Santa Fe Events Calendar

During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but are willing to take a look at anything that is brought in. If they can not identify an object an attempt will be made to find someone who can. Sometimes, the discussion among the curators may become as much or more informative than the identification of the artifact. The event is always FREE and open to the public.

The Academy recently received the 2012 Sustainable Santa Fe Award for Water Conservation in recognition of the innovative water conservation and harvesting features of our campus in Seton Village, just outside of Santa Fe. Our tours address the unique and creative green design of the building, and the incorporation of landscape in the vision of our campus as a center for transformative learning. (Non-discrimination policy applies.) Free! Space is limited. RSVP to Marisa Roybal at 995-1860 or programs@aloveoflearning.org. Academy for the Love of Learning, 133 Seton Village Road, Seton Village. www.aloveoflearning.org

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Reading Level: age 9-12
Fans of Hoot, Scat, and Flush are sure to love Chomp—the latest eco-adventure from Carl Hiaasen. Set in the wild of the Everglades, Wahoo Cray is the son of an animal wrangler. When his dad becomes a part of a reality-TV show called Expedition Survival! and he meets Tuna, a girl on the run from her abusive father, Wahoo starts to wonder if anyone will survive. Tell your friends, and join us for a wacky, gator-wrangling ride

Come experience all things musical as we explore the violin and make our own instruments.

Living Well Class: Peri-menopause and Menopause - Traditional and Alternative Approaches.

• Speaker: Cristy Wickman, CFNP at Women's Health Services
• Time: 5:30 to 6:30 pm. FREE. Location: WHS conference room. 901 W. Alameda, Suite 25.
• Join us to learn ways to handle common problems, such as, hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, mood swings, memory changes, decrease in libido and heart palpitations. We will discuss methods to improve how you feel during this time.

During the exhibition of Joan Logghe's Poet Laureate exhibit “Odes&Offerings” in the Community Gallery, a series of programs are scheduled to enhance the community's appreciation of poetry and the written word. This collaborative exhibit asked 36 visual artists to incorporate the words of 36 poets in their work.

One-half of the participating poets read their works for the public.

For further information feel free to contact the Community Gallery Manager, Rod Lambert: rdlambert@santafenm.gov or 505.955.6705.

Stark comparisons of the traditional and the modern have informed the visualization of Native Americans from colonization to the present. Early contemporary Native photographer Horace Poolaw (1906–1984) created a dialogue with modernism through his adoption of composite narratives steeped in the cosmopolitan realism of the early 20th century. Lecture by Nancy Mithlo, Assistant Professor, Art History and American Indian Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tickets available for $10 at the Lensic Box Office: 505.988.1234

Come join us for a Doglicious evening at the 2012 Assistance Dogs of the West graduation!

Special thanks to our major sponsors Bettina Baruch Foundation, Linda Berkeley-Weiss, Santa Fe Animal Hospital, New Mexico Bannk and Trust, Melville Hankins Family Foundation, McDowell/Satzinger, Hotel Santa Fe, Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty, LTD.

Graduation takes place in the Greer Garson Theater, located on the campus of Santa Fe University of Art & Design.

The Vanessie Sessions Live on KBAC 98.1 an Evening with Andrew Primm and the Swordfish. Live on air 6-7p. Continue the evening at Vanessie from 7:30-9p.

Open mic with Jason Reed every Wednesday. Free recording of your performance! Come and bring your best!

Spirited soulful Flamenco Guitar
7:00–9:00 pm, No Cover

Andy Primm&Swordfish with Special Guests
Live on air 6-7

The $64,000 Question
METROPOLITAN OPERA SCENERY DISPLAY

Two huge painted scenic backdrops from the old Metropolitan Opera house in New York, bought in the 1950's with money won on "The $64,000 Question" TV show by an opera enthusiast from Long Island, New York, will be on display, Wednesday evenings at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the railyard, May 9th to June 6th. The story of the scenery, painted by famed Met designer Joseph Urban, will be presented in a talk given by Webster Young, a composer, music journalist, and New York opera director. Young was invited twice by the White House to be a candidate for director of the National Endowment for the Arts. He will talk, play his concert grand piano, and host a Q&A with the audience.

The scenic backdrops by Urban date from 1928 and 1935, and are 50 x 24 feet. They will take up the entire width of one of the museum's large rooms. Many of the Met's great singers sang in front of this scenery.

