PREVIOUS ISSUES : CULTURE : Performing Arts / Books Last Updated: April 2, 2008 - 1:47 PM   Performing Arts/Books: February 27-March 4 By Patricia Sauthoff Published: February 27, 2008   Email this article   Printer friendly page   Items for calendar consideration may be submitted via mail, fax, e-mail (culture@sfreporter.com) or online and must be received two weeks before publication. >>> Designates items highlighted in this week’s issue. BOOKS/LECTURES | DANCE | EVENTS | MUSIC | THEATER BOOKS/LECTURES The luck of the Irish comes early to the James A Little Theater. FLOWER POWER University of New Mexico history professor Cynthia Radding discusses "Landscapes of Power and Identity in Comparative Histories of Borderlands." And you thought all those pretty flowers were just for decoration. Noon Wednesday, Feb. 27. Free. School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia St., 954-7203 GET WELL SOON Two lectures offer two looks at health and wellness. The first, "A Look at Chiron, The Ruler of the 13th Sign," finds Arielle Guttman as she explores the ancient Greek archetype of the wounded healer. Then Venerable Domo Geshe Rinpoche discusses "How to Be Who You Want To Be: The Chemistry of Change," because really, doesn't everyone have a little room for improvement? Chiron: 6:30 pm Wednesday, Feb. 27. $20 Chemistry of Change: 7:30 pm, Friday Feb. 29. $20. Body, 333 Cordova Road, 986-0362 WORLDLY POETICS Poet, novelist and artist Linh Dinh discusses his vast array of work and the hurdles he's crossed in his attempts to have that work published in his native Vietnam. Much of Dinh's writing, which includes Fake House, Blood and Soap and Jam Alerts, is considered too subversive for his homeland, but that hasn't stopped Dinh from staging readings of his and other cutting-edge Vietnamese writers' work in Saigon. 7 pm Wednesday, Feb 27. $3-$6. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 >>> FLOWERS FOR DAGOBERTO Award-winning and critically heralded author Dagoberto Gilb is back with The Flowers, a story of 15-year-old Sonny Bravo and his exploration of the racism he can't seem to escape (see SFR Picks). 5:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 28. Free. Collected Works Bookstore, 208-B W. San Francisco St., 988-4226 NOTHING TO FEAR Fear is real, whether what is feared is real or not. Larry Torres, popular culture historian and University of New Mexico professor, discusses the prejudices that lead to fear and folklore in his lecture, "Los Cocos y las Cocanas: Hobgoblins and Specters of New Mexico," which is part of El Rancho de las Golondrinas' series "Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions." 7 pm Thursday, Feb. 28. Free. Santuario de Guadalupe, 100 S. Guadalupe St., 471-2261 FLASHLIGHT When most people think about Dante's Commedia it's "The Inferno" that comes to mind. But Greg Schneider has something else in mind; he looks at "In Search of a Guide: Navigating the Beautiful, the Good and the True in Dante's Commedia." See? With a little help it's not so hard to rise above all those super-tempting sins. 8 pm Friday, Feb. 29. Free. St. John's College, 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6100 NO BACKING DOWN SFR readers may have noticed that our own Angelo Jaramillo is a tad opinionated. Well, Jaramillo really lets loose in his new book Psalms of Anarchy. The author signs copies of his story about the loss of liberty and freedom of speech in the post-9.11 world. 3 pm Sunday, March 2. Free. Santa Fe Public Library, Main Branch, 145 Washington Ave., 988-4418 IN THE STARS Ever wonder about that odd looking rock formation on the back of a Nebraska quarter? Well, it's Chimney Rock and it does more than look cool. Wolky Toll, archaeologist at the Museum of New Mexico, explains its relation to the stars in "Chimney Rock: A Terrestial View of a Celestial Place." 6 pm Monday, March 3. $10. Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 466-2775 EVENTS Susana Guillaume gets personal at the Railyard Performance Center. return to top THINK OF THE CHILDREN A new documentary that highlights the horrible conditions Ugandan children face every day comes to town courtesy of Invisible Children, an organization that raises the visibility of said children one screening at a time. 8 pm Wednesday, Feb. 27. Free. St. John's College, 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 817-939-3609 SUSTAIN IN THE AFTERNOON The New Mexico Solar Energy Association offers up two afternoons of sustainability. Wanna make the world last awhile? Check it out. If not, well, get some sunscreen, 'cause it's about to get hot on this little planet. 