IN THE WINGS
Music Ani DiFranco
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl. Singer-songwriter touring in support of her latest album, Revolutionary Love; 6 p.m. June 17; $35; ticketsmeowwolf.com.
Horace Alexander Young
Club Legato, 125 E. Palace Ave., 505-988-9232 Young on saxophone, John Rangel on piano, Frank Murray on bass, and John Trentacosta on drums; 6 p.m. June 17; $25 and $30; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/event/393104.
Beats Antique
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl. Experimental world fusion/electronic music; 6 p.m. June 18; $29.50; tickets.meowwolf.com/events/santa-fe.
New Mexico Musicians All Together
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Flutist Robert Mirabal, oud musician Rahim AlHaj, with Lara Manzanares, Rob Martinez, Felix Peralta, and Sol Fire; 7 p.m. June 18; $20, tickets.lensic.org/events. ZZ Top Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, and Elwood Francis; 7 p.m. June 18; $66; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Dawn and Hawkes
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.org Alternative-folk duo Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes; 7:30 p.m. June 18; $22; gigsantafe.tickit.ca.
It’s All About Love
Congregation Beit Tikva, 2230 Old Pecos Trail Tenor Ephraim Herrera, mezzo-soprano Lina Ramos, pianist Natasha Stojanovska, and flutist Windy Dankoff; secular music; 3 p.m. June 19; $40 in advance only; 505-820-2991, bit.ly/37FHOsl; online access $20.
Taos School of Music 2022 Festival
Taos Community Auditorium, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Opening concert, Borromeo Quartet and Robert McDonald; 4 p.m. June 19; $10-$35; holdmyticket.com/tickets/394720.
Pedrito Martinez Group
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW Jazz percussionist, with Manny Marquez, Issac Delgado Jr., Sebastian Natal, and Xito Lovell; 7 p.m. June 24; $15 and $18; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/394033.
Chatter (In) SITE
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Jonathan Dove (Figures in the Garden), Alfred Schnittke (Hymnus No. 2), and Antonin Dvořák (Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44; 10:30 a.m. June 25; $5-$16; chatterabq.org.
The Rifters
Dance Station, 947 W. Alameda St., Solana Center, 505-989-9788 Southwest Americana dance band; 7-9 p.m. June 25 and July 30; continuing once a month through Dec. 10; $20; santafedanceevents@gmail.com.
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Naked Man, 16-movement song cycle; 3 p.m. June 26; $20-$45; tickets.lensic.org/events.
South for Winter
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.org Nashville-based folk-rock band, Nick Stone, Dani Cichon, and Alex Stradal; 7:30 p.m. June 30; $22; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. 65th Santa Fe Opera season 301 Opera Dr., 800-280-4654 Offering 38 performances of five new productions, a company premiere, a world premiere, and two evenings of apprentice scenes. Opening July 1, Bizet’s Carmen; July 2, Rossini’s Barber of Seville; July 16, Verdi’s Falstaff; July 23, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde; July 30, Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly; tickets start at $36, packages start at $120; santafeopera.org.
James McMurtry
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Performing selections from The Horses and the Hounds; Jono Manson opens; 7:30 p.m. July 6; $33 in advance; ampconcerts.org.
Shakey Graves
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl. Austin, Texas-based Americana musician; 7:30 p.m. July 10; $39 in advance, $44 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2022 Summer Festival
Multiple venues Artist Spotlight I, 5:30 p.m. July 13, mezzo soprano Dianna Grabowski, tenor Steven Soph, soprano Alissa Ruth Suver, and organist Maxine Thévenot; Pilgrimage: Songs of the Mediterranean Basin, July 17, July 26, and Aug. 4; Mystics and Mavericks, July 24, 27, 30, and Aug. 5; The Sounding Sea, July 29 and 31, and Aug. 4; 505-988-2282, Ext. 0, desertchorale.org/40.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival St. Francis Auditorium and Lensic Performing Arts Center
Conductors James Gaffigan and John Storgårds, the Chien-KimWatkins Trio, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and festival debuts and premieres; July 17-Aug. 22; individual tickets, flex passes, and subscriptions available; 208 Griffin St., santafechambermusic.com, 505-982-1890.
