PREVIOUS ISSUES : CULTURE : Performing Arts / Books Last Updated: April 9, 2008 - 1:13 PM   Perfoming Arts/Books: March 5-11 By Angelo Jaramillo Published: March 5, 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 Brian Turner contemplates language at the Lensic. SAR BOARDROOM HOLDS ITS GROUND Two free public lectures dig deep into the past and depict the nature of who we once were and how we came into who we are now. First, learn about “An Indian Teacher Among Indians: Native Women as Federal Employees, 1880-1933,” presented by University of New Mexico history professor Cathleen Cahill. Then, rediscover the fascinating revelations of “The Archaeology of Cannibalism” by Southwestern archaeologist John Kantner. Perhaps not as exciting as watching re-runs of Project Runway, cannibalism usually seems to be a popular subject of mainstream society. Teacher: Noon Wednesday, March 5. Cannibalism: 3:30 pm Tuesday, March 11. Free. School for Advanced Research Boardroom, 660 Garcia St., 954-7203 SOLDIERS-TURNED-POETS Amidst the brash, bullet-blitzing penetration of madness, certain individuals find peace and reverence through the indefatigable passion of words. Brian Turner and Bruce Weigl participate in Lannan’s ongoing presentation of oppositional voices with a talent unrecognizable to the bestseller biz. Turner’s collection Here, Bullet is a first-person account of the Iraq mayhem transformed into something lyrical, beautiful and spiritual. Weigl is a well-established poet with 12 collections to his name, most recently Declension in the Village of Chung Luong. He profides his readers with verses of his days in Vietnam and a reunion with his daughter in Hanoi. Introduced by Michael Silverblatt, this is an evening for peace and sanity in a time of radical change. 7 pm Wednesday, March 5. $3-$6. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 IN SEARCH OF HER-STORY In Search of the Lost Feminine: Decoding the Myths That Radically Reshaped Civilization is author Craig Barnes’ latest treatise. Barnes explores the archeological and sociological evidence of how our culture of misogyny, environmental depredation and glorification of war originated. Barnes, a former public interest lawyer who dealt with women’s rights and who ran for Congress in Denver as a peace candidate in 1970, speaks at a benefit for the Santa Fe Girls’ School, a small, private middle school that promotes the intellectual growth and wellbeing of future presidents. 7 pm Friday, March 7. $12. The Forum, College of Santa Fe, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 820-3188 POETRY IN THE REPUBLIC We all know that Plato did not allow poets in his Republic because of their immoral degenerating influence over the populace as well as their myth-making lies. However, Jacques Duvoisin of St. John’s College divulges the surreptitious secrets of “Socrates on Dialectic and Poetry in the Republic.” Maybe now the truth will prevail that Plato was not the totalitarian pig he appears to be, but, instead, was one of the earliest poets. 8 pm Friday, March 7. Free. Great Hall, Peterson Student Center, St. John’s College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6104 ROBBINS ON LOVEWAVE Where in the USA is Tom Robbins? It has been a long time since everybody’s favorite cryptic humorist/novelist, Tom Robbins, hit the airwaves or gave a live interview. This weekend Robbins goes one-on-one with Terran Lovewave, host and producer of KSFR’s “Camp Lovewave.” In this two-part, one-hour conversation Robbins speaks about his latest book, the Mayan calendar’s 12/21/2012, Bush, advice for writers and the Kali Yuga. 10 am Saturday, March 8. KSFR 101.1, 982-1017 LAND OF DROUGHT-TOLERANT Marcia Tatroe, author of Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West, reiterates how this landscape of ours holds some of the world’s finest native plants and indigenous materials to create a vivifying gardening aesthetic just in time for the melting snow to cascade into Hades’ wonderful underworld aquifer. 