Random Acts The Marías play Meow Wolf; Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble plays Christmas concerts; GLOW lights up the Santa Fe Botanical Garden; and Santa Fe Desert Chorale is led by Joshua Habermann in holiday music
Big time sensuality: The Marías
Get your sultry groove on to the retro jazz surf-funk offerings of The Marías, a Los Angeles-based band steeped in ’70s-era sonic nostalgia. The first-name-only lead singer — María — is high-pitched yet full-throated, both ghostly and baby-voiced, and their songs are danceable in a loose-limbed, shoegazey way. The Marías, now on tour with their second album, Superclean Vol. II (2018), play at Meow Wolf (1352 Rufina Circle) at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Doors to the all-ages show open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 on the day of the show, afe.meowwolf.c nnifer Levin
Lite-Brite nights: GLOW at the Botanical Garden
One of the best things about winter in the high desert is that nighttime is temperate enough to roam around outdoors but the air still has enough bite to turn a warm beverage into a festive treat. You can bundle up and sip cider in December at GLOW – Cosmic Nights at Santa Fe Botanical Garden (715 Camino Lejo), a nightly twinkle-lights festival with refreshments and live music, open 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, through Dec. 31 (except for Dec. 24 and 25). Bands include Luna Llena, The Gruve, Shiners Jazz Club, The Parson Sisters, Nohe y Sus Santos, and Controlled Burn. General admission is $10, free for children under 12. For a complete schedule of bands and to purchase tickets, go to santafebotanicalgarden.org — J.L.
Herald angels sing: Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble
A few seats may still be available for the Christmas-season concerts of Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble at Loretto Chapel (207 Old Santa Fe Trail). This year’s program includes music by Purcell, Telemann, and 17th-century nun and composer Anna Isabella Leonarda, as well as early Christmas carols. Soprano Clara Rottsolk is the soloist on Wednesday, Dec. 19, and on Dec. 21 and Dec. 23; mezzo-soprano Deborah Domanski takes over on Thursday, Dec. 20, and on Dec. 22 and 24. Performances are at 6 and 8 p.m. on each of those days. Tickets ($20-$80, with a $5 surcharge on Christmas Eve) through sfpromusica.org (505-988-4640, ext. 1000) or tickets santafe.org (505-988-1234). — James M. Keller
The holly and the ivy: Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Music director Joshua Habermann leads the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in holiday music with an emphasis on Spanish and Latin American repertoire and arrangements of British carols. This week’s performances take place at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at United Church of Los Alamos (2525 Canyon Road, Los Alamos; tickets $25-$65); at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, and Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Cristo Rey Catholic Church (1120 Canyon Road; tickets $25-$80); and at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20 and Dec. 21-22 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (131 Cathedral Place; tickets $25-$85). Tickets at desertchorale.org, 505-988-2282. — J.M.K.