TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK
AParisian player’s love life hits some unexpected turbulence in a classic play coming to the Santa Fe Playhouse. In “Boeing Boeing,” a farce from the 1960s written by French playwright Marc Camoletti, Bernard is juggling three live-in fiancées: stewardesses from Italy, Germany and the U.S. Because of their work schedules, his motto is to keep “one up, one down and one pending.” The Tony Award-winning play catches Bernard when all three women’s plans are shifted and they all end up back at his place at the same time. Shows start tonight at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., and run until March 11. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. — with the exception of this Saturday’s opening party with a 6:30 p.m. show — and Sundays at 2 p.m. General admission is $25, with discounts for seniors, teachers, military and students. Saturday’s opening night party and show is $30.
HIPPIE DAYS: Photographer Irwin Klein spent 1967-71 exploring northern New Mexico during its renowned counterculture era. A book featuring 80 photos of “The New Settlers” that he took during his trips here will be the focus of a New Mexico History Museum program Saturday.
Nephew Benjamin Klein, who compiled the book, will discuss the process of putting together the photographer’s pictures of young subjects, some a part of communes and others in what Klein referred to as “settlements” in and around Santa Fe, Taos and Las Vegas, as well as smaller villages like El Rito and Vallecitos. Some were college dropouts and others escaped there from the counter-culture scenes of cities like San Francisco or New York. The program, held in connection with the museum’s ongoing popular 1960s counterculture exhibition, is from 1-2:30 p.m. in the museum auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Admission is free.