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Santa Fe Fashion Outlets Goes Grottesco

Santa Fe Red — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:00:22 +0000

OM: Ten Tiny Epics at an Outlet Mall will be at the Santa Fe Fashion Outlets throughout September 26, from Thursday through Sunday evenings at 7pm. Cutting edge at the Outlet Mall? Mais oui, it’s Santa Fe, a City Different, and it’s not the drama of fashion TV, it’s real live performance! Theatre Grottesco may have [...]

August

The Santa Fe Naturalist — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:28:22 +0000

There is something majestic about the month of August – a golden generosity, an expansiveness, a time of fullness. Summer’s intense light has crested, but the reservoirs of life are still filling and shining in the sun. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the mountains above Santa Fe. August is the perfect time for [...]

Santa Fe Indian Market Says Indian Summer Soon!

Santa Fe Red — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:05:02 +0000

Well, we hope it will be an Indian Summer! Weather in Santa Fe is always pretty decent, but like everyone else, we hate to see the warm days go with the summer. And with the much-anticipated arrival of the Santa Fe Indian Market comes the departure of other beloved summer events. Next week marks [...]

The Summer Monsoon

The Santa Fe Naturalist — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:55:10 +0000

Many people are surprised to find out that Santa Fe’s rainy season corresponds almost exactly to the height of the tourist season – July and August. They become even more alarmed when the locals refer to this as the “monsoon”. Monsoon?! Visions of Delhi submerged under six feet of muddy water fill their heads. Images [...]

Sound as a Pound at the Santa Fe Opera!

Santa Fe Red — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:26:13 +0000

The Santa Fe Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring with six performances: 7/31 (Premiere); 8/4; 8/13; 8/18; 8/21; and 8/25. For tickets: Call 505-986-5900 “All Hail, Albert!” After last week’s stunning premiere of Lewis Spratlan’s’ Life is a Dream, one might think that the Santa Fe Opera has nothing else up its proverbial sleeve. On the [...]

Life IS a Dream in Santa Fe

Santa Fe Red — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:39:00 +0000

Life in Santa Fe is certainly dreamy in general, but even we who live in this southwestern dreamscape need the escape from reality that great art provides. Big dreams in the arts can pay off big time but there are no guarantees. What can you say about an opera company that would give up additional performances [...]

Santa Fe Spanish Market means La Herencia!

Santa Fe Red — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:33:58 +0000

The 59th Annual Summer Spanish Market takes place from 8am to 5pm on Saturday, July 24 and 9am to 5pm on Sunday, July 25 on the Santa Fe Plaza. Each year, Santa Fe celebrates 400 years of Spanish heritage with the annual Spanish Market. While this event has both a summer and a winter incarnation, [...]

Never enough ART, Santa Fe!

Santa Fe Red — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:45:30 +0000

ART Santa Fe 2010 takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center located on the northeast corner of West Marcy and Grant Avenue from July 15-18. Hours: Gala Opening July 15 5-8pm; July 16 11am-7pm and 11am-6pm July 17-18 After last weekend’s panoply of the arts, International Folk Art Market [...]

SOFA Santa Fe? It’s NOT a couch!

Santa Fe Red — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:09:09 +0000

SOFA West Santa Fe 2010 takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center located on the northeast corner of West Marcy and Grant Avenue from July 8-11. Santa Fe is enjoying an embarrassment of riches in the art world right now! It began this week with the SOFA West exhibit opening today, July 8 and [...]

Summer + Santa Fe = Opera!

Santa Fe Red — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:22:20 +0000

Quick! What was the first opera performed by the Santa Fe Opera in 1957? The answer? Madama Butterfly! And she is back in Santa Fe for the summer 2010 season! I first fell in love with opera right here in Santa Fe when I took a job as an usher, back in the days when standing [...]