Sunset Concert Series: Half Broke Horses
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 Boot-scootin’ tunes; 6-8 p.m. July 20, garden opens for picnicking at 5 p.m.; $5 and $7, ages 12 and under no charge.
Dwight Trible
Dave’s Jazz Bistro, Santa Fe School of Cooking, 125 N. Guadalupe St., 505-983-4511 Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist; 6:30-9:30 p.m. July 23; $180; santafeschoolofcooking.com.
The Dead South
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl. Canadian rock band; 7:30 p.m. July 24; opening act, Tejon Street Corner Thieves; $35 in advance, $39 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.com.
Insights & Sounds Symposium
Acequia Madre House, 614 Acequia Madre, 505-570-5385 Musically illustrated discussions of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival programs; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 26; $50 in advance; sign up to be notified when tickets go on sale; desertchorale.org/ insights-and-sounds-symposium.
Michael Franti & Spearhead Fort Marcy Park, Bishops Lodge and Hyde Park Roads
The rapper-songwriter performs in support of Española Humane’s 30th anniversary; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; $41 and $76; ampconcerts.org.
John Moreland
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11; $20 in advance, $25 day of show; ampconcerts.org. Jimmie Vaughan Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Blues artist; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23; $35-$55; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Richard Smith
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.org English fingerstyle guitarist; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25; $22; gigsantafe.tickit.ca.
Santa Fe TradFest
Camp Stoney, 7855 Old Santa Fe Trail Including the ATC String Band, Bayou Seco, Mystic Lizard, and Lone Piñon; Aug. 26-28, tickets start at $25, youth discounts available, three-day pass $65 through Aug. 1; santafetradfest.org. Ladder to the Moon Ghost Ranch, 280 Private Dr., Abiquiú Music festival, including Patti Smith & Her Band, The Head and The Heart, Indigo Girls, Sharon Van Etten, and Devendra Banhart; Sept 9-11; $50-$230; ampconcerts.org. Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart Tour Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 With fiddler Billy Contreras, mandolinist Sierra Hull, guitarist Shaun Richardson, multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, and bassist Mark Schatz; 7:30 p.m. Sept.13; $47-$69; tickets.lensic.org/events. Buddy Guy and John Hiatt & the Goners Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Dr. On tour; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14; $48-$98; 505-886-1251; holdmyticket.com/tickets/391520.
Theater/Dance
Rainbow’s End Teatro Paraguas, 3205-B Calle Marie, 505-424-1601 Three short plays by local musician Charles Tichenor, following his journey from rejection through self-acceptance, and political activism as a gay man; 7 p.m. June 21-23; $20; teatroparaguasnm.org. Reach with Ruth Railyard Performance Center, 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 505-982-8309 Physical-theater performer Ruth Zaporah, with members of the InterNational Action Theater Ensemble; 8 p.m. June 25 and 26; $20 at the door. Moving Southwest Festival New Mexico School for the Arts, SITE Santa Fe, Jean Cocteau Cinema Presented by the Museum of Dance; artists include EmiArts Flamenco, Shandien Larance, Earthseed Black Arts Alliance, and MOLODI Body Percussion; June 27-July 17; $18-$250; free events scheduled; museumdance.org.
La Emi Summer Flamenco Series
Benítez Cabaret at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., 505-992-5800 With special guest performers; 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, July 9-Sept. 4; $25-$55; hhandr.com/entertainment.
The Winters Tale
The Lab Theater, 1213 Parkway Dr., 505-395-6576 An International Shakespeare Center production; 7:30 p.m. July 14, 15, 16, and 23; 2 p.m. July 17 and 24; $10-$25; gala event July 21; $50; internationalshakespeare.center/events.
Call Me A Pussy
Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Circus-arts performer Laura Stokes one-woman show; July 15-17 and 22-24; $25-$40 (tickets on sale Friday, May 27); ccasantafe.org.
King Lear
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 National Theatre Live in HD series continues with Ian McKellen in the lead role; 7 p.m. July 23; $22; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Shakespeare in the Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 The Comedy of Errors, presented by Santa Fe Classic Theater; July 28-Aug. 14; $35-$50; 505-466-1358, santafeclassictheater.org.
