IN THE WINGS
Music Chatter (in) SITE
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Flutist Jesse Tatum and violinist David Felberg perform Julia Wolfe’s With a Blue Dress On, Shulamit Ran’s East Wind, and Christopher Cerrone’s Liminal Highway; 10:30 a.m. May 14; $5-$16; chatterabq.org.
From Tri-M With Love
Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail Millennial Music Makers presents Bringing Back Broadway, 2 p.m. May 15; Play It Again, Evan, 11 a.m. June 4, and Sounds of Summer, classical serenades with Elizebeth Barnes, 11 a.m. June 11; $20, three concerts $50; trimsantafe.org. An Evening Exploration of Music Complexity SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Presented by the Santa Fe Institute; 7 p.m. May 16; $5 in advance; sitesantafe.org/events. Mudhoney and Meat Puppets Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Veteran rock bands; 7:30 p.m. May 17; $31; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/388052.
Peter Erskine Quartet
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Erskine on drums, George Garzone on saxophone, Darek Oles on bass, and Alan Paqua on piano; 7 p.m. May 20; $30 and $35; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/event/392195.
Makana
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Slack-key guitarist, singer, and composer; 7:30 p.m. May 20; $22 in advance, $27 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/390456.
Vijay Iyer Trio
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Jazz pianist and composer; 7:30 p.m. May 20; $35-$115; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Holly Mead
Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com Composer-pianist; 7:30 p.m. May 21; $22 online only; gigsantafe.tickit.ca.
Black Uhuru 50th Anniversary Tour
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl., 505-557-6182 Jamaican reggae band; 7:30 p.m. May 22; $28 in advance, $33 day of show; ampconcerts.org.
Small Glories
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Folk duo Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards; 7:30 p.m. May 22; $20 in advance, $25 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. New Mexico Performing Arts Society Recital Series Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. Chamber music for flute, violin, cello, and piano; 8 p.m. May 22; including flutist Linda Marianiello and pianist Jacquelyn Helin; $20-$50; nmpas.org/tickets.
Severall Friends
San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail The Lovers’ Bane: The Story of Tristan and Yseut, French medieval music; 7:30 p.m. May 23; $20; severallfriends.org. Wheelwright Museum 85th Anniversary Year 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Kick-off event, with the Strata Quartet and composers Raven Chacon and Michael Begay; 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 27; $10 in advance; wheelwright.org.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Guitarist-songwriter; 6 p.m. May 28; $66 and $93; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Thievery Corporation
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Electronic-music duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton; 6 p.m. May 29; $49 and $71; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Hillary Smith & Ron Crowder
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Featuring the Chill House Band; 8 p.m. June 4; $20; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/393140.
Andy Grammer
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 The Art of Joy tour; 7:30 p.m. June 5; $55-$225; tickets.lensic.org/ events.
Amos Lee
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Touring in support of his album Dreamland; 7:30 p.m. June 7; $39-$69; tickets.lensic.org/events. Belle and Sebastian The Bridge Patio, 37 Fire Pl. Scottish indie-pop band; 7:30 p.m. June 8; San Diego-based band Thee Sacred Souls opens; $40 in advance, $44 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Eilen Jewell
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Americana singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. June 9; $25 in advance, $30 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/386362.
Keyon Harrold Quintet
Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale Blvd. SE, Albuquerque Trumpeter-arranger; 7:30-9:30 p.m. June 9; $20 and $25, online only; outpostspace.org.
Dave’s Jazz Bistro
Santa Fe School of Cooking, 125 N. Guadalupe St., 505-983-4511 Clarinetist Eddie Daniels and pianist Roger Kellaway, 6:30-9:30 p.m. June 11, $195; Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Dwight Trible; 6:30-9:30 p.m. July 23; $180; santafeschoolofcooking.com. Joe Illick’s Musical Preview of the Santa Fe Opera’s season Guildsofsfo.org/SantaFe/Events.html Virtual performance of scores from Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Falstaff, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville,
and Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly; 3 p.m. June 14; $25. Horace Alexander Young SITE Santa Fe, Young on saxophone, John Rangel on piano, Frank Murray on bass, and John Trentacosta on drums; 7 p.m. June 17; $25 and $30; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/event/393104.
