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OTHER DESERT CITIES NM Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576 An old-guard Republican family hiding a secret has a wild Christmas. This is a play, not your own life. Calm down. 7:30 pm, $25 THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 Four white presenting adults making a politically correct first Thanksgiving play for their children. It’ll go well! 7:30-9 pm, $15-$25
FRI/29 ART EPHEMERAL BODIES OF EARTH: PAINTINGS IN AN ANCESTRAL MEDIUM Two Rolands Gallery 612 Agua Fría (808) 359-1912 Portraiture and earthscapes, masked and revealed. One weekend only. 5-7 pm, free
ONE THREAD Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St. (505) 954-9902 Paintings of adolescents framed by awe-inspiring scenes of nature to make commentary about climate change (see SFR picks, page 17). 5-7 pm, free
BOOKS/LECTURES AN HOUR WITH THE CURATOR: SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL AND HISTORY CENTER San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 Time is running out to get some behind-the-scenes historic chats about that old building you’ve always walked by but never entered. 3-4 pm, $10 OUR PILGRIMAGE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC: WHAT REFUGEES CAN TEACH US Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso (505) 983-9461 Join author Wesley GranbergMichaelson (Without Oars: Casting Off Into a Life of Pilgrimage) for a Q&A and reception. All money raised goes toward soon-to-be Santa Fe Afghan Refugees. 7 pm, free SPOOKY YOKAI STORIES Online bit.ly/3Ec0QRT Japanese and US storytellers share their favorite scary stories from Yokai— Japanese supernatural myths. 8 pm, free WORDS ON THE EDGE: A READING New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 Join Santa Fe’s current and former poets laureate reading from WORDS on the Edge: a collection of 26 poems and lyrical texts, Email thomas.leech@state.nm.us to make a reservation. 6 pm, free
MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Rough week? Rough day? Rough general existence? Same here. Let Rogers lull you into a peaceful relaxing evening. 6:30 pm, free AMERICAN STRING QUARTET Taos Center for the Arts 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos (575) 758-2052 Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney on violin, Daniel Avshalomov on viola and Wolfram Koessel on the cello. This critically-acclaimed group has performed in all 50 states, a pretty brave endeavor considering there's Arkansas (jk Arkansas, but we haven’t forgiven you for the Huckabees). 5:30 pm, $25-$50 MOBY DICK & SABBATH Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Double the music at Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. Returning to the stage, and first time playing together Moby Dick and Sabbath light up the night. 21+, prepare to jam out and keep your dads under control: they lose control at these things. 7 pm, $10
THEATER 26 MILES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 If you had delightful family road trips to a national park somewhere or other, see this play to see what real families go through. Sheesh. 7:30 pm, $15-$25 OTHER DESERT CITIES The Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576 Conservative families with secrets coming out during the holidays. How familiar for most of us. I know the truth, Aunt Janice. I know. 7:30 pm, $25
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 Or, how to make a politically correct play at an elementary school dealing with “wokeness,“ Native American Heritage Month and grant money. FYI this is the plot of the play, not us complaining about anything. 7:30-9 pm, $15-$25
WORKSHOP MODERN BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS: REMAINING CONFIDENT IN THE FACE OF CRITICISM Santa Fe Community Yoga Center 826 Camino de Monte Rey (505) 282-5293 For everyone! All levels of experience and background are welcome. Meet like-minded people and enjoy these teachings. Yes we can use difficult, painful and frustrating situations to be become more compassionate and more confident. And so we discover solutions that we’d otherwise overlook. Grow spiritually with Buddha’s wisdom and meditation techniques. 10-11:30 am, $10
SAT/30 ART EPHEMERAL BODIES OF EARTH: PAINTINGS IN AN ANCESTRAL MEDIUM Two Rolands Gallery 612 Agua Fría (808) 359-1912 Remember: one weekend only to see this portraiture show. 5-7 pm, free PLEIN AIR PAINTERS OF NEW MEXICO Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555 Includes up to 100 works created within the last two years from award winners and other participants from the Plein Air Painters contest. All day, free
GRAND REVEAL: LIFE DRAWING Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Life drawing classes, with a secret theme to be revealed in the class. Bring your own drawing supplies, including easels (dry mediums only, please, even though painters are cool) and proof of vaccination/negative test. 10 am-1 pm, $10-$20 donation
DANCE HOOP DANCING Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Traditional Indigenous dancing on the Plaza. Come out to help support our Native brothers and sisters and non-binary siblings in the cool stuff art they do. 3:30-5 pm, free (but, like, tip)
EVENTS 4TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St. (505) 988-7222 Get into your sexy tree costumes and bareminimum-effort costumes— time to do that thing adults do when they celebrate literally anything. Two free drinks or shots included, drink specials for the crawlers, no cover costs, a professional photographer and an exclusive after party. Plus a $1,000 costume contest. Yeah, now you're interested, huh? 4-11:30 pm, $20-$25 JULESWORKS FOLLIES END OF MONTHLY SHOWCASE Online bit.ly/3G6te9E Variety, like a well organized herb garden. In this case imagine the little herbs as performers, virtually live. Hey, keep up with us: Julesworks Follies monthly livestream returns! Music, improv, performance, all the local talent you can imagine. Fun and free (but tips are accepted—pay your performers). 5 pm, free
THE CALENDAR SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET The West Casitas 1612 Alcaldesa St. (505) 310-8766 Abundant pottery selections, various jewelry choices, paintings in booth after booth, plus photographs, sculptures and more. We know it’s only October, but that doesn’t mean you can’t peruse for some Christmas ideas. As always, north of the water tower. 8 am-2 pm, free SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 Somewhere over the rainbow, green kale flies. But, like, into your reusable shopping bag as you seek out the earthworm and herb people. We don’t know if superfoods are actually a thing, but food from this market feels super. Wasn’t that cute? 7 am-1 pm, free YARD SALE AT MAKE MAKE Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502 MAKE Santa Fe hosts a big sale of tools, equipment, machines, parts, materials, electronics, furniture and loads of odds and ends for all your creative projects. 8 am-2 pm, free
MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Someone desperately needs to ask him to play the Ratatouille soundtrack. It always makes wine a little sweeter. 6:30 pm, free AMERICAN STRING QUARTET Taos Center for the Arts 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte (575) 758-2052 Maybe you’re just getting up to Taos, maybe you’re in it for a second round, getting a bit wild in that string quartet passion. Heck, make it a little Taos getaway and remember it was our idea. 5:30 pm, $25-$50 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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