Arts

SFCC 2025 Katie Besser Art & Writing Award Winners

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SFCC Katie Besser Award winner Judith White 2025. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC Katie Besser Award winner Tony Blankenship 2025. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s emerging writers and artists were recognized during the Katie Besser Art & Writing Awards celebration hosted by Meow Wolf on May 5. The awards were named for the late Katie Besser in recognition of her love of literature and creative writing. The event celebrated students’ creative expression through writing, photography and media arts. Writers representing SFCC’s diverse community read from their Read More

St. John’s College 58th Commencement Ceremony May 24

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Dr. Stephen Forman

SJC News:

SANTA FE — St. John’s College will hold its 58th Commencement ceremony at 10:30 p.m., Saturday, May 24. Approximately 130 members [LS2] of the Class of 2025, including undergraduates and students in the Graduate Institute’s Master of Liberal Arts and Master of Eastern Classics in-person and low-residency programs, will receive their degrees from the college, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary in the City of Santa Fe.

St. John’s College Class of 1970 alum and emeritus member of the college’s Board of Visitors and Governors, Dr. Stephen Forman Read More

BAR(d) Speak Easy Shakespeare ‘As You Like It’ May 15

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ISC SF News:

Incite Shakespeare Company presents a loosely staged performance of As You Like It with script in one hand and drink in the other at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, at Tumbleroot Agua Fria Taproom, 2792 Agua Fria Street.

Join us at 5:30 p.m. for a cocktail hour – performance 6:30-8:30 p.m. All ages admitted. (18 and under must attend with a parent or guardian).

Donations gratefully accepted!

Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind’s love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of “curing” him Read More

New Mexico Music Commission Opens Second Cycle Of ‘Music In The Community’ Grant Funding

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NMDCA News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Music Commission (NMMC) opens its second cycle of the “Music in the Community” Grant Program this month in support of music performance and activities across the state. Thirteen organizations have been providing educational programs, festivals, and performances to communities this past year through the first grant program offered.

“Last year’s grant program reached music performers, students, and audiences all over New Mexico, from Farmington to Artesia and beyond,” Music Commission Chair Carlos Medina said. “For this year, we’re hoping to get even Read More

Imagining Tomorrow, Inspiring Today: New Exhibit Explores Influence Of Science Fiction On Innovation And Society

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NMNSH News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History announces the opening of a new temporary exhibit, “Inspired by Fictional Events”, on Saturday, May 24.

The exhibit delves into the fascinating relationship between science fiction and real-world advancements, demonstrating how speculative narratives have not only entertained but have also sparked technological innovation and prompted critical discussions about our future. 

About the Exhibit

The exhibit showcases iconic examples of science fiction that have foreshadowed or inspired actual technologies, Read More

Los Alamos National Lab: Is Terraforming Mars Possible?

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Terraforming Mars would require warming the atmosphere to enable engineered microbes to create oxygen through photosynthesis, which would further allow for slow oxygen build-up to support liquid water and more complex life. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • A new paper in Nature Astronomy looks at the science

The possibility of terraforming Mars to make it habitable by humans has captured recent headlines and the imagination — but is there science to support it? In a recent perspective paper in Nature Astronomy, a team of planetary scientists, led by Pioneer Research Labs and the University of Chicago, Read More

Teatro Paraguas To Host ‘Voices Of Resistance’ June 1

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ART News:

Teatro Paraguas at 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe will host seven women poets for a poetry reading to benefit two important non-profit organizations: Santa Fe Dreamers and Solace. Voices of Resistance – a poetry reading and benefit is 4 p.m. Sunday, June 1, for Santa Fe Dreamers and Solace at Teatro Paraguas. Tickets are by donation. 

Organized by Katherine DiBella Seluja, the poets are Tina Carlson, Alicia Elkhart, Natachee Momaday Gray, Mary Oishi, Michelle Otero, Stella Reed and Katherine DiBella Seluja.

The reading is part of the ongoing series of Poetry at Paraguas events. All seven Read More