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. Robert Earl Keen: I’m Comin’ Home: 41 Years On The Road Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Texas songwriter; 7:30 p.m. June 22; $55-$80; 505-988-1234, ampconcerts.org. Off the Rails Santa Fe Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Rd. Annual SITE Santa Fe fundraiser, with singer-songwriters Kurt Vile, Terry Allen, and Shannon McNally; 7:30 p.m. June 23; VIP lounge $250, lawn tickets $40; sitesantafe.org/event/off-the-rails. 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. 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; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2022 Summer Festival Church of the Holy Faith, 311 E. Palace Ave. Artist Spotlight I, mezzo soprano Dianna Grabowski, tenor Steven Soph, soprano Alissa Ruth Suver, and organist Maxine Thévenot; 5:30 p.m. July 13; $40; 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; 505-982-1890, 208 Griffin St., santafechambermusic.
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.
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, multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, guitarist Shaun Richardson, 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 Recital de Cante y Guitarra
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia Spanish flamenco guitarist Juani de la Isla and singer Miguel Rosendo; 8 p.m. May 13; $30; 505-247-0622, casaflamenca.org.
Counterpoint
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Tap dancer Caleb Telcher and pianist-composer Conrad Tao; 7:30 p.m. May 27; $35-$115; tickets.lensic.org/events. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet recitals Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Student productions: ballet performances, 2 and 6 p.m. May 29; folklorico dancers, 2 and 6 p.m. May 30; $32; tickets.lensic.org /events. Rick Ridgeway: Life Lived Wild Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 The mountaineer-environmentalist discusses his 2021 memoir, Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map; 7:30 p.m. June 2; $20; tickets.lensic.org/events.
A Night with Hamilton
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Broadway performer Miguel Cervantes’ one-man show; 8 p.m. June 13; $25-$105; tickets.lensic.org/events. Everybody Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., 505-988-4262 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ comedic adaptation of the 15th-century morality play, Everyman; June 18-July 10; $15-$75; call or visit santafeplayhouse.org for tickets. Me, Myself & Shirley Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Cindy Williams’ one-woman show; 7:30 p.m. July 9; $45-$65; tickets.lensic.org/7826/7828. 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.
Events, Etc. James McGrath Morris
Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail The local author celebrates his newest book, Tony Hillerman: A Life, with a presentation, discussion, and meet and greet; 5-6:30 p.m. May 19; $10 at the door; register online at santafelibraryfriends.org/events.
Santa Fe Literary Festival
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Lectures, conversations, lunches with chefs and cookbook authors.
Participants include William Debuys, John Grisham, and Hampton Sides; May 20-23; tickets start at $50; sfliteraryfestival.org.
Taos Lilac Festival
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Arts & crafts booths, live music, and food vendors; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 20-22; no admission charge; taoschamber.com/taos-lilac-festival.
ArtSpring 2022: Supernova
New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Ave. Final dress rehearsal, 2-4 p.m. May 20 (free, but tickets required); general admission performances 6-8 p.m. May 20, 2-4 p.m. May 22 ($15); performance and benefit event, 5 p.m. May 21 ($200); 505-216-7888, Ext. 403, nmschoolforthearts.org/about/ artspring-2022. Couse Foundation Gala & Art Auction Couse-Sharp Historic Site, UNM-Taos Bataan Hall, and El Monte Sagrado Resort, Taos Lunder Research Center VIP opening, ribbon-cutting, and reception 5 p.m. May 20, lecture on Taos Society of Artists 10-11 a.m. May 21, gala and art sale 4 p.m. May 21; $225; couse-sharp.org/current-gala.
34th Annual El Rito Studio Tour
North on US 84/285, past Española to NM 554 Paintings, photographs; fiber arts; sculpture, retablos, and santos; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 21 and 22; plus, artist mercado (30-plus artists), music, and food; Weaving Together, textile exhibit, Northern New Mexico College of El Rito campus; elritoartassociation.org.
