FRIDAY 10/22 Gallery and Museum Openings

Axle Contemporary Look for the mobile gallery outside the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 505-670-5854 or 505-670-7612 So Be It. See To It, Tigre Mashaal-Lively installation; reception 5-7 p.m.; visit axleart.com for van locations through Nov. 14. Eldorado Community Center 1 Hacienda Loop 29th Annual Eldorado Studio Tour preview show; reception 5-7 p.m.; eldoradostudiotour.org. (See story, Page 5) Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Rd., 800-779-7387 Faux Sho: Trompe L’oeil Double Visions, paintings by Natalie Featherston; through Nov. 4; reception 5-7 p.m. (See story, Page 20) Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Rd., 505-988-3888 2021 International Figurative Invitational, paintings; through Nov. 14; reception 5-7 p.m. STRATA Gallery 418 Cerrillos Rd., Design Center, Suites 1C and 1D, 505-780-5403 Stillness and Color, landscapes by Lin Medlin; through Nov. 6; reception 5-7 p.m.

Opera Madame Butterfly

St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. Opera West! presents Puccini’s tragic love story; 6 p.m.; $20-$200; 773-720-9354, operawest.org; (See story, Page 14)

Classical Music TGIF recital

First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave., 505-982-8544 Mezzo-soprano Kehar Koslowsky and pianist Deborah Waggoner; music of Gordon, Barber, and Weil; 5:30 p.m.; donations accepted. Yefim Bronfman Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Piano recital of Beethoven and Chopin sonatas; 7:30 p.m.; $35-$115; performancesantafe .org/7432/7433.

Theater/Dance 26 Miles

Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601 Quiara Alegria Hudes’ coming-of-age tale; 7:30 p.m.; $15 and $25; teatroparaguasnm.org; Thursdays-Sundays through October.

Events

Santa Fe Comic Con Buffalo Thunder Hotel and Casino, 20 Buffalo Thunder Tr., 877-848-6337 Actors, entertainers, comic book artists, karaoke, and dances; 4-8 p.m.; $5-$250; santafecomiccon .com/events; through Sunday.

Way OUT West Film Fest

Wayoutwestfilmfest.com Virtual films, documentaries, and shorts celebrating the LGBTQ+ experience; $12, passes and free screenings available through Monday.

Nightlife Al Rogers

Vanessie, 434 W. San Francisco St., 505-982-9966 Pianist-singer; 6:30-9:30 p.m.; no cover.

SATURDAY 10/23 Opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. The Met: Live in HD presents Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir; 11 a.m., encore 6 p.m.; $22-$28; lensic.org/events/ fire-shut-up/#book. (See review, Page 24)

Madame Butterfly

St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. Opera West! presents Puccini’s tragic love story; 2 and 6 p.m.; $20-$200; 773-720-9354, operawest.org. (See story, Page 14)

In Concert Nosotros

Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 505-395-6369 Latin-dance band; 9 p.m., doors 8 p.m.; opening acts: Baracutanga, Nohe & Sus Santos, and DJ Gabe Goza; $19; tickets.meowwolf.com/ events/santa-fe/nosotros. (See story, Page 18)

Books/Talks Poets in Conversation

Poetry@phyllispoetry.com A Zoom-based readings series, hosted by Phyllis Klein; today: Karen Petersen and Melissa Green; 5 p.m.; register via email.

Events 4th Annual Santa Fe Spirits of New Mexico

El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-471-2261 Storytelling with a Halloween atmosphere, lit by lantern light and campfires; 5-9 p.m.; $6 and $8, 12 and under no charge; tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/381760.

