Lecture
Mad for 'The Mikado'
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado was a merchandising juggernaut and a cultural phenomenon that influenced aesthetic tastes for decades on both sides of the Atlantic.
The singer-songwriter, who returns in March to the Lensic, chatted with Pasatiempo about overcoming adversity (and retirement), his creative inspirations, and the state of America in 2025.
Music by Hispanic composers from Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Uruguay will be performed by the Santa Fe Symphony on its February 17 Music from Latin America concert.
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Santa Fe's United Church of Christ presents FebFest 2025, a celebration of African American spirituals and gospel music with a daylong workshop that any singer can join and a concluding concert that's free to the public.
Movie Preview
The Jazz Age Predecessor of Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain
The documentary film Bix: “Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet” explores the profound impact a white kid from Iowa who died at age 28 had on the development of jazz.
Pipa virtuoso Wu Man and Santa Fe Pro Musica offer a dual celebration in their upcoming concerts — Mozart’s 269th birthday and the dawning of The Year of the Snake.
Bishop's Lodge is bringing singer-songwriters from Nashville's iconic Bluebird Cafe for three winter weekends of music in the resort's intimate and rustic bunkhouse.
Music
Cs the day!
Brooklyn Rider string quartet offers a wide-ranging program by Henry Purcell, Betsy Jolas, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and Johannes Brahms, all unified by the simplest of means — the note C.
Erika Wollam Nichols, who started at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe as a waiter and is now its president, describes its unlikely rise from a neighborhood eatery to a country music Mecca.
The New Mexico Philharmonic's January 18 concert is a unique hybrid of music by Mozart, Antonio Salieri, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, exploring themes from the film Amadeus.
January 1 introduced the 1929 class of works which signified richness in the era’s literature and cinematic technology.
The Eldorado Jam Band gathers at the Eldorado Community Center’s Railroad Building for a bimonthly Acoustic Jam session every second and fourth Sunday of the month.
The Acequia Madre Elementary alum, who now divides her time between Budapest and New York, returns to home for performances with Chatter in Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque.
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Music
Bach to the Future!
Pro Musica closes its 2024 holiday offerings with Bach and Beyond, a pair of concerts featuring J.S. Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos.
The "genius grant" winner will perform J.S. Bach’s landmark Cello Suites, but with a sonic twist.
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The Santa Fe Symphony continues its holiday celebration with Sounds of the Season at the Lensic and the free-admission Carols and Choruses at St. Francis Cathedral.
The weathery work of Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen brings breath of fresh air with a dusting of snow.
Roundup
Out There!
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ARTS NEWS
- Help for historic site's Rachel Daley
- Poet Arthur Sze adds recognition from Yale to list of accolades
- Leadership shift at Santa Fe Playhouse
- Hopi basket weaver and cultural preserver named 2025 Goodman Fellow
- Albuquerque Museum Foundation awarded major grant to support big 2026 exhibition
- Nominations now being accepted for Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts
- Santa Fe artist wins Caldecott Medal with 'powerful images' in picture book
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center announces new incoming leader
- Santa Fe Classic Theater out at botanical garden
- Winners of 2024 Pueblo Gingerbread House Contest announced
SCREEN TIME
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