Get Behind-The-Scenes Peek at Chorale's Summer Variety Acts
Variety is the key to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale's upcoming summer season. Three guest conductors and the four candidates who are vying for the position of the organization's music director present a series of concerts that transport listeners back in time and around the world.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Landscapes Let You Enjoy the View
The 14-artist “Los Sandias” landscape painting show at Framing Concepts Gallery serves as a pleasant reminder that despite our busy schedules, dizzying traffic and awful prices at the gas pump, we live next to one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
To Beijing, by Way of Duke City
North Carolina sculptor Jon Hair and Albuquerque metals fabricator Joe Doyle are building “Lucky Eight,” a 12-foot-tall aluminum abstract sculpture for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Hair was invited to exhibit his sculpture by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Keillor's Wit Benefits Symphony
Lake Wobegon came to New Mexico on Wednesday night. In a benefit concert for our excellent New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, “Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor brought his gentle humor, folksy stories and songs to the stage of Popejoy Auditorium, with both Keillor and the musicians donating their time.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Sacred Dances
Claude Stephenson has to be interested. He is, after all, the state's folklorist.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Canadian Inspired by News, Hockey
Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards says her ideas for songs can come out of conversations just as easily as from observations.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
East Indian Ensemble Rooted in Chanting
Maybe the name dhrupad means nothing to you. But to singer Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar, it means everything.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Comics Bring Native American Stories To Life
Cartoons and superheroes have long been a part of Native American storytelling. A pictograph from the 13th century shows an image of a red, white and blue shield-carrying warrior.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)
Jazz Trio Going Off-The-Cuff
Albuquerque jazz pianist Jeff Brown is leading a trio in concert this week whose drummer lives in Kansas and whose bassist is in college in Texas.
(Sunday, May 11, 2008)