This event also celebrates a book release by Webster Young: "Berkeley-Paris Express - The Education of a Composer, 1968-80". Copies of the book will be available for signing. Young is composer of 10 ballets and 6 operas and studied with followers of Stravinsky and Milhaud. He has been a music journalist for New York Newsday, the National Catholic Register, and the InterCollegiate Review. Numerous videos of his operas and ballets may be found on Youtube under "Webster Young".
May 9th ($5 preview), 16, 23, 30, June 6:
$15 suggested donation, benefits El Museo
Minor refreshments, no alcohol. at 555 Camino de la Familia, in the Railyard

Lydia Davis has been called “an American virtuoso of the short story form” (Salon.com) and “one of the quiet giants of American fiction” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
$6/$3 seniors&students

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to announce my latest project Trova!

Trova will be an evening of some of my favorite songs from all the Spanish speaking countries of the world, the Middle East, Greece, Italy and beyond!

It's a world music journey that will surely transport you into uncharted territory.

TROVA loosely translated is a meeting place where stories begin, a place of finding what was once lost and a song in your heart.

Every Thursday starting at 9:00 PM. Dinner show.
$5.00
Special guests!

Reserve your table today 505 983-9912 or online at elfarolsf.com

Hope to see you!

Nacha

Open Mic Night Jam every Wednesday. 7-9pm.

Free Admission.

Some Wednesday’s will have special guests.

Nacha Mendez performs music from all the Spanish speaking countries of the world every Wednesday at La Boca.

There is no cover.

The Information: How We Came To Be Deluged By Tweets
James Gleick is author of Chaos; Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman; Isaac Newton; Faster, and What Just Happened. His latest book is The Information.

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information: Charles Babbage, Ada Byron, Samuel Morse, Alan Turing and Claude Shannon, the creator of information theory itself.

The Santa Fe Institute’s Community Lectures offer a window into the Institute’s research to understand the common patterns in physical, computational, biological, and social complex systems that underlie the most profound issues facing science and society today. This year’s series focuses on human individual and social behavior. By transcending disciplines, breaking academic molds, and drawing together an international network of unorthodox creative thinkers, SFI is asking big questions that matter to science and society.

Description: Man No Sober - Eric George has been making music for over 20 years, sharing the stage with top diverse national artists from Buddy Guy to Buddy Miles, Rascal Flatts to Keith Urban, Brett Michaels, and Kid Rock. He started in music at 10 years old, playing in his family's band, has toured world-wide and is on the threshold of a music that will touch hearts and minds for years to come.

No Cover

Some like to Dance some like to watch.
Every Wednesday Live @ El Farol

20% off dinner entrees for Santa Fe Residents

Don't miss our Wednesday Drink specials!

Price: $20 - Tickets at Door - Doors open at 7:30

The Wolff&Clark Expedition is co-led by pianist Michael Wolff and drummer Mike Clark. Both of these jazz masters began their careers in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1970's and have continued to create, record and perform in the bands of the premiere jazz musicians of their time, as well as being leaders of their own projects. They are now both based out of New York City and will be joined by bassist Michael Olivola.

Michael Wolff was a member of the bands of Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Jean Luc Ponty, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim and singer Nancy Wilson, among many others. As musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show, Wolff performed with artists ranging from Yo Yo MA to Grandmaster Flash, and with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea as well. A bandleader in his own right, he has 12 recordings under his own name.

Mike Clark created his own innovative style of drumming as a member of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters Band; one of the seminal bands that changed the course of jazz and garnered an enviable position in recent jazz history for their rhythmic and harmonic inventions. Clark has gone on to be a leader of the Headhunters, which still continues to tour, and he has been one of the most sampled drummers in history. He has performed and recorded with Wayne Shorter, Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Chet Baker, Christian McBride, Eddie Henderson, Nicholas Payton, Lenny White, and countless others.

The music of Wolff&Clark Expedition draws upon those experiences of having played with the masters of jazz and other popular music, and combines their looseness and experimental jazz natures with their funky roots. Always central to the music is some feeling or intimation of the blues. With Wolff and Clark as the foundation of the band, the uniqueness of their concept is in the fluidity of the collaborating musicians who augment their vision. With this revolving door of band members, each "expedition" is a new musical journey on their unrelenting search for fresh, exciting, wild, and soulful music. They have a long list of potential musical collaborators including: Steve Wilson, James Genus, Christian McBride, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, Randy Brecker, Wallace Roney, Terrell Stafford, Lenny Pickett, Ray Anderson, Dave Liebman, Ed Neumeister, Seamus Blake, and many more.

Call tour company to check seasonal scheduling/availability. These companies are not affiliated and offer separate packages.