Events, Etc. Chocolate: The Exhibition
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, 505-841-2800, Albuquerque A traveling display, with chocolatiers’ demonstrations and educational exhibits covering the evolution of chocolate; opening June 17, family day event 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 18; by museum admission.
Currents Festival 2022: Circuits
Center for Contemporary Arts, Currents 826, Form & Concept, Santa Fe Fairgrounds, SITE Santa Fe Citywide event, June 17-26; multimedia performances, robotics, 3D-printed works, and augmented-reality experiences; $10, all-access pass $15, ages 20 and under no charge; currentsnewmedia.org.
Santa Fe Herb & Lavender Festival
El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-571-2261 Artists’ booths, food vendors, live music, and lectures; June 18; $8 in advance, discounts available; golondrinas.org/festivals.
Midsummer Magic on Museum Hill
Milner Plaza, Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo Hors d’oeuvres; Scandinavian songs and medieval ballads performed by Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee; in conjunction with the exhibit Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia;6 p.m. June 21; $75; museumfoundation.org/ midsummer. Call 505-216-0829 for more information.
Felines & Friends Cocktails for Critters
Governor’s Mansion, 1 Mansion Dr. Catered meal, music by pianist Bert Dalton; virtual auction; 3-5 p.m. June 26; $100; bidding registration and tickets available at fandfnm.org.
Here, Now and Always
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, 505-476-1269 Opening July 2; artifacts from the collections, chosen with collaboration among Native American elders, artists, scholars, and museum professionals; by museum admission.
28th Annual Santa Fe Wine Festival
El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-571-2261 Local wineries and food vendors; noon-6 p.m. July 2 and 3; $18, discounts available; golondrinas.org/festivals.
ART Santa Fe
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St., 800-777-2489 Contemporary art fair; opening-night preview, 4 p.m. July 15, fair hours, noon-7 p.m. July 15, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 16 and 17; $20 in advance, $30 at the door, discounts available; redwoodartgroup.com/art-santa-fe.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 25th Anniversary Celebration
Grant Avenue Live performances, food, art-making activities, and free admission to the museum; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 17.
AT THE GALLERIES Santa Fe
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S. Guadalupe St., 505-989-8688 Clark Walding: Evanescence, paintings; through Monday, June 13. Form & Concept 435 S. Guadalupe St., 505-780-8312 Multidisciplinary works by Jami Porter Lara, Erin Mickelson, and Kate Ruck; through June 24. Gebert Contemporary 558 Canyon Rd., 505-992-1100 Paintings by Maia Gelvin; through June 25. Hecho Gallery 129 W. Palace Ave., 505-455-6882 Pickled Dreams: Torshi & Kurkum, watercolors by Zahra Marwan; through June 26.
Thornwood Gallery
555 Canyon Rd., 505-428-0279 Paintings by R. John ‘Bob’ Ichter and Pamela Sukhum; through Wednesday, June 15. Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Rd., 505-983-8815 Insight, Outside and Inside, paintings by Frank Balaam and Angus; through Monday, June 13.
MUSEUMS & ART SPACES Santa Fe Art Vault
540 S. Guadalupe St., 505-428-0681 All Art Is Virtual, international group show of digital, video, and new media from the Thoma Foundation collection; through April 15, 2023; artvault.thomafoundation.org.
