TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK
The care and labor that communities put into “healing” their precious adobe churches will be shown through photographs in a new Millicent Rogers Museum exhibit. “Earthen Temples: The Life of Adobe Churches” opens today in Taos, with a special reception Sunday from 1-3 p.m. The exhibition includes photos from the annual replastering of the famous San Francisco de Asis church in Ranchos de Taos, as well as restoration projects at Questa’s San Antonio de Padua and Arroyo Hondo’s Nuestra Señora de los Dolores churches. Curator Carmela Quinto describes the show as a story of how the churches have stayed standing for the past 200 years as “a result of the faith, hard work, and love that has sustained each community.” The exhibit will be at the museum, 1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., until June 24.
MAN VS. MACHINE: The relationship between the technology that humans have created, including machines that are able or will be able to surpass what humans are capable of, is explored in a new Peters Projects exhibition opening tonight. “MACHINA: Past, Present, Future” features Santa Fe artists Joel Hobbie and Peter Sarkisian, and Austin-based John Peralta, all of whom explore that relationship with installations, sculptures or video projections. Works that will be on display include a sculpture made from a dissected typewriter and an installation made up of bronze-cast tree limbs that come to life when a viewer approaches — thanks to facial recognition software. “MACHINA” will be at Peters Projects, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, until May 25.
REIMAGINING TRAGEDY: After 400 years, how do you make a classic new again? A New York-based theatre company promises to do just that with Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” The national touring company that performs contemporary interpretations of classics from Shakespeare to Jane Austen says that their version of the show “sheds new light on the tragic story, exploring the depths of rage, madness, and love brought about by a culture of obsessive personal ambition.” Its Spring 2018 tour includes a stop at the Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ranging from $30-$49 can be purchased at the Lensic Box, online at ticketssantafe.org or by calling (505) 988-1234.