Theater Walk Santa Fe
Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe, 8380 Cerrillos Rd., 505-474-4000 Local theater companies offer 18 performances; noon-6:45 p.m. May 21; donations accepted; food trucks on-site; theatresantafe.org/walk. The Horse Shelter auction and luncheon 100-AB Old Cash Rd., off NM 14, Cerrillos, 505-471-6179 Catered by Restaurant Martín and The Ranch House; music by Roark Griffin; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 22; $85 in advance only; thehorseshelter.org.
All Art Is Virtual
Art Vault, 540 S. Guadalupe St., 505-428-0681 International group show of digital, video, and new media, from the Thoma Foundation collection; opening 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 24; through April 15, 2023; artvault.thomafoundation.org.
18th Annual Native Treasures Art Market
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Works by Native artists; Living Treasures artist is Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz; night market 5-8 p.m. May 28; $100; museumfoundation.org/native-treasures/; sales continue May 29 and 30.
11th Annual Folk Art Flea
Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds, 3229 Rodeo Dr. Gently-used, donated toys, textiles, jewelry, and ceramics; free admission 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 4; proceeds benefit the Museum of International Folk Art; moifa.org. Discover Opera: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask O’Shaughnessy Hall, Santa Fe Opera campus, 301 Opera Dr., 800-280-4654 Kathleen Wilson covers art form’s history, music styles, and voice types; plus, live performances of selections from this season; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. June 4; $20; discoveropera.us.
Santa Fe Pride 2022
Hrasantafe.org/pride-events-2022 Pride Train Rails on Fire! (Honey), music and dancing during a round-trip ride on the Sky Railway train to Lamy; 7-9 p.m. June 4; $125 in advance.
International Folk Art Market Milner Plaza, Museum Hill
Hosting 150-plus artists and artist collectives; July 7 : early bird entry $87; general admission: $30; July 8: general admission, $27; July 9: general admission, $22; July 10, general admission $17; ages 16 and under no charge throughout; ticket sold in advance only; ifam.ticketspice.com/international-folk-art-market-santa-fe.
ART Santa Fe
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Hosting 60 galleries; noon-7 p.m. July 15, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 16 and 17; $10 and $20, ages 15 and under no charge; redwoodartgroup.com/art-santa-fe.
Sun Patterns, Dark Canyon
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House, 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2690 Paintings and aquatints by Doel Reed; public reception July 27; on view through Aug. 28; taosartmuseum.org.
Contemporary Hispanic Market Downtown, along Lincoln Avenue
Annual outdoor event, with handmade works by local artists; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 30 and 31; 505-331-5162; contemporaryhispanicmarketinc.com.
AT THE GALLERIES Santa Fe
5. Gallery 2351 Fox Rd., Suite 700, 505-257-8417 Shelters from the Storm, mixed-media paintings by David McDonald; through May 21. Artes de Cuba 1700 Lena St., 505-303-3138 Ocho Cubanos Ahora, group show of contemporary works; through May 15. Blue Rain Gallery 544 S. Guadalupe St., 505-954-9902 The Taos Six Collection: An Homage to E. Irving Couse, works by gallery artists; through May 21. Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., 505-995-9902 Gravitas, group show of paintings and sculpture; through May 21.
MUSEUMS & ART SPACES Santa Fe 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. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., 505-946-1000 Spotlight on Spring, focusing on the 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 Thursdays-Mondays.
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Pl., 888-922-4242
IAIA 2021–2022 BFA Exhibition: Awakened Dreamscapes; through May 15 • John Well-OffMan: Rhythm and Lines, linocuts; through May 29 • 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.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
710 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-476-1269 A Place in Clay, work by Jemez Pueblo potter Kathleen Wall; through May 16 • Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, group show; through June 16 • Birds: Spiritual Messengers of the Skies, paintings and pottery depicting the roles birds play in Native culture and history; 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 Ansel Adams: Pure Photography, nature studies, portraits, and architecture; through May 22 • 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; sitesantafe.org. Open ThursdaysSundays. 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 The Printer’s Proof: Artist and Printer Collaborations, retrospective group show; through May 15 • 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.
Taos Couse-Sharp Historic Site
146 Kit Carson Rd., 575-751-0369 La Luz de Taos, multidisciplinary group show; through May 19; couse-sharp.org. Open TuesdaysSaturdays. 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.