29th Annual Eldorado Studio Tour

Subdivisionwide 100-plus Eldorado Arts Association artists offering paintings, ceramics, photographs, and other; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday. (See story, Page 5) Midtown Moving Forward Block Party Santa Fe Art Institute Visual Arts Center, Midtown Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. Video workshops, scavenger hunt for adults and children, film screenings, bike giveaways, food, and music; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; no charge; cultureconnects.site. Santa Fe Comic Con Buffalo Thunder Hotel and Casino, 20 Buffalo Thunder Tr. Vendors, cosplay panel, karaoke, and dances; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; $5-$250; santafecomiccon.com/ events. Weekend in the Park with Books SWAN Park, 5300 Jaguar Dr. Opening celebration of the NAACP Santa Fe Chapter’s Little Free Libraries initiative, with books for all ages; 2:30 p.m. Outdoors Bird walk Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, 49 W. Frontage Rd., 505-471-9103 Birder Rocky Tucker describes the diversity of species found in this habitat (grebes, herons, and egrets); 8-10 a.m., no charge; santafebotanicalgarden.org. Nightlife

Al Rogers Vanessie, 434 W. San Francisco St., 505-982-9966 Pianist-singer; 6:30-9:30 p.m.; no cover.

SUNDAY 10/24 Opera Madame Butterfly

St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave. Opera West! presents Puccini’s tragic love story; 4 p.m.; $20-$200; 773-720-9354, operawest.org. (See story, Page 14)

Events

12th Annual Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival CCA Cinema, 1050 Old Pecos Trail The Conductor, Bernadette Wegenstein’s film on Marin Alsop, the first woman to serve as music director of a major orchestra; brunch noon-2 p.m.; in-theater screening 2-4 p.m.; virtual viewing through 10 p.m. Oct. 29 (email marcia@santafejff .org for screener link); $10-$15; 505-216-0672, santafejff.org/tickets.

29th Annual Eldorado Studio Tour Subdivisionwide 100-plus Eldorado Arts Association artists offering paintings, ceramics, photographs, and other multidisciplinary works; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (See story, Page 5) Santa Fe Comic Con Buffalo Thunder Hotel and Casino, 20 Buffalo Thunder Tr., 877-848-6337 Actors, entertainers, comic book artists, vendors, karaoke, and dances; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; $5-$250; santafecomiccon.com. Weekend in the Park with Books Larragoite Park, Avenida Cristobal Colon Continuing celebration of the NAACP Santa Fe Chapter’s Little Free Libraries initiative; 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY 10/25 Books/Talks Santa Fe Distinguished Lecture Series Santafedls.org

Judy Batalion, author of The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos; 11 a.m. webinar; no charge.

TUESDAY 10/26

Theater/Dance Potted Potter Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. British actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner’s send-up of Harry Potter books; 7:30 p.m.; $35-$59; lensic.org/events/potted_potter. (See story, Page 12)

Books/Talks

A Country No More: Rediscovering the Landscapes of John James Audubon Collectedworksbookstore.com/events Virtual book launch with author Krista Elrick, and contributors Mary Anne Redding and Gregory Nobles; 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 10/27 Books/Talks Artist talk

SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-316-3596 Joanna Keane Lopez discusses her installation, Land Craft Theatre; 5:30 p.m.; no charge. Services for Equines Pecos Trail Café, 2239 Old Pecos Trail Victoria Murphy of Animal Protection New Mexico details the nonprofit organization’s program; 7 p.m.; no charge. Email the Northern New Mexico Horsemen’s Association to register, contact@nnmha.org.

Events New Mexico Governor’s Mansion tour

1 Mansion Dr. Noon-3 p.m., by appointment; contact Mary Brophy, 505-476-2800, mary.brophy@ state.m.usnewmexicogovernorsmansion.org/tours; no charge.

THURSDAY 10/28 Gallery and Museum Openings

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Rd., 505-501-2915 A Stone Odyssey, work by sculptor Ken Smith; through Nov. 28.

Theater/Dance Godspell

Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail Millennial Music Makers presents Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s 1971 musical; 7 p.m.; encores Oct. 29-30, Nov. 5, and 6; 4 p.m. Nov. 7; $12 and $25; showtix4u.com/event-details/56796.

Other Desert Cities

The Lab Theater, 1213 Parkway Dr., 505-395-6576 New Mexico Actors Lab presents Jon Robin Baltz’s 2011 family drama; 7:30 p.m. ThursdaysSaturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 14; $25; nmactorslab.com.