2 pm Saturday, March 8. $10. Santa Fe Greenhouses, 2904 Rufina St., 473-2700 >>> TO WRITE MEMOIR Natalie Goldberg, best-selling author of Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within brings her latest encounter with the unconscious magic of writing. In Old Friend from Far Away the author redirects the hand and mind to increase pace, relinquish conscious control and transfigure complications that are overlooked in everyday life. Goldberg is a poet, teacher, writer, painter and student of Zen Buddhism. She has studied with Fainin Katagiri and is ordained in the Order of Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh (see SFR Picks). 4 pm Saturday, March 8. Free. Collected Works Bookstore, 208-B W. San Francisco St., 988-4226 THE DEATH OF LAND Trespass: Living on the Edge of the Promised Land, author Amy Irvine’s memoir, is pledge to keep the wild, wild. Irvine is a former director of Southern Utah’s Wilderness Alliance and an environmental activist, and her work has been endorsed by Robert Redford and Jim Harrison because of its diligent stance against the infringement of our natural heritage. 4:30 pm Saturday, March 8. Free. Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., 986-0151 NOTEBOOKS FROM BALI Join Maud Sejourant and learn about the deep recesses of Bali in a presentation called “Bali: Rituals and Daily Life.” For those who have never crossed the depths of Oceanos, Travel Bug Coffee Shop keeps it steaming and sweaty under the humid blanket of educational outings. 5 pm Saturday, March 8. Free. Travel Bug Coffee Shop, 839 Paseo de Peralta, 992-0418 ANTHROPOLOGY ALONG THE RIVER Adjunct lecturer of anthropology at the University of New Mexico and retired archaeologist at Chaco Canyon Culture National Park Museum, Tom Windes enlists spirits of past settlements in his latest erudite pontification on “Living at the Edge Along the Rio Pecos: Settlement at San Jose and San Miguel.” 6 pm Monday, March 10. $10. Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, 466-2775 HAWK IT ON THE WEB Jan Zimmerman, author of Web Marketing for Dummies, offers new insight and helpful hints to malnourished artists in Santa Fe with her free workshop, “Web Marketing for Artists.” Now we can concentrate on selling our work on the international cybernetic highway and not selling out on Canyon Road. 7 pm Tuesday, March 11. Free. Borders Books and Music, 500 Montezuma Ave., Suite 108, 954-4707 EVENTS Twirl in your seat to the flamenco beat that fills the Lensic. return to top NONVIOLENT MEN The Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center, created by Ray Lopez, offers men of all backgrounds a chance to understand the underpinnings of violence in men’s lives through the “Creative Nonviolence Project: A Series of Workshops for Men.” The workshops aim to help men change their lives and face the past, present and future circumstances of violence and how it affects them. Facilitators and participants enter into a collaborative, relational effort to listen, divulge and learn why violence plagues so many men both internally and externally, as well as what men can do to reshape this unnecessary epidemic. 7 pm Wednesday, March 5. $10. Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center Community Room 6601 Valentine Way, 471-1624 DANCE return to top SUPPORT GENERATION FLAMENCO In support of Maria Benitez’ Institute for Spanish Arts, “Alas y Raices: Fund-raiser Festival of Spanish Arts in New Mexico” incorporates flamenco performances, music and poetry with recent members of Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco followed by Cheverendongo, Nacha Mendez’ eight-piece Afro-Cuban dance ensemble. The Institute’s educational and performance outreach programs in northern New Mexico have evolved over the past year with youth performances, classes and mentoring programs. 7:30 pm Friday, March 7. $25-$35. The Lodge, 750 N. St. Francis Drive, 955-8562 >>> AFRO-PERUVIAN BOOGIE Afro-Peruvian music and dance may not stand toe-to-toe with Hannah Montana, but at least they have rhythm. Grammy-nominated Perú Negro Dance Company arrives in Santa Fe not a day too late. Ronaldo Campos de Colina started Perú Negro more than three decades ago as a 12-person family troupe. Originally supported by the government, cultural and political upheaval in Peru forced the 22-member ensemble to make its living on the road. The work consists of African rhythms and Latin songs that honor the history of African slaves who arrived in Peru in the 1600s. Led by artistic director Jaime Ronaldo Campos Ponce, this jam shakes the foundation of any hall harboring dead spirits in need of rude awakening (see SFR Picks). 