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 Rancho de las Golondrinas 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-471-2261 Living-history museum, dedicated to the 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 Spotlight on Spring, an installation focusing on the newly-conserved painting; through Oct. 10 • Georgia O’Keeffe, a Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon, O’Keeffe’s art photographer; through October. 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 ThursdaysMondays. IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Pl., 888-922-4242 Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, international exhibit; through July 10 • Alexander Lee: The Dream of Haere-pō, mural; through July • Continuance: O’Ga P’Ogeh Owingeh, a mural by members of Three Sisters Collective; through Aug. 1 • Experimental exPRESSion: Printmaking at IAIA, 1963–1980; through Sept. 4; 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. The Adulti-Verse at Meow Wolf, admission discounts for ages 21+ first Thursdays of the month. Monday Funday, half-price admission for New Mexico residents after 3 p.m.; meowwolf.com. Closed Tuesdays.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1269 Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass; through Thursday, June 16 • Birds: Spiritual Messengers of the Skies, paintings and pottery; through July • Painted Reflections: Isomeric Design in Ancestral Pueblo Pottery, historical and contemporary designs; through March 12, 2023; indianartsandculture.org. Open daily. Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1200 Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan, Muromachi Period scroll paintings, Edo Period woodblock prints, and contemporary folk art; through August • Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico, exploring the genre’s roots, through December • Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia, traditional folk dress traditions; through Feb. 22, 2023. Core exhibits: 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; 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 • Pueblo-Spanish Revival Style: The Director’s Residence and the Architecture of John Gaw Meem, highlighting aspects of the museum’s architectural features; through Oct. 1 • Youth Gallery, Youth Market artists’ works; spanishcolonial.org.
New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors 113 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5200 In Search of Domínguez and Escalante: Photographing the 1776 Expedition through the Southwest, works by Siegfried Halus and Greg MacGregor; through June 19 • Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs, showcasing thermal baths; through Sept. 4. 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 Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, works by the muralist, the installation artist, and the painter; through June 19 • Selections from the 20th Century Collection, Southwestern art; through December • Western Eyes: 20th-Century Art Here and Now, regional developments in modernist works; through Jan. 8, 2023; nmartmuseum.org. Open daily.
Poeh Cultural Center and Museum
78 Cities of Gold Rd., Pueblo of Pojoaque, 505-455-5041 Di Wae Powa: They Came Back, Historical Tewa Pueblo pottery • The Why, group show of works by Native artists • Nah Poeh Meng, 1,600-square-foot core installation highlighting the works of Pueblo artists and Pueblo history. Open Mondays-Fridays. Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 A living museum on 14 acres; santafebotanical garden.org. Open Thursdays-Mondays. SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Spectrum, mural and paintings by Nani Chacon; through Aug. 21 • The Body Electric, paintings, mural, and sculpture by Jeffrey Gibson; through Sept. 11; sitesantafe.org. Open Thursdays-Sundays. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Abeyta/To’Hajiilee Ké, paintings, sculpture, and jewelry by Narciso Abeyta, Elizabeth Abeyta, Pablita Abeyta, and Tony Abeyta; through Oct. 2. 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 Cannupa Hanska Luger, multidisciplinary works; through June • We Built This City, photographs from the permanent collection; through July 16; cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/ plan-your-visit/admission-ticketing. Closed Mondays.
Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico
616 Central Ave. SW, 505-247-0606 Overturned: A Life Etched in Stone • Hate in America. Permanent exhibits, With Evil Intent • African American Experience, Phase 2: Slavery 1866-1945 • Czech Torah • Armenian Genocide • Hidden Treasures • Colonization: Racism and Resilience; nmholocaustmuseum.org; Open WednesdaysSaturdays. UNM Art Museum 203 Cornell Dr. NE, 505-277-4001 Mysterious Inner Worlds, drawings, sculpture, and installation by Anila Quayyum Agha; through July 2; artmuseum.unm.edu/exhibition.
Taos Couse-Sharp Historic Site
146 Kit Carson Rd., 575-751-0369 The Infinite Landscape, paintings by Jivan Lee; through September • Joseph Henry Sharp: The Life and Work of an American Legend, work by the founding member of the Taos Society of Artists; couse-sharp.org. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays.
Harwood Museum of Art
238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West, traveling exhibit; through Sept. 5 • Debbie Long: Light Ships, immersive installations; through Oct. 23; harwoodmuseum.org. Open Wednesdays-Sundays. Millicent Rogers Museum 1504 Millicent Rogers Rd., 575-758-2462 Following the Manito Trail, migration experiences, creative practices, and untold stories of Manito (Hispanic New Mexican) families from Taos County; through July • Tuah-Tah/Taos Pueblo: Home, high-lighting the Pueblo’s culture and artistic achievements • Pop Chalee! Yippee Ki Yay!, paintings; millicentrogers.org. Open daily.