1-5 pm Thursday and Friday, Feb. 28 and 29. $25-$45. Wild Oats Community Room, 1090 S. St. Francis Drive, 795-4332 VISUALIZE WHIRLED PEAS Discover peace through art, music and words at the "New Mexico Peace Works Conference." Whether it's human rights, climate change or civil disobedience that gets you going this conference offers a variety of topics to make the world a better place. 5:30-9 pm Friday, Feb. 29, 9 am-9 pm Saturday, March 1 and 9-11 am Sunday, March 2. $10. Monte del Sol School, 4158 Walking Rain Road, 454-4228 GOODBYE DULL DINNER THEATER That wacky Terran Lovewave, of KSFR's "Camp Lovewave" offers an evening of movie clips, discussion, music and more. Topics covered include everything from 9.11 to robot sex. So yeah, pretty much everything! And, as if that's not enough, "Camp Lovewave" talks to Jitterbug Perfume author Tom Robbins. 7 pm Friday, Feb. 29. $10. Santa Fe Film Center, 1616 St. Michael's Drive, 988-7414 10 am Saturday, March 1. KSFR 101.1 FM LEAPIN' LIZARDS It's Leap Day, the day that doesn't count karmically, or at least that's what you can tell those you wrong today. Whether they buy it or not is up to them. But if today is about something other than getting away with bad karma, bring an unfinished artistic project and some dancing shoes for "Leap! '08," a celebration of the out-of-the-ordinary day that only happens once every four years. 7 pm Friday, Feb. 29. Free. Yogamoves, 825 Early St., Suite C, 989-1072 BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT, AGAIN Sure, that whole breathing thing comes naturally to most people, but when one pays attention and focuses on it new layers of self expose themselves with each exhale. Taj Ali and Robin Ruocco Poling offer a unique workshop that teaches participants how to get the most out of breathing. 2-5 pm Saturday, March 1. $35-$40. Body, 333 Cordova Road, 986-0362 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY Scott Calhoun is no stranger to the great outdoors. Calhoun spends his time hunting down wildflowers and using the inspiration they offer to grow his own lovely garden. 2 pm Saturday, March 1. Free. Santa Fe Greenhouses, 2904 Rufina St., 473-2700 DANCE return to top BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY Traditional bhangra isn't the remixed hip-hop and pop of today, though modern bhangra has its roots in the past. But before understanding modern-day dance music, let's take a metaphoric trip back to northern India's Punjab farms and get down folk-style. Two nights of dancing offer up two ways to get hooked. 6:30 pm Friday, Feb. 29. Donation. 2-5 pm Sunday, March 2. $30. Body, 333 Cordova Road, 986-0362 KISS ME, I'M COLIN FARRELL Get to celebrating St. Paddy's Day early with "Rhythm of Fire 2008" by the Belisama Irish Dance Company. It's like "Riverdance" without all the bronzer and over-inflated ego. 7 pm Saturday, March 1 and 2:30 pm Sunday, March 2. $10-$15. James A Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road, 670-1325 MUSIC return to top FUNKY FUSION The Pat Metheny Trio, which features Metheny, Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez, explore guitar-driven jazz fusion. The winner of a whopping 17 Grammys, Metheny has a loyal fan following and is sure to be a crowd pleaser. 7:30 pm Sunday, March 2. $30-$65. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 SERENADES IN MADRID Chamber music takes over the town of Madrid, filling the air with music while great art, courtesy of Seranata of Santa Fe, fills the walls. 1-3 pm Saturday, March 1. $10. Johnsons of Madrid, 2843 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 471-1054 THE ANSWER MY FRIEND Concordia Santa Fe, a group of wind and percussion musicians, puts on a show in conjunction with the New Mexico Museum of Art's Flower Power exhibition. Musical director of the Atlanta Wind Symphony, director of wind studies and ensembles and associate director of the School of Music at Georgia State University, Robert Ambrose conducts the unique performance. 