CALENDAR
Desk right now? 7 p.m., Taos Center for the Arts, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos. $5-$12. 575.758.2052 or tcataos. org.
GETTING OUT
“FLYING DEBRIS SHOW” A comedy variety show filled with zany stunts, fun tricks and audience participation, always including an inspirational message. 3:30 p.m., Southside Branch Library, 6599 Jaguar Dr. Free. 955-2828.
SANTA FE OPERA: OPERA MAKES SENSE
Concerts are created by the Opera’s “Young Voices” specifically for children ages 3 to 5 to explore the world of opera. 2:30 p.m., Santa Fe Public Library, 145 Washington Ave. Free. 955-6781.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Enjoy a screening of “Paddington 2.” 7 p.m., Vista Grande Public Library Meeting Room, 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado. Free; popcorn included. 466-7323.
SANTA FE STUDIO TOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS
Opening reception/exhibition preview, 5-7 p.m., Santa Fe Community Gallery, 201 W. Marcy St. Free. santafestudiotour.com.
INTERPLANETARY FESTIVAL
The first annual InterPlanetary Festival continues today, transforming the Railyard District with an expo showcasing innovation and technology for space exploration. The event also features open-air concerts, maker spaces, lectures and panel discussions, a Sci-Fi film showcase, projects, art walks, talks,and installations, cosplay and gaming centered around InterPlanetary topics and citizen
science. At or near the Railyard, Guadalupe St. and Cerrillos Rd. Free. Schedule/tickets: interplanetaryfest.org.
Conjured Futures is a juried projection featuring photographic images that address or question new technologies, policies and movements that are shaping the future of humanity. 7-10 p.m., Railyard Shade Structure, North End, The Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, 500 Market St. Free. visitcenter.org.
Stephen Auger merges rhythmic sound, pulsating light and vibrational resonance, inducing bodily experience beyond the boundaries of the intellectual mind. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Farmer’s Market Shade Structure, 1607 Paseo de Peralta. Free. axleart. com. As part of Currents New Media festival, enjoy Marpi‘s amazing interactive video projection together with out-of-the-box Taos DJs Kanizzle and Dubvirus. 6 p.m.-midnight, El Museo Cultural (between El Museo and the railroad tracks), 555 Camino de la Familia. Free, currentsnewmedia.org.
See the work of established and emerging new media artists from New Mexico, the U.S. and the world for events showcasing interactive and noninteractive installations, multimedia performances, VR and AR environments, single-channel video, animation, experimental documentary, web-based/app art forms, robotics and 3-D printing. Through June 24. 6 p.m.midnight, El Museo Cultural, 555 Camino de La Familia. Cost of events vary, but most are free. Schedule: currentsnewmedia.org.
In conjunction with the InterPlanetary Festival, New Mexico artists Richard Lowenberg and Agnes Chavez will present their work collaborating with NASA and CERN. 6 p.m., EVOKE Contemporary, 550 S. Guadalupe St. Free. 995-9902.
A two-night festival of great art and gastronomical delights. Walk and eat your way from gallery to gallery tasting food from Santa Fe’s best restaurants and caterers. Kickoff party, 5 p.m., Gallery 901, 555 Canyon Rd. Tonight, visit galleries on Canyon Road and Saturday, visit galleries in Downtown Santa Fe. $35. Proceeds benefit ARTsmart New Mexico. 992.2787 or artsmartnm.org.
Explore all the museum offers, with programs and activities for all to enjoy. 5-7 p.m., New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. By admission/ free for N.M. residents with ID. 476-5072.
Bill Dolson will install 10 video projectors in the Rose Ramada to “scan” the adjacent vegetation. This work is visible only at night and will be on view every evening through the summer. Opening reception, 9-10 p.m., Rose Ramada, Railyard Park, Guadalupe Street at Cerrillos Road. Free. billdolson.com.
Learn from Aycin Aykutalp about multiverse theories and discuss whether the idea of multiple universes has scientific motivations behind it. 7 p.m., Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, Los Alamos. $4-$6. 662-0460 or peecnature. org.
BOOKS/LECTURES
A SENSE OF PLACE, A SENSE OF SPACE Carmella Padilla talks about the historical connection between Las Golondrinas and the downtown Native Market of the 1930s. Reception follows, 5-7 p.m., Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace Ave. Free. 4712261 or kathryn@golondrinas.org.
