IN THE WINGS
Music Mariachi Christmas
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Fundraiser for National Latino Behavioral Health Association college scholarships; including Mariachi Sonidos del Monte, Mariachi Xochitl, Carlos Medina, Ms. C’s Children’s Choir; 7 p.m. Dec. 3; $29-$45; tickets.lensic.org/7791/7792.
Sevda Choir
San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-983-3974 Acapella choral group in music of the Balkans; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3; doors 7 p.m.; $15-$20 suggested donation; reservations at sevda.choir@gmail.com or facebook.com/sevdachoir.
Eurydice
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Matthew Aucoin’s new take on the story; libretto by Sarah Ruhl; 11 a.m. Dec. 4; 6 p.m. encore; $22-$28; tickets.lensic.org/7635/7642. New Mexico Philharmonic Immanuel Presbyterian, 114 Carlisle Blvd. SE Handel’s Hallelujah; including works of Bizet, Elgar, and Bach; 3 p.m. Dec. 4; $26-$55; nmphil.org/event/ Sangre de Cristo Choral St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 550 W. San Mateo Rd. With cellist Dana Winograd, and the premiere of Katie Kring’s The End and the Beginning; 4 p.m. Dec. 4; $25, students and healthcare workers no charge; sdcchorale.org/concerts or at the door. Little River Band Buffalo Thunder, 20 Buffalo Thunder Tr., 877-848-6337 Greatest-hits tour; 8 p.m. Dec. 4; $40 and $50; tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/377685. Spanish Harlem Orchestra Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. The 13-piece ensemble in Salsa Navidad, led by pianist Oscar Hernández; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7; $35-$115; secure.performancesantafe.org/7447/7448. Lisa Morales Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9; $22; tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/382653. Merry Christmas from José James Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Jazz-R&B vocalist; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9; $25-$49; tickets.lensic.org/7704/7705. Taos Chamber Music Group Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2052 Piano recital with Gleb Ivanov 5:30 p.m. Dec. 10; TCMG holiday concerts with Ivanov 5:30 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12; $20 and $25; tcataos.org/calendar. Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, and First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. Traditional carols; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10 and 17; $40; 3 p.m. Dec. 11 and 18; $25 in advance, military and student tickets $10; 505-303-8648, sfwe.org. New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Ring in the Season, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10; $20-$45; tickets.lensic.org/7785.
Cecilia Violetta López
Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd.; 505-474-4513 Soprano; 8 p.m. Dec. 10; $20-$50; Hold My Ticket box office, 877-466-3404 or nmpas.org/tickets. Desert Chorale Nochebuena Winter Festival Various venues Opening concert 1 p.m. Dec. 11, at Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi; continuing in Santa Fe and Albuquerque through Dec. 22; $22-$100, 505-988-2282, desertchorale.org/tickets.
PSF@Home
Performancesantafe.org/athome Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Front Row: National!, archived performances; 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month through April 12; including the Brandenburg Concertos Dec. 14, Roaring Twenties Masterworks Jan. 11; annual membership fees begin at $100.
Hometown to the World
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 The Santa Fe Opera presents Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed’s new opera; 2 p.m. Dec. 17; with mezzo-sopranos Blythe Gaissert and Cassandra Zoé Velasco, and baritone Michael Kelly; $25; tickets.lensic.org/7782/7783.
Christmas with The 5 Browns
Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr., SE, 505-925-5858 Classical piano quintet; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17; $25-$69; popejoypresents.com/events/detail/christmaswith-the-5-browns. Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail A Baroque Christmas, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Dec. 18-21, 23 and 24; violinist Stephen Redfield, sopranos Clara Rottsolk and Dominique Labelle, and flutist Kim Pineda; $22-$92; tickets.sfpromusica.org/ events. Sourena Sefati & Gregory Gutin GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second St. Traditional music of Iran; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18; $25 in advance only; gigsantafe.tickit.ca.
Urban Cowboys Ride Again
Buffalo Thunder, 20 Buffalo Thunder Tr., 877-848-6337 Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee reunion tour; 8 p.m. Dec. 18; $39-$49; tickets.holdmyticket.com/ tickets/379879. New Mexico Philharmonic Immanuel Presbyterian, 114 Carlisle Blvd. SE Carol of the Bells; 3 p.m. Dec. 19; $26-$55; tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/382486.