Eldorado Hotel&Spa, 309 E. San Francisco St.
La Fonda Santa Fe, 100 W. San Francisco St.
New Mexico Museum of Art Downtown Walking Tours, 107 W. Palace Ave.
OR
A Well-Born Guide, www.swguides.com

--Historic/Cultural Tours Eldorado Hotel&Spa, 309 E. San Francisco St. OR La Fonda Santa Fe, 100 W. San Francisco St. Presented by Historic Walks of Santa Fe and featured on Good Morning America, this historic/cultural tour is led by professional museum guides who provide commentary on the rich history, cultures, architecture&art of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Visit the most historic sites including St.Francis Cathedral, Loretto Chapel and the State Capitol. Eldorado Tours depart from Eldorado Hotel at 9:30am&1:30pm, from the Hilton Santa Fe at 9:35am&1:35pm, and from St. Francis Hotel at 9:45am&1:45pm. Tickets: $14 per person; for more information, call 505-986-8388 or visit www.historicwalksofsantafe.com.

--A Well-Born Guide: Various Tours Tours include Artists and Acequias: A Guided Walking Tour of Canyon Rd/Eastside, Garden Tour: Past and Present, Ghost Tour: The Dark Side of Santa Fe, The Jewish Legacy in NM: A History Different, Women in NM History: A Different Downtown Tour.

FEATURE TOUR: Bars and Brothels in Santa Fe: A Red Light Tour
Try this adult alternative to ghost tours and explore some of the city's more famous watering holes and hangouts, past and present, in the downtown and Guadalupe area. End the tour at one of these “colorful” places! $25/pp Min. $60 Weds, Sats 7:30 PM winter; 8:30 PM summer

ALL TOURS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. GENERAL OVERVIEW TOUR, COMBO TOURS OUT OF TOWN ADVENTURES and more! 505 988 8022, info@swguides.com, www.swguides.com.

--New Mexico Museum of Art The New Mexico Museum of Art offers walking tours of downtown Santa Fe. Guided by one of our docents, the tours highlight art and architectural history. Tours begin at the gift shop stairs of the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 West Palace Avenue, on the Plaza in Santa Fe. 10AM-11:30am. $10 per person. Children 18 and under free, www.nmartmuseum.org

SALTANAH: The state of musical ecstasy expressed through dance...

The Saltanah Dancers enchant at Cleopatra Cafe on the Southside! Come see our exciting bellydance show at this popular restaurant every Thursday night. The Saltanah Dancers - Deborah, Areena, Michelle&Sara - perform Egyptian-style bellydance as soloists and in group choreography.

Yummy Middle Eastern food, beer and wine available. No cover charge. Call 505-474-5644 for more information.

Residents of Santa Fe and those who live near the Santa Fe River are invited to gather at the riverbank in May to show their support for efforts to protect and preserve the city's water system as well as rehabilitate the river.

In 2007, American Rivers designated the Santa Fe River as the most endangered in the United States. Local environmental groups, concerned citizens, river enthusiasts and environmental artists along with the county and City of Santa Fe are working to bring the river back to life.

The Rivers Run Through Us project (led by eco-artists Bobbe Besold and Dominique Mazeaud and former Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martínez) aims to bring more attention and stewardship to the river and its communities. Between May 17-20, these three women will walk the full length (46 miles) of the Santa Fe River—from the Sangre de Cristos to Cochiti Pueblo. This four-day journey (and the resulting website) will create river-art, unite the community, promote awareness, and emphasize our relationship with river systems, earth and water.

The community (children, youth, adults, elders, families, organizations) is invited to meet the project team along the river in the city of Santa Fe at the following dates and times:

Friday, May 18: 9 a.m. Audubon Center; 10 a.m. Water History Museum (corner of Camino Cabra and Upper Canyon Rd); 11:30Alameda/Paseo de Peralta (NM School for the Arts); 12:30 Guadalupe/E. Alameda; 1-2:30 W. Alameda between St. Francis and Camino Alire; 4:30 and overnight, Frenchy's Field.

Saturday, May 19th: 10-11 a.m. Choir Performance at San Ysidro Crossing (Agua Fria Village), 11:30 a.m. Airport Rd.

Community participation can be as simple as meeting the walkers at the river for a simple greeting or having lunch or a snack along the riverfront park.

Residents are also invited to express their care and respect for the river through the following activities: litter removal; storytelling; native species planting; dance; erosion control projects; poetry/spoken word; invasive species removal; music&singing; bank stabilization, riverbank sculpture, water testing; rainwater harvesting demonstrations, theater.

Collected Works Bookstore is pleased to offer a 45-minute Story Time session every Wednesday and Thursday at 10.45am!

Featured books cater to children aged 6 months to 5 years.  Most sessions begin with simple but engaging books for the youngest listeners, and build to longer picture books, rhyming poems, our newest favorites, and some classics for the "big kids".