Join us for an in-gallery discussion of Frederick Hammersley’s computer drawings from the late 1960s with Nancy Zastudil who will discuss these early examples of an artist working with a computer to create original artwork. 5:306:15 p.m., New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. By admission. 476-5072.
SATURDAY ONSTAGE
See what happens when a resilient young woman turns the tables on her attacker. Three very different young women become judge and jury, but will they become the executioners too? 7:30 p.m., Adobe Rose Theatre, 1213 Parkway Drive. $15-$25. 1-800-8383006 or brownpapertickets.com. Catherine built a career as a rockstar academic, while Gwen built a home with her husband and children. Decades later, unfulfilled in polar opposite ways, each woman covets the other’s life. 7:30 p.m., Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. $25. nmactorslab.com.
Traditional and contemporary chamber music in programs that include a poetry reading. 10:30 a.m., SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta. $5-$15. 989-1189 or sitesantafe.org.
The Art of Change will interweave a performance by Storycatchers Theatre, a community conversation with Ira Glass and presentations by SFAI Artists about how storytelling can transform lives and communities. 6:30 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. $15$30. 988-1234 or ticketssantafe. org.
An orchestra conductor from the future, HAT beams traditional musicians from the four corners of the world onto a big screen, shaping them harmoniously into new electro beats. Performance kicks off the Currents New Media Festival. Heavy Breather opens the show. 7 p.m., Railyard Plaza, 1607 Paseo de Peralta. Free. ampconcerts.org. CHALLENGE NEW MEXICO ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW Annual juried show featuring the works of over 150 national and local artists. Proceeds from artists’ booth fees benefit Challenge New Mexico. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Santa Fe Plaza, 80 E. San Francisco St. Free. challengenewmexico.com.
Play and learn in our outdoor science
classroom for toddlers (aka “the sandbox”). Explore the properties of sand and water through digging, castle-building, “cooking” and imaginations going wild! 10 a.m.-noon, Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Road. Free. 316-3596 or railyardpark.org.
In this two-day workshop, we will braid the relationship between coding and weaving through history and practice, leading to the invention of the first computers and programming logic. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Canyon Road Creatives, 826 Canyon Road. $75.820-7338 or currentsnewmedia.org.
A comedy variety show filled with zany stunts, fun tricks and audience participation, including an inspirational message. 1:30 p.m., Oliver La Farge Branch Library, 1730 Llano St. Free. 955-4863.
Community Fun Day with activities for all ages. 1-4 p.m., Santa Fe Community Gallery, 201 W. Marcy St. Free. santafestudiotour.com.
2:30 p.m., Southside Branch Library, 6599 Jaguar Dr. Free. 955-2828.
A collaborative multimedia performance focusing on water infrastructures’ socio-cultural and historical complexities to encourage a revisioning of current water systems to imagine, explore and implement alternatives. 7:30-9 p.m., SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta. $10-$15. 989-1189 or sitesantafe.org.
Conjured Futures is a juried projection featuring photographic images that address or question new technologies, policies and movements that are shaping the future of humanity. 7-10 p.m., Railyard Shade Structure, North End, The Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, 500 Market St. Free. visitcenter.org.
Stephen Auger merges rhythmic sound, pulsating light and vibrational resonance, inducing bodily experiences beyond the boundaries of the intellectual mind. 3.-11 p.m., Farmer’s Market Shade Structure, 1607 Paseo de Peralta. Free. axleart.com.
As part of the Currents New Media festival, enjoy Marpi‘s amazing interactive video projection together with out-of-the-box Taos DJs Kanizzle and Dubvirus. 6 p.m.-midnight, El Museo Cultural (between El Museo and the railroad tracks), 555 Camino de la Familia. Free, currentsnewmedia.org. The David Loughridge Learning Center presents the journey of Bill Thompson from minister to social justice activist to teacher to painter. 6-9 p.m., Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle. Free. 3956369 or meowwolf.com.
Walk and eat your way from gallery to gallery tasting food from Santa Fe’s best restaurants and caterers. Visit galleries in Downtown Santa Fe. $35. Proceeds benefit ARTsmart New Mexico. 992.2787 or artsmartnm.org.
Watch the most critically acclaimed giant-screen film of the year on our new planetarium projector. 2 p.m., Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, Los Alamos. $4-$6. 662-0460 or peecnature. org.
