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Now in its 39th summer season, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six-week celebration packed with more than 80 performances and events in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Opening night this year is July 27, when distinguished musicians present Zelenka’s Trio Sonata No. 1; Penderecki’s String Quartet No. 3, Leaves from an Unwritten Diary; and Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, Op. 81. The music starts at 6 pm at St. Francis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts. Tickets: $49–$65; 505-982-1890; sfcmf.org.
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o female pioneers! Celebrate the yin that balanced the pioneer yang—the female forces too often forgotten in the male-dominated narrative of the settling of our region—in Home Lands: How Women Made the West, a new exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum. Opening June 19 and running through September 11, it features art, photographs, and artifacts that bring the accomplishments and contributions of women in northern New Mexico, Colorado’s Front Range, and Washington’s Puget Sound to life. nmhistorymuseum.org.
wild and woolly F E S T I V A L S Kids (and their families) can watch sheep being sheared, see villagers in period costume demonstrate traditional weaving techniques, and try their hands at making friendship bracelets. It’s all part of the Santa Fe Fiber Arts Festival, June 25 and 26 from 10 am to 4 pm at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, the 200-acre Spanish Colonial ranch and living-history museum. Also on deck: educational talks on the history of textiles in New Mexico and an arts and crafts market featuring goods made with all-natural fibers. Tickets: $8, teens $5, kids under 13 free; golondrinas.org. 130
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CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO; RIGHT: COURTESY RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS
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