As attention spans vary, families are welcome to come and go as they wish--- we are delighted to host the group to its saturation point!  Occasionally, we break into song if the children need movement or a change of pace.  We also encourage dialogue as the stories are read and the audience's curiousity is piqued.

All children must be accompanied and upervised by an adult throughout the Story Time.  Please come enjoy our gatherings and follow up with a visit to our cafe; nothing goes ith Story Time like a good snack!

Great kids' stories in English and in Español.

Twenty-three brand-new graduates of Santa Fe Community College’s nursing program will practice centuries-old traditions as they receive their nursing pins from family or faculty. The Department of Nursing Education’s pinning ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 17 at 1 p.m. in the Jemez Rooms at SFCC, 6401 Richards Ave. in Santa Fe, NM. The graduates will receive pins that represent the completion of the physical and mental demands of nursing school at SFCC. The students will also light candles, symbolizing Florence Nightingale’s practice of lighting her way with an oil lamp as she made rounds at night. Nursing faculty members Kim Bear and Susan Winter and student Meighan Edwards will speak at the ceremony.

Check-up Day! Wellness Screenings, blood pressure and body mass index, at Women’s Health Services.

Come join us on Thursday afternoons and learn about fashion, sewing, illustration and work on your own projects. The possibilities are endless: you can work on your project for the recycled trash fashion show, learn how to sew, or learn about fashionillustration and the world of fashion design. Kids will be able to determine their own projects, and work through them with guidance. $20.00 a class or $160 for 10 classes

Work together to build, design and create everything from boats to masks.

Look more closely at the world and draw what you see.

Learn to

• Top rock
• Drops
• Down rock
• Freezes
• Power Moves
• Routines
• Free Style
• And more.

Living Well Class: Child Immunizations – What you need to know.

• Speaker: Prudy Krieger, MD Pediatric Infectious Disease

• Time: 5:30 to 6:30 pm. FREE. Location: WHS conference room. 901 W. Alameda, Suite 25.

• Join us as we discuss the newest national health guidelines for childhood vaccinations.Childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases, including diphtheria, measles, meningitis, polio, tetanus and whooping cough. You may wonder about the benefits and risks of childhood vaccines. Here are straight answers to common questions about childhood vaccines.

Free Public Event. We’ll have a panel of experts talking about budgeting, saving, investing and achieving financial security and peace of mind. Bring your questions. Or send them to me. Catering will generously be provided by Jambo Cafe. As always, there is no charge to attend.

Collected Works Bookstore proudly features poets Cyrus Cassells and Kate Braid for a reading from their latest work.

Cyrus Cassells is the author of the poetry collections The Mud Actor, which was a National Poetry Series Selection; Soul Make a Path Through Shouting, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won a William Carlos Williams Award; Beautiful Signor, which was a recipient of the Lambda Literary Award; More Peace Than Cypresses; and The Crosssed-Out Swastika. He is the recipient of the Peter I.B. Lavan Younger Poets Award, and fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.  He teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University - San Marcos.

Cyrus Cassells' fifth book,  The Crossed-Out Swastika, commemorates the blazing integrity of young people caught in the vise of World War II.  Cassells follows the lives of historical and semi-fictional characters to amplify moments of almost impossible music, bravery, beauty, and redemption, illuminating the human spirit against unspeakable tyranny.  Reviewing the book, poet Li-Young Li noted, "In The Crossed-Out Swastika, Cyrus Cassells sets out to accomplish a genuine synthesis, to know the nature of the powers which thwart our human evolution, and to create a voice which can account for them and comprehend them."

Kate Braid is a former construction worker whose career as a poet grew out of the journals she kept while on the job.  She has taught creative writing at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and Vancouver Island University.  She is the author of the poetry collections Turning Left to the Ladies, A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems, To This Cedar Fountain, Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keefe's Journey with Emily Carr, and Covering Rough Ground.  She has also edited a number of collections, including In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry.  She was honored by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation as one of the Remarkable Women in 2012, and from May 17 - June 2, 2012, she will serve as Writer-in-Residence at Mabel Dodge Lujan House in Taos.

Kate Braid's latest book, Turning Left to the Ladies, catalogues some of the poet's experiences during her fifteen years of working in construction.  Of the collection, Our Times said, "Always clear and accessible, Braid's poetry is rich with vivid descriptive details, mini-narratives, character, and truths of every day experience, making Turning Left to the Ladies a compelling collection for women or men, whether they are blue-collar or white-collar, as well as for the poetry-averse and for the poetry fan alike."  Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keefe's Journey with Emily Carr is an imaginary journal that painter Georgia O'Keefe might have kept if she and Canadian painter Emily Carr had ever taken a trip together throughout New Mexico and British Columbia.  It was nominated one of the Literary Network's Top Ten Canadian Poetry Books for 1999, and won the Vancity Book Award.

