Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth NW, 898-9222. $14-$17.
“Greater Tuna,” the offbeat comedy set in Tuna, the ‘third smallest town’ in Texas, 7:30 tonight & Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, vortexabq.org. $15-$22. “Nunsense 2: The Second Coming,”
8 tonight & Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill, 3011 Monte Vista NE, auxdogtheatre. org. $15-$23.
santa Fe “Alcina,” by George Frideric Handel, he sorceress queen Alcina has created a paradise to lure her many lovers into her power, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, santafeopera.org. $38-$285.
“Cabaret,”
7:30 tonight & Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East DeVargas St., santafeplayhouse.org. $15-$25.
“Die Fledermaus,” Johann Strauss, Jr., centers on a brilliant masked ball given by a Russian prince. This threeact excursion from bedchamber to ballroom to prison explores both the comic and serious aspects of human emotion. 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, santafeopera. org. $43-$216.
“The Golden Cockerel” Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s 1908 opera combines fairy tale with political satire. 8:30 tonight, and 8 p.m. Thursday at the the Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, santafeopera. org. $43-$261. “Heisenberg,” a quirky comic love story that has nothing to do with science or Werner Heisenberg. 7:30 tonight & Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie Suite B, 424-1601, nmactorslab.com. $15-$20.
Lensic Presents “National Theatre Live in HD: Salomé,” A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 9887050. $22.
“Lucia di Lammermoor,” Gaetano Donizetti’s quintessential bel canto masterpiece, tells the story of a desperate woman caught between her duty to her family and her love for the man who is her family’s enemy. 8 p.m. Monday at The Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, santafeopera. org. $43-$216.
“Marriage by the Masters,” a delightful evening of one-act plays on the complex subject of love and marriage by Shaw, Chekhov, and Molière. 7:30 p.m. ThursdaysSaturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Adobe Rose Theatre, 1213 Parkway Dr. B. $10-$20. 988-1234 or ticketssantafe.org.