BOOKS/LECTURES
BIKE AND OUTDOOR GEAR SWAP Sell or buy used bike and outdoor items that would otherwise collect dust in the closet, shed or garage. Also learn about the Los Alamos Tuff Riders. 8 a.m.-noon, First Baptist Church, 220 Diamond Dr., Los Alamos. Free. Proceeds benefit the Tuff Riders. 500-4272 or tuffriders. losalamos.com.
Jeremy Moss will present a lecture about the archaeology of Pecos. 1 p.m., Vista Grande Pub-
lic Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado. Free. 466-7323
ARTIST TALK: INNER ORBIT Join a number of the Inner Orbit artists for this interactive tour of the exhibition, which spotlights contemporary artists from across the United States who meld fine art and craft mediums with technology for deeply personal looks at the firmament. 2 p.m., form & concept, 435 South Guadalupe St. Free. 982-8111.
ONSTAGE
YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT — NEW MEXICO CHAMBER
MUSIC FESTIVAL A performance by 13 young artists from around the world (Brazil, Japan, Korea, U.S.) 2-4 p.m., Tank Garage, Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail. $5/free for CCA members. 9821338 or ccasantafe.org.
“EXTREMITIES” See what happens when a resilient young woman turns the tables on her
attacker. Three very different young women become judge and jury, but will they become the executioners too? 3 p.m., Adobe Rose Theatre, 1213 Parkway Drive. $15-$25. 1-800-838-3006 or brownpapertickets.com.
“RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN”
Catherine built a career as a rockstar academic, while Gwen built a home with her husband and children. Decades later, unfulfilled in polar opposite ways, each woman covets the other’s life. 2 p.m., Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. $25. nmactorslab.com.
GETTING OUT
CHALLENGE NEW MEXICO
ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW Annual juried show featuring the works of over 150 national and local artists. Proceeds from artists’ booth fees benefit Challenge New Mexico. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Santa Fe Plaza, 80 E. San Francisco St. Free. challengenewmexico.com.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
GARDEN POPS What do tarragon, chilis and berries have in common? They all taste great in a popsicle. We will make (and
taste) a variety of popsicles using items you can easily grow in your garden or buy at your local farmers market. 1-2:30 p.m., Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo. $10-$15. 471-9103 or santafebotanicalgarden.org.
“FLYING DEBRIS SHOW” A comedy variety show filled with zany stunts, fun tricks and audience participation, including an inspirational message. 1:30 p.m., Santa Fe Public Library, 145 Washington Ave. Free. 955-6837.
WEAVING TO CODE WORKSHOP In this two-day workshop, we will braid the relationship between weaving and coding through history and practice, leading to the invention of the first computers and programming logic. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Canyon Road Creatives, 826 Canyon Road. $75.820-7338 or currentsnewmedia.org.
IRIS Stephen Auger merges rhythmic sound, pulsating light and vibrational resonance, inducing bodily experience beyond the boundaries of the intellectual mind. Noon.-7 p.m., Farmer’s Market Shade Structure, 1607 Paseo de Peralta. Free. axleart.com.
BOOKS/LECTURES
THE NETWORKED AVANTGARDE BY KELANI NICHOLE Curator Kelani Nichole presents a talk as part of the opening weekend of the Currents New Media Festival and will discuss how the internet has changed the way artists produce and share work, and how experimental galleries and institutions are disrupting the art world’s infrastructure. 1 p.m., SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta. Free. 989-1189 or sitesantafe.org.
GENNEXT: FUTURE SO
BRIGHT ARTIST TALK Santero Arthur Lopez presents a lecture in conjunction with the “GenNext: Future So Bright” exhibition, which showcases the next generation of artists who blend historical inspiration with spray paint, highway signs, furniture, skateboards, tattoos, political commentary and indigenous imagery. 2 p.m., Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill. By admission. 982-2226.
“ROCK PAPER SCISSORS”
Authors Mary Oishi and Aja Oishi stop by to talk about and read
from their new book. Joan Logghe will introduce them. 6:30 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St. Free. 988-4226.
A LOOK AT PRESBYTERIAN
MEDICAL CENTER Helen Brooks, administrator of the new medical center in south Santa Fe, provides a look at what the hospital will provide the community. 11 a.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St. Free. 9884226 or journeysantafe.com.
ONSTAGE
STAGED READING OF “PARTED WATERS” A gripping yet humorous drama by Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin about three generations of a Hispanic family with crypto-Jewish roots in northern New Mexico. 7:30 p.m., Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. Suggested donation $5-$10. Reservations: 424-1601 or teatroparaguas.org.