2 pm Sunday, March 2. Free with museum admission. New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., 795-9979 ALL THAT JAZZ Jazz pianist extraordinaire, and occasional SFR contributor, Peter Breslin continues his series of improvised duets with "Duology Four." This time around Breslin is joined by Peter Chase, Brendan Eder, Dana Levin, Steven Miller and Steven Paxton for 12-minute long songs that haven't been practiced or discussed. That means things can get crazy! 8 pm Saturday, March 1. $5-$10. O'Shaughnessy Performance Space College of Santa Fe, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 670-1600 MEDIEVAL ON YOUR ASS The musicians and vocalists of Musica Antigua de Albuquerque kick it way old school with a show of songs that date back to the Middle Ages. And, to really keep it real, the group uses medieval instruments like the vielle, rebec, kemence and shawm for its "Visions of a Gothic World" show. Old-fashioned music without old-fashioned diseases like The Black Death, what could be better? 4:30 pm Sunday, March 2. $9-$16. Christ Lutheran Church, 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, 842-9613 THEATER return to top KIT KAT KLUB KIDS History class can be sooo boring, with all those dates and dead people. But the students at Santa Fe Prep bring history to life through theater. Cabaret, the classic musical about Berlin on the eve of Nazi rule, makes learning about World War II kinda fun. 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1. 2 pm Sunday, March 2. $7-$10. Driscoll Auditorium, 1101 Camino de la Cruz Blanca, 982-1829 LEAP INTO LOVE One-woman comedy troupe Barbara Mayfield, as The Stark Raving Beauties, celebrates Sadie Hawkins Day with a special performance that pokes fun at love, sex, global issues and so much more. 7:30 pm Friday, Feb. 29. The Cowgirl, 319 S. Guadalupe St., 231-4774 WO-MANIFEST DESTINY Susana Guillaume brings her popular one-woman show, Girl Facing West, back after a successful run at the Armory last October. In West Guillaume performs her life story and tells of her travels through England, France and California and of her eventual landing in Santa Fe. It's an emotional ride that's not to be missed. 8 pm Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1. $12-$15. Railyard Performance Center, 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 982-8309 MODERN MESSAGES The College of Santa Fe's performing arts department looks deep into issues of race, class and immigration in Living Out. Written by Lisa Loomer and directed by Clara Soister, Living Out uses satire to explore the "American Dream." 8 pm Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1. 2 pm Sunday, March 2. Through March 9. $10-$17. Greer Garson Theater, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6511 BERNHARDT AND DUSE The Red Thread Collective is a nonprofit professional theater group based in Santa Fe that opens its season with Duet-- A Rivalry For The Ages. Before the great dames of modern stage and film, there was Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonara Duse, the first megastars of modern theater. In this production, the two divas face off in a paroxysm of ego, celebrity, love and loss. (Angelo Jaramillo) 8 pm Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1. 2 pm Sunday, March 3. Through March 9. $13-$18. El Museo Cultural, 1615-B Paseo de Peralta, 455-2340 MATHEMATICAL THEATER Performance artist Nina Wise and chaos theorist (coolest job title ever!) Ralph Abraham team up for a staged reading of their collaborative effort, The Kepler Project. While 17th century astronomy might not be at the top of everyone's list of great performance material, Wise and Abraham bring in modern ideas and characters to answer questions about the relationship between science and spirituality. 7:30 pm Saturday, March 1. $10. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 THAT'S HOT! Santa Fe's Red Hot Society spices things up with its sexy Lip Shtick cabaret. 8:30 pm Saturday, March 1. $20. Silver Starlight Lounge, 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP Pull your knee socks up, get your hair in pigtails and track down the shortest skirt possible because the "Bubblegum Party" is here and it's time to get dirty. Between the drag show, belly dancing and DJs A'ight, Soul and Dolomite, a grinding good time is guaranteed. 8 pm Saturday, March. 1. $12-$20. Back Road Pizza, 1807 Second St., 955-9055 © Copyright 2000-2008 by the Santa Fe Reporter Save This Page to del.icio.us Top of Page