Arts

New Mexico House Premieres During SXSW 2025, Bringing Los Alamos To Austin

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Los Alamos-based UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel, center, chats with participants and attendees during SXSW 2025 in March in downtown Austin, at the launch of New Mexico House, a day-long showcase celebrating the state’s innovation, culture, and economic opportunities. Courtesy/NMEDD

NMEDD News:

  • With support from UbiQD, LANL, RDC, and other local orgs, the inaugural event connects New Mexico’s film, art, and tech talent with a global audience during the city’s premier tech and culture convergence.

New Mexico made a spirited debut on the global stage Read More

Santa Fe Concert Band: Father’s Day Concert June 15

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SFCB News:

The Santa Fe Concert Band (SFCB) will present its annual Father’s Day Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 15, in Federal Park at 100 S. Federal Place in Santa Fe.

The Santa Fe Concert Band will celebrate dads everywhere with music from:

  • The Music Man; South Pacific:
  • The Magnificent Seven; and
  • Works by Leonard Bernstein, Shaiman, Wittman, John Philip Sousa.

The Santa Fe Concert Band, comprising about 50 local volunteer musicians, offers free concerts throughout the year. Its origins date back to the Civil War era (1865). In 1983, it was formally re-incorporated under the directorship Read More

Wheelwright Museum Exhibits Summer 2025

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Courtesy photo

ART News:

SANTA FE — Summer 2025 is full of cultural and artistic activity at the Wheelwright Museum with contemporary Indigenous art exhibits, programming, and Market events.

Summer begins with Visualizing K’é: New Works by Marwin Begaye, opening June 7 in the Schultz Gallery, and is followed by Once Within a Time: SITE Santa Fe 12th International, opening June 28 in the Klah Gallery. Gestural In Form opens Aug. 10 and showcases a selection of Virgil Ortiz’s work from the 1980s to the present day, with an important loan from the Mittler Family, which will celebrate Charlotte Mittler’s Read More

Jemez Mountain Brewhouse 3rd Anniversary Party May 22-26

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Jemez Mountain Brewhouse at 17691 N.M. 4 in Jemez Springs. Courtesy/JMB

JMB News:

The community is invited to join Jemez Mountain Brewhouse (JMB) in celebrating its third-year anniversary in business with music and entertainment, Thursday, May 22 through Monday, May 26.

Each day features many local and regional musicians and entertainers.

“There is much to be thankful for at JMB, starting with our hardworking staff. They have been making delicious food and delivering excellent service. We also know we wouldn’t be here without our loyal local customers. Thanks to the Jemez Springs Village Read More

Explore Powerful Stories Of Challenges Faced By Immigrants In Summer Film Series At National Hispanic Cultural Center

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Courtesy/Katie Rooke

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) invites visitors to its Bank of America Theatre for a series of three films throughout the summer that explore the challenges faced by immigrants and undocumented workers in the United States. 

“The Center works to preserve, promote, and advance the multiple forms of arts and culture among our community, and cinema is a key part of that effort,” NHCC Event and Film Coordinator Anna Lee DeSaulniers said. “Our 2025 Summer Film Series highlights a wide range of films that pertain to the challenges our Read More

En Pointe School Of Dance Spring Recital At Smith Sunday

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COMMUNITY News:

The En Pointe School of Dance is hosting a spring recital, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in the Duane Smith Auditorium at 1300 Diamond Drive.

The event showcases several styles of dance, including ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, belly dance, contemporary and Bollywood. Tickets are $15 for one or $25 for two. Read More

How NASA Dreams Turned To Creative Writing Reality

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St. John’s College staff member Kathleen Murphy. CourtesySJC

By KATHLEEN MURPHY
St. John’s College

In 1983, I met with my school counselor for the “career talk”. All vocational tests pointed toward the sciences, and I could taste a future at NASA. As I became more insistent about this pathway, my counselor oddly kept redirecting me to other jobs. He pointed out how well I was doing in English class, and wouldn’t I like to take an elective course in Creative Writing? He suggested jewelry-making. Jewelry-making? I left perplexed.

Walking home, I stopped in my tracks: I am a woman; THAT’S where the Read More

Artist Talk And Wire Weaving Demonstration With Hlengiwe Dube May 24 At Museum Of International Folk Art

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NMDCA News:

The community is invited to join an artist talk and wire weaving demonstration with artist, author and entrepreneur Hlengiwe Dube, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at the Museum of International Folk Art.

Dube is an artist, author, and the founder of Ifundiso Trading. Born in New Hanover in 1974, she was raised in the Valley of Thousand Hills in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her grandmother imparted the art of beadwork during her youth, fostering her development as a contemporary designer who draws inspiration from traditional motifs.

Dube is now recognized as an expert in Indigenous knowledge Read More