IN THE WINGS
Music Lone Piñon
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com New Mexico string band; 7:30 p.m. April 2; $22 in advance; gigsantafe.tickit.ca.
New Mexico Bach Society Chorale and Players
Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. Music of J.S. Bach and Handel; led by Franz Vote; 3 p.m. April 3; performers include André GarciaNuthmann, Sally Guenther, and Linda Marianiello; $20-$60; nmpas.org/tickets.
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fría St.
Country band; 7:30 p.m. April 7; $17 in advance, $22 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket .com/tickets/385576.
Chevel Shepherd
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 New Mexico country singer; 7:30 p.m. April 8; $29-$75; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Simon Trpčeski
Duane Smith Auditorium, Los Alamos High School campus, 1300 Diamond Dr. Piano recital; music of Prokofiev, Beethoven, Brahms, and Grieg; 4 p.m. April 10; $35; losalamosconcert.org.
Sarah Jarosz
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. April 14; $34-$49; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Hillary Smith SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta
Singing jazz standards, with pianist Robert Fox, saxophonist Alex Murzyn, bassist Terry Burns, and percussionist John Trentacosta; 7 p.m. April 15; $25 and $30; holdmyticket.com/tickets/389997.
Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 A New Mexico Jazz Festival performance; 7:30 p.m. April 23; $39-$65; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral aPl. Music of Stravinsky, Haydn, and Mozart, led by Guillermo Figueroa and Carmen Flórez-Mansi; 7 p.m. April 28; $22-$80; santafesymphony.org.
New Mexico Association of Concert Bands Consortium
Hilton Santa Fe, 100 Sandoval St. and the Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W. San Francisco St. Educational seminars and clinics; performing ensembles include the Los Angeles Winds, the Oregon Symphonic Band, the Denver Concert Band, the Canadian Brass, and the Santa Fe Concert Band; May 3-8; free and open to the public; acb2022.org.
From Bamako to Birmingham: Amadou & Mariam and Blind Boys of Alabama
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Afro-pop duo and gospel group; 7:30 p.m. May 8; $44-$69; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Bruce Cockburn 50th Anniversary ‘2nd Attempt’
St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. Canadian folk singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. May 16; $30-$54; ampconcerts.org.
Wynonna Judd
National Hispanic Cultural Center Journal Theatre, 1701 Fourth St. SW, 505-246-226, Albuquerque Herstory & Hits Tour; 7:30 p.m. May 20; $37-$67; Call the NHCC box office, 505-724-4771, my.nmculture.org/events.
ZZ Top Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos
Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, and Ellwood Francis; 7 p.m. June 18; $66 and $88; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band & Chris Isaak
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Double bill, 7 p.m. July 3; $66 and $98; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Theater/Dance Lucy Negro Redux
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 A Nashville Ballet production; choreography by Paul Vasterling; music by Rhiannon Giddens; 7:30 p.m. April 3; $35-$115; 505-984-8759, performancesantafe.org.
Ballet Folklórico de México
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Traditional folk-dance company; 7:30 p.m. April 7; $39-$79; tickets.lensic.org/events.
A Delicate Balance
Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., 505-988-4262 Edward Albee’s domestic drama; April 23-May 15; $15-$75; santafeplayhouse.org.
Selected Shorts Scottish Rite Temple, 463 Paseo de Peralta
Dramatic readings of short stories, with Kirsten Vangsness and Mike Doyle, and performance artist Daniel Alexander Jones; 7:30 p.m. April 23; $45-$105; performancesantafe.org.
The Time of Your Life
New Mexico Actors Lab Theater, 1213 Parkway Dr., 505-395-6576 New Mexico Actors Lab presents William Saroyan’s 1939 drama centering on a group of alienated loners; May 4-May 22; $15-$30; nmactorslab.com.
Welcome to Night Vale
Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 505-395-6369 Live show based on the podcast of community updates for a fictional small, desert town; 8 p.m. May 7; $40; tickets.meowwolf.com.
Broadway Confidential
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Ana Gasteyer and Seth Rudetsky’s insiders’ look at show business; 7 p.m. May 10; $49-$89; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Events, Etc. Rossini Sticks Neck Out with “The Barber of Seville”, Nearly Gets Nicked
Guildsofsfo.org/SantaFe/Events.html A Zoom-based presentation with Mark Tiarks; 3-4:30 p.m. April 6; $10.
Georgia O’Keeffe, a Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 O’Keeffe’s art photographer; opening April 7; on view through October.
Lannan Foundation Readings & Conversations
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Writers Deborah Eisenberg (All Around Atlantis, Your Duck is My Duck), and David L. Ulin (Sidewalking, The Lost Art of Reading); 7 p.m. April 13; $8; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Anne Hillerman
Le Pommier Bistro, 7 Caliente Rd., 505-466-3235 The author celebrates the release of The Sacred Bridge at a fundraiser for Vista Grande Public Library; reading and book signing 5-7 p.m. April 18; $50 includes hors d’oeuvres, tea, and coffee. Call 505-466-7323 for more information.
Fourth Annual New Mexico Writers Dinner La Fonda, 100 Old Santa Fe Trail
Keynote speaker, New Mexico Poet Laureate Levi Romero; recipients of New Mexico Writers grants from 2020-2022 honored; 6 p.m. April 28; $100; nmwriters.org.
Santa Fe Literary Festival Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St.
Lectures, conversations, lunches with chefs and cookbook authors, as well as free programs. Participants include William Debuys, John Grisham, Anne Hillerman, Craig Johnson, and Hampton Sides. May 20-23; tickets start at $50; sfliteraryfestival.org.