IN THE WINGS
Music
Celebrate Music at the Fall Music Escape African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr. N.E., 214-641-7695, Albuquerque Headliner: saxophonist Darren Rahn; opening acts: Marc Staggers’ tribute to Luther Vandross and Joel McCray and Deon Q’s tribute Sade Adu; 7 p.m. Sept. 25; $44 ad $54; cooljazzlive.com. Santa Fe Pro Musica 40th Anniversary Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Opening night orchestral performance, with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, led by Benjamin Hochman; music of Mozart and Beethoven; 7 p.m. Sept. 25, 3 p.m. Sept. 26; $20-$95; 505-988-4640, Ext. 1000; sfpromusica.org. Start Making Sense Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery patio, 2791 Agua Fria St. Talking Heads-tribute band Tony O and The Greatest Band Ever; 8 p.m. Sept. 25; $15; holdmyticket.com/event/378894. Taos Chamber Music Group 29th season Taos Center For The Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Opening performance with pianist Kim Bakkum; music of Debussy, Scarlatti, Chopin, and Ravel; plus, duets with flutist Nancy Laupheimer; 5:30 p.m. Sept. 26, $20 and $25; taoschambermusicgroup.org. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers The Historic El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave. S.W., 505-510-2582 On tour in support of his album, A Bluesman Came to Town; 8 p.m Sept. 29; $28 in advance, $33 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket .com/tickets/374466. New Mexico Philharmonic Beethoven Festival Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr. S.E., Albuquerque Piano concertos with Olga Kern; 8 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, $22-$75; 6 p.m. Oct. 2, $35-$90; nmphil.org/event/beethoven-festival. Chatter (In) SITE SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 Chamber-music ensemble; premiere of Pierre Jalbert’s All Is Now and Darius Milhaud’s La Création du monde; 10:30 a.m. Oct. 9; $5-$16 in advance, $5-$20 at the door; chatterabq.org/boxoffice. Comin’ Right at Ya: Celebrating 50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel Albuquerque Journal Theatre, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St., SW, 505-246-2261 Austin, Texas-based Western swing band; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10; $28-$48; my.nmculture.org/1484/1485. Albert “Tootie” Heath Trio & The Whole Drum Truth Ensemble SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 With Bob Fox on piano, Colin Deuble on bass, plus percussionists Loren Bienvenu and John Trentacosta; 5 p.m. Oct. 15; $25 and $30; holdmyticket.com/tickets/380813. Dover String Quartet St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. With pianist Anne-Marie McDermott; 3 p.m. Oct. 17; music of William Grant Still, Chris Rogerson, and Mendelssohn; $22-$87; tickets.sfpromusica .org./7353/7354.
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Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601 World-music duo Aodh Og O’Tuama and Christy Martin; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17; $10-$15, discounts available; call or visit teatroparaguasnm .org for tickets. Madame Butterfly St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. Puccini’s tragic love story, presented by Opera West!; 6 p.m. Oct. 22; 2 and 6 p.m. Oct. 23, and 4 p.m. Oct. 24; $20-$200; 773-720-9354, operawest.org. Branford Marsalis Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. The saxophonist’s quartet perform selections from their 2019 recording, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1; $39-$75; tickets.lensic.org/7598/7604. Santa Fe Desert Chorale Nochebuena Winter Festival Various venues Opening concert 1 p.m. Dec. 11, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi; continuing in Santa Fe and Albuquerque thorugh Dec. 22; $22-$100 (on sale Wednesday, Sept. 22), student discounts available; 505-988-2282, descerchorale.org/tickets. Theater/Dance The Faculty Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas St. Santa Fe Improv’s comedic production; 7 p.m. Sept. 24; $15 at the door; 18+; santafeimprov.com. Hunker Up Teatroparaguasnm.org A short romantic comedy by Robert F. Benjamin, following two seniors coping with emerging from the pandemic, portrayed by Duchess Dale and Don Converse; 7 p.m. Sept. 24 and 25, 4 p.m. Sept. 26 (live on Zoom); donations accepted. Wise Fool New Mexico Fall Cabaret Fireside Tales Wise Fool New Mexico Studio, 1131-B Siler Rd., 505-992-2588 Student showcase of circus arts; 2 and 6 p.m. Sept. 25, 2 p.m. Sept. 26; $10-$15 sliding scale, youth $5, $20 at the door; 6 p.m. show contains adult content; wisefoolnewmexico.org/fallcabaret. Lungs The Lab Theater, 1213 Parkway Dr., 505-424-1601 New Mexico Actors Lab presents Duncan Macmillan’s two-character play following a modern couple’s existential crisis; Sept. 30-Oct. 17; $25; nmactorslab.com. Manahatta Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. A staged reading of the drama by Indigenous playwright Mary Kathryn Nagles; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9; $29-$65; tickets.lensic.org/7596/7603.