Valentine has performed with various blues bands, and as a solo artist in Santa Fe and the surrounding area.  Tim has released two CDs, the first, "Where I've Been", and his most recent, "Songs in the Silence".

Mariachi Sonidos del Monte playing Thursday Evenings from 6:30pm-8:30pm in both the lounge and the dining room.. Please join us for a night of good eats and good music.

Pianist, Singer and Entertainer
7:00-9:00 pm, No Cover

Dear friends,
As we approach the coming fire season, you may be wondering how the BLM, Forest Service, and other agencies work to protect you from wildfires. This month, at the New Mexico Public Lands Information Center's Third Thursday lecture series, we take a look at the men and women who work to minimize the impact of wildfires here in New Mexico with our program “Living with Wildfires: Prevention, Control, and Recovery.” Representatives from the BLM, Forest Service, and Los Alamos National Labs will discuss how we prepare for fire season, how we manage fires when they are burning, and how we work to recover from fires once they occur.
The PLIC's Third Thursday lecture begins at 7:00, May 15th, at the New Mexico State Office for the BLM at 301 Dinosaur Trail in Santa Fe. Doors open at 6:30, with time for a brief Q&A afterwards. For further questions, please contact Kevin at the Public Lands Information Center at 505-954-2002.
The Third Thursday Lectures are a joint presentation of the BLM and the Public Lands Interpretive Association.

Latin and Fusion Jazz

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Scott Cadenasso has been a fixture in the New Mexico music scene for nearly thirty years. He has been a principal member of several New Mexico bands spanning a broad pallette of genres. He was a founding member and singer in Albuquerques’ popular Experimental Rock band “Ubana Pistola” . In the mid-nineties he joined forces with Jeff Nelson in the punk-funk recording group”Frizcat” and started the Joots (an archaic computer-world acronym for jumping-out-of-the- system) record label. In the past ten years Cadenasso has honed his abilities as a solo artist performing his songs with acoustic guitar throughout the western states.

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to announce my latest project Trova!

Trova will be an evening of some of my favorite songs from all the Spanish speaking countries of the world, the Middle East, Greece, Italy and beyond!

It's a world music journey that will surely transport you into uncharted territory.

TROVA loosely translated is a meeting place where stories begin, a place of finding what was once lost and a song in your heart.

Every Thursday starting at 9:00 PM. Dinner show.
$5.00
Special guests!

Reserve your table today 505 983-9912 or online at elfarolsf.com

Hope to see you!

Nacha

Description: John Kurzweg-- best known as the producer (and or mixer) for Multi Platinum rock acts Creed.,Puddle of Mudd and Eagle Eye Cherry. In 2001 he also produced a track for multi platinum singer Jewell (Atlantic). JK has also produced and mixed for many other label artists you may or may not have heard of---Social Burn (Electra), No Address (Atlantic), Cinder (Interscope), Double Drive (RoadRunner), LoungeFly (RCA), Mo Leveret (Storyville), House of Dreams (Ichiban), Noel Hartough-Mile (Sony), Tishamingo (MagnaCarta), and many he has probably forgotten to tell us about.

Kurzweg's early history--- started piano lessons when he was 7, guitar lessons at 11, and by the time he was 13, he was playing paid gigs in Richmond Va. with musicians a bit older than himself---many bands, gigs, and different instruments later (John played drums in several favorite Tallahassee Fl bands and pick up gigs with Chuck Berry and Percy Sledge),---Kurzweg procured a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1986 and in 1987 released a solo album using his middle name---"John Philip"---the album didnt do as well as hoped, so by 1989 John found himself back in Fl broke, dealess, and playing bars again----however--now he had an 8 track reel to reel, a mixing board, and some mics---so---why not produce some bands on the side?

Well, thats what he did---- In 1996 he started work with what seemed then "just another local Tallahassee band", a band called Creed- and as they say--the rest is history. In 2003 John moved to Santa Fe NM where he has a separate recording studio on a beautiful high desert property---the studio has a spacious, live drum room, a great 1979 Gretch maple kit, some very cool guitars, amps, lots of great mics and plenty of neve's, gml's, api's etc to "make things go boom"...

No Cover

Nacha Mendez entertainer extraordinaire has put together a spectacular Dinner show.

She has combined musical influences from Spain, Latin America, Greece, Italy and the Middle East to bring you Trova.

This exciting dinner show is offered every Thursday.

Nacha has brought amazing talent to accompany her and El Farol is proud to feature Nacha and her company.

Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and show at 8:00 p.m. $15.00 cover for the show.RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL

The Santa Fe blues band that just received a New Mexico Music Award nomination for best blues song of the year will be playing the Silver City Blues Festival over Memorial Day Weekend (May 27th at 1:30 pm).  The band will have a show prior to their departure called the:

Silver City Send Off party! (and gas money fund raiser).  Here are the details....

The Country Blues Revue, plus electric autoharpist Mike Baker, will have a send off party Thursday, May 17th at the Ore House at Milagro on San Francisco Street.
The start time is 8:30 pm and the $5 cover will be collected after 9pm.   The band will feature tunes from their CD "Blues for Too Long", new originals, older Delta blues and some surprises.  We'll also have some special guests, and have information about the Blues Festival in Silver City.

Thanks for your listing...for more information contact me at either 505-988-2666 or 505-795-9212 (cell)....

"Harmonica" Mike Handler

Call tour company to check seasonal scheduling/availability. These companies are not affiliated and offer separate packages.

Eldorado Hotel&Spa, 309 E. San Francisco St.
La Fonda Santa Fe, 100 W. San Francisco St.
New Mexico Museum of Art Downtown Walking Tours, 107 W. Palace Ave.
OR
A Well-Born Guide, www.swguides.com

--Historic/Cultural Tours Eldorado Hotel&Spa, 309 E. San Francisco St. OR La Fonda Santa Fe, 100 W. San Francisco St. Presented by Historic Walks of Santa Fe and featured on Good Morning America, this historic/cultural tour is led by professional museum guides who provide commentary on the rich history, cultures, architecture&art of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Visit the most historic sites including St.Francis Cathedral, Loretto Chapel and the State Capitol. Eldorado Tours depart from Eldorado Hotel at 9:30am&1:30pm, from the Hilton Santa Fe at 9:35am&1:35pm, and from St. Francis Hotel at 9:45am&1:45pm. Tickets: $14 per person; for more information, call 505-986-8388 or visit www.historicwalksofsantafe.com.

--A Well-Born Guide: Various Tours Tours include Artists and Acequias: A Guided Walking Tour of Canyon Rd/Eastside, Garden Tour: Past and Present, Ghost Tour: The Dark Side of Santa Fe, The Jewish Legacy in NM: A History Different, Women in NM History: A Different Downtown Tour.

FEATURE TOUR: Bars and Brothels in Santa Fe: A Red Light Tour
Try this adult alternative to ghost tours and explore some of the city's more famous watering holes and hangouts, past and present, in the downtown and Guadalupe area. End the tour at one of these “colorful” places! $25/pp Min. $60 Weds, Sats 7:30 PM winter; 8:30 PM summer

ALL TOURS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. GENERAL OVERVIEW TOUR, COMBO TOURS OUT OF TOWN ADVENTURES and more! 505 988 8022, info@swguides.com, www.swguides.com.

--New Mexico Museum of Art The New Mexico Museum of Art offers walking tours of downtown Santa Fe. Guided by one of our docents, the tours highlight art and architectural history. Tours begin at the gift shop stairs of the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 West Palace Avenue, on the Plaza in Santa Fe. 10AM-11:30am. $10 per person. Children 18 and under free, www.nmartmuseum.org

Residents of Santa Fe and those who live near the Santa Fe River are invited to gather at the riverbank in May to show their support for efforts to protect and preserve the city's water system as well as rehabilitate the river.

9 a.m. Audubon Center; 10 a.m. Water History Museum (corner of Camino Cabra and Upper Canyon Rd); 11:30Alameda/Paseo de Peralta (NM School for the Arts); 12:30 Guadalupe/E. Alameda; 1-2:30 W. Alameda between St. Francis and Camino Alire; 4:30 and overnight, Frenchy's Field

In 2007, American Rivers designated the Santa Fe River as the most endangered in the United States. Local environmental groups, concerned citizens, river enthusiasts and environmental artists along with the county and City of Santa Fe are working to bring the river back to life.

The Rivers Run Through Us project (led by eco-artists Bobbe Besold and Dominique Mazeaud and former Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martínez) aims to bring more attention and stewardship to the river and its communities. Between May 17-20, these three women will walk the full length (46 miles) of the Santa Fe River—from the Sangre de Cristos to Cochiti Pueblo. This four-day journey (and the resulting website) will create river-art, unite the community, promote awareness, and emphasize our relationship with river systems, earth and water.

Community participation can be as simple as meeting the walkers at the river for a simple greeting or having lunch or a snack along the riverfront park.

