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ARTS & CRAFTS
albuquerque 56th ASUNM Arts and Crafts Fair!, will have handmade works of art from students and local vendors. Explore 72 booths with a variety of creative works. Enjoy musical entertainment. 10 a.m. today at the UNM Student Union Building, 1 University of New Mexico, 2775626. Free. Highland Winter Craft Show,
come and find unique items: jewelry, arts, crafts, woodwork’s, Christmas decor, and more. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today at Highland High School, 4700 Coal SE, 255-8788. Free. Sandia Band Craft Fair,
more than 240 vendors will sell all handcrafted items. Breakfast, lunch, and bake sale treats are available inside the building. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today at Sandia High School, 7801 Candelaria NE, 2941511. Free. socorro Festival of the Cranes Arts & Crafts Fair Quality New Mexico Arts and Crafts,
enjoy live music and buy finely crafted works in jewelry, pottery, water colors, paintings, metal, wood, glass, handmade beauty products, jams, honey, and more. 8 a.m. today at the Festival of the Cranes Arts & Crafts Fair, Garcia Opera House, 110 Abeyta, 575-8359826. Free. CONCERTS albuquerque Dexter Gordon Legacy Quartet, Jazz historian Maxine Gordon, the widow of tenor saxophone legend Dexter Gordon, put together a quartet of musicians who are both directly and indirectly linked to the iconic tenor saxophonist. 7:30 p.m. today at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 268-0044. $25-$30. Medieval Christmastide, Quodlibet, a Renaissance choral ensemble, presents ‘Medieval Christmastide.’ The choir performs some ancient hymns, chants and songs, some familiar tunes, and some Renaissance motets. 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Michael & All Angels Church, 601 Montano NW, 205-6840. $10-$15. santa fe The Dexter Gordon Project: A Collaboration with the Santa Fe Music Collective,
featuring drummer Louis Hayes; George Cables, master pianist; tenor saxophonist, Doug Lawrence; Maxine Gordon; and bassist John Webber round out this incredible lineup. 7:30 p.m. Saturday at SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 946-7934. $30-$35. Handel’s Messiah, the full Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus led by Carmen Flrez-Mansi, Choral Director will perform this baroque-era musical masterpiece. 7 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday at the The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco, 505-9881234. $22-$80. TGIF Concert,
enjoy an evening of music ranging from Classical to Broadway and other uplifting tunes. 5:30 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant, 982-8544. Freewill offering. THEATER albuquerque “Alice, An Adventure of Wonder and Wondering,” Keshet’s Alice draws inspiration from the Alice in Wonderland story and characters, but our interpretation is only loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s work, and instead we experience Alice through a Keshet lens of self-discovery and new possibilities. 7 p.m. today, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler NE, 2249808. $12.50-$30. “An Adobe Christmas Carol,” a Christmas Carol with a twist. In this heartwarming, funny and poignant adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale, a group of homeless people find their way into an abandoned theater on Christmas Eve to escape the cold. One of them comes across a copy of “A Christmas Carol.” To take their minds off the cold and their dreary circumstances they decide to act out the story, bringing new life to Dickens’ tale by using things they find just lying about the stage. 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth NW, adobetheater.org. $17-$20. “Spem in Alium — Thomas Tallis: Come and Sing!” Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico will stage, in a public setting, a reconstruction of Tallis’ monumental 40-part Renaissance motet, Spem in Alium, written in 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. 5 p.m. Saturday at the The Cathedral of St. John, 318 Silver SW, 247-1581. $0-$25. corrales “Tellabration!” A world-wide celebration of storytelling.,
brings together celebrated storytellers. This year features four New Mexico storytellers: Joe Hayes, Jude Tripp, Kimberly Gotches, and Bob Kanegis. 4 p.m. Saturday at the Historic Old San Ysidro Church, 966 Old Church Road, 897-1513. $5-$15. santa fe “Puss in Boots,” featuring a Latinx twist on the favorite French tale featuring a feisty feline. Can a cat with no boots find fame and fortune for his new master, and live happily ever after on tuna and catnip? Call 505-424-1601 for reservations. 6 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. $5-$10.