December 1
Tuesday
Holiday Entertaining Made Easy With a Pressure Cooker Las Cosas Cooking School, 181 Paseo de Peralta Prepare a holiday menu with a variety of pressure cookers. $90, 6–9 pm, 505-988-3394, lascosascooking.com.
Library Reading Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Ruby Hansen Murray, Terese Marie Mailhot, and Ramona Everson present readings as part of the IAIA Library Reading series. Free, 4 pm, 505-424-2300, iaia.edu.
Metta Refuge Council Upaya Zen Center, 1404 Cerro Gordo A weekly council group for those who wish to explore and share their experiences with aging, sickness, and death. Free, 10:15 am–12:45 pm, 505-986-8518, upaya.org.
Argentine Tango Milonga El Mesón, 213 Washington Tango dancing. $5, 7:30–11 pm, 505-983-6756, elmeson-santafe.com. Bill Hearne Trio La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E San Francisco Country music. Free, 7:30–11 pm, 505-995-2363, lafondasantafe.com. Cactus Slim & the GoatHeads Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 Hwy 14 Blues music. Free, 7–9 pm, 505-474-0344, themineshafttavern.com.
Gil Shaham The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco Performance Santa Fe presents violinist Gil Shaham performing Bach’s three Partitas for solo violin in B minor, D minor, and E major. $27–$100, 6:30 pm, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
December 2
Wednesday
Santa Fe Film Festival Various Locations (See page 28.) Santa Fe’s annual celebration of local, national, and global film, with five days of screenings and speakers featured at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, Violet Crown Cinema, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and other venues. December 2–6; ticket prices, times, and locations vary; 505-466-5528; santafefilmfestival.com. Red Carpet Burn World Premiere Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma (See page 28.) Local director Mark Steven Shepherd’s documentary on the phenomenon of celebrity and the trappings of fame. The world premiere at Jean Cocteau will kick off the Santa Fe Film Festival, with two more screenings scheduled for December 5 and 6. 4 pm, 505-466-5528, santafefilmfestival.com. Ladies of the Canyons: Remarkable Women of the Southwest New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Lesley Poling-Kempes speaks as part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Free, 12–1 pm, 505-476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org. Lannan Foundation: Richard Falk with Ali Abunimah The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco Lannan Foundation presents In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom: Richard Falk with Ali Abunimah. $3–$6, 7 pm, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Flashing on the Sixties El Museo Cultural, 555 Camino de la Familia (See page 5.) The Museum of the Sixties and Lisa Law Productions present a show that looks back at revolutionary times through the eyes and lens of Lisa Law and her friends, including photos, posters, artifacts, clothes, music and memorabilia, and her psychedelic bus, “Silver.” Free, 5–7 pm (reception), 7:30–8:30 pm (film screening), 8:30–9 pm (Q+A), 505-992-0591, elmuseocultural.org. GLOW Preview Party Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo Preview the dazzling lights of this annual holiday event, with live entertainment, food, and beverages inside a heated, illuminated geodesic dome. $35–$45, 5:30–8 pm, 505-471-9103, santafebotanicalgarden.org. Syd Masters La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E San Francisco
For more events happening around town, visit the Santa Fean’s online calendar at SantaFean.com.
Country music. Free, 7:30–11 pm, 505-995-2363, lafondasantafe.com. Tucker Binkley Osteria d’Assisi Restaurant & Piano Bar, 58 S Federal Piano music. Free, 6 pm–close, 505-986-5858, osteriadassisi.com. Wingtips & Windsors Skylight, 139 W San Francisco Music, style, and dance of the 1920s, featuring a dance lesson and live music. $5, 7 pm, 505-982-0775, skylightsantafe.com. The Santa Fe Opera Community Concert Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Pl The local edition of the Opera’s New Mexico-wide community performance series. Free, 6:30 pm, 505-986-5900, santafeopera.org. The African Drum Ensembles Santa Fe University of Art and Design (O’Shaughnessy Performance Space), 1600 St. Michael’s The SFUAD African Drum Ensembles perform under the direction of Fred Simpson. Free, 7:30 pm, 505-473-6196, santafeuniversity.edu.
Ongoing Music Fields/Energy Lines, Sketches of Invention PHIL SPACE, 1410 Second St Multimedia work by visual artist, musician, and composer Donald Rubinstein. Free, through November 25, 505-983-7945, philspacesantafe.com. Tales from the Middle Class freeform art space, 1619 C de Baca Ln Work in various media by Jody Sunshine. Free, through November 28, 505-692-9249, freeformartspace.com. Angel Wynn: Past, Present, Future Gallery 901, 632 Agua Fria November 19, 2015 NOW 15