Mariachi Christmas
Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr., SE, 505-925-5858 Mariachi Aztlán and Ballet Folklórico; 3 p.m. Dec. 19; $25-$65; popejoypresents.com/events/ detail/mariachi-christmas. A Night at the Opera Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Arias, duets, trios, and quartets sung by Santa Fe Opera apprentices, with Guillermo Figueroa leading the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra; 5 p.m. Dec. 24; $25-$92; tickets.lensic.org/7506/7533.
Santa Fe Pro Musica
St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Telemann’s Burlesque of Don Quixote, and J.S. Bach’s Concerto in D Minor, with violinists Colin Jacobsen and Stephen Redfield; 7 p.m. Dec. 29 and 30; $32-$97; tickets. sfpromusica.org. Brian King & Mohit Dubey GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second St. Classical guitarists; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30; $22 in advance only; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. Joe Illick & NYE Orchestra Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Annual performance led by Illick, with violinist Augustin Hadelich; 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 31; music of Sibelius, Mozart, and Beethoven; $20, ages 6-12 $5, tickets.lensic.org/7603/7610; 5 p.m. performance $30-$80, tickets.lensic .org/7602/7611.
Theater/Dance Anna
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 Choreography by Scarlett Wynne of New Mexico Dance Project; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4; $15; sitesantafe.org/event/new-mexicodance-project-presents-anna.
Consider This ...
Santa Fe Improv, 1202 Parkway Dr. Theater Grottesco artistic director John Flax’s solo enactment of the history of physical theater; 7 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 4-19; $!0 and $15; teaterfrottesco.org/tickets. A Musical Piñata for Christmas VIII Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601 Marimorena, Biscochitos, and the Fear of Mission Out, play by Alix Hudson and Paola Vengoechea Martini; plus the Teatro Paraguas Orchestra performing carols; 7 p.m. Fridays, 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 10-19; donations accepted. La Emi Winter Flamenco Series Benítez Cabaret at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., 505-992-5800 Guest performers include Vicente Griego, Gabriel Lautaro Osuna, Olivia Rojas, and Carlos Menchaca; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27-30; 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31; $20-$100; hhandr.com/entertainment.
Tango Argentina Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Dance and musical troupe on inaugural U.S. tour; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20; $25-$49; tickets.lensic.org/7765/7766.
Events, Etc.
Spanish Market Artist Winter Show Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Community, 11 College Ave. Traditional Spanish Colonial works by 60-plus artists; 1-9 p.m. Dec. 3 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 4; free admission and parking. Art Glass Holiday Pop-up Show Aldea Community Center, 3 Nuevo Milenio, off NM 599 Handmade kiln-fused decorative and functional glass works, plus ornaments; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 4; for more information, call 505-412-0882 or 303-565-2450. Holiday Artisan Market at Currents 826 826 Canyon Rd., 505-772-0953 Pottery, glass art, jewelry, rugs, skincare, food, and drinks; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 4; concurrent with a block party along upper Canyon Road. Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 Traditional Swedish folkdräkt, Norwegian bunad, and Sámi gákti folk dress traditions, opening in the Neutrogena Gallery Dec. 12; longterm; moifa.org. Man of Many Colors CCA Cinema, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Preview screening of selected scenes from Mark Gordon’s documentary on the life of Blue Spruce Standing Deer, Tony Lujan and Mabel Dodge Lujan’s great-grandson; 1 p.m. Dec. 12, Q&A the filmmaker follows; $15, proceeds benefit Recursos de Santa Fe artsfoundation; bit.ly/1manycolors. Canyon Road Christmas Eve farolito walk Santa Fe’s annual pedestrian-only holiday tradition, where area businesses open their doors for revelers to enjoy refreshments and bonfires along the way; begins at dusk.
Mapping Indigenous Poetry
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave., NW, 505-768-3522 Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, speaks about her Living Nations, Living Words: A Map of First Peoples Poetry project with writer Layli Long Soldier; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12; $15; holdmyticket.com/ tickets/383657.
AT THE GALLERIES
Convergence Gallery 634 Canyon Rd., 505-986-1245 Uncharted Horizons, paintings by Karen Cole and Sarah Fagan; through Dec. 9. Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, 505-470-2582 There’s No Other Like Your Mother, photographs by Brandy Trigueros; through Jan. 28. Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., Suite 102, 505-557-9574 Painters Zienna Brunsted Stewart: The Bedroom Pictures and Simona Ruscheva: The Source; through Dec. 12. LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 505-988-3250 Transmissions of Light, paintings by Michael Roque Collins; through Dec. 11. Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Rd., 505-988-3888 2021 Abstract Invitational; group show; through Dec. 12. Patina Gallery 131 W. Palace Ave., 505-986-3432 Imbuing Beauty, jewelry by Petra Class; through Jan. 12. Photo-eye Gallery 1300 Rufina Circle, Suite A3, 505-988-5152 The Other World: Animal Portraits, work by photographer Brad Wilson; through December.