Residents are also invited to express their care and respect for the river through the following activities: litter removal; storytelling; native species planting; dance; erosion control projects; poetry/spoken word; invasive species removal; music&singing; bank stabilization, riverbank sculpture, water testing; rainwater harvesting demonstrations, theater.

The public will be able to track the walkers' journey in real-time as well as see video and photos of the river and riverbank activities at this website: littleglobe.org/rivers-run-through-us

For more information, contact Valerie Martínez at valerie@littleglobe.org, 505-603-0866. Please see expanded project description and materials, attached.

Munay-Ki is unconditional love in motion.
The Rites are gifted as seeds of pure potential into the chakras and luminous energy field. Once only available to the holy wisdom keepers, they have come to us from the high medicine people of the Andes of Peru, at this time of the "Great Awakening" on Pacha Mama...Mother Earth...and the time of our evolution into Homo Luminous - Beings of Light...We are the ones we've been waiting for. Debra LightHeart has been an energy medicine practitioner since 1996. She is a Mesa Carrier in the Peruvian Shamanic Lineage, and she is a mentor/steward of the Munay-Ki Great Rites of Enlightenment.

Alternating each Friday between painting and drawing mediums. Explore art-making using
pastels, acrylics and inks.

www.bishopslodge.com/

The Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association sponsors the May Studio Tour and the November Fall Show each year to provide a venue for artists living in the Eldorado community. The Eldorado Studio Tour is Santa Fe's largest studio tour. In fact, the Eldorado Studio Tour is the largest in the state. Each year the artists open their home studios to show their amazing art representing a wide spectrum of art media. This year 117 artists will show their work in 83 studios the weekend of May 19-20 from 10 am to 5 pm. In order for visitors to determine which studio to visit we encourage them to stop at the EACA Preview Gallery at La Tienda Center located at the main entrance to Eldorado. Signs and banners show the way to the center. There visitors can view work by each artist, pick up a comprehensive brochure including a map to all 83 studios and begin their visit to the studios of their choice.

The 1% that gives back:
New Mexico's Stimulating 2011/2012 Fine Arts Lineup
This year, opportunities for New Mexican artists continue to flourish, thanks to the New Mexico Arts Art in Public Places Program. AIPP is committed to keeping art in the Land of Enchantment fine. Under the direction of coordinator Eileen Braziel, the Temporary Installations Made for the Environment program (TIME) and the newer TIME Exchange program are gearing up for an impressive year of thought-provoking and visually stimulating installation art inside and outside New Mexico.

As part of the Time-Lapse exhibition at SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe-based collective Meow Wolf will present a series of flowing performance, discussion, and moving image meditation that will slip into and out of the Time Capsule Lounge's expanse of space and time, activating the room with a theater piece, video projection morphing and manipulating the interpretation of motion within space, and a two-man philosophical conversation exploring the basic question "Is Time Real?". More rogue-like moments will include spontaneous poetry and dance, costumed characters, and live creation of visual art.

Join us every weekend this summer for the movie series Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and the Masters of Studio Ghibli.

Spirited Away: May 11-13
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: May 18-20
Castle in the Sky: May 25-27
My Neighbor Totoro: June 1-3
Pom Poko: June 8-10
Kiki's Delivery Service: June 15-17
My Neighbors the Yamadas: June 22-24
Porco Rosso: June 29-July 1
Princess Mononoke: July 6-8
Only Yesterday: July 13-15
Whisper of the Heart: July 20-22
The Cat Returns: July 27-29
Howl's Moving Castle: August 3-5
Ponyo: August 10-12

Please join us:
To purchase Castles in the Sky Series passes, call the CCA Box Office at 505-982-1338.

Online ticketing available too! Visit ccasantafe.org and click "Buy Tickets Online" in the Cinematheque drop-down menu and to view showtimes.

To celebrate the re-opening of the Shellaberger Tennis Center under new ownership, Santa Fe's world-class facility is throwing a free tennis party every Friday night for a year. Come by yourself or bring the family—there's something for every age (4 and older) and level of play. Fun offerings include clinics for kids and adults; drills; fun social doubles; and competitive doubles. The Fiesta takes place every Friday, 6–9 pm. The first three Fridays you attend are absolutely free; after that, it's only $10/night. To sign up, call (505) 473-6144, or stop by the center.To download a flyer, visit shellabergertennis.com.

Fine pickin’ & singin’ from the one of Santa Fe’s true originals, Bill Hearne and his band. 6-9 pm at the Railyard.

Nacha Mendez solo acoustic and sometimes with special guests. Latin World Music. No cover

Original music from some of Santa Fe's finest singer/songwriters: Lisa Carman Band, Cristen Grey, Earth Heart, Mystic Measures, Jesse Kalu, Eryn Bent, Diana James and more. Suggested donation: $10-20.

