RANDOM ACTS
Not forgotten
Documentary film director Rain draws national and international attention to the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) through his activism, writing, and films. Rain served on President Biden’s Indigenous Policy Committee and drafted several pieces of federal and state legislation. In February of 2020, he was honored by the New Mexico State Legislature for his work on the MMIWG crisis. In recognition of American Indian Day (Friday, Feb. 4), Rain appears at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, where he’ll be screening his documentaries Say Her Name and Somebody’s Daughter. Proceeds will be donated to the House of the Moon Indigenous Women’s Empowerment and Selfdefense Program, an Indigenous-led holistic healing and restoration movement working to end the MMIWG crisis and empower Indigenous women. Rain is joined by Indigenous Environmental Ambassador and actor Casey CampHorinek (Reservation Dogs) as keynote speakers for the event. The screenings start at 2 p.m. After, Rain reads from his new book Psycho/Pathogen (Alter-Native Media) at 6 p.m. at Beastly Books (418 Montezuma Ave., 505-395-2628, beastlybooks .com). Tickets are $5 to attend the screenings. A link to purchase tickets in advance is available at jeancocteau cinema.com/now-playing. Masks are required. Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., 505-466-5528, jeancocteau cinema.com — Michael Abatemarco
Heiress to the jazz vocalist throne
Composer, singer, and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant finds inspiration in vaudeville, blues, jazz, and baroque music, as well as in theater and folk traditions from around the world. Born and raised in Miami, she began classical piano studies at age 5 and started classical voice lessons in her teens. She’s a threetime Grammy winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, a 2010 Thelonious Monk competition winner, and a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award in 2020. Her latest work, Ogresse, is a musical fable in the form of a genre-blending cantata and is being developed as an animated feature-length film. Salvant performs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Lensic. The event is presented by Performance Santa Fe. Tickets are $35-$115 (available at tickets.lensic. org/7453/7454 or at the Lensic box office). Masks and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test are required. Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234, lensic.org — M.A.
Making waves
The Los Angeles indie quintet Inner Wave play a mix of psychedelic pop and synthwave. Their Filipino, Colombian, and Mexican heritage helped secure their status as underground stars of LA’s Latinx indie rock community. Three members — lead vocalist and guitarist Pablo Sotelo, bassist and vocalist Jean Pierre Narvaez, and guitarist and keyboard player Elijah Trujillo — have a friendship that goes back to their middle school years in Inglewood, California. Their fourth full-length studio album, Apoptosis (2021), was partly recorded live in the studio and completed by Sotelo in quarantine. The album’s songs reflect the band’s electronic, soul, funk, and garage rock influences. Inner Wave’s national tour in support of the new album includes a 7 p.m. headlining performance on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Meow Wolf, along with guest act Divino Niño. Tickets are $18 and available at tickets.meowwolf.com/events. Masks and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test are required. Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 505-395-6369, meowwolf.com — M.A.