The Thanksgiving Play

Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., 505-988-4262 Larissa Fast Horse’s satire; 7:30 p.m. ThursdaysSaturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 20; $15 and $50; santafeplayhouse.org/events/the-thanksgiving-play.

Books/Talks

Connecting the Dots 516arts.org/events A virtual exchange of ideas on contemporary art across the Southwest and Northern Mexico, including Eduardo Díaz, Smithsonian Latino Center Director, León De la Rosa Carillo of Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, and Suzanne Sbarge, 516 ARTS Executive Director; 6 p.m.; no charge. An Hour with the Curator San Miguel Chapel & History Center, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-570-7735 Details on the 300-plus-year history of the chapel; 3-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Oct. 29; $10; sanmiguelchapelsantafe.org. Nadia Owusu Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226 The author discusses her first book, Aftershocks: A Memoir with Amy Irvine; 6 p.m., in person or via Zoom; collectedworksbookstore.com/events.

OUT OF TOWN Albuquerque 9th Annual Cine Magnífico Albuquerque Latino Film Festival

Guild Cinema and 3405 Central Ave. NE In person and virtual screenings, including Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante’s 2019 political drama, La Llorona and American filmmaker Lisette Feliciano’s 2021 coming-of-age drama, Women is losers; Friday-Sunday, Oct. 22-24; $15-$45; cinemagnifico.com.

Maize Maze

Rio Grande Community Farm, 1701 Montaño Rd. NW, 505-308-4987 Music, food trucks, educational workshops, hands-on crafts, and food trucks; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23 and 24; $5 and $10; riograndefarm.org/maize-maze.

La Traviata

National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St. Opera Southwest’s 49th season opener; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m. Wedensday, Oct. 27 and Oct. 29; $21-$103; 505-724-4771, operasouthwest.org. (See story, Page 14)

Los Alamos

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Dr. Schubert and Howard Ferguson octets, and Britten’s arrangement for Purcell’s Chacony for Strings; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26; $35; losalamosconcert.org/ tickets.html.

Santa Cruz Camino de Paz Farm & School Harvest Festival 03A Camino de Paz, off Santa Cruz Road, 30 minutes north of Santa Fe, 505-231-2819 Fresh-pressed cider, pumpkins, admissions open house, and tours of the 10-acre Montessori school campus; 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24.

Taos Harwood Museum of Art

238 Ledoux St., 575-758-9826 Public reception 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22: Remote Possibilities: Digital Landscapes from the Thoma Foundation Collection, International exhibit of works by John Gerrard, Kent Monkman, Bruce Nauman, Jennifer Steinkamp, Leo Villareal, and Marina Zurkow; through Feb. 27, 2022; Gus Foster: Panoramic Photographs of Northern New Mexico; through April 17, 2022;

PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

Artists/Performers/Photographers Currents New Media 2022 Call for submissions for the art and technology festival held June 17-26; Nov. 1 deadline; currentsnewmediafestivals/2022. Santa Fe Society of Artists Fall Jury Visit santafesocietyofartists.com for membership application form and jury requirements; drop off works 10-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Second Street Studios, 1807 Second St., Unit 82; 505-926-1497, membership@ santafesocietyofartists.com.

PASA KIDS

Midtown Moving Forward Block Party Santa Fe Art Institute Visual Arts Center, Midtown Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. Scavenger hunt for families, film screenings, bike giveaways, food, and music; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23; no charge; cultureconnects.site. Weekend in the Park with Books SWAN Park, 5300 Jaguar Dr. Opening celebration of the NAACP Santa Fe Chapter’s Little Free Libraries initiative, with books for all ages; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. Weekend in the Park with Books Larragoite Park, Avenida Cristobal Colon Continuing celebration of the NAACP Santa Fe Chapter’s Little Free Libraries initiative; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. 4th Annual Santa Fe Spirits of New Mexico El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Rd., 505-471-2261 Storytelling with a Halloween atmosphere, lit by lantern light and campfires; 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23; $6 and $8, 12 and under no charge; tickets. holdmyticket.com/tickets/381760.