All proceeds go to the Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living New Performance Space

Native American Flute and Spanish Classical Guitar Music by six-time Native American Music Award Nominee and two-time New Mexico Music Industry Award winner Ronald Roybal. Ronald is a Santa Fe mainstay! Join him in the intimate lounge and restaurant at the Hotel Santa Fe, the only Native American owned full service hotel in Santa Fe! Call 505-955-7805 for restaurant reservations.

A Magic Carpet Ride of Music, Dance and Fun…

Santa Fe, N.M.— Join Pandemonium Production for the Santa Fe Showing of the Arabian tale of true love, Disney's Aladdin, opening May 11th at 7pm at the James A. Little Theatre, and continuing May 12th, 18th, 19th, @ 7pm and the, 13th and 20th at 2pm. Performed by the Pandemonium Players, an ensemble of 45+ students, ages 6-16, the musical is based on the popular animated Disney film.
"Welcome to Agrabah, believers of romance, magic and enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail." Aladdin is a magical carpet ride of discovery-- from the fun-loving Genie you can't get enough of, to the scheming villian and his wiseguy parrot, and, of course, those two you love to see fall in love-- Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. Plus, it features the Academy Award-winning music, including best song and best score with such favorites as A Whole New World and Friend Like Me.

Directed by Christopher Leslie with musical direction by Cora Harms and choreography by Mandie Szantho, the production features music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.
Aladdin offers something for the entire family-- dancing genies, magic carpets and contagious songs. So, hurry and buy your tickets faster than you can sing, "Prince Ali! Handsome is he, Ali Abawa." Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for kids. Call 982-3327 for tickets.
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Aladdin
Performance Schedule
May 11,12,18,19 at 7pm
May 13, 20 at 2pm

JAMES A. LITTLE THEATRE (1060 Cerrillos Rd.)
$10 for adults/$6 for kids under 12

Call 982-3327 to reserve tickets

Swinging Jazz Piano Trio with Special Guest Master Musicians
7:30–10:30pm, No Cover

As part of its World Music series, Lensic Presents the Argentine band Los Pinguos on May 18. A longtime favorite amongst world music fans, Los Pinguos are extensively touring the U.S. and Canada to promote their eighth album, “1111,” which officially hit the streets April 18th.  The new collection of songs captures the band’s dynamic genre-bending musical range, showcasing a stunning ability to integrate traditional Latin rhythms into thoroughly modern compositions.

Longtime listeners will recognize the band’s trademark infectious sound. The addition of a string quartet on four songs, lends a distinctive cinematic feel to those tracks, and the album as a whole. Many songs on “1111” have been road-tested over the last two to three years. In concert, the band reproduces their sound with precision, yet they retain that elusive raw energy live audiences have come to expect from Los Pinguos.

Hailing from cosmopolitan Buenos Aries, Argentina, Los Pinguos united in 1999, immediately winning over fans with their passionate live shows in clubs, bars and private parties throughout the capital.  Making a leap of faith, the band journeyed to Los Angeles in 2001, intent on taking their career to the next level. Consistent performances for excited audiences at clubs like The Latin Lounge, The Knitting Factory, Key Club and others culminated in impressive gigs at Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade. These shows convinced the band of their ability to reach a wide and diverse audience. Spotted by a talent scout on the promenade, Los Pinguos soon found themselves winning the Grand Prize on the show “The Next Big Star” and were finally exposed to a national audience.

Since then, the band has recorded five albums and have played with such acts as Ozomatli, Taj Mahal, The Skatalites, The Neville Brothers, Pablo Montero, Paul Anka, Plácido Domingo, Yerba Buena, Charly Garcia and famed Argentinean rockers Bersuit Vergarabat. The band has been touring throughout the U.S. since their arrival in 2001 and in the recent years they have also played Mexico in 2008, Canada in 2008 & 2010, and Switzerland in 2008.

Pop, Country and Country Rock

R&B

Description: Open up a modern day music box and out parades the melodies and soulful collection of this young lady and the three fine gentlemen of Hello Dollface. Bluesy undertones cast a backdrop to this indie-world sound that will fill hearts and minds with the passion to remember your own creative spirits. Watch this band unfold the mystery of their music when multi-lingual lyrics dance in between spanish guitar and the booming upright bass that will lead you into their next tune with a funky key line and a hot drum solo. Soul meets sound. Magic meets mystery. Hello, Dollface.

Cover: $5.00

Website: www.hellodollfacemusic.com/

FREE SHOW Perfeccion live in the Rock Showroom with dancing and a cash bar.

BLACK -OPS PRESENTING DIRTY DEEDS, A NIGHT OF BASS