Local musician Lane Stevens performs Saturday night at Boese Brothers in Central Park Square. Stevens, who also works at Boese, broke his leg last month so many people showed up to support him. Photo by Sam McRae 
Local musician Lane Stevens performs Saturday night at Boese Brothers in Central Park Square. Photo by Sam McRae Read More
HDW News:
High Desert Winds (HDW) Santa Fe will present its second concert of the 2023-24 Season at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, at the St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., in Santa Fe.
Under the baton of Dr. Jan Gaynor, the performance will celebrate New Mexico and the southwest with music by Morton Gould, Robert Sheldon, Roland Barrett and John Mackey.
Also featured will be the premiere of Jordan Grigg’s “Land of Hope and Beauty, a musical history of New Mexico”
Admission is free with donations gratefully accepted.
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SALA News:
SALA Event Center is gearing up for a week filled with diverse events that promise entertainment for all. From educational coding sessions to captivating film festivals, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
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NMFO News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) has anounced that for the second year in a row, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces have all landed coveted spots on MovieMaker Magazine’s “Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker.”
This remarkable trifecta marks a pivotal moment for the Land of Enchantment’s booming film industry, solidifying its reputation as a creative oasis for filmmakers of all types.
“New Mexico’s fabulous tax incentives, deep crew base, and vast investments from major studios have made it one of the best-represented states in the country in our latest list,” Read More
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“The Color Purple,” the 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker, is now a musical, garnering nominations for every kind of film award. This latest film is based on a 2005 Broadway musical version of the book, reprised on stage in 2015. In this reviewer’s opinion, the musical genre brings insight to these familiar characters and their struggles.
The story of The Color Purple begins in 1917. Celie is the elder stepdaughter of a dry goods store owner whose shop is in an African American community in Georgia. Twice impregnated by her stepfather, Celie has Read More
COMMUNITY News:
Jeff Spicer in Spalding Gray’s “Monster In A Box”, presented by The Dixon Community Players, will open 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Toolshed, 68 NM 75 in Dixon.
The show will continue at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets cost $15 and are available at www.dixonplayers.com or at the door.
Box Office opens a half hour prior to the performance.
Spicer said he became aware of Gray through his video performance in Swimming to Cambodia 30 years ago and was intrigued
Pro Musica News:
SANTA FE — In the fourth installment of Santa Fe Pro Musica’s popular String Quartet Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, the Elias Quartet performs groundbreaking compositions by Haydn, Stravinsky, and Beethoven that altered the trajectory of the string quartet.
Known for performing, recording, and documenting all sixteen Beethoven string quartets in their ambitious “Beethoven Project,” the Elias Quartet is praised by The Scotsman for their “intense, free-thinking approach [that sets] free the wildest excesses of Beethoven’s inventiveness.”
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Zia Singers News:
SANTA FE/ALBUQUERQUE — Santa Fe’s beloved Zia Singers will perform Tuvayhun: Beatitudes for a Wounded World, a moving and innovative work by Norwegian composer, Kim Andre Arnesen for their winter concert with performances in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Based on the beatitudes, the 80-minute production portrays a timely message of inclusion, trust, kindness, compassion, humanity, and mutual respect. As part of its message to embrace our differences, the work incorporates elements from classical, jazz, and world music. Artistic Director, Aaron Howe is at the helm Read More
Former Mighty Oaks chorus members Jimmy Schofield, left, and Gary Smith meet up during rehearsal after not seeing each other for 24 years. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
The night before the previously scheduled October concert, Sound Check, the guest quartet from Santa Fe, may have taken the only existing photo at practice the evening before the show. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
When life gives you lemons, make twice as much lemonade and have a fundraiser, right? The October Barbershop Chorus extravaganza with the Santa Fe Harmonizers and the Lasses Read More
Sancre Productions News:
In these cold wintery times, some great news about the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series is here to cheer us all up!
In 2023, after several years of concert attendance growth and huge regional economic impacts under Sancre Productions’ corporate sponsorship model, Los Alamos County brought on board some incredible data tracking tools to find out just how many attendees the 2023 concerts drew.
“We are proud to announce that 88,500 concert-goers came to enjoy Los Alamos and Ashley Pond for the 15 summer concerts in 2023 each Friday evening, with Billy Bob Thornton and the Read More