TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK
Tossing back a few beers on a Friday night can still be classy — with the right background music. Tonight at 9 p.m., the Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 35 Fire Place, will present “Bach and Brews,” a night of live classical music accompanied by its local ales. Matt Haimovitz, a cellist born in Israel and raised in the United States, is known for wanting to bring the classical genre to a new generation. He’s also known for playing in “unlikely locations” that reach a diverse audience, like at New York City’s High Line trail overlooking Manhattan and for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Tickets are $15 at ticketssantafe.org or performancesantafe.org.
TIME TRAVEL: Santa Feans can wander back hundreds of years this Saturday and Sunday at the 10th annual Santa Fe Renaissance Fair at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Along with themed arts and food vendors, the fair will feature local performers who could be part of a 15th-century kingdom. These acts includes circus-like troupe performers Clan Tynker, Colorado-based jousters Order of Epona, Pomegranate Studios belly dancers, Belisama Irish dancers, and other musicians and actors. Admission for adults is $11 at holdmyticket.com or $12 at the fair, which is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. Ages 12 and under are free, and seniors and teens ages 13-17 are $10. Parking is also free at las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., south of town off Interstate 25’s exit 276.
SHINING A LIGHT: In correlation with Santa Fe Pride’s weekend, a local photographer will share his experience as a young gay soldier navigating the Vietnam War in “Letters Home from the Vietnam War: Herbert Lotz in conversation with Gregory Hinton” at the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave. The discussion correlates with Lotz’s photography exhibit at the museum, “Sleeping During the Day: Vietnam 1968,” which opened in April and runs until Oct. 1. Hinton, a filmmaker and writer the museum describes as “dedicated to shining a light on LGBTQ history in the American West,” will start the event off with a lecture, then he and Lotz will have a back-and-forth discussion about his experience and art. Lotz served as a radio operator while overseas. He was drafted while at art school in Chicago. The discussion is Saturday from 3-4 p.m, with museum admission.
‘THE MORNING AFTER’: In the Adobe Rose Theater’s first New Play Festival, writers were challenged to create plays with the theme of “The Morning After.” The morning after an election, that is. In the festival, co-created by Adobe Rose and Meow Wolf, five short shows from about 100 nationwide submissions will be read with the help of several local directors, all of whom created their own context and backdrop for discussing the aftermath of an election — any election, not just Trump’s win. Other entertainment, including music and slam poetry, will also be featured in addition to the play at Adobe Rose, 1213 Parkway Dr. The staged readings will be spread across two days, with Saturday’s readings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s starting at 3 p.m. General admission is $25, with discounts for senior citizens and students.