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Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601 Quiara Alegria Hudes’ coming-of-age tale presented by Teatro Paraguas; ThursdaysSundays Oct. 15-31; $15 and $25, call or visit teatroparauasnm.org for reservations.
Potted Potter Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. British actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner’s parody of all Harry Potter books; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26; $35-$59; lensic.org/events/potted_potter. The Thanksgiving Play Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., 505-988-4262 Larissa Fast Horse’s satire; Thursdays-Sundays Oct. 28-Nov. 20; $15 and $25; santafeplayhouse .org/events/the-thanksgiving-play.
Events, Etc.
Guitar Games workshop GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com Bruce Dunlap leads the hands-on training sessionsin all styles; geared toward advanced beginners (able to play barre chords) to professionals; noon-4 p.m. Sept. 25 and 26; $100; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. Santa Fe Improv courses SFI Studio, 1202 Parkway Dr. and santafeimprov.com In person: Emotional Honesty, 6-8 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 27-Nov. 1 ($150); online: Character Study & Scenework, 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 30-Nov. 4 ($150); in person: Short Form Sampler, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 6-27 ($100). IAIA Annual Open House Institute of American Indian Arts campus, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd., 800-804-6422 Exhibitions, artist demonstrations, open studios and classrooms; 1-5 p.m. Sept. 29; including livestreamed events; iaia.edu/openhouse. SITE Santa Fe openings 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 Reception for multi-sensory installations, 5-8 p.m. Oct.1; Creative Residencies: Johnny Ortiz, Oswaldo Maciá: New Cartogra-phies of Smell
Migration/Santa Fe, and SITElab 15: Joanna Keane Lopez: Land Craft Theatre; no charge. Mikado Madness Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail An illustrated discussion of The Mikado operetta by Mark Tiarks; 1-3 p.m. Oct. 7; $20; call 505-982-9274 or visit renesan.org to register. New Mexico Wildlife Center Fall Open House 19 Wheat St., Española, 505-753-9505 Up-close encounters with the center’s inhabitants, family-friendly activities, and an education program; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 9 and 10; $3 and $5; newmexicowildlifecenter.org/event/open-house. Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072 An exhibit of works by the muralist, the installation artist, and the painter; opening Oct. 9; through March 27, 2022; nmartmuseum .org. Remote Possibilities: Digital Landscapes from the Thoma Foundation Collection Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 International exhibit of works by John Gerrard, Kent Monkman, Bruce Nauman, Jennifer Steinkamp, Leo Villareal, and Marina Zurkow; Oct. 9 through Feb. 23, 2022; harwoodmuseum .org. Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Local theaters, galleries, hotels, and restaurants In-person and virtual screenings of American and International features and shorts Oct. 13-17; Lifetime achievement award presented to Oliver Stone 7 p.m. Oct. 16. passes $225; individual tickets available early October; santafeindependentfilmfestival.com.
AT THE GALLERIES
The Art Club Gallery 225 Canyon Rd., Suite 2, 505-795-2295 Making Faces, paintings by Wyatt Welker; through September. Axle Contemporary Look for the mobile gallery outside Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 505-670-5854 or 505-670-7612 So Be It. See To It, installation by Tigre MashaalLively. Visit axleart.com for van locations through Sept. 26. Blue Rain Gallery 544 S. Guadalupe St., 505-954-9902 Passion, Pathos, and the Human Potential, paintings by Erin Currier; through Oct. 2. (See story, Page 12) Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Rd., 505-983-0433 Animals in Sculpture, group show; through Sunday, Sept. 19.
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art
558 Canyon Rd., 505-992-0711 The Space Between Memory and Expectation, photographs by Renate Aller; through Oct. 9. El Zaguán 545 Canyon Rd., 505-983-2567 Our Lives Now: A Photographic Journal of Life During the Pandemic, photographs by Don J. Usner; through Sept. 24.
Evoke Contemporary
550 S. Guadalupe St., 505-995-9902 Paintings by Lynn Boggess and Ester Curini; through Sept. 18. Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, 505-470-2582 Photographs by Jerry Takigawa; through September. (See story, Page 20) LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 505-988-3250 Fritz Scholder: Works on Paper; Herman Maril, A life in Art, paintings; through Oct. 2. Manitou Galleries 123 W. Palace Ave., 505-986-0440 Blessed Space, paintings by Alvin Gill-Tapia and Dale Terbush; through Sept. 27. Monroe Gallery of Photography 9/11 — In Remembrance, group show of photojournalistic works; through Sept. 26.
112 Don Gaspar Ave., 505-992-0800 Nüart Gallery
670 Canyon Rd., 505-988-3888 Layers, paintings by Claire B. Cotts and John Tarahteeff; through Sept. 26.
Owings Gallery
120 E. Marcy St., 505-982-6244 Ed Mell: Summer 2021, landscapes; through Sept. 28.
Turner Carroll Gallery 725 Canyon Rd., 505-986-9800
Hung Liu: Sanctuary, Sept. 19. paintings; through Sunday,
Vital Spaces Midtown Annex
Midtown Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr., 505-231-1922 Runnin’ Runnin’, installation by Hernan Gomez Chavez; through Sept. 24.
MUSEUMS & ART SPACES Santa Fe Art Vault
540 S. Guadalupe St., 505-428-0681 From the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation collection: Networked Nature, digital and media works; Saint Somebody: Technologies of the Divine, digital, contemporary Southwestern, and art of the Spanish Americas; through April 2022.
Coe Center for the Arts 1590-B Pacheco St., 505-983-6372 The Virtual Coe: online collection of African, Asian, European, Native American, and Oceanic objects; ccoeartscenter.org. El Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-471-2261 Living history museum located on 200 acres, dedicated to the history, heritage, and culture of 18th- and 19th-century New Mexico; golondrinas.org. Open Wednesdays-Sundays. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Paintings, drawings, pastels, and watercolors represented in: Becoming Georgia O’Keeffe, Georgia O’Keeffe at Lake George, 1918-2928, My New Yorks, O’Keeffe’s New Mexico, Ritz Tower, Seeing Beyond/Ver más allá, The Natural World, and Travels; okeeffemuseum.org. Open ThursdaysMondays (online advance ticket purchase required). IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 888-922-4242 2020/2021 IAIA Senior Exhibition, reflecting on issues of cultural/gender identity and discrimination; through Oct. 10 • Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, international exhibit; through Jan. 23, 2022 • Daniel McCoy Jr.: Experimental exPRESSion, mural; through Feb. 27, 2022; iaia.edu/mocna. Closed Tuesdays. Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, 505-395-6369 The House of Eternal Return, interactive installation; meowwolf.com/visit/santa-fe. Closed Tuesdays. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1269 Collecting Jewelry: Curator H.P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932, items from the collection; through Dec. 1 • A Place in Clay, work by 2020 Living Treasures award winner, Jemez Pueblo potter Kathleen Wall; through May 16, 2022 • Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, including works by Dale Chihuly and Preston Singletary; through June 16, 2022; indianartsandculture.org. Open daily. Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 Glass: Selections from the Collection; through Jan. 30, 2022 • Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan,
Muromachi Period scroll paintings, Edo Period woodblock prints, and contemporary folk art; through August 2022. Long term exhibits: Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico, exploring the genre’s roots • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, works in the Alexander Girard Wing • Lloyd’s Treasure Chest: Folk Art in Focus, thematic displays from the permanent collection • #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic, fashionable and political face masks; moifa.org. Open daily. Museum of Spanish Colonial Art 750 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-2226 Trails, Rails, and Highways: How Trade Transformed the Art of Spanish New Mexico, works from the collection; through August 2022 • PuebloSpanish Revival Style: The Director’s Residence and the Architecture of John Gaw Meem, highlighting aspects of the museum’s architectural features; through Oct. 1, 2022 • Youth Gallery, Youth Market artists’ works; spanishcolonial.org. New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors 105 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5100 Looking Back: Reflecting on Collections, works reflecting the museum’s collecting history; through Oct. 17 • Working on the Railroad, archival images from the Palace of the Governors and the Library of Congress; through Oct. 18. Core exhibits: Palace Seen and Unseen: A Convergence of History and Archaeology, documents, photographs, and artifacts • The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur, graphic art by Turner Avery Mark-Jacobs • The First World War, ephemera relating to New Mexicans’ contributions • Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy, objects from the collection and photographs from Palace of the Governors archives • Telling New Mexico: Stories From Then and Now, artifacts, photographs, films, and oral histories; nmhistorymuseum.org. Open daily. New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072 Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch; through Jan. 2, 2022 • Storytellers: Narrative Art of the West, works from the museum collection; through Feb. 13, 2022 • Go West Said a Small Voice: Gustave Baumann and Dreams of New Mexico, examining works influenced by mission churches and Pueblos; through Feb. 13, 2022; nmartmuseum.org. Open daily.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 A living museum on 14 acres; santafebotanical garden.org. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Shonto Begay: Eyes of the World, narrative paintings; through Oct. 3 • Indigenous Women: Border Matters, group exhibit; through Oct. 3. Long term: Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry, devoted to Diné and Pueblo traditions • Medicinal Healer, An Artist to Remember: Charlie Willeto; folk-art carvings; wheelwright.org. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays. Albuquerque Albuquerque Museum 2000 Mountain Rd., NW, 505-243-7255 Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group; through Sept. 26 • We Lead, Others Follow, works of 19th- and 20th-century female photographers; through Nov. 14 • Recent History Acquisitions, historical objects; through Nov. 28 • Layered Meanings, collage, assemblage, and montage from the permanent collection; through Feb. 20, 2022 • Cannupa Hanska Luger, multidisciplinary works; through July 1, 2022; cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerquemuseum/plan-your-visit/admission-ticketing. Closed Mondays. National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 Fourth St., SW, Albuquerque, 505-246-2261 Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve, works from the Joyce Kaser collection; through Oct. 17 • ¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey, the history of NHCC”s past, present, and future; through December • Mira, Mira on the Wall: Reflection on 20 Years of Exhibitions; through Jan. 2, 2022 • Aquí Estamos: New Selections from the Permanent Collection; through Feb. 27, 2022; nhccnm.org. Open Tuesdays-Sundays. UNM Art Museum 203 Cornell Dr., NE, 505-277-4001 Visionary Modern: Raymond Jonson Trilogies, Cycles, and Portraits, retrospective exhibit; through Nov. 24; artmuseum.unm.edu/exhibition. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays.
Taos
E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum 222 Ledoux St., 575-758-0505 Hacienda art from the Blumenschein family collection and European and Spanish colonial antiques; taoshistoricmuseums.org. Open daily.
Harwood Museum of Art
238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 Santo Lowride: Norteño Car Culture and the Santo Tradition, group show; through October 10 (see story, Page 10). Core exhibit: Northern New Mexico Hispanic works; harwoodmuseum.org. Open Thursdays-Sundays. La Hacienda de los Martinez 708 Hacienda Way, 575-758-1000 Northern New Mexico-style Spanish colonial “great house”; taoshistoricmuseums.org. Open daily. Millicent Rogers Museum 1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., 575-758-2462 Historical collections of Native American jewelry and paintings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, sculpture; and contemporary jewelry. Open daily; millicentrogers.org. Taos Art Museum at Fechin House 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 When I Was Six I Was a Horse, retrospective exhibit of Peggy McGivern paintings; through Oct. 17 • Through the Eyes of Fechin, paintings by Nicolai Fechin, through Jan. 9, 2022 • From the Permanent Collection: Taos Society of Artists, including paintings by Joseph Henry Sharp, E. Irving Couse, Oscar E. Berninghaus, and Bert Phillips; through Jan 9, 2022; taosartmuseum.org. Closed Mondays.