Showcasing & Promoting Hispanic Arts, Culture & Heritage

 

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe's Calendar

• APRIL:

All month - Photo exhibit to coincide with National Literacy month. Continuing thru June.

American Latino Children's Dignity, Optimism Displayed in Photographs
Dignity, honesty, and optimism is the theme exhibited in 25 photographs by Ligia Cuevas, a highly-trained, creative photographer, who has photographed on assignment in Paris, London, Milan, Dubai, Mexico City, Merida, Vancouver, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Key West and has worked with her husband, a business journalist and Ansel Adams trained photographer, for close to 20 years.

She immigrated to the United States approximately 20 years ago and obtained her citizenship soon after. She is a certified school teacher, holds degrees from the University of Mexico City and Kentucky's Thomas More College, has been an officer in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol and is a prize-winning member of the Kentucky Professional Photographer Assn.

• MAY:

Friday, May 4th, 3PM-6PM

Pandemonium after school children's theater ends for this season

Saturday May 5th, 7:00PM and Sunday May 6th, 2:00PM

Suzanne Snow
Suzanne Snow, in her one woman performance piece, explores the vulnerability and resilience of American women faced by the challenges of war. She reenacts moments in the lives of three of her ancestors and examines their ability to retain their humor and individuality in times of personal disaster.
Part of the proceeds to benefit La Puerta School for the Arts, Science and Agriculture located in Abiquiu, New Mexico, Erin Manzanares,Director and lead teacher.
Tickets available at the door: $10.00 adult, $5.00 child

Metropolitan Opera Scenery Display

Wednesdays May 9th, 16, 23, 30 & June 6
Doors open 7:00 PM, talk at 7:30
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".

For interviews call Mr. Young direct at 646 251 7977.
Website: WebsterYoungLinks.com
More info, e-mail:

Thursday, May 17th, 5:30PM-7:30PM

You and Your Money:
The Everyday Economy for Women, by Women (men welcome) - FREE to the public
Join us for a free public event with financial experts on Topics such as: Debt and stress, online budgeting tools, health savings accounts, college/childcare planning
rsvp - or 505 819 3593.
Generously catered by Jambo Cafe

Saturday, May 19th, 7PM-10PM

Benefit for Dick Hogle with performances by John Flax, Echo Gustafson, Jasmine Quinsier, Santa Fe Shakespeare Society, Teatro Paraguas ( Argos) and Myra Krien and her dancers.

Friday, May 25th, 5:30PM

An Evening with and presentation by Frederico Vigil - auction of mural art to benefit local school art programs.

Tuesday, May 29th, 7PM-9PM

Mara Studie Theater Classes end for this season

• JUNE:

Saturday, June 2nd, 1PM-4PM

Kool Kats on Stage – For details call 473-9413

Tuesday, June 5th, 7AM-7PM

Official Santa Fe City polling place

Saturday and Sunday, June 9th & June 10th

Metaphysical Fair www.alternativeexpos.com
FACT teachers exhibit factsantafe.org/calendar

for info
FACT exhibit opens Saturday with reception at 9AM

Saturday, June 16th

Film screening by Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. – Details to be announced.

June 22nd - July 8th (closed June 27th and July 4th)

Currents - 6PM - 12PM
Parallel Studios brings regional, national and international New Media Arts to New Mexico through currents: The Santa Fe International New Media Festival, an annual, citywide event which includes exhibitions, multimedia performances, internships, workshops, panel discussions, docent tours and educational programs that reach out to the schools and to the community.
Currents 2012 will open June 22 and run through July 8. This year's venue partners include El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Complex, the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, the Center for Contemporary Art, the Digital Dome facility at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Zane Bennett Contemorary Art, the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation as well as small performance and exhibition spaces around the city.
Explore the site to see video documentation of our previous Festivals and Exhibitions on the Archive pages. http://www.currentsnewmedia.org/
For info on our up coming Festival and for students who would like to submit click here: Currents 2012

• July:

Saturday, July 14th 7:30PM

Vanuatu - $15 ($12 for students and seniors)
An evening with award winning journalists/photographers Judith Fein and Paul Ross with video, music and an authentic Kava ceremony and tasting

Wednesday, July 18th

Manoa Project - details to be announced
New Mexico High School student performance under the direction of Ms. Erin Phillips Mraz, education program director of the Tricklock Company of Albuquerque

Saturday, July 21th

Black Beret presentation by Dr. Federico Reade - details to be announced.