7 :30 pm Friday, March 7. $30-$75. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 AMERICAN FLAMENCO There’s nothing in the world like drinking country wine in a Spanish bordello while witnessing firsthand the passion and intensity of flamenco. Second-best would be watching an ensemble touring group on the big stage. Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company hits the Lensic with flair, fire and hundreds of heart-pounding heels that smash expectations and explode with sweat. 8 pm Saturday, March 8. $20-$30. Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St., 988-1234 MUSIC return to top THE BRAHMS/SCHOENBERG CYCLE Peter Pesic, tutor and musician-in-residence at St. John’s College, completes the two-year cycle of the complete piano works of Brahms, coupled with the complete solo piano pieces of Schoenberg in a final concert that possesses all the grace of a an unconscious genius. 12:10 pm Thursday, March 6. Free. Peterson Student Center, St. John’s College 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6104 BACH CANTATAS Santa Fe Pro Musica presents “Bach Cantatas.” It has been said that the cantatas of JS Bach encompass the most profound musical expression of humankind’s spiritual quest. Featuring the Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble, Soloists and Choir, the Loretto Chapel is in for a somber serenade of everlasting life. 8 pm Friday and Saturday, March 7-8. 6 pm Sunday, March 9. $15-$60. Loretto Chapel, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4640 or 988-1234 A BIRTHDAY RECITAL On her birthday, Marilyn Davidson offers a breathtaking recital that features the music of Scarlatti, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. As long as she hits every exact note and shines to her heart’s content, there is nothing more one could wish for on a day of remembrance. 3 pm Sunday, March 9. Free. First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 EXOTICA TO EROTICA With influences that extend the globe from Egypt, Turkey, Persia, Morocco, Spain, India, Ireland and the Balkans, music can exemplify a disturbing sensual pleasure. Medjool, Santa Fe’s collaboration of longtime talent and instrumental purveyors, issues an upbeat Romanian Gypsy wedding song of longing and surrender that initiates magical and dreamy experiences. The five-piece band maintains an unorthodox approach to music that enchants beyond conception. 7 pm Sunday, March 9. $10-$15. Body, 333 Cordova Road, 986-0362 THEATER return to top WILL CABARET FOR RENT Wise Fool “Raise the Rent” cabarets have become a staple of local lore. The next cabaret “Women and Creativity Cabaret” is in celebration of Women’s Month—March that is—and offers a variety-style of performers and showcases talent from the ’hood. 8 pm Friday, March 7. $10-$15. Wise Fool, 2778 Agua Fria St., Unit D, 992-2588 DEADLY DUO Red Thread Collective presents Duet, a confrontational battle that pits Sarah Bernhardt against Eleonora Duse in a never-ending saga to see who holds the light in an erect positional glow. Upon the final performance of her career, Duse receives an unexpected visit from the ghost of Sarah Bernhardt. The two clash and relive the seminal events that shaped their lives and hearts. Both actresses challenge the other to look into her reflective soul to come to terms with herself. Rema Miller stars as the French actress Bernhardt and Cynthia Straus is Duse. 8 pm Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8. 2 pm Sunday, March 9. $13-$18. El Museo Cultural, 1615 B Paseo de Peralta, 455-2340 STARLIGHT NOSTALGIA The Silver Starlight Lounge returns with Life’s A Drag, And I Look Fabulous, a drag cabaret starring Vanessa MN Sweets with special musical guest, GoGo Boys Galore and many more. It’s sure to fill the sweet-tooth lust that aches beneath soaked sheets. 8:30 pm Saturday, March 8. $10. Silver Starlight Lounge, 500 Rodeo Road, 428-2840 © Copyright 2000-2008 by the Santa Fe Reporter Save This Page to del.icio.us Top of Page