Pop Gallery
125 Lincoln Ave., Suite 111, 505-820-0788 The Life of Death, work by sculptor Max Lehman; through Tuesday, Nov. 30. TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta, 505-984-1387 Mountains & Sky, group show of bamboo vessels, paintings, and sculpture; through December. Vital Spaces Annex Gallery Midtown Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr., vitalspaces.org What’s Left, videos, photographs, and memorabilia from 1990s-2000s showcasing youth culture and the former CCA Warehouse and Warehouse 21 teen centers; through Thursday, Dec. 2.
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. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays.
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; coeartscenter.org. El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 505-992-0591 Voices Along a North/South Corridor, U.S., El Caribe, and Latin American works from the permanent collection; 3-6 p.m. Fridays, Mondays, and Wednesdays through the year. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Contemporary Voices: Josephine Halvorson, paintings; through March 28, 2022. Core exhibits: Becoming Georgia O’Keeffe, Georgia O’Keeffe at Lake George, 1918-2928, O’Keeffe’s New Mexico, My New Yorks, Ritz Tower, Seeing Beyond/Ver más allá, The Natural World, and Travels; okeeffemuseum.org. Open Thursdays-Mondays. IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, 888-922-4242 We Went Wild, 2021/2022 BFA exhibit; through January 2022 • 2020/2021 IAIA Senior Exhibition: Manifesting Our Daniel McCoy Jr.: Experimental exPRESSion, mural; through Feb. 20, 2022 • Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, international exhibit; through July 10, 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 Encaustic Art 18 County Road 55A, 505-424-6487 10th Anniversary of Encaustic Arts Magazine, retrospective exhibit of works by featured artists; through March 6, 2022.
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 Jan. 2, 2022 • 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 • Birds: Spiritual Messengers of the Skies, paintings and pottery depicting the roles birds play in Native culture and history; through July 2022; indianartsandculture.org. Closed Mondays.
Museum of International Folk Art
706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic, fashionable and political face coverings; through Jan. 15, 2022 • Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan, Muromachi Period scroll paintings, Edo Period woodblock prints, and contemporary folk art; through August 2022 • Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico, exploring the genre’s roots, through December 2022. Long term: Visions: A Common Bond, works in the Alexander Girard Wing • Lloyd’s Treasure Chest: Folk Art in Focus, thematic displays from the permanent collection; moifa.org. Closed Mondays. 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 In Search of Domínguez and Escalante: Photographing the 1776 Expedition through the Southwest, works by Siegfried Halus and Greg MacGregor; through June 19, 2022. 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. Closed Mondays.
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 • Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-to-SeeSmith, works by the muralist, the installation artist, and the painter; through June 19, 2022; nmartmuseum.org. Closed Mondays. Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 A living museum on 14 acres; santafebotanical garden.org. Open Fridays-Sundays.
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 Creative Residences: Monique Carr, video installation detailing the fermenter’s process of shrub-making; through Dec. 5 • SITElab 15: Joanna Keane Lopez: Land Craft Theatre, through Jan. 9, 2022 • Helen Pashgian: Presences, sculpture; through March 27, 2022; sitesantafe.org. Open Thursdays-Sundays. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Activation/Transformation, installation by Nathan Young of objects from the collection; through April 3, 2022 • Shonto Begay: Eyes of the World, narrative paintings; through December • Indigenous Women: Border Matters, group exhibit; through April 23, 2022. Long term: Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry, devoted to Diné and Pueblo traditions • Portraits: Peoples, Places, and Perspectives, paintings • 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 Recent History Acquisitions, historical objects; through Sunday, Nov. 28 • Designing the New: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, touring exhibit of 166 works from the 1890s-1900s; through Jan. 23 • 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/albuquerque-museum/ plan-your-visit/admission-ticketing. Closed Mondays.
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St., SW, Albuquerque, 505-246-2261 ¡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.
Taos Harwood Museum of Art
238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 Remote Possibilities: Digital Landscapes from the Thoma Foundation Collection, including works by John Gerrard, Kent Monkman, , and Marina Zurkow; through Feb. 27, 2022 • Gus Foster: Panoramic Photographs of Northern New Mexico; through April 17, 2022; harwoodmuseum.org. Open Wednesdays-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; millicentrogers.org. Open daily. Taos